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1794265751Raw`sche Buchhandlung 1794. Softcover Tafelband handkoloriert. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Raw`sche Buchhandlung, paperback
196887563Lahore: Nisar Art Press 1968. Gebunden mit Plastik Schutzumschlag. Nisar Art Press unknown
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
1955410891Johannesburg 1955. Foxing to prelims and postlims light spotting to text leaves photographs clean and well-preserved. 8 x 9.5 inches 203 x 242 mm. Preliminary text leaf: "Visit of British Educationists to Southern Africa December 28 1954––January 12 1955." 48 black-and-white photographic prints mounted back-to-back; interleaved with text leaves all mounted on guards. Light-brown cloth gilt-lettered on front cover. Provenance: G. H. G. Harris a member of the tour gilt initials on front cover pencil signature on title typed letter from the Harry Oppenheimer 27 June 1955 mounted on front pastedown. The letter on the pastedown from Harry Oppenheimer Deputy Chairman presents the volume to Mr. Harris: "After your visit to Southern Africa. it occurred to us that you might care to have some photographs to remind you of the places and people you encountered here. We have accordingly had a selection of photographs assembled in the form of an album. It is as you are aware our hope that as a result of your visit more young men from the British Isles may be interested in making their careers with us."<br /> <br /> The opening text describes the trip made during December 1954 and January 1955 on which "twenty educationists–University Professors Careers Masters and Headmasters from the United Kingdom–visited South Africa and the Rhodesias as guests of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited."<br /> <br /> In South Africa they visited the gold mine of South African Land and Exploration Company Ltd.; the uranium and sulphuric acid plants of Daggafontein Mines Ltd.; the Orange Free State Goldfields Welkon and Allanridge; Premier diamond mine at Cullinan near Pretoria; the diamond mines at Kimberley; and the Cornelia Colliery near Vereeniging. They went to Victoria Falls and in the Rhodesias they visited the copper mines of Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd and Rhokana Corporation; the research labs of Rhoanglo Mine Services Ltd at Kitwe; and the mining towns of Chingola and Nkana. <br /> <br /> The names of the twenty members of the party are listed on the preliminary text leaf. The photos start at the company's headquarters in Johannesburg and then follow the course of the trip. A number show The Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital at Welkom and others show the De Beers facilities including dogs trained to attack intruders. Each photo faces a printed caption detailing the subject in the image. <br /> <br /> The Anglo American Corporation of South Africa was founded in 1917 by Ernest Oppenheimer with financial backing from the American bank J.P. Morgan & Co. The AAC became the majority stakeholder in De Beers in 1926. In the late 1940s and 50s the AAC focused on the development of the Free State goldfields and the Vaal Reefs mine. Ernest Oppenheimer died in 1957 and the company continued under his son Harry the author of the letter to Mr. Harris that is found on the pastedown of this album. The company has at least one connection to the literary world: they loaned a diamond to artist Richard Chopping to use as a model for the paintings he made for Ian Fleming's James Bond series’ dust jackets.<br /> <br /> Rare: given the presentation of this volume it is likely that twenty albums were compiled and distributed to the educationists. We trace no copies in WorldCat/OCLC nor any at auction. A very scarce piece of corporate promotion. unknown
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
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
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
1680I24G435YONN5Amsterdam: Nicolas Visscher 1680. In passepartout 56 x 66 cm. Engraved double-page map image size: 43.5 x 54 cm; leaf size: 51 x 60 cm coloured by a contemporary hand. With title in a decorated cartouche on the top right flanked by two Africans and two putti and dedication to Gerardus Schaap in a decorated cartouche on the bottom left with Schaaps coat of arms on top and flanked by mythical figures. Further illustrated with small ships and African animals including lions monkeys rhinoceros and ostriches. Second state of Visscher's engraved map of Africa with the privilege added to the bottom right. It shows the whole continent of Africa the southern Mediterranean coast and a substantial part of the Arabian Peninsula. Primarily the coastline is accurately depicted with great detail to the South African coastline in particular - the interior of Africa was not accurately mapped until the 19th century. This map was based on Willem Blaeu's map of 1608 and used in atlases by the Visscher family up to 1696.With the centrefold strengthened at the back; paper browned and with a few small smudges but the colouring still bright.l Koeman Vis 86; V.d. Krogt & De Groot 35:04 first state; Norwich Africa 55. Nicolas Visscher, unknown
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
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
18423983London: JC Bridgewater 1842. First Edition. Soft cover. VG. with the undermentioned persons connected with the late operations in Afghanistan from the commencement of the revolt in November 1842 to the final evacuation of that country by the British troops in October 1842. Correspondence men such as R. Shakespeare Major Rawlinson Capt. Durand J. Willoughbu Capt. Lawrence. 105 pages in 3 sections. Lengthy correspondence about the British involvement in Afghanistan. Original plain wrappers housed in a half leather folding clamshell box. Marbled boards. Gilt title: Outram's Afghanistan correspondence. JC Bridgewater unknown
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
196527180London: Heinemann Educational Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Ahmed Ben Bella - President of Algeria introduction by Oliver Tambo. Edited by Ruth First. With black/white photographic illustrations unclipped dustjacket that has small piece missing from top of spine see images overall a very good copy of this first edition. ; 210 x 140mm; 189 pages . Heinemann Educational Books hardcover
1764241716Berlin 1764. Softcover Pergament Zustand: keine Beschädigungen das Blatt 323 hat eine Fehlstelle Eintragungen im Vorsatz in Tinte und Kugelschreiber Innen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten altersentsprechend aber in Ordnung. Ohne Flecken leicht gewelltes Papier. Berlin, paperback
