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1953021659London: The Batchworth Press 1953. Two volumes large octavo illustrated with 17 plates and many small text vignettes pp xxx 381 3; xvi 473 a large folding map. a folding chart the fore-edges and bottom edges untrimmed blue buckram faded and very slightly worn the second volume is a little marked on the upper cover. Limited edition of 1250 copies. A heavy set- extra postage will be rquired. According to Kennedy's Africana Repository "Burchell's Travels . . . is generally acknowledged to be unsurpassed by any other item if we take into account accuracy the background knowledge of the writer new information illustrations both for accuracy and beauty typography and book production". Buckram. Good. The Batchworth Press Hardcover
1989006502Jerusalem: World of Islam Festival Trust 1989. Very informative book on the history and architecture of Jerusalem this is the issue after the limited edition of 3000 published 1989. Contains 623 pages in very bright clean condition many colour and B/w photographs also many architectural illustrations plus very informative texttwo large fold out plans in folder. Imitation grained blue leather boards. HEAVY BOOK 3.3 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. Dustwrapper is also very bright and cleancomes in original grained blue slipcase a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Reprint. Gold Decorated Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12 x 9 Inches. Hardcover. World of Islam Festival Trust Hardcover
18-0509St. Louis MO: Burkett Tour & Travel Service 1948. . Travel memorabilia. 8vo. 6 pp. Single sheet folded. Good with marginal staining and edgewear around folds. Cover of pamphlet includes blue ink photograph. Also includes additional blue and white photographs and maps. Vintage travel pamphlet. [St. Louis, MO:] Burkett Tour & Travel Service, [1948]. unknown
1860018505Bielefeld Germany: Velhagen und Klasing 1860. Book. Good-VG. Half-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/2 leather pebbled brown cloth. Gilt-stamped spine leather re-attached lacking approx. 20% on upper spine not affecting gilt title split along joints. Leather loss and layering at corners otherwise only modest shelf wear. Main title page dated 1859 series title page opposite dated 1860. Light scattered internal foxing mostly clean with firm binding. vi171iv224iv77 pp. Three parts in one volume: Kleine Missions-Bibliothek oder Land und Leute Arbeiter und Arbeiten Kämpfe und Siege auf dem Gebiete der evangelischen heidenmission Zweiter Band: Afrika - I. Die evangelische Mission unter den Regern in West = Afrika. II. Die evangelische Mission unter den Völkerstämmen in Süd = Afrika. III. Die evangelische Mission auf dem Festland und den Inseln von Ost = Afrika. //. Velhagen und Klasing Hardcover
18983687Chapman and Hall London 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 305 pages illustrated tissue guarded frontispiece and 27 further illustrations throughout the text. Three maps one folding. Hardcover. Includes Kitchener's official dispatches appended and roll of all British ranks killed and wounded at Battle of Atbara 8/4/1898. Contents clean some minor spotting to prelims and page edges small repaired tears to folding map. Shelf wear covers bumped small piece missing from top of spine. Military account of the re-conquest of the Soudan in 1897-98 by an eye-witness to the Soudan campaign. Bennet Burleigh was hired in 1881 by the London Telegraph to cover the war in Sudan. He was a correspondent for the Central News Agency during the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and was the first to report the failure of the Gordon relief expedition which led to the slaughter of the Khartoum garrison. He also covered the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War writing several books on his conflict reporting experiences. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3687. . Chapman and Hall hardcover
19476320HMSO 1947. 8vo. 16pp. First Edition; original wrappers wire-stitched as issued very light rust marks else a very good clean copy. II Geo 6; ordered to be Printed 23 October 1947. The Bill was presented to the House of Commons by the Prime Minister Clement Attlee supported by Sir Stafford Cripps Mr. V.A. Alexander Mr. Secretary Henderson and Lieut.-Colonel Rees-Williams. A LANDMARK DOCUMENT IN THE HISTORY OF BURMA now MYANMAR. SCARCE HMSO, unknown
198951123London: W H Allen. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0245547304 . A lovely first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with some soiling and edgewear in a Near Fine dust-jacket with little soiling; This book tells the story of the people and culture of the Americas before Christopher Columbus arrived. It covers the period from the first civilizations in the Americas to the arrival of the Europeans.; 8vo ; 227 pages; TBC . W H Allen hardcover
197542143Oakton Virginia Appalachian Books 1975 paperback. Includes details like bridges distances scenery codes danger points etc. for each waterway. Maps. Index. -- Softcover 600 pages. Condition: very good spine and small cover creases; top-edge foxed. Appalachian Books paperback
1877L0907aaLondon: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and lightly marked. Repaired tear on frontispiece map. Some light spotting. Heraldic book-plate on paste-downs. 1877. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xxxii; 352pp; 24pp; xx; 399pp. 3 fold out maps. Heraldic book-plate of Sir James Miller Bart. Manderston. 'Omne Bonum Superne.'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington hardcover
1908t1260bLondon: Alston Rivers Ltd. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover heavily rubbed with edge-wear. New eps. Some foxing and marks within. Loss to fold America map. 1908. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". lx 651pp plates. 56 plates 7 fold-out 1 colour. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Alston Rivers Ltd hardcover
1942250619-MB93The University of Minnesota Press 1942. Very Good Hardcover with dustjacket some chipping on edges original price on flap. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The University of Minnesota Press Hardcover
