East Africa and Its Big Game: The Narrative of a Sporting Trip from Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai BRIAR PATCH PRESS AFRICAN COLLECTION
by Willoughby, Captain Sir John C
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0922724261
- ISBN 13
- 9780922724260
- Seller
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Carrollton, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1990. Leather_bound. Good. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxii, 303pp. Rubbing and light shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of black leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine. Gilt stamping at spine and front cover is rubbed and faded in some spots. Spotting to all-edges gilt. Gold, sewn-in silk ribbon appears to have been cut short. Foxing to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
East Africa And Its Big Game is a travelogue written by John Christopher Willoughby, documenting his hunting trip from Zanzibar to the borders of the Masai in 1889. The book details his experiences hunting big game such as elephants, lions, and rhinoceroses, as well as the challenges he faced while navigating the African wilderness. Willoughby also provides insights into the local culture and customs of the people he encountered on his journey. This book is an intriguing read for anyone interested in African wildlife, hunting, or travel in the late 19th century.Illustrated Also By Mrs. Gordon Hake.(Publisher).
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
East Africa And Its Big Game is a travelogue written by John Christopher Willoughby, documenting his hunting trip from Zanzibar to the borders of the Masai in 1889. The book details his experiences hunting big game such as elephants, lions, and rhinoceroses, as well as the challenges he faced while navigating the African wilderness. Willoughby also provides insights into the local culture and customs of the people he encountered on his journey. This book is an intriguing read for anyone interested in African wildlife, hunting, or travel in the late 19th century.Illustrated Also By Mrs. Gordon Hake.(Publisher).
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- Bookseller
- Underground Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14037
- Title
- East Africa and Its Big Game: The Narrative of a Sporting Trip from Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai BRIAR PATCH PRESS AFRICAN COLLECTION
- Author
- Willoughby, Captain Sir John C
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0922724261
- ISBN 13
- 9780922724260
- Publisher
- Briar Patch Press
- Place of Publication
- Camden
- Date Published
- 1990
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About the Seller
Underground Books, ABAA
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Carrollton, Georgia
About Underground Books, ABAA
Underground Books is an online rare and antiquarian bookshop as well as a brick and mortar general bookstore of the same name in downtown Carrollton, Georgia. Sister store Hills & Hamlets Bookshop is located in the nearby planned eco-community of Serenbe.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.