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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
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
50306For the lot of approximately 250 items $6000. a Correspondence with various government officials hunting guides and others involved with preparing and carrying out the trip including14 letters to Furlong typed and autograph one accompanied by four photographs of members of the expedition with trophies; five retained copies of letters from Furlong to the correspondents four telegrams seven typed and manuscript recapitulations of various aspects of the trip e.g. titles for the "Dance of the Nandi" film and a three page typed press release on the expedition dated Nairobi 27 March 1930 accompanied by a photograph of Furlong and two bearers with a leopard he has killed.<br/>b Two hunting licenses issued by the Uganda Protectorate to Furlong 22 April 1930 one "For a First Elephant" the other a "Visitor's Full Game License."<br/>c Three maps period road map of Kenya and Uganda published by Bullows and Roy for the Royal East Africa Automobile Assn.; Map Showing Cairo-Mombasa Route published by the Sudan Survey Dept Khartoum 1929; and a period National Geographic Society map of Africa.<br/>d An account book narrow 12mo 19 pp. 22 March - 8 June 1930 and approximately 125 receipts most partly printed for a wide range of services and material necessary for the trip.<br/>e 21 photographs in addition to those mentioned above many picturing Furlong in the field with his rifle and trophies some with Furlong's notations on verso and 34 unused photo postcards featuring tribesmen animals and scenery of East Africa.<br/>f 42 promotional pamphlets ca. 1925-1934 for the various parts of Africa along Furlong's route 36 of which are unrecorded on OCLC. The pamphlets were issued by African railway companies and governmental agencies outfitters e.g. Thomas Cook and "Safari Africa Limited" London ship lines and other travel agencies and taxidermy concerns.<br/>g A wooden carved string instrument from the Para Mountains in present day Tanzania with Furlong's ownership label "Col. Wellington Furlong / c/o Safariland Ltd. / Musical Instrument / Para Mountains" still attached; the instrument is shaped like a hollowed-out bread tray 27 x 7 1/2 inches three holes in the shape of crosses in the bottom six strings stretched across the opening.<br/>Furlong 1874-1967; American explorer army officer author artist and photographer embarked on this big game expedition in 1930 partly as an effort to recover relics of Sir Henry M Stanley in East and Central Africa. Gateway to the Sahara New York 1909 is among several books he published. A member of the Explorers Club he was the first American to explore the interior of Tierra del Fuego 1907-1908. Most of his personal papers are held by the Stefansson Collection at Dartmouth. <br/><br/> unknown 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
180120702London: John Stockdale 1801. Hardcover. Near fine. First octavo edition and second edition overall. Six volumes uniformly bound in recent quarter leather and marbled boards complete with two large folding maps/charts and 17 folding plates; 2 pages of ads at the end of Volume VI. Occasional light foxing a couple small splits/tears to maps else fine. Signature of Alfred Fowler on the front free endpaper of Volume I and the rear pastedown of Volume II. Vancouver sailed by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Australia then to New Zealand Hawaii and the northwest coast of America -- discovering previously unknown geographical features in each locale. In three seasons' work Vancouver surveyed the coast of California with remarkable accuracy visited a number of the Spanish settlements in Alta California investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca circumnavigated Vancouver island and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and Hudson Bay. In all Vancouver's party sailed about 55000 miles in what Hill 1753 calls "one of the most important voyages ever made in the interests of geographic knowledge." Howgego I V13; Howes V-23; Sabin 98443. John Stockdale 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
19103013551910. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. Contemporary beige buckram 'Pictured Records' blocked in black on upper cover 'British Central Africa' added by hand in white; cover worn and a little stained upper joint partly split. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. A handsome album documenting missionary work in a little-known area. <br/><br/>The party almost certainly attached to the Church of Scotland Mission evidently enjoyed their time in Africa as they proceeded from Tanganyika into Central Africa. Among the photographs are shots of a native witch doctor women preparing food native sports including pillow fighting as well as topographical images. The also found time to hunt and thirteen pages are dedicated to big game. There are images of eland lion leopard elephants koodoo bushbuck hippopotamus zebra reedbuck porcupine sable wild boar buffalo hartebeeste and wildebeeste. <br/><br/>Lastly there is a photo of the Zomba Church belonging to the Church of Scotland Mission and one of the Blantyre Church which was completed in 1891. Inspired by the example of David Livingstone the Church of Scotland decided to establish a mission in Malawi in the mid-1870s. It was on the basis of their influence that Malawi became a British Protectorate. unknown books
