Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, And of the Chase of the Gorilla, The Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals
by Du Chaillu, Paul B
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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- Evening Star Books (US)
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- Title
- Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, And of the Chase of the Gorilla, The Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals
- Author
- Du Chaillu, Paul B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
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