1951051287London Uk: George Allen & Unwin 1951. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Map Photographs. 132 Pp. Catalog At End. Green Cloth Lettered In Brown. Second Printing Stated 1951. Signed By Albert Schweitzer On The Half Title Page Obtained In Person On A Trip To Lambarene By The Previous Owner. Near Fine Slight Browning To Upper And Lower Edges Five Words Faintly Underlined. Dust Jacket Priced 8S 6D Light Usage Slight Browning To Spine A Few Short Tears And Minute Losses At Edges. <br/> <br/> George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1793255654Johann Jacob Gebauer Halle 1793. Hardcover Pappe 1793 1796. Geschichte des Reichs Rügen des pommerischen Reiches des Herzogthums Pommern a.d. Weichsel der Sorben des Reichs Böhmen. Geschichte d. böhmischen Reichs unter der Obermacht der Hussiten vom Jahre 1527 bis 1620. Geschichte des Reichs von der Schlacht am weissen Berge an bis auf jetzige Zeit. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten berieben am Rücken mit Fehlstellen. Die Bücher halten gut zusammen die Bindung ist unbeeinträchtigt Innen ohne Flecken. Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle, hardcover
188432731London: William Ridgway 1884-1885. 2 volumes plus Prospectus First Edition Illustrated with original photographs at the front of each volume. 8vo Very handsomely bound in fine three quarter polished calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands double gilt ruled the compartments with elaborately gilt decorations within panels featuring corner and central tooling contrasting red and green morocco lettering pieces gilt. xx 380; xvii 513; 4 pp. A fine copy the handsome bindings in excellent and very pleasing condition the text-blocks clean and well preserved hinges tight and strong. An excellent set of this rare work. RARE FIRST EDITION. An important and rare work in which the author covers the War and subsequent events including Cetshwayo 's visit to England and his return to a broken Zululand. Colenso was a great admirer of Cetshwayo.<br> Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography Vol.1 page 356 – 357: states that the Zulu war may be divided into three periods the first of which is that treated of in " The History of the Zulu War" while this work covers the second and third periods. The author argues that " had the restoration of Cetywayo been carried out in the kind and honest spirit in which it was conceived long ere this the misery of Zululand would have been over." It is alleged that a certain portion of the inhabitants of Natal assisted by the Government officials had provoked the constant succession of wars and disputes between the British the Boers and the natives. Sir Bartle Frere Mr. Shepstone and others are accused of having worked up an agitation which transformed a peaceful situation with the Zulus into a position which ostensibly demanded an army of defence as an urgent necessity ; and this latter being at last conceded by the home Government no time was lost in changing the attitude of defence into one of offence which resulted in " one of the most needless and disastrous campaigns which ever disgraced our arms."<br> In the second volume there is an interesting account of the visit of Cetywayo to England and of his interviews with members of the Royal family and Lord Kimberley. The King spoke earnestly to the Colonial Minister on the subject of John Dunn's treachery and ingratitude and asked that he should not be allowed to settle in the country ; he however agreed to the terms set forth under which he was allowed to return to his kingdom. The work gives a clear account of the unhappy state of Zululand after the King's return until his death " again a prisoner " under the protection of the British Resident. The author like her father and sister was a strong champion of Cetywayo and was greatly grieved and indignant at the intrigues which are stated to have led to the ruin and death of the Zulu king who she asserts " stands out amidst all the chaos of South African blunders and wrongdoings . as grand a figure as any in modern history. His faith in our England wrought his downfall and his death. William Ridgway hardcover
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. John Murray unknown
186324075London: 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 along with a small bookseller stamp and evidence of a few markings removed. 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
18303981London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee 1830. First Edition. Half Lthr Over Marbled Boards. Very Good. or autobiographical memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Timur written in the Jagtay Turky language turned into Persian by Abu Talbib Hussyny and translated into English by Major Charles Stewart. 153 pp 2 appendices map frontis. Large format. Autobiography of one of the great emperors of Central Asia who conquered many other armies and formed a great kingdom. Some foxing on map frontis otherwise internally near fine. Bound in plain green book cloth with gilt stamped title. Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee unknown
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
3259Mazoe Rhodesia: Frank Read Press 1982. First Limited to 250 Copies. Half Leather. Near Fine. 218 pp. Elephant folio. A completely handmade book. Copy #9 of only 250. All presubscribed prior to publication. Following the enthusiastic reception and mountains of compliments garnered by the first tribute to Caldwell Frank Read Press did a second book this on the artist's work in general. There are fabulous illustrations of African game his watercolors are world renowned references notes information on his studio a bibliography of notes and references and a zoologist's appraisal of Caldwell's work. There are 44 full page colored plates of Caldwell's work each with a matching page of text. The quality of workmanship and materials has rarely been matched in bookmaking. Clearly this was a long labor of love for the Reeds and they made sure it would be a book that will long be remembered. Another fitting tribute to Caldwell's work. This copy has obviously neither been read nor changed hands often because it is in near fine condition in original red cloth over linin. Substantial additional postage. Frank Read Press unknown
1878247639R. Deputazione biblioteca Vallicelliana Roma 1878. Hardcover mit Leinenrücken und -ecken 1878-1943. Vol 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53-55 56-58I della Nuova Serie 59 60 61 62 63 65 66. Indice dei Voll. 1-40 1877-1917 41-50 1918-1927. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. R. Deputazione, biblioteca Vallicelliana, Roma, hardcover
