Burnside Rare Books

I Married Adventure

Johnson, Osa

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1940.

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. Item #140937593

Price: $900.00