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TITLE.................... ....: CONGO DEVIL AS TOLD TO STEPHEN CLARK
SUBTITLE..................: Being an Acount of the Adventures of Hickory Quist on Sea and Land.
AUTHOR................. ..: STEPHEN CLARK ?
PUBLISHER...............:SAMPSON LOW MARSTON & Co., LONDON
DATE & EDITION.......: not stated, c.1937, assumed 1st
COVER SIZE (mm)....: 154 x 225
CONDITION...............:
DUST JACKET...........: no
COVERS.....................: original black boards, light age soiling with slight wear to edges, corners bumped
SPINE.........................: with gilt title, (faded) slight wear to extremities, sunned
END & FLY PAPERS.: good
PAGES.......................: 278 pp plus 8 pp catalogue, generally bright & clean
BINDING....................: tight
PLATES & MAPS.......: 8 b/w plates
INSCRIPTIONS..........:H/S for PEOPLES HALL NOTTINGHAM LIBRARY on page1
SYNOPSIS, BLURB...: Published by Sampson Low in the 1930s as part of their 'Adventurous Lives' series. These are the adventures of Hickory Quist, described as the spiritual brother to Trader Horn. B/w photos of life in the Congo complement tales of daring do in the central African bush.
Internally fine some small light toning here and there.
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