[book itself is virtually as new, despite some slight cracking of the binding at a couple of interior points (although all pages remain firmly attached and the overall binding is quite solid); jacket shows just a bit of surface wear, minor wrinkling along the bottom edge of the front panel, and a tiny tear at the top rear foldover]. (color photographs, endpaper maps) Lavish, weighty book that brings "together for the first time the practical elements of planning a safari with a proper appreciation for the animals and their environment," and providing the prospective safari-goer with informati... View More...
[light shelfwear, bumping to base of spine and bottom right front corner, vintage price sticker (from The White House, San Francisco) on rear pastedown; jacket lightly edgeworn, a couple of insignificant edge-tears, a bit of soiling to rear panel]. (frontispiece drawing + illustrated endpapers) A lost-race tale about the discovery of an ancient Egyptian civilization in darkest Africa, by a British naturalist and film producer. "Vic Tempest and his chum, Podger Wood [go] to Africa to search for Vic's father who disappeared while hunting for The Secret People. Harrowing adventures become da... View More...
[good sound copy, minor wear to spine extremities, light dust-soiling to top edge, one-time owner's signature in pencil on ffep; jacket lightly soiled, a few tiny tears here and there, a bit faded at spine, faint dampstain near top of front panel]. The vessel referred to in the book's title "was the fantastic craft in which John Ryan and his friend Ed Braddock sailed from Puget Sound up to the fishing waters of Alaska. After hearing tall tales and get-rich-quick stories, they made up their minds that they were going to spend at least one season as big-time fishermen. They combed the beach... View More...