186129188Cape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. Quarto. xii 180 pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt with leather label. Light scattered foxing occasional faint offsetting from images. Photographs generally clean. Very good.<br/> <br/>With some of the earliest photographic images from South Africa with a striking portrait of a Basuto Chief.<br/> <br/>An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well-received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others do capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of the African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center of the image dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the Government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. Graham's Town from the West The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies Moshesh and His Counsellors The Prince and His First Wildebeeste The Prince's Travelling Equipage A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa.<br/> <br/>Not in The Truthful Lens. Saul Solomon unknown books
1861WRCAM49581ACape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Original publisher's gilt cloth rebacked with most of original spine laid down. Corners lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Light foxing and toning heavier in some places. Most images clean though one or two with some light foxing at the edges. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well- received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others do capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of the African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center of the image dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> 1 Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> 2 "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> 3 "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> 4 "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> 5 "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> 6 "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> 7 "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon hardcover books
1861WRCAM49581Cape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Light scattered foxing occasional faint offsetting from images. Photographs generally clean. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was produced to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. It was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon 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
1728BOOKS00671225144 contents and errata2 pages with 2 folding maps lacks frontispiece. Small Quarto 10" x 7 3/4". Rebacked in the 19th century leather retaining the original spine with raised bands and gilt decorative stamping and lettering to spine. Translated from the original Portuguese manuscripts by Jackim le Grande. First edition.<br /><br />Born in Lisbon he entered the Order of Jesus at the age of sixteen. In 1621 he was ordered as a missionary to India and in 1622 he arrived at Goa. With the intention of proceeding to Abyssinia whose Negus emperor Segued had been converted to Roman Catholicism by Pedro Páez he left India in 1624. He disembarked on the coast of Mombasa and attempted to reach his destination through the Galla country but was forced to return. In 1625 he set out again accompanied by Mendez the patriarch of Ethiopia and eight missionaries. The party landed on the coast of the Red Sea and Lobo settled in Abyssinia as superintendent of the missions in Tigre. He remained there until death deprived the Catholics of their protector the emperor Segued. Forced by persecution to leave the kingdom in 1634 Lobo and his companions fell into the hands of the Turks at Massawa who sent him to India to procure a ransom for his imprisoned fellow-missionaries. In this he was successful but could not induce the Portuguese viceroy to send an armament against Abyssinia. Intent upon accomplishing this cherished project he embarked for Portugal and after he had been shipwrecked on the coast of Natal and captured by pirates arrived at Lisbon. Neither at this city however nor at Madrid and Rome was any countenance given to Lobo's plan. He accordingly returned to India in 1640 and was elected rector and afterwards provincial of the Jesuits at Goa. After some years he returned to his native city and died there January 29 1678.<br /><br />Lobo wrote an account of his travels in Portuguese which appears never to have been printed but is deposited in the monastery of St. Roque Lisbon. Balthazar Telles made large use of the information therein in his Historia geral da Ethiopia a Alta Coimbra 1660 often erroneously attributed to Lobo see Machado's Bibliotheca Lusitana. Lobo's own narrative was translated from a manuscript copy into French in 1728 by the Abbe Joachim le Grand under the title of Voyage historique d'Abissinie. In 1669 a translation by Sir Peter Wyche of several passages from a manuscript account of Lobo's travels was published by the Royal Society translated in Melchisédech Thévenot<i>Relation des voyages</i> in 1673. An English abridgment of Le Grand's edition by Dr. Johnson was published in 1735 reprinted 1789. In a <i>Mémoire justificatif en réhabilitation des pères. Pierre Paëz et Jérôme Lobo</i> Dr. C. T. Beke maintains against Bruce the accuracy of Lobo's statements as to the source of the Abai branch of the Nile. See A. de Backer <i>Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus</i> edited by C. Sommervogel iv. 1893.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Old stamp and inscription on title page first folding map conspicuously restored second map tear restored else a very good copy notes to front end paper in period pen else about very good. La Veuve d'Antoine-Urbain Co 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
