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187352625London: Smith Elder & Co 1873. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. x 2 483 1; vi 2 529 1 6 ads; 12 maps 3 folding 3 in color 10 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper covers and spine; silver-dollar size rubberstamp on both title pages marked withdrawn similar stamp on p. 217 of vol. I small ink accession numbers on spines old manuscript notes on the recto of the rear free endpaper in vol. I regarding other books of African travel; all else generally very good. <br/><br/> Smith, Elder, & Co hardcover books
187752529New York: Harper & Brothers 1877. First American edition 8vo pp. xv 1 330 6 ads; frontispiece folding map hand-colored in outline 8 wood-engraved plates other wood engravings in the text; fine copy in original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 391 for the London edition of the previous year. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
190852577London: Edward Arnold 1908. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 359 1; xii 388 16 ads; 2 frontispieces 1 gravure one in color folding map printed in color 59 photographic plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spine; some spotting of the covers otherwise very good and sound. <br/><br/> Edward Arnold hardcover books
190820467London: Archibald Constable 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-. xvi 403 pp with color frontispiece many illustrations from photographs some folding five folding maps appendices index. Original red cloth boards rubbed at the edges and corners minor damage to cloth at upper spine. Mild spine slant but binding sound text unmarked and clean with almost no foxing. A detailed and beautifully illustrated account of the expedition Filippi led from April to September of 1906 to explore the snow range of Ruwenzori upon the borders of Congo and Uganda in the center of Equatorial Africa. Neate F27 describes this as the "classical reference work on this tropical range" noting that the party succeeded in climbing all of the principal peaks. Archibald Constable hardcover books
159040297N.p. 1590. Image area 19-1/2" x 12-7/8" in 28" x 23" mat. 1 vols. Imperfectly colored along crease down center small and unobtrusive dampstain in one corner. Still a nice piece. Image area 19-1/2" x 12-7/8" in 28" x 23" mat. 1 vols. Abraham Ortelius 1527-98 was a Flemish geographer of German origin. His major work Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1570 with later revisions and addendums was the first modern atlas. It was based on contemporary charts and maps and contained a collection of plates engraved by Frans Hagenberg in a uniform size and format. The Theatrum preceded the first atlas of Ortelius' good friend Gerardus Mercator. In fact popular sentimental legend has it that Mercator delayed publication of his own work so that his younger friend's would appear first. Although this simply isn't true Mercator wasn't ready the legendary cartographer did complement Ortelius for the "care and elegance" he had put into the Theatrum. unknown books
193052646London: Edward Arnold and Co 1930. First edition 8vo pp. iii-xv 1 399 1; 16 plates and a folding map; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; extremities rubbed a few spots to the covers all else very good and sound. <br/><br/> Edward Arnold and Co hardcover books
190652551London: Hutchinson & Ci 1906. First edition 2 volumes large 8vo pp. xxviii 519 1; xvi 521-1183 1; 4 folding maps 18 maps in the text 28 color plates 426 black & white illustrations many full-page; original maroon cloth gilt crest on upper covers gilt-stamped spines; armorial bookplate on front pastedowns perforated stamps in title pages accession numbers at base of spines both volumes lightly rubbed; faults notwithstanding a very good copy. <br/><br/> Hutchinson & Ci hardcover books
190017161New York: Cassell and Company 1900. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 204 pp with three colored folding maps and 67 illustrations from photographs. Original green cloth with illustration of the authors on the front board. Minor insect damage to front board spine slightly toned some foxing to endpapers else quite sound and clean. The American husband and wife team were wealthy zealous and energetic explorers who together made many expeditions to the Himalayas. Fanny a suffragist as well as a bit of a publicity hound made sure the world knew of her achievements as a pioneering female climber. Among other achievements she held the women's altitude record for 28 years after her conquest of 23000-ft Pinnacle Peak in 1906. Robinson Wayward Women amusingly describes her as having "practically battered the Karakorams into submission first treading them over with her squat hob-nailed figure and then pinning them down on virgin maps and charts to take home for the various Geographical Societies of England and America to fight over." This is the account of their first Himalayan expedition 1898-99 during which they reached the Karakoram Pass and explored the Biafo Glacier Neate W124. Cassell and Company hardcover books
1931D14321931. Very Good. Stab binding bound with grey ribbon patterned cloth over boards 13 x 9.25 with handwritten titles on front board; contains 19 grey heavy cardstock leaves each featuring numerous b/w photographs more than 150 in all average size is 3 x 4.25 affixed to rectos and versos with photo-corners most of them labeled by hand in German with some English. Boards a little rubbed and scuffed else fine. <br/><br/>A lovely young African woman wearing robes a turban and a necklace clutches a pipe in her teeth and poses for the camera in front of a thatched roof house. The photograph bears the handwritten label Basutofrau aus dem Hinterland von East London. So begins this collection of images photographs taken by the author and postcards of Cape Town and South-West Africa in 1931. It offers a nice balance of the personal with images of the authors friends at picnics hiking with men in suits and hat and the ladies in dresses and high-heeled shoes! on ship and watching street performers and the more broadly interesting streetscapes and landmarks. The African people it seems were also generously willing to smile for the camera. Postcards have labels printed in English identifying Camps Bay Chapman Peak government buildings memorials etc. and the photographs taken by the author usually identify the place and date tidy penmanship in German and often with a quip. Though a few of the authors photographs are a little blurry or over-exposed most are nicely composed and all of the images photos and postcards are bright and clean. A pleasing amalgam. hardcover books
1764WRCAM19511Lisbon: Miguel Rodrigues 1764. 2171pp. Folio. Dbd. Except for the lightest fore-edge dampstaining a near fine copy. A rare work describing the trial and verdicts in the case of nineteen men accused of the 1762 murder of Portugal's local auditor/councilor Joao Vieira de Andrade in the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa. The accused all Portuguese subjects were convicted resulting in eleven decapitations. The NUC cites only the John Carter Brown copy. Miguel Rodrigues unknown books
16779Travel Album of over 225 photos from a tour of Europe North Africa and the Middle East in the 1920s; photos from France Italy Egypt Greece Constantinople Istanbul Monaco Switzerland Germany and England. This album takes us to a world of a century ago with 228 original silver gelatin prints 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. Original brown cloth boards. 7 1/2 x 12 inches. 100 pages last 8 are blank. Pasted in 22 souvenir postcards of monuments from Brussels the Hague and Milan. c. 1921-1930. Album documents the travels of an American couple on an international vacation. Photos begin with journey leaving New York harbor "Aboard the Vallendam" headed towards France. They land in Cologne and their first stop is in Paris where they document their lodging "Our hotel in Paris "Victoria Palace" and include snapshots of famous landmarks including the Louvre Church of St. Genevieve the Trocadero the Eiffel Tower Tuileries Gardens and the Champ-Elysees. They visit Versailles and Trianon Palace and then travel around France to Rheims Nice and Eze a medieval village. They include many charming photos of coastal views and bucolic countryside.<br/><br/>They make stops at Monaco and Monte Carlo making sure to visit the famous Casino in its prime in the 1920's before boarding the next ship which would carry them across the Mediterranean Sea. Large image of a ship "Theophile Gautier" pasted in with the handwritten caption "Our boat on the Med. Sea and our home for more than two weeks." They sail past Stromboli on the way to Alexandria Egypt where they disembark to travel down the Nile River to Cairo. "Old Cairo and the Nile from the citadel." They visit the Great Pyramids and see the Sphinx. They travel to the Middle East. The next stop is Palestine and Jerusalem where they visit many important religious sites including "Garden of Geshsamine sic" Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Wailing Wall. They also take interest Islamic practices in the city as there is one snapshot of the group seated outside a mosque with the caption: "Group waiting to hear the Mohammedan call to prayer." They also tour Bethlehem Solomon's Quarries and Jewish University before moving on to other places: The Jordan River The Dead Sea Nazareth Galilee and Beirut. They travel on various ways during this time and document many markets and street scenes of a century ago. "Meeting a camel caravan."<br/><br/>They visit ancient sites in Greece such as the ancient city of Smyrna and the island of Rhodes home to the Colossus one of the ancient wonders of the world. Caption for a photo of the island's harbor reads "Rhodes showing the sight site of the ancient Colossus". In Athens they visit the Acropolis and even take a photo where they are standing inside the Parthenon no longer allowed for conservation reasons. They document Hadrian's Arch the Temple of Athena Nike "the wingless victor" Mars Hill the Temple of Theseus and Socrates' prison. They go to Constantinople renamed Istanbul in 1930 and take photos of "The Mosque of St. Sophia" Hagia Sophia. They travel up the boot of Italy with photos of Mt. Vesuvius Naples Rome Milan and Venice. In the capital city they visit the "Tomb of the Italy's Unknown Soldier" erected 1921 and visit the ancient forum in Rome. They take many photos in Venice documenting experiences such as a gondola ride and important landmarks such as St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace. The final leg of the trip is an overland journey through the Swiss alps through Lucerne and past the Rhone Glacier. They journey through southern Germany stopping at Baden-Baden Heidelberg and Bonn before making it back to their final destination: England. They go for a tour of Windsor Castle and take in the sights. "Eton College from Windsor." They also visit Oxford University and save two large pages for their photos of Shakespeare's former residences. "Anne Hathaway's Home" and "In the gardens at Stradford on the Avon - Both have Shakespear's sic house". 2 pages are detached. Very good condition. unknown books
185352524London: John Murray 1853. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xv 1 425 1; iv 432; folding map with route outlined in red 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages both frontispieces a bit dampstained but overall a fine-looking copy. <br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
189152582London & New York: Ward Lock & Co 1891. First edition in English large 8vo pp. xviii 597 1; folding map in back cover pocket gravure frontispiece portrait 32 plates 50 illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt white and black; spine ends chipped small break in the cloth on the lower joint one gathering extended; all else good and sound or better. Czech Africa p. 128: "A German counterpart to Henry M. Stanley's notable work In Darkest Africa this represents Peters' journey to find Emin Pasha on the Upper Nile but approach from Africa's east coast . This work is wonderfully illustrated particularly regarding the battles waged between the expedition and hostile tribes." <br/><br/> Ward, Lock, & Co hardcover books
1847WRCAM52605New York: Showden & Prall 1847. 94pp. Original half morocco and marbled boards printed title label on front board. Spine perished boards and front endleaves detached. Tanned scattered foxing. Good. The earliest Mpongwe imprint for use among missionaries in Africa compiled by those working at the Gabun Mission operated by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Mpongwe was spoken along the Gabun and Ogowe rivers in French Equatorial Africa. Not in Darlow & Moule. Showden & Prall hardcover books
1852WRCAM45247New York: Published by the American Bible Society 1852. 104pp. Original cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine ends worn inked call number on lower portion of spine. Ex-Library of Congress duplicate with bookplate on front pastedown small perforated stamp on titlepage and ink stamp on verso of titlepage; additional bookplate on rear pastedown. Very clean internally. Good plus. Translated into this language of western Africa by missionaries of the American board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Gaboon. DARLOW & MOULE 6879. Published by the American Bible Society hardcover books
1850WRCAM45246Gaboon sic West Africa: Press of the A.B.C.F.M. 1850. 126pp. Small octavo. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards. Spine ends worn splitting along spine boards a bit rubbed. Ex-Library of Congress duplicate with bookplate on front pastedown small perforated stamp on titlepage and ink stamp on verso of titlepage; additional ink stamp on front pastedown additional bookplate on rear pastedown. Text is quite clean. Good. What is asserted to be the first translation into Mpongwe of any part of the Bible made by the A.B.C.F.M. missionaries. Mpongwe was spoken along the Gabun and Ogowe Rivers in French Equatorial Africa. DARLOW & MOULE 6878. NORTH 736. Press of the A.B.C.F.M. hardcover books
189352561Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons 1893. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xix 1 563 1; gravure frontispiece portrait 13 maps 9 in color 5 folding 2 in cover pockets 2 other maps in the text 54 plates 75 illustrations in the text; Geography Prize bookplate in vol. I dated Dec. 19 1900; original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt; spines rather sunned and spine extremities a bit rubbed but the bindings are sound with no cracked hinges. <br/><br/> William Blackwood and Sons hardcover books
189436380London: Richard Bentley and Son 1894. Third Edition. Illustrations by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Spine sunned else fine. Third Edition. Illustrations by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 1 vols. 8vo. The Second European to Reach the Falls of the Zambesi. "Mr. Baldwin's experiences are written in a simple and unostentatious manner but he went through more adventures than almost all of the great South Afriican travellers and hunters." Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn I 73-74 for 1863 second ed. Richard Bentley and Son unknown books
182613060London: John Murray 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Two volumes in one. lxvii 335; 269 pp complete with 38 engraved plates 1 colored and maps 1 folding 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text. Rebound in red buckram with leather spine label date erroneously printed as 1836 at foot. Occasional minor foxing and offsetting one closed tear to map.In hopes of tracing the course of the Niger River Denham's expedition crossed the desert along the long-established Sahara trade route to the kingdom of Bornu later Nigeria a route littered with the skeletons of thousands of slaves abandoned there over the centuries. They sighted Lake Chad and reached the capital of Bornu where they were welcomed by a spectacular array of some five thousand horsemen sent by the Muslim prophet who ruled Bornu in the king's name. Though delighted to meet them he refused to let them continue their explorations lest they meet some misadventure for which he would be blamed. Ultimately the expedition returned to England having failed to find the Niger but having opened much of north central Africa to European knowledge. Written in a lively style and embellished with engravings of Denham's own sketches this account became one of the classics of its genre DNB. Denham was later appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony of Sierra Leone where he died of the African fever in 1828. John Murray hardcover books
185345888New York: George P. Putnam & Co 1853. First Edition. Presumed Third Printing First Issue. Octavo 19.25cm; brown vertically-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine triple-ruled border and decorative centerpieces stamped in blind to covers; pale yellow endpapers; iiviii1793pp. Inscribed in pencil on the front flyleaf: "Hon. J. Collamer / With respects of The Author" possibly Jacob Collamer judge and U.S. Senator from Vermont. Tiny chip to upper left corner of rear endpaper handful of dog-eared pages smoothed out else very Near Fine. Handsome copy of this volume Hawthorne edited for his friend and patron Horatio Bridge 1806-1893 a United States Navy officer. First printed in wrappers in 1845 Journal is the narrative of Bridge's trip on the USS Saratoga "the flagship of Commodore Matthew Perry with the mission to stop and search all American ships on the west coast of Africa that might be carrying slaves. That mission was fruitless they saw none but Bridge's comments on the efforts of the American Colonization Society in Liberia and on Africa in general were vivid" Moore Margaret B. the Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne p.135. An interesting printing not noted by BAL - "What appear to be first-issue sheets with the Putnam title page intact gathered in the same form as the Putnam publication are also found in a typical Ticknor format A binding.When Ticknor and Fields bought the Putnam plates for Mosses and Cruiser at the Bangs Bros. Trade Sale in New York March 1854 they may have acquired some Putnam sheets that were later bound up in Ticknor style and distributed in an effort to recover some of the purchase costs" Note: CLARK A14.1.c1. Presentation copies uncommon with only two noted in Rare Book Hub PBA 2019; Goodspeed 1910. cf.BAL 7597. George P. Putnam & Co unknown 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
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
182658024London: John Murray 1826. 4to 2 volumes in 1 pp. lxvii 335; 269; complete with 38 engraved plates 1 colored and maps 1 folding 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text; rebound in red buckram with leather spine label date erroneously printed as 1836 at foot; occasional minor foxing and offsetting one closed tear to map. In hopes of tracing the course of the Niger River Denham's expedition crossed the desert along the long-established Sahara trade route to the kingdom of Bornu later Nigeria a route littered with the skeletons of thousands of slaves abandoned there over the centuries. They sighted Lake Chad and reached the capital of Bornu where they were welcomed by a spectacular array of some five thousand horsemen sent by the Muslim prophet who ruled Bornu in the king's name. Though delighted to meet them he refused to let them continue their explorations lest they meet some misadventure for which he would be blamed. Ultimately the expedition returned to England having failed to find the Niger but having opened much of north central Africa to European knowledge. Written in a lively style and embellished with engravings of Denham's own sketches this account became one of the classics of its genre DNB. Denham was later appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony of Sierra Leone where he died of the African fever in 1828. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
188652566London: Kegan Paul Trench and Co 1886. First edition 8vo pp. xxviii 338; xv 1 572 36 ads; gravure frontispiece portrait wood-engraved vignette title page 6 maps 2 folding some in color 14 plates numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original pictorial red cloth stamped in black white and gilt on upper cover and spine; the spine is a mess: old long cracks chipped at extremities and sunned but the book is surprisingly sound clean and the covers quite bright. Not a common book. <br/><br/> Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co hardcover books
181652526London: printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer and Co 1816. 2 volumes 8vo pp. xx 551 1; xvi cxlix 1 cli-clxxvii 3 cliii-cviii i.e. ccvii 301 1 2 ads; large folding map with Park's routes hand-colored in outline; later quarter tan calf gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spines; a handsome and sound copy. Includes a Mandingo vocabulary at the back of volume I. Mungo Park 1771-1806 was the first European to reach the headwaters of the Niger following the river almost to the Senegal valley. His journal includes a detailed description of travel conditions natural history rivers and the customs of the various tribes. "Park's Travels had an immediate success and was translated into most European languages. It has become a classic of travel literature and its scientific observations on the botany and meteorology of the region and on the social and domestic life of the negroes have remained of lasting value. Park's career was short but he made the first great practical advance in the opening-up of Central Africa" PMM 253 citing the first edition of 1799. Cox I 394. <br/><br/> printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer and Co unknown books
