Gabrielle M. Vassal — Life in French Congo

London , T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition of this exploration of the French Congo, with a frontispiece and 30 plates. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original blue cloth binding. With a frontispiece and 30 plates. Collated, complete.Written by British born naturalist Gabrielle Maud Vassal, who supplied numerous specimens from Vietnam, Gabon and Congo to the Natural History Museum in London for a period of 30 years.This work details life in French Congo, a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo and parts of Gabon, and the Central African Republic. Vassal details the weeks she spent in Brazzaville in the bush of the French Equatorial Africa, on foot and by canoe, with details of the culture, her hunting exploits and close observations of sleeping sickness. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Bumping to extremities, most significant to the head and tail of the spine, with slight loss of cloth to the tail of front board. Slight rubbing to joints, with the odd faint mark to boards. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with spotting towards the front and the rear of the work. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .