Bent J. TheodoreABAA
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189252613London: Longmans Green and Co 1892. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 376 24 ads; folding frontispiece map 4 other maps 3 folding 12 plates numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; the binding a little spotted and rubbed; sophisticated with several pertinent newspaper clippings tipped in randomly in the text previous owner's bookplate and signatures on half-title and title page. Mendelssohn I p. 115: "Mr. Bent made a careful examination of the remains of the ancient buildings in Mashonaland and was of opinion that they were erected by Arabians a race of North African explorers whose civilisation must have been of a high order: and he expressed great admiration for the beauty solidity and intricacy of the masonry . The author investigated the habits and industries of the Mashonas and the work deals not only with Mr. Bent's archaeological researches but serves as a pioneer book on Mashonaland under the Chartered Company." <br/><br/> Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
195419797New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1954. Second edition fully revised 8vo pp. xxix 3 634; with 200 illustrations and maps; original black cloth decorated in gilt dust-jacket; about fine in very good jacket with some fading at the spine and light edgewear. An important and popular book by one of the great Orientalists. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
179052509Edinburgh: J. Ruthvan for G. G. J. and J. Robinson London 1790. First edition published later in London the same year; 5 volumes 4to engraved vignette title page in each volume 58 engraved charts battle plans and plates 3 engraved folding maps 7 typographic pages of Ethiopic characters between pp. 400 and 401 of the first volume and the list of plates at the back of vol. V which is usually lacking; contemporary marbled boards neatly rebacked in calf gilt-lettered spine; a few marginal tears neatly repaired light occasional foxing but in all a very good sound and absolutely complete copy with the requisite half-titles in each volume. Bruce arrived in Alexandria in June 1768 committed to discovering the source of the Nile which he thought began somewhere in Abyssinia. He traveled across the northern desert in the guise of a Turkish sailor and finally reached Abyssinia in early 1770. In November of that year he found the previously unknown source of the Blue Nile which he claimed mistakenly to be the Nile of the ancients and therefore more important than the larger White Nile. Bruce's difficult return in 1771 was highlighted by another first: he became the first to trace the Blue Nile to its confluence with the White Nile. The last major obstacle was a dangerous trip back into the desert to recover his journals and baggage which had been left behind after his camels died. Though his Travels was criticized by some contemporaries "the substantial accuracy of every statement concerning his Abyssinian travels has since been amply demonstrated" Ency. Britannica. Bruce's account is also notable for its famous plate of the figure of a harpist in the tomb of Rameses III "the first picture of a scene in the royal tombs to be published" Romer Valley of the Kings 36. Blackmer 221; Cox I 398-99; Howgego III B171; Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 91. <br/><br/> J. Ruthvan for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London hardcover books
196913753New York: Negro universities Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1919 edition. xxi 247 pp with index illustrations folding map. Brown cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. Clean tight unmarked. No dust jacket. Negro universities Press hardcover books
189052638Philadelphia: J. W. Keeler 1890. Subscription publication issued under a number of imprints; large 8vo pp. 2 17-576; 4 chromolithograph plates folding map hundreds of wood-engraved illustrations throughout many full-page; original red cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; hinges cracked vermin nibble at the bottom of the back cover covers unevenly sunned; a good copy. <br/><br/> J. W. Keeler hardcover books
1994244788New York: Judelson 1994. Limited. hardcover. very good. 19 full page color illustrations plus black & white text illustions. text in two sections of 47pp. one in Englsh one in Russian. 8vo three panelled linen-backed boards inside front panel has pasted down envelope containing two folded posters. New York: Paul Judelson Arts and Moscow: Avant-Garde 1994. A very good copy.<br/><br/> One of 1500 copies. Published in conjunction with Afrika's 1995 exhibition at the Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst MAK<br/><br/> Judelson unknown books
189852544New York & Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell n.d. 1898. First American edition 8vo pp. xxx 3-299 1; 100 photographic illustrations throughout many full-page; original decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt; lightly rubbed very good. Czech Africa p. 29: "A former English army officer Burrows was hired by the Belgian government as district commander of the Upper Well-Mobanghi region of the Congo." <br/><br/> Thomas Y. Crowell, n.d. hardcover books
