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182660784London: John Murray 1826. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 28cm. Later nineteenth-century grey calf gilt and blind rolls around outer perimeter of boards tooled in gilt on spine titled on red leather spine label all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; xlviii33552691pp; frontispiece large folding map 1 hand-colored print 35 black and white engravings a few in-text wood engravings. Bookplate of traveler and classical scholar John Bacon Sawrey Morritt Esq. of Rokeby Park. A sound copy joints expertly conserved with green cloth lightly rubbed lower half dampstained throughout some leaves with visible tidelines some merely rippled otherwise bright and unfoxed: complete and Good. <br /> <br /> Extensively illustrated account of the Bornu Mission an expedition to find the source of the Niger in the kingdom of Bornu now Nigeria. Denham the leader of the expedition was "disastrous.pushy self-important and malicious" ODNB. The party traveled from Murzuk to Lake Chad through the Sahara Desert along a route reportedly scattered with skeletons. After the explorers' return to London Denham published this account of the journey "in which he suppressed as much as possible all mention of his companions and took the credit for some of their discoveries" ODNB. He was widely applauded and his account has been described as "the most interesting and important work yet published on the subject of African researches" Lowndes. Meanwhile his maligned colleague Clapperton returned to Africa where he soon died of dysentery. LOWNDES p. 629. Cf. WORK pp. 21 31. HOWGEGO C33 & D18. John Murray unknown
19031692Calcutta: Thacker Spink 1903. 1903. Hardcover. VG. A guide for visitors. 612 pp ill folding map in front pull out folding maps in rear pocket. Complete with folding plates etc. Recased with new front free end paper. A most interesting guide book. VG. Thacker Spink hardcover
18751249London: Longmans Green 1875. First. Half Leather. VG. Whymper E. An account of a walk through part of the range and of an ascent to Elbruz in the summer of 1874. With illustrations engraved by E Whymper from photos taken during the journey and a map of the country traversed. 341 pp ill folding map. Half leather raised spine bands with elaborate gilt decorations in bands contrasting colored gilt stamped leather spine label marbled end papers. Fresh and clean and showing almost no wear as if the book was not read after the leather binding was done. A fine collector copy. Longmans Green unknown
19463883London: Intelligence Division 1946. June 1946. Hardcover. VG. 659 pp profuse ill plates many folding and large pull out folding map in rear pocket. Part of the geographical handbook series. The purpose of these handbooks was to supply a vast amount of information on various parts of the world. .and the final result shows that the compilers certainly met their goals. Excellent lengthy bibliography in rear. This volume was in fact produced and printed for official purposes during the war of 1939/45. Nice copy. Intelligence Division hardcover
197646327Flagstaff AZ: Northland Press 1976. First edition. first printing First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Number 11 of 75 copies signed by the contributors on a special limitation page; L.D. Clark Robert Mitchell Harwood Hinten Bunny L. Fontana John H. Schaefer Sarah Bouquet Ward Ritchie Jake Zeitlin R.H. Dillon William Everson Ansel Adams Jose Cisneros Al Lowman Paul Horgan Frank Waters Marc Simmons Eleanor B. Adams Margaret Maxwell W. David Laird and Donald C. Dickinson. Published in honor of Lawrence Clark Powell on his 70th birthday one of the Southwest's leading essayists and bibliographers. 159 pages. Bound in quarter black leather with red buckram cloth boards. A fine copy within a fine example of the publisher's slipcase. Issued without a dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Northland Press hardcover
1960169Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1960. First. Hardcover. VG/VG. Hughes A. 561 pp. folding map 50 col. ill. plates 49 photographic plates. Oliver & Boyd hardcover
18852766London: RH Porter 1885. First. Orig Pictorial Cloth. VG. Not paginated but collated complete with list of subscribers. A history of the Nile expedition of 1884-5 taken from author's diary sketch book Each sketch is accompanied by a description of the events leading up to that sketch. The illustrations are lovely. Internally this rare work is very clean and except for the original end paper free of foxing. The volume is complete with one colored sketch map and 37 colored lithographic plates. Although the covers and spine are good only the plates are in great shape. The original pictorial board binding shows wear especially at corners but the cover illustration is all present and clear. Orig. unprinted white spine soiled as expected. RH Porter unknown
1907241a0580London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1907. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Total of 1270 pages in two volumes. Profusely illustrated with line diagrams black and white photographic plates and fold-outs. Heavily worn former library copy with usual library markings. Front free endpaper and half-title removed from Vol. 1. All hinges taped. Gilt lettering and decorations upon front boards worn but visible. First volume missing pages 327-330 which includes a plate. Tissue protector missing from plate at page 502 of v1. All other plates and protectors present. Bibliography. Index. Reading copy only. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
1897006878New York: Edward Arnold 1897. 471pp 4ads. with half-title. photogravure frontis. portrait 6 maps 5 folding some partly coloured & numerous illus. many full-page. original gilt-stamped cloth. Original cloth cover with gilt lettering and elephant head. First Edition. The expedition explored the unknown territory between Somaliland and Lake Rudolf. "At the time it was the universal opinion.that it would be impossible to enter the Galla countries let alone reach Lake Rudolf with less than two or three hundred well-drilled followers." from Introduction. Minimal markings - only inside front and back covers title page and spine - otherwise clean. All maps appear to be in excellent condition. Overall tight clean vg condition. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Edward Arnold Hardcover
