Between Man and Beast. An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm
by Reel, Monte
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0385534221
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534222
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(New York: Doubleday, 2013) 9780385534222. 8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + (ii) + 331, incl. index; plates. Fine condition. 'Paul du Chaillu wasn't an established Victorian explorer but rather a naive young man determined to gain entrance into the elite halls of science and to have the adventure of a lifetime. His expedition into a region labelled at the time only as "terra incognita" was woefully under-equipped, but when Du Chaillu marched into this equatorial wilderness in 1856, he wanted to bag a beast that, according to legend, was nothing short of a monster. ... Grand in scope, rich in detail, and propulsively readable, Between Man and Beast combines Du Chaillu's amazing journey with the epic tale of a world hovering on the sharp edge of transformation.' .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13200
- Title
- Between Man and Beast. An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm
- Author
- Reel, Monte
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385534221
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534222
- Publisher
- (New York: Doubleday, 2013) 9780385534222
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2013-03-12
- Keywords
- Paul du Chaillu. Gabon. Gorilla. Evolution. Racism. Charles Darwin Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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