signed first edition
1940 · Philadelphia
by Johnson, Osa
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1940. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, signed limited issue. Copy #41 of a limited 520 copies, signed by Osa Johnson and inscribed with "Best African Wishes." Bound in publisher's marble-affect cloth over red cloth spine, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Near Fine. Spine shows white soiling, light wear at ends, rubbing and dulling to gilt lettering. Pages toned. A charming love story and biography, in which Osa Johnson details her life and travels in Africa and the South Seas, alongside her husband, Martin Johnson.
(Inventory #: 140937593)