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18411247London: James Madden & Co 1841. First. Hardcover. VG-Nr Fine. 308 pp appendices large folding map in front pocket. The author one of three brothers traveled through an area of British controlled Central Asia that lay east of Simla. One of the earliest works on high altitude travel although they never made it through to Tibet. It includes information on history geography tribes languages etc. A truly beautiful copy - original blindstamped cloth showing almost no wear. Text uncut. Someone opened the book to sign their name and never opened the book again. One minute spot on outer rear hinge where cloth is thin. Housed in an opened ended silk slipcase with leather corners and edges gilt ruled. James Madden & Co hardcover
1844219156Alberto Hauser Paris 1844. Softcover Großformat Einzelkartons mit rückseitiger Kurzbeschriftung. Keine beschreibenden Texte. Zustand: Exemplar einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Alberto Hauser, Paris, paperback
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. Tinsley Bros unknown
18773826London: Richard Bentley 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. VG to near Fine. with notices of the Anglo Indian Army railroads past present and future etc. First edition. 2 volumes: 343 & 331 pp. Penzer p 94 95. After a brief visit to Sind then part of India now Pakistan Burton added material to his earlier works and discussed the region's future. Lovely vg to near fine set bound in 3/4 leather raised spine bands gilt rules gilt borders in bands. Engraved bookplates Charles Waterman Armour both volumes. The book appears never read part of volume 2 is unopened. Richard Bentley hardcover
18653841London: Tinsley Brothers 1865. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. or a book of proverbial philosophy idioms enigmas and Laconisms compiled by Richard F Burton Lake HM's Consul for the Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po. Second edition with the title Negro Wit and Wisdom on the spine. An important work. 455 pp. Penzer p 75 76 described this book as RARE especially if in good condition. Bound in brick red cloth with blind triple border enclosing design in blind on both covers. Burton wanted to give readers an insight into the Negro mind and thoughts. Clean and nice internally orig. endpapers lightly soiled. Recased in orig. cloth strengthened at spine tips. Orig. spine in fair condition with wear to gilt and relaid. Housed in a burgundy cloth case and then in a marbled paper slipcase with gilt leather spine label. Tinsley Brothers hardcover
18693833London: Tinsley Brothers 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. with a full account of the gold and diamond mines also canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river Sao Francisco from Sabara to the sea. First ed. Penzer pp 78-80. Two volumes: 443 & 478 pp. Plate & ill. in both volumes. Folding map opp. p 1 in vol 2. Burton was consul at Sao Paulo in 1856 and before taking his posting he went to Brazil to explore the country and sail down the river. VG in original cloth. Double blind border on covers enclosing large stamped design in gold of an India.VG very light foxing. Tinsley Brothers hardcover
189061099London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1890. First Edition. Signed limited Demy Quarto Edition de Luxe. #230 of 250 copies printed. Quarto 30cm. Two volumes half-bound in black morocco and vellum stamped in gilt on front and spines. top edges gilt; plain endpapers; I: iixvi5291pp; II: iixvi472pp; 2 photogravure frontispieces 6 etchings 2 large color folding maps backed in linen 1 color folding map 1 color diagram 36 chine collé relief plates numerous in-text relief illustrations and a facsimile of a leaf from Stanley's original notebook. Untrimmed. Signed by author on limitation leaf; each etching signed in pencil by the artist G. Montbard. A sturdy set rubbed with minor external dustsoil red stains to front board of vol. 2 as though transferred from another book internally with occasional browning to edges plate supports browned and foxed otherwise clean: around Very Good. <br /> <br /> Stanley's account of the 1886-1889 expedition he led to rescue Emin Pasha Governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria after his administration was overwhelmed during the Mahdist War. The expedition passed through the Belgian Congo including a grueling five-month passage through the Ituri rain forest the darkness of which inspired this book's title. Eventually they reached Emin persuaded him to leave and made their way to the eastern cost. In Darkest Africa was published soon after the conclusion of the expedition initially to great acclaim. But as more information emerged from other participants detailing high levels of death and brutality in the expedition Stanley 's reputation suffered considerably. HOWGEGO IV S60. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington unknown
18793831London: Tinsley Brothers 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. VG to vg. with map and illustrations. FIrst ed. 481 pp. Engraved frontis vignette on title page. Burton resigned from his work in Brazil because of sickness but rather than return to London right away he decided to visit Paraguay which was then in a border dispute with Brazil Argentina and Uruguay. Blound in blue cloth ornamental border in bind on both covers. Gold lettering. First signature slightly loose but holding otherwise vg to vg in original cloth. Considered somewhat rare in orig. cloth. Tinsley Brothers hardcover
18821867Calcutta: Thacker Spink 1882. First in English. Hardcover. VG. Eastern or Chinese Turkestan. Historial and geographical sketch of the country its military strength industries and trade. 255 pp ill. One of the earliest and rarest works on this still little known mystical region. A surprisingly VG copy in original brown cloth deco end papers. Thacker Spink hardcover
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. Chatto & Windus unknown