47326N.d. ca 1970s. Original large-format color print in presentation mat with title card affixed to mat below image. View size 49cm x 38cm ca 19" x 15"; overall dimensions 60cm x 51cm. Title card inscribed in black ink: "For Bob MacNeal a fellow photographer with best wishes / Arnold Newman" undated. Mat lightly soiled with a few small chips and abrasions to extremities; image clean and unfaded Near Fine. ca<br/><br/>NOTE: the mat appears permanently fixed to the photograph as presented by the photographer; we have not attempted to examine the print outside the mat. Impressive large-format portrait by Newman here inscribed to one "Bob MacNeal" identified as a "fellow photographer" though we can find no photographers of the period who used this spelling. Possibly a misspelling of Bob MacNeil still active the prominent Canadian fashion photographer; possibly a misspelling of Bob McNeill d.2007 the prominent African-American documentary photographer; or possibly the correct spelling of an acquaintance of no notable prominence at all. Undated but ca. early 1970s a superlative image of the Ethiopian Emperor boldly inscribed and signed by Newman below image. unknown books
182623980London: John Murray 1826. First edition 4to 2 volumes in 1; pp. x 2 xi-xlviii i.e. lxviii 335 1; 4 269 1; 38 engraved plates and maps 1 folding and backed with linen 1 hand-colored 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text; half brown morocco over marbled cloth rebacked old gilt-decorated spine neatly laid down; very good sound copy. Denham 1786-1828 made extensive and important explorations in Africa. When he accompanied Bornuese troops in an expedition against the Fellatah they were put to utter rout and only Denham escaped with his life "after encountering dangers and deprivations his narrative of which reads like a frenzied dream.The work which went through several editions has numerous illustrations from sketches by the author together with an Appendix of Natural History and other notes" DNB. He was later appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony of Sierra Leone where he died of the African fever. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 172. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
186313920London: Tinsley Brothers 1863. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in the rarest binding state without Burton's name or FRGS on the spines but with a "second edition" slug on the title pages. This state was apparently unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales by the publisher as the text is unchanged. Plate of Julu house is the frontispiece to Volume I and the map now detached and laid in is in Volume II. . Both volumes lightly bumped/rubbed but clean and sound. Small bookplate of F.H. Spencer on each front pastedown. Much to his dismay Burton's first consular posting landed him on a small desolate island off the coast of West Africa. He took every opportunity to leave the place exploring various parts of the mainland and making observations on cultural and traditions health and sanitary conditions and slavery among other things. The account of his journeys into Sierra Leone and Nigeria to investigate stories of gold and gold mining is credited with drawing public attention to mining prospects in the region. Penzer 71-72; Casada 70. Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
180415505London: T.Cadell and W. Davies 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix 3 632 with 8 plates including frontispiece five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers original red spine label preserved three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue repair to first page of table of contents ocasional foxing and minor soiling in the margins; overall quite clean and sound. "Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney's mission to the court of China in 1792 as his private secretary and the present account.is one of the best illustrated English travels on China. The eight plates are from drawings by William Alexander who also accompanied the embassy and later published his own work. The strict exclusion of Europeans by the Chinese emperors had left China very much terra incognita to the western world well into the nineteenth century. Barrow was an excellent observer and the text contains a number of descriptions and illustrations of Chinese artifacts and novelties. Among these are a plate depicting musical instruments extensive renditions of Chinese melodies in western western notation and a long description with illustration of an abacus" Hill 62. Historian Michael Adas notes that Barrow "interspersed descriptions of his travels and personal experiences with lengthy discussions of varying aspects of Chinese culture.His judgments on the quality of Chinese life and material culture tended to be favorable at the beginning of his residence in China but grew more and more disparaging as time passed." Unlike Jesuit writers who praised the sophistication of Chinese science and culture Barrow argued that a once-great civilization had been on the decline since the fifteenth century providing "an implicit contrast between static past-minded backward China and the continually improving foreward-looking industrializing states of Europe Adas Machines as the Measure of Man pp 179-180. Cox I:346; Cordier 2388. T.Cadell and W. Davies hardcover books