185920643Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Near Fine. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing at the spine ends and corner. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 396 pages . Robert Clarke & Co. hardcover
1860022406London: Longman Green Longman & Roberts 1860. First edition. Two volumes illustrated with 11 of 12 chromoxylographs and several woodcuts lacking the map lacking one plate pp xvi ii 412; vi ii 468 a little used internally rather age-toned in places some odd spotting and marking probably contemporary half calf and marbled boards rather aged and rubbed lacking slight pieces at head and tail of spines. 1860£175.00. First Edition. Half Leather. Fair. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts Hardcover
5480London: Published for the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray 1873. Only edition. Folding map. 8vo pp.271 original blue cloth; backstrip detached at lower joint and rubbed at head and tail of spine some marking to boards. Folding map detached & foxed. London: Published for the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray, 1873. hardcover
185936158Livraria Itatiaia editora Ltda. 1976; 1859. New edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers wrap-around flaps Scarcely used. Livraria Itatiaia editora Ltda. unknown
1873016690London: John Murray for the Royal Geographicl Society 1873. Octavo pp viii 271 pages extremely clean and sound a large coloured folding map torn in one place without loss original blue cloth very slightly worn. The front endpaper is torn with some loss; the "lost" part has adhered to the reverse of the map corner - it does not affect the map itself. A shame as otherwise this copy would be close to very good. From the library of the African botanist Frank White with his signature on the title page. In 1798 Lacerda attempted to establish a route between the East and West Coast of Africa making Mozambique an important trading post. He managed to reach Cazembe where he died but his journey added greatly to the geographical knowledge of the interior of Africa. In addition to the main journey of Dr. Lacerda the book includes the journey of the Pomeiros P.J. Baptista and Amaro Jose across Africa from Angola to Tette on the Zambeze; and a Resume of the Journey of MM. Monteiro and Gamitto from Angola to the Rios de Senna. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray for the Royal Geographicl Society Hardcover
1873e2352London: John Murray. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. Edge-wear. Spine darkened with rubbing to outer hinges and chipping to ends. Inner hinge cracking. Tear to fold-out map slightly impinging on content. 1873. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 271pp. Frontispiece fold out coloured map. . John Murray hardcover
2004fol118London: The Folio Society. VG : in very good condition with black slipcase. 2004. First FS edition. Brown/gilt/black illustrated hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 180mm 10" x 7". xvii 539pp plates. 25 sepia plates. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . The Folio Society hardcover
1855d1074aLondon: Longman Brown Green & Longmans. VG : in very good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Slight foxing. 1855. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xv 388pp plates. 3 plates 2 in colour fold-out map. . Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans hardcover
1855d1074aaLondon: Longman Brown Green & Longmans. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Spine darkened. Slight foxing. 1855. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xv 388pp 22pp plates. 3 plates 2 in colour fold-out map. . Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans hardcover
r0801London: A M Philpot Ltd. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. Small stain on fore edge of lower board. Scattered browning. 1924. New Edition. Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 240pp. . A M Philpot Ltd hardcover
1861r0276London: Longman Green Longman & Roberts. G: good condition without dust jacket. Ex lib. Plate page 116 replaced with photo-copy. Minor tape repairs to pages 145 and 225. 1861. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. Library rebind. 210mm x 140mm 8" x 6". xii 707pp. 8 plates 9 text illustrations and 2 fold out of maps/plans. . Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts hardcover
19792870Cambridge: The Oleander Press 1979. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good . And the Ruined Midianite Cities 1878. 'Newly edited from the author’s corrected copy with an introduction by Philip Ward’. Photographic jacket in excellent condition over red boards. Jacket price-clipped on the inside. Xxxviii 244pp illustrated with a fold out map at rear inscriptions/ diagrams from Burton's notes. This Richard Burton was an explorer who discovered the source of the Nile with Speke who went on a pilgrimage toMecca and Medina and who set out again for Arabia in 1877 in search of precious metals in the fabled city of Midian. The original book was rushed into publication with many errors and was not passed by Burton for publication; this centenary copy using Burton's own annotated copy of his book puts the record straight. An excellent clean copy of this fascinating book. The Oleander Press hardcover
1875e8700London: William P Nimmo. G : in food condition. Cover rubbed and darkened. Re-backed with original spines. Ex Cruising Association Library. 1875. First Edition. Blue hardback pictorial cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xix 380pp 16pp; vii 408pp plates. 10 b/w plates 2 fold-out coloured maps numerous b/w vignettes. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . William P Nimmo hardcover
1777e8920Lynn: W. Whittingham. G : in Good condition. Rebacked with new eps. Boards rubbed. Tape repairs to two of the map folds and to lower edge of plate 2. Some pagination errors. Some light scattered spotting to title page. Text block firm. 1777. Second Edition Enlarged and Corrected. Brown hardback half-leather marbled cover. 310mm x 200mm 12" x 8". iv 304pp. Two engraved plates and fold out map. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . W. Whittingham hardcover
