My African Journey
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1908, 1st edition, paperback. This is the very rare variant first edition bound in card wraps printed black and blue on buff card stock. See Langworth p. 82. The contents are identical to the normal red cloth edition, except for the catalogue at the rear which is not present. Cohen A27.3, reports 903 copies sold, with few survivors. A worn example of this fragile production, Front cover is worn with two nibbles along the bottom edge. The front cover is detached. The spine is detached worn. The rear cover is attached and has a bookseller label from Kobe, Japan. This is not a new discovery adding to the handful of known copies, rather it is the one i sold back in 1998. Supplied in custom cloth covered clamshell box. (A12aa.2). Item #50073
Price: $3,600.00