Author: Cherry Kearton; Sir Gilbert Parker
Title: My Friend Toto: The Adventures of a Chimpanzee and the Story of His Journey from the Congo to London
Description: London, Arrowsmith, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first of this illustrated story of a chimpanzee who travelled from the Congo to London. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two photographs across sixteen plates. Collated complete. The story of Toto the chimpanzee, who travelled from the Congo to London. With chapters on finding Toto, the journey, celebrating Christmas, visiting the sea, and more. Written and illustrated by Cherry Kearton, a British naturalist and one of the world's earliest wildlife photographers along with his brother Richard. With a preface by Sir Gilbert Parker, a Canadian novelist and British politician. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges with the odd mark to the boards. A small split in the cloth to the head of the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: Cherry Kearton. Good .

Keywords: Toto Friend Chimpanzee Congo Friend Kearton Parker Cherry Kearton


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