LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN W/ MAP Chaillu, Paul, 1882
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The Land Of The Midnight Sun: summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland, 1882.
Author DU CHAILLU, Paul B.
Two volume set.
First American edition.
Hardcover with 235 illustrations and large colored folding map (23.2 in. x 18.7 in.) in end-pocket of volume 1.
Volume 1 has 441 pages.
Volume 2 has 474 pages.
Bound in blue cloth with a gilt sun and rays reaching over the entire front covers, gilt text and a coat of arms in red, including red birds.
Published by Harper and Brothers, N.Y.
Condition: overall good original condition, clean interior, binding tight, corners of front cover slightly frayed.
Provenance: Michigan Estate. One owner.
Du Chaillu's impression of Scandinavia during the 19th century and its inhabitants is based on a series of journeys between 1871 and 1878.
Commentators have believed Du Chaillu to have been Edgar Rice Burroughs inspiration for TARZAN--He was the first European to confirm the existence of Gorillas.
Author DU CHAILLU, Paul B.
Two volume set.
First American edition.
Hardcover with 235 illustrations and large colored folding map (23.2 in. x 18.7 in.) in end-pocket of volume 1.
Volume 1 has 441 pages.
Volume 2 has 474 pages.
Bound in blue cloth with a gilt sun and rays reaching over the entire front covers, gilt text and a coat of arms in red, including red birds.
Published by Harper and Brothers, N.Y.
Condition: overall good original condition, clean interior, binding tight, corners of front cover slightly frayed.
Provenance: Michigan Estate. One owner.
Du Chaillu's impression of Scandinavia during the 19th century and its inhabitants is based on a series of journeys between 1871 and 1878.
Commentators have believed Du Chaillu to have been Edgar Rice Burroughs inspiration for TARZAN--He was the first European to confirm the existence of Gorillas.
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LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN W/ MAP Chaillu, Paul, 1882
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