187252516London: Tinsley Brothers 1872. First edition first issue binding 2 volumes 8vo pp. xii 2 503 1; vi 2 519 1; folding map highlighted in blue 11 wood-engraved plates including 2 frontispieces 4 full-p. sketch maps; original chocolate brown cloth gilt vignette on upper covers both volumes neatly rebacked with original spines laid down; previous owners' bookplates pertinent newspaper clippings tipped into both volumes at endpaper and half-title; a good sound copy. Zanzibar is Burton's account of the country and its natural history and Burton's and Speke's various journeys 1857-59 in the lake regions of east Africa including the discoveries of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika. The final chapter is Burton's memorial of Speke with whom he had many points of divergence regarding the geographical discoveries at Victoria and the Nile basin. Spink Catalogue no. 49; Penzer pp. 88-89; Casada 72: "It is in my opinion among the most important of his African-related studies." <br/><br/> Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
188352639London: Chatto & Windus 1883. First edition small 8vo 2 volumes pp. xii 2 354 2 32 Chatto & Windus ads; vi 381 3; 2 folding maps chromolithograph frontispiece in vol. II a few illustrations in the text; original decorative red cloth stamped in red and black; spines soiled and spine extremities chipped; cloth a little soiled; good and sound. Penzer p. 106-7; Casada 65: "The work was an outgrowth of the trip Burton made with Cameron who was the first European to cross central Africa 1873-75 to explore the Kong Mountains and search for gold in the valley of the Ancobra River . Burton wrote virtually all of the first volume and much of the second although Cameron was an accomplished literary hand in his own right." <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
186452523London: Tinsley Brothers 1864. Second edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvii 3 7-386; vi 413 1; wood-engraved frontispiece in each volume; original dark purple cloth gilt-stamped on upper cover gilt lettering direct on spine; both spines sunned and spotted back cover of vol. I also spotted; all else very good and sound. In 1863 Burton went to Dahomey as a representative of the British government to persuade the King to stop his participation in the slave trade and human sacrifice. For the first edition see Spink 31; Penzer pp. 72-74; and Casada 47: "Thanks in part to the sensational nature of its subject matter this is one of the better known of Burton's works on Africa." <br/><br/> Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
192452653New York: Robert M. McBride and Co 1924. First edition American issue of the British sheets; 8vo pp. 240; original cream cloth-backed boards printed paper label on spine; upper cover with a few light scratches else near fine throughout. Casada 58: "In this work Penzer brings together ten obscure articles by Burton with the intention of giving the reader a fuller understanding of the man." <br/><br/> Robert M. McBride and Co hardcover books
186052513London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1860. First edition likely the second issue; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 412; vi 2 468; engraved folding map hand colored in blue and green 12 chromoxylographs 22 woodcuts in the text; 20th century three-quarter green morocco gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments gilt lettered direct in 3 t.e.g.; the plates all with a small and discreet stamp in the margin not touching the image and the map with an old paper repair at the folds on the verso; otherwise a fine copy. There were two issues each in a different cloth binding. As the book has been rebound we can't be sure which issue this is except that the map is in volume II in this set which is where it should be in the second issue. Casada 42; Penzer p. 65-67. <br/><br/> Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts hardcover books
187652519London: Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle 1876. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xiv 2 261 1; vi 2 255 i.e. 355 1; largely unopened; 4 wood-engraved plates and 2 folding maps plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; a very good copy in a secondary unrecorded binding of original blindstamped terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spines. Sir Richard Burton 1821-90 is well known for his colorful career recorded in numerous books and articles as a diplomat explorer and ethnographer. In 1861 he was appointed consul to Fernando Po now Bioko in Equatorial Guinea remaining there for four years until he was transferred to Brazil. These volumes collate the expeditions and ethnographic observations made during his time there. In his preface Burton writes that the 'plain truth' about the African has not been told in Britain declaring that English occupation of West Africa has proved 'a remarkable failure'. First published in 1876 the second volume recounts a journey made from Fernando Po to Loango Bay and up the Congo River. Of particular interest is the penultimate chapter 'The slaver and the missionary in the Congo River' in which Burton expresses his ambivalence towards a European presence in Africa. Volume 2 also includes appendices containing geographical observations. Penzer p. 94; Spink 56; Casada 66: "This work covers the Fan people and the region of the lower Congo." <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle hardcover books
