Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Exploration. Rough copy, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed. LACKING first endpaper, front hinge cracked, rear hinge broken open. Small ink stamps from the Mercantile Library on the chapter one first page, and rear page. Reading copy.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$47.24 + shipping
Description: Small Quarto in gilt-titled, polished olive boards; 7 p. l., 402 p. front., illus., plates, ports., map. 26 cm. Hunting , Africa, British East, travel || "A great part of this material appeared originally in the Chicago tribune." (WorldCat) || Illustrated with photographs and cartoons by the author || Author was an American newspaper political cartoonist who was known as the "Dean of American Cartoonists" and received the Pulitzer Prize for Cartoons in 1932. (Wikipedia) || Outside of the wear to the boards, the pages, pictures and illustrations are very clean and nice condition. No DJ (as issued?) ; wear to spine including crease down middle, as well as to edges and to joints ; shelf wear to corners ; spotting and some transparent stains to front and back boards ; glued library stamp to paste-down ; newspaper clipping stain to front free end paper and rear of front board (clipong laid in); small dirt smudges to back paste down and free end paper ; dusting to top of page edges ; else pages in very nice condition. Overall, binding slightly shaken and loose, but genrally a Very Good(-) to Good(++) copy.
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thick 4to hardcover in olive green cloth with gold embossing. Spine and boards good with a little wear. End papers not split one bookplate. 402 pages are tight and very clean.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 402p quarto, illustrated. A very good copy in olive cloth. Shaken.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Cloth-backed brown paper boards. Narrow quarto. 402pp. Author's Edition, limited to 250 copies signed by the author. Illustrated. An account of big game hunting in Africa by the Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist and war correspondent who spent over 40 years at the Chicago Tribune. Illustrations include numerous photographs and cartoons by the author. A very worn copy with some spotting and edgewear to the covers. The spine is worn with a gouge in the middle and much chipping and wear to the spine label. The text is good with light soiling and a few roughly-opened page edges. The frontispiece is soiled with a chip to the top corner. The hinges are cracked but the binding is secure. Scarce. Foreign postage will be extra on this heavy book.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$78.92 + shipping
Description: super octavo, khaki cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 402pp, illus, VG+ (lightly worn, light foxing throughout) in plastic wrapper
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
McCutcheon, John T.. In Africa. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1910.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: In Africa by John T. McCutcheon. Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country. First edition in original dark brown cloth with gold lettering. 402 pages. Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, (1910). Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean with the exception of an edge stain on two pages and repair to a tear on those two pages (no loss and barely visible). 7 x 9 ¾ inches. Numbers black and white photos and sepia illustrations. Inventory #23-086. Price: $250.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$374.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Bobbs-Merrill company January 1910 Binding: Hardcover signed by the author 45 of 250 , front hine completely detahced, rear hinge cracked, several of the front pages are loose but present
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
John T. McCutcheon. IN AFRICA. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1910.
Price: US$412.44 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Front hinge starting. Light bump at spine crown/heel. Light staining on rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
McCutcheon, John. In Africa. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis IN, 1910.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Adventures in Big Game hunting country. 402 pp. ill. A long East African safari with the noted Chicago Tribune cartoonist. A great hunting book with descriptions evocative of the best hunting writing. Especially good on rhino as well as other dangerous game. Good only copy with spine and corner wear. BUT inscribed by the author to noted taxidermist and hunter James L Clark on the front free endpaper and then also signed by Clark on the next page.
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.
McCutcheon, John. In Africa. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis IN, 1910.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Adventures in Big Game hunting country. 402 pp. ill. A long East African safari with the noted Chicago Tribune cartoonist. A great hunting book with descriptions evocative of the best hunting writing. Especially good on rhino as well as other dangerous game. Front endpaper starting to separate but mostly firm and not split. Overall VG condition.
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.