Copyright is 2011. Signed in name only by the author on title page. Dust jacket is very slightly soiled. Jacket is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. View More...
Copyright is 1940. 376 pages indexed. Early book of the month club edition, with zebra stripped cloth covers. Covers are slightly rubbed, though generally very good. Slight foxing on covers and end leaves. Book plate on blank verso of pictorial front free end leaf. Jacket is chipped, and worn, mostly along edges. Publisher's name over foot of spine is affected, though other lettering and images on dust jacket remain good. Jacket is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. View More...
First published by Lippincott in 1940, this 1942 Halcyon House reprint also features the zebra stripped cloth covers. Slightly thinner, being printed on a lower grade of war-time paper. 376 pages, plus illustration pages. Cloth remains bright, but shows some wear at spine head, and a little very light wear at heel and other corners. Top hinge is cracked and a little loosened but holding. Otherwise clean and intact. View More...
Copyright is 1940. 376 pages indexed. Zebra striped cloth covers are a little rubbed along edges and slightly darkened over spine. Corners are a little bumped. A book plate was removed from the pictorial top paste down leaving surface stains and a surface tear. Offsetting from the book plate is seen on the front free end leaf. There is a penciled circle (perhaps a juvenile creation of a sun???) on the pictorial bottom paste down. Volume remains tight and is otherwise clean View More...
Copyright is 1941. Tight, un-read, as new copy in like dust jacket that shows a 1/32 inch chip at head of spine, and very slight wear at corners. Jacket is otherwise pristine and now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. A signed sheet of paper reading "Best wishes / Osa Johnson" has been laid in with this book, though was not acquired or originally distributed with this book. The signature sheet is also in fine condition. Ironically, both the book and the signed sheet of paper come from the estate of Osa's second husband Clarke Getts, though through completely different channels. View More...
No date of publication, though circa 2009. 295 pages, with hundreds of photographs from Martin Johnson's safaris and explorations of Borneo in 1920 and 1935. Book and jacket are housed in a very nice slipcase that shows light rubbing and scuffs. Originally limited to only 1000 copies, permission was granted to print 500 more following the loss of nearly that many while in international transit. Copies are very difficult to acquire, as the majority have been reserved as VIP presentation gifts from the Borneo government, such as the one recently give to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Pri... View More...
