FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF AFRICAN EXPLORATION BY THE LIVINGSTONE BROTHERS. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, original brown pebbled cloth binding, gilt title to spine, 2-page frontis wood engraving of bird's eye view of the great cataracts of the Zambesi, plus 35 full page illustrations throughout the text, and large folding map at rear. Corners bumped, edges worn, spine faded, edges soiled, pages age-toned but crisp and unmarked, map clean with closed tear at upper left corner, repaired on back with archival tape. Good+. DAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813 – 1873) was a Scottish... View More...
Publisher:
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office : 1952
Seller ID: 1053
SCARCE ILLUSTRATED REPORT OF LANDMARK WARTIME STUDY OF ECOLOGY OF FISH IN AFRICAN LAKE BY PIONEERING BRITISH ECOLOGIST. 10 1/2 inches tall volume, printed paper covers, insribed by author to Dr. G. S. Carter, Juija 1953, top of cover 126 pp, 49 tables, 23 figures including folding charts and maps, 7 photographic plates; light soiling to covers, text unmarked, very good. ROSEMARY HELEN LOWE-McCONNELL (1921 - 2014) was an English ichthyologist, ecologist, and limnologist known for research on tilapia and aquaculture. Working in the tropical waters of Africa and South America, Lowe-McConnell was ... View More...
1932 FIRST EDITION OF HOMER SMITH'S BESTSELLING STORY OF KAMONGO--THE AFRICAN LUNGFISH--AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO UNDERSTANDING OUR EVOLUTION. 8 1/2 inces tall hardcover, publisher's green cloth binding, blindstamped title to cover, gilt title to spine, 167 pp. Cover edges and spine sun-faded, darkened area front endpaper (presumably from previous newspaper clipping storage), text unmarked and very good; dust jacket price-clipped, edges chipped. A good copy of the true first edition in jacket--now scarce. HOMER WILLIAM SMITH (1895-1962) not only became the dean of renal physiology but emerged as ... View More...
