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Price: US$421.00 + shipping
Description: folio [38.5 x 29 cm]; xxii, 202 pp, double page photogravure frontis, 113 fine photogravure plates, folding panorama of elephants charging in rear pocket, colored map, title in red & black, index. orig dark blue cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover & spine, t. e. g., spine lightly faded but lettering clear, light stain on corner of cover, rear corner bit bumped, bookplate of Frances Myers and signature on endpaper, a near fine clean copy. A very large work, printed on heavy paper, with superb photos of African animals, especially elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo, giraffes. The preface is by Sir Sydney F. Harmer. The author, describes his travels to British East Africa, Kenya, and his photographic experiences. He provides a chapter and some plates on the equipment he used. The appendices are on elephants, mammoths. A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$513.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LIMITED EDITION, number 183, of 550, xxii, 202 pp., map of Kenya, black and white plates, folding plate of charging elephants in rear pocket, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, some foxing, particularly to rear two pages, original blue cloth, spine faded, The Medici Society, 1924
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition. 1-550 numbered and SIGNED by the author, this being #209. First British printing. Tall very heavy folio. Frontispiece photographic spread of elephants with tissue guard. xxii, 202 pp. Illustrated with 113 photogravure plates with tissue guards. Large fold-out photographic plate in rear pocket. Color map of Kenya. Original gilt stamped black cloth binding. Spine sunned somewhat, light cover scuffs, bookplates front, else this is a very tight, very good plus book. Extra postage.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered and signed by Maxwell. Printed by the Arden Press. With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pocket at the rear is a 4-page folding reproduction of the frontispiece, which is a close-up photograph of half a dozen advancing elephants. xxii, 202 pp. 1 vols. Imperial Quarto. Czech, p. 186 Original publisher's dark blue cloth, t.e.g. Very Good, some minor staining on back cover With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pocket at the rear is a 4-page folding reproduction of the frontispiece, which is a close-up photograph of half a dozen advancing elephants. xxii, 202 pp. 1 vols. Imperial Quarto First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered and signed by Maxwell. Printed by the Arden Press.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, #538 of a total edition limited to 568 copies, signed by the author on the limitation page, thick crown folio (15 x 11¼), pp. (10), vii-xxii, 1-202, (1) printers device, (1) blank, 113 plates after photographs by the author, double page frontispiece photograph plate, large folding photograph plate in rear pocket. Original gilt lettered black cloth, top edges gilt. Fine clean bright copy but for some fading & minor rubbing. Sheets & plates clean, unmarked, complete. Scarce. H7991
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 202 pages. Illustrated with 113 plates after photographs by the author. Limted edition, 568 copies have been printed, 550 of which are for sale, of this number 250 are reserved for the USA this being #129. Signed by Maxwell. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover letttering. Previous owners name on front pastedown. A very nice copy of this scarce title!
Seller: Thompson Natural History&Sporting Books, OAK RIDGE, NC, U.S.A.