1879167372Pietermaritzburg: Printed by P. Davis & Sons 1879. Detailed intelligence issued shortly before Isandlwana First and only edition unrecorded institutionally this the only copy known. "This small pamphlet contains considerable detail on its subject: 'Compiled from information obtained from the most reliable sources and published by direction of the Lieut.-General Commanding Lord Chelmsford for the information of those under his command'" Raugh. The brief but informative notes are followed by a tabulation of the headmen detailing their father age regiment tribe principal residence and finally remarks expanding on the notes as to the number of men they command their relationships to Cetewayo and status within the Zulu political and military structure. Provenance: Pencilled inscription to the front panel of the wrappers of "Major Grenfell Deputy Assistant Adjutant General 14.1.79" this was Francis Wallace Grenfell 1841-1925 60th Rifles later field-marshal lord Grenfell and commander at Suakin and Toski in the Mahdist War. Grenfell had gone out to South Africa in 1874 and was aide-de-camp to Sir Arthur Cunnynghame commander-in-chief; he saw action at Quntana in the Xhosa War of 1878 and in the Anglo-Zulu War at Ulundi having witnessed the aftermath of the debacle at Isandlwana remarking that "officers and men behaved splendidly - dying back to back - and at the last rallying round the colours not a man of the regulars attempted to escape till all was lost" Emery p. 106. Part of lot 421 Quentin Keynes Sale Christie's 8 April 2004. Octavo pp. 6; 4 double-page tables on 5 leaves. Sewn in original printed pink paper wrappers. Some "service wear" wrappers soiled and rubbed mildly damp cockled back panel with vertical crease where once folded back and consequent soiling to the last blank page contents with pale toning and lightly rippled at the edges from atmospheric damp overall very good. Raugh 575. Frank Emery The Red Soldier: Letters from the Zulu War 1879 1977. unknown
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. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts unknown
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. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle unknown
18324725London: John Murray 1832. First Through Fourth editions. Hardcover. Good. The FIRST four volumes of this prestigious publication. Volume the first 1832 London John Murray 264 pp 3 large folding maps worn half contemporary leather over marbled boards front cover detached. Kimbolton Castle shelf label. Volume the second 1832 London John Murray 342 pp 8 folding maps. worn contemporary leather over marbled boards. Kimbolton Castle shelf label. Volume the third 1833. London John Murray 1834. 328 pp 6 folding maps plates. Kilbolton Castle shelf label. Worn contemporary leather over marbled boards. Volume the fourth 1834. 1834 London John Murray. 422 pp. 6 folding maps ill. Worn contemporary leather over marbled boards. Kimbolton Castle shelf labels. The first four journals. In spite of worn outside appearance they are internally quite nice. These first four volumes are rarely listed. Photos include those of table of contents of each volume. An amazing compendium of world exploration almost 200 years ago with a fine royal association. John Murray hardcover
18513855London: Wm H Allen 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. with notices of the topography and history of the province. 422 pp Penzer p 40. Burton worked with the Bombay Army survey and eventually traveled to the annexed Sindh province in 1851. Bound in terra cotta cloth with blind triple border enclosing blind oval design on both covers. Gold lettering. The book has been scarce almost since it was published. Sindh is today's Pakistan. VG copy in orig. cloth. Large folding map not called for pasted neatly opposite title page. Bookplates of Mission House library inside front cover and Political Department nicely written on title page. Little soiling upper left hand part of spine. Rare in original cloth. Wm H Allen hardcover
18723863London: Tinsley Brothers 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. Visits to the Libanus the Tulul el Safa the Anti-Libanus the Northern Libanus and the Ala. First ed. Penzer pp 85-88. Two volumes: 360 pp folding map plates text ill. 400 pp plates & text ill. In most of the copies the binder inserted the plates incorrectly so the list of illustrations is faulty and the plates are bound in different order in different copies. Burton COnsul at Damascus 1865-1871 traveled to Syria to explore it and Lebanon. Nicely bound in half leather over marbled boards marbled endpapers raised spine bands gilt rules on bands. A good looking set showing little wear. Scarce. VG. Tinsley Brothers hardcover
18523836London: Jon Van Voorst 1852. First Edition - only 500 copies printed. Hardcover. Near Fine. First ed. 107 pp 4 lithographed plates. Only 500 copies printed. Penzer p 41. After 10 years 257 copies remained for sale so the publisher recommended scrapping them and preparing a second edition. Thus the book is now RARE. Bound in dark purple cloth with gilt blind border enclosing corner & center designs on both covers. Gilt spine lettering. Burton's falconry experiences while in Sind in Northern India. A work that still today is of great interest to falconers and Burton collectors. Lovely very near fine to fine in all respects. Jon Van Voorst hardcover
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. Tinsley Brothers unknown
18974415London: H S Nichols 1897. Edition de Luxe reprint - Coffin Set. Hardcover. Fine/Original box fair. Letchford A. Penzer p 20. This is the "coffin set" or boxed 1897 edition printed by Nichols. Of all the reprints the second best after the true first is the Nichols edition of 1897. The most elaborate of these is Style C described in the prospectus as follows: In three quarter levant Selected Syrian large grained Angora goat skins. Sumac tanned of the characteristoics Damascus red. Full gold black and five double bands Grolier corners gold tops tooled sides silk head bands triple cord stitching hollow backs rein forced joints gold veined end papers. The twelve volumes enclosed in a leather casket 23" x 12.5" x 8.5 " to place on an ordinary bookshelf or stand on a table. The casket in olive green morocco lined soft cloth with a spring lock and key of oriental design this set does Not have the key. It contains the 71 Letchford plates printed on special paper. Volumes over 400 pages each. The set was issued at L1515s each. There were 500 such sets. All 12 of the books in this set are Fine appearing as if never read or opened. The case however has seen better days. The leather is dried and cracking and chipped and the inside shows its age. Repeat the key is missing. A very scarce and stunning set. H S Nichols hardcover