189279700Leipzig: Abel Mueller 1892. Gebunden. Abel + Mueller unknown
177079603Paris: Pillot 1770. Gebunden. Pillot unknown
185579782Graz: Kienreich 1855 - 1861. Gebunden. Kienreich unknown
170279781Amstelaedami: Georgium Gallet 1702. Gebunden. Georgium Gallet unknown
169279621Amsterdami: Henricum Wetstenium 1692. Gebunden. Henricum Wetstenium unknown
170244518Amstelaedami: Georgium Gallet 1702. Gebunden. Georgium Gallet unknown
167579783Vesaliae: Andreaw ab Hoogenhuysen 1675. Gebunden. Andreaw ab Hoogenhuysen unknown
167579784Vesaliae: Andreaw ab Hoogenhuysen 1675. Gebunden. Andreaw ab Hoogenhuysen unknown
167579785Vesaliae: Andreaw ab Hoogenhuysen 1675. Gebunden. Andreaw ab Hoogenhuysen unknown
161579613Antwerpiae: Herdes Mart. NVII et Joann. Meyrsiym 1615. Gebunden. Herdes Mart. NVII et Joann. Meyrsiym unknown
58500It features the two captains Cronje and Border in tracksuits in front of the empty Giffen Stand gazing upwards with happy expectation at the coin that Border has just flipped. The caption on the verso simply states '1994. The Toss'; subsequent events have provided ample scope for more waggish alternatives. However when the image was inscribed in black felt-tipped pen 'Best wishes Hansie Cronje 30-1-98' the future was a foreign country yet to be visited . In fine condition and definitely unique. unknown
187459376New York: printed for the Society 1874. 8vo pp. 47 1; original glazed white wrappers printed in black; small pressure stamp of the N.E. Genealogical Society on front wrapper wrappers soiled; all else very good. "Session 1873-4. no. vii." Inscribed on the front wrapper "Presented by C. C. Coffin" - i.e. Charles Carleton Coffin 1823-1896 the famed Civil War correspondent and author. AAS Boston Athenaeum Columbia Duke Wheaton and one copy in Germany only in OCLC. printed for the Society unknown
18464741London: John Murray 1846. First Edition. Soft cover. VG. Volume the Sixteenth 1846 Part 1. LXXV 167 pp. 2 folding maps in rear. Incl. Layard on Khuzistan Thomson's journey from Sierra Leone Cooley's explorations in N'yassi sic Duncan from the Cape Coast up to the west coast of Africa and then further to the interior and Grover's account of an island on the west coast of Africa. Text uncut.VG in orig. printed wraps. Intended to be bound by original purchaser. John Murray unknown
Lars JonssonNot in perfect condition. unknown
1920234321920. Indigenous peoples of Africa photo archive circa 1920s-1930s recording Shilluk Sudanese Congolese Nile and Victoria Falls subjects within the colonial-era climate of expeditionary travel and anthropology. The captions identify locations and peoples across a wide geographic range including "Shilluks of the Nile Sudan Africa" "Pygmies Congo" "Natives White Nile" and "Victoria Falls Africa." Such material was produced during a period when European and American travelers researchers missionaries and press photographers circulated native African culture for audiences shaped by imperial geography ethnographic classification and popular fascination with the African continent.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 19 silver gelatin photographs each 3.25" x 5.25" Africa circa 1920s-1930s. Subjects include Shilluk men posed with bead necklaces arm ornaments headbands and draped cloth; Sudanese girls seated outdoors; men gathered beside dugout canoes on the Nile; a riverside settlement captioned "On the Banks of the Nile"; and a line of men identified as "Stork Men." The Congo section includes a group gathered in a forest clearing and a Western man standing beside Congolese natives under the caption "Pygmies Congo." Additional portraits emphasize hair styling scarification beadwork body ornament and dress including captions reading "Fancy Hair Styles Africa" "Beauties of Africa" "Native of Nile" and "Sudanese White Nile." Victoria Falls appears in two views placing human subjects within a broader travel record of African geography and spectacle. Captions on many of the margins<br /> <br /> By the early twentieth century much of Africa had been divided among European colonial powers following the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference which formalized imperial claims across the continent without African participation. The archive records how African people and places were subjects of anthropological research and interest to Westerners. The captions preserve period terminology named regions and the collecting habits of a Western observer moving across Sudan Congo the Nile and Victoria Falls. The presence of the Western man posed with Congolese subjects is especially important marking the encounter as more than scenic tourism and aligning the group with field travel research missionary contact or journalistic documentation. Mounted on black album leaves with handwritten captions; some prints show fading edge wear and light surface abrasion and the mounts show chipping and losses at corners. Overall in very good condition. Portraits emphasizing scarification ornament hairstyles and bodily presentation were often produced within a colonial framework that treated African communities as subjects of scientific racial or geographic classification. At the same time these scenes now preserve important visual records of cultural practices regional identity and daily life during a period of rapid political and social transformation under colonial rule. unknown
190431111Portland OR: J.K. Gill Co. 1904. First edition . Pictorial paper covers. Very good plus. The farm irrigation fishing ranch range orchard hop yard and timber resources are dealt with in detail. Supplies practical answers to questions usually asked by those interested in migrating to Oregon. 191 pages. Smith: Pacific Northwest Americana 7215. Spine paper and edgewear to fragile front paper cover professionally repaired. A very good plus copy. <br/> <br/> J.K. Gill Co. unknown