187352572London: John Murrary for the Royal Geographic Society 1873. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 271 1; large folding frontispiece map without tears and fine; original blue cloth gilt-stamped spine; perforated stamp in title page accession numbers on spine lightly rubbed else very good and sound. Burton's portion of the book ends on p. 164. Penzer p. 89 noting that Burton had also written two appendices which because of their controversial and critical nature were rejected by the R.G.S. "These appendices together with a preface were published privately at Trieste in July of the same year." Casada 85; Mendelssohn I p. 234. Have 2 copies. <br/><br/> John Murrary [for the] Royal Geographic Society hardcover books
186352623London: Tinsley Bros 1863. First edition 2 volumes small 8vo pp. viii 2 303; 6 295; folding map frontispiece in volume II; very slight rubbing but still a fine bright copy largely unopened in original purple-brown cloth author's name and title gilt-lettered direct on spine. This is the second state of the binding with Burton's name on the spine. Penzer pp. 71-2; Casada 70. <br/><br/> Tinsley Bros hardcover books
186352654London: Tinsley Bros 1863. First edition 2 volumes in 1 small 8vo pp. iii-viii 2 303 1; 4 295 1; frontispiece and a folding map; bound without the half-titles in contemporary half tan calf gilt-lettered spine; moderately rubbed else very good. Penzer pp. 71-2; Casada 70. <br/><br/> Tinsley Bros unknown books
199013714San Marino CA: Huntington Library 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Authors 110 pp bound in green cloth. Clean and tight. Dust jacket has a few rubbed spots. Inscribed in October 1990 by Hayman to Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Huntington Library calendar listing the two-day Burton conference laid in. Includes the text of four lectures Burton presented in Brazil in 1866 now housed at the Huntington. Two lectures discuss Burton's visits to Mecca and Medina and the other two discuss his journeys to Harar and Dahomey where he tried to persuade King Gelele to abandon the practice of human sacrifice. Huntington Library hardcover books
1975136677New York: the Campaign 1975. Single sheet folded to make 8-panel brochure 3.75x8.5 inches very good. OCLC lists only one copy as of 5/2021. Sponsors include several CPUSA leaders as well as more mainstream labor and legislative figures. the Campaign unknown books
13600Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c. 1860. 4 x 6 inches 271 pp with 6 plates showing animals seen on the voyage. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt decoration on the spine. Corners bumped some fraying to spine ends. Binding tight hinges secure contents clean. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Presbyterian Board of Publication hardcover books
164421312Romae: Andree Phaei 1644. 4to pp. 18 93 1; engraved vignette title page 4 engraved plates 2 folding 1 double-p. 12 woodcuts in the text 1 hand-colored; bound with as issued: Romano De antiquis Romanorum ritibus Rome 1644 pp. 10 95-269 20; engraved vignette title page 10 engraved plates 2 folding 1 double-p. 2 double-p. and folding 18 woodcuts in the text; bound with: Romano De veteribus christianorum ritibus Rome 1645 engraved title page pp. 18 496 71; 6 engraved plates 1 double-p. 1 folding 1 folding and double-p. 8 woodcuts in the text; printer's woodcut device on the final leaf; bound in contemporary limp vellum front hinge broken the whole rubbed and worn internally very good. Graesse p. 59; Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 120. <br/><br/> Andree Phaei hardcover books
189152605London & New York: Frederick Warne 1891. 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxi 1 376; xv 1 347 1; 4 folding color maps 3 printed in color inside back cover pockets 60 photographic or wood-engraved plates some tinted a few in color; original pictorial maroon crocodile-patterned cloth stamped in gilt silver and black; contemporary prize label Camden Road Collegiate School Cambridge on front pastedown of volume I; small breaks in the cloth at the top of both spines rear hinge on volume II starting; all else very good bright and sound. <br/><br/> Frederick Warne hardcover books
185613245London: Seeley Jackson and Halliday 1856. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Third thousand. vi 272 pp with color frontis in original blind-stamped cloth. Corners bumped chipping to head of spine bits of old paper stuck to front board. Occasional foxing otherwise clean and sound. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday hardcover books
194972116Strand C. P. South Africa: Christian Council of South Africa 1949. Paperback. Good. 107p. Wrapper. 22cm. Some cover wear. <br/><br/> Christian Council of South Africa paperback books
190852522London: Hodder and Stoughton 1908. First edition 8vo pp. xiii 1 226 18 ads; 3 maps 61 photographic illustrations on 47 plates; original pictorial red cloth; spine a little sunned and a few spots on the covers and spine; all else very good. Czech Africa p. 37; Woods A12. <br/><br/> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1996136603Washington DC: National Academy Press 1996. Softcover. VG- Ex-library with spine label bookplate few marks a corner bumped slightly. Brown & illus. wraps 308 pp. graphs charts. Addresses: The Context of Mortality and Morbidity ; Nutritional Status ; Obstetric Morbidity and Mortality ; Nervous System Disorders ; Mental Health Problems ; Cardiovascular Dieases Cancers and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases ; Injury ; Occupational and Environmental Health ; Tropical Infectious Diseases ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Infection ; Demographic OVerview and State of the Data. National Academy Press unknown books