183952178London: printed for private circulation only by J. L. Cox and Sons 1839. 4to pp. 8 213; engraved frontispiece 2 other engraved plates; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine; covers dampstained and the yellow-coated endpapers possibly renewed; all else very good and sound. The book was posthumously published. Having previously travelled in Italy Poland Russia Arabia Palestine Syria Canada and the United States Davidson 1797-1836 visited Fez and Marrakesh in Morocco and was on his way to Timbuktu when he was ambushed robbed and shot dead. His expedition continued onward to Timbuktu but were never heard from again. The interesting appendix contains extracts from letters written by Davidson and others to the Royal Geographical Society various locations in Morocco and the Sahara. See Howgego 1800-1850 D-4 p. 159 for details. <br/><br/> printed for private circulation only [by] J. L. Cox and Sons hardcover books
188752601London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Livingston 1887. Second edition of volume I first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 316; viii 2 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn folding map printed in color 20 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; slightly later full green crushed levant gilt monogram of Henry Arthur Johnstone and gilt tools exposed sewing thongs at inner corners of covers t. e.g. pigskin endpapers with Johnstone's nautical ex-libris stamped in brown on the front free endpaper and dated 1899; light rubbing at extremities all else near fine. The library of Henry Arthur Johnstone which contained a large proportion of books on natural history was sold en bloc to the London bookseller Clements in 1921 and thence dispersed. Mendelssohn I p. 812-3: "The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-Equatorial Africa and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions and of their fauna inhabitants &c." <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston unknown books
189452719London: Longmans Green and Co 1894. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xx 435 1; xii 397 1; 2 large folding color maps both with short tears near the stubs the second incorporating 3 inset maps 179 illustrations in the text a number full-page; contemporary full red polished calf gilt supralibros on the upper covers of the Boston School and with Boston School prize bookplates in each volume; lightly rubbed; very good. Czech Africa p. 78: "An excellent work of exploration and sport this scarce set represents African adventure at its finest." <br/><br/> Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
188552532New York: Harper & Bros 1885. First American edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxvii 1 528; x 483 1 12 ads; 2 large color folding maps in cover pockets 3 folding maps 44 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt black red and white on upper covers and spines; spines a little soiled and the extremities lightly rubbed but in all a very good sound copy without any cracking at all of the hinges. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros 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
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
191352528London: Macmillan and Co 1913. First edition 8vo pp. xv 1 379 1 6 ads; folding table giving particulars of 25 felled elephants 27 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; some rubbing at the extremities otherwise a very good copy in original red cloth gilt-lettered spine. Czech Africa p. 156: "A pre-eminent elephant hunting title this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa North Eastern Rhodesia Nyasaland and the Lado Enclave." <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
181454002London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1814. Frontispieces & Plates. 2 vols. 4to. Recently bound in half brown calf and marbled boards spine labels gilt. Ex-library with small perforated stamp on title pages some browning of leaves. A very attractive set. Frontispieces & Plates. 2 vols. 4to. Pinkerton's collection of voyages was published over the course of six years in a total of seventeen volumes. The six volumes devoted to Europe comprise the largest section of the collection. They are "of great value for its texts which are sometimes given entire and sometimes abridged with as much as possible of the traveler's own language" Hill. <br/><br/>Pinkerton was something of a character. Having apprenticed to an Edinburgh solicitor upon the death of his father and receipt of his inheritance he immediately turned his back to a legal career and dedicated himself to literary matters. Through his works as a historian poet and playwrite he made friendships with the likes of Horace Walpole Walter Scott and Edward Gibbon and through his controversial religious views and short temper he eventually lost them. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown books
