About this title: Osa Johnson (1894-1953) was, with her husband Martin, a pioneer in the field of wildlife filmmaking. From the time they eloped in 1910 until Martin's death in a plane crash in 1937, the Johnsons made numerous trips to the South Seas and five major expeditions to Africa. Together they produced more than fifty films, ranging from single-reel silents to feature-length sound films. The sequel to her bestselling I Married Adventure, Four Years in Paradise (first published in 1941) tells the story of the Martins' protracted stay at Lake Paradise in Kenya, where Osa hunted with a gun while Martin ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 2004-03
ISBN-13:9780811731300ISBN:0811731308
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Halcyon House, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1944
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green cloth boards are chipped, rubbed, bumped. Front inside hinge is cracked. Fep missing. Text pages clean with no markings. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Owner's bookplate at front pastedown; slight loose front hinge; slight loose spine; sun fading at cloth boards. 345 p. Includes illustrations. 6-1/4"x9-1/2"tall green cloth-bound Account of Osa & Martin Johnson's adventures while filming in Africa; read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Halcyon House
Date Published: 1944-01-01
Description: Good in None jacket. Book has green cloth boards, and is not a pictorial cover book nor does it have giraffe skin covers; Mild cover edge wear; Minor bumping\wear to corners and spine ends; Minor tanning and mild soiling to page edges; Minor rubbing and wear to covers and spine; Previous owner's name on first page; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Halcyon House, Garden City
Date Published: (c. 1941) 1944
Description: Very Good- The color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Lettering, 'tho no longer bright, is readily legible. Else minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. No DJ.; Green cloth, gold lettering. 32p sepia-tone photos. Index. TRUE ADVENTURE. Exploration and life in Africa before the days of the game-hunter and the wars that have ravaged Africa.; 9-1/2" Tall; 345 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1941
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Olive cloth, modest shelf wear. Spine panel is a bit toned, slightly chipped at head of spine. Former owner bookplate on front blank. 345 pp. Wartime paper, lightly toned. read more
Description: Very Good Minus. Numerous photographs. 8vo, pp. 345, cloth (light wear to tips of corners; covers otherwise very good plus; ink notations on front flyleaf), no DJ. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City 1941 later ed.
Description: 20.00. CLEAN SOUND GOOD CONDITION-NO DJ-Owner's Name on end paper- If you REQUEST A SCAN from me I will send you one. Same full-page Photos as first edition-Hardback- Garden City 1941 later edition-Light wear to lower corner-Sound Binding and Sound Hinges-Many Full-Page Photos-Green Cloth Cover- read more
Description: 28.00. SOUND VERY GOOD CONDITION IN POOR TORN DUST JACKET-Hardback- If you REQUEST A SCAN from me I will send you one. HARDBACK-Dust Jacket is price clipped-Owner's name on end paper- Halcyon House 1944 Later Printing-Mylar Dust Jacket Protector-Green Cloth Cover- read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Halcyon House, Garden City
Date Published: 1944
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Reprint edition in illustrated dustjacket. Clean unfaded green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear; light bumping to spine corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Neatly penned previous owner name and date on front free endpaper; no other marks. -345 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Clean dustjacket is unfaded, has slight edge wear and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in ... read more
Description: Johnson, Osa., Garden City Pub., nd, c1941, cloth, light damp stain top & bottom of spine, name on ffep o/w vg w/badly chipped dj, 345 pp w/index, sepia photographic illus., tall 8vo, 'She had married adventure, and paradise was her destination...', inscr. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original Cloth
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co, Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1941
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Original Faded Green Cloth Hardcover, Spine faded to yellow. Corners softed. Pages and photographs in excellent condition, very slightly tanned. First Edition. read more
Edition: Stated First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia / New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Very Good+ No dustjacket. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by author. Very clean brown and beige giraffe pattern cloth boards with brown lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear to spine corners, tiny spot of wear-through to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers. Boldly inscribed and signed by author on half-title page: "With Best African Wishes-Osa Johnson. " Small previous owner name and date on blank fly leaf. 345 ... read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. Used, good. Modest sunfade/discoloration on spine/cover. Cover has some edge wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Publishing, Garden City
Date Published: 1942
Description: Good Minus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. NEAR VG GREEN CLOTH HARDCOVER. NO DJ. 345 PP. 27 CHAPTERS COVER WEAR, ELSE NEAR VG. NEAR 50 PHOTO ILSTNS. INDEX. GLOSSARY. PRIVATELY OWNED, NOT EX LIBRARY. INTERIOR VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT. read more
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