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Africa.- Schillings (C.G.) In Wildest Africa, first American edition, frontispiece, illustrations (many full-page), previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, Harper & Brothers, 1907 § Drummond (Henry) Tropical Africa, folding colour map frontispiece and 4 folding maps, one with split to folds, scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1889 § Gordon (Alastair) A Slight Touch of Safari, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed, 1955 § Adamson (Joy) Born Free, plates, bookplate, original boards, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, slight creasing to edges, Reprint Society, 1960; Living Free, plates, bookplate, original boards, slight creasing to edges, Reprint Society, 1961; and others, Africa, 8vo & 4to (c.80).

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Africa.- Schillings (C.G.) In Wildest Africa, first American edition, New York & London, Harper &

Name: Africa.- Schillings (C.G.) In Wildest Africa, first American edition, New York & London, Harper &
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