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196213307London: Faber and Faber 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 244 pp indexed illustrated with b/w photographs. Some dust soil to top edge otherwise clean tight unmarked. Dust jacket is price-clipped; else minimal wear. In 1946 the author acted as spokesperson for the Tekyiman people of what is now part of Ghana in their dispute with the British and Gold Coast governments over the sovereignty of nine villages incorporated into Ashanti territory in 1935. "A record of bureaucratic intrigue" and "a fascinating account of life in a west African state at every level" according to the dust jacket. Faber and Faber hardcover books
191252555Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. xvii 1 305 1; folding map with route outlined in red 46 plates showing 80 illustrations; original red cloth gilt-stamped upper cover and spine t.e.g.; Phillips Academy bookplate marked withdrawn traces of pocket removal on rear pastedown small withdrawn stamp on title page and rear pastedown accession label removed from base of spine; lightly rubbed. Czech Africa p. 113: "Using bicycles as a break from the monotony of 'foot slogging' Melland and Cholmeley set out from Kasama with the intention of traveling to the Nile. Passing through German East Africa near the shores of Lake Tanganyika the pair bagged leopard and numerous crocodile . with additional chapters on hunting elephant in the Masindi District in Uganda. An interesting work of travel and sport complete with numerous bicycle breakdowns." <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1994TB02437New York: Orion Books 1994. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and charcoal gray paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by author on the title page. Sub-titled: The Life and Death of an American River. Orion Books hardcover books
19481826Seattle WA: University of Washington Press 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. vii 96 pp folding maps. Light wear to edges minimal soiling to boards small stamp on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. This volume "provides for the first time an English translation of the third near-contemporary compendium on the post-Bering voyages and thus completes the ready accessibility in English of all the main sources on these voyages" Foreword. Includes sections on Copper Island Chuckchi Peninsula Ivan Soloviev's voyage and other topics. University of Washington Press hardcover books
192852565New York: D. Appleton and Co 1928. First edition American issue; 8vo pp. xi 1 211 1; frontispiece and 41 photographic illustrations on 35 plates folding table of African languages folding map inside back cover pocket 1 drawing in the text; 2 small pressure stamps on title page else a fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine nearly fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Co hardcover books
186513668New York: D. Appleton and Co 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one: 179; 198 pp plus publisher's ads. Frontispiece of a hippo bathing in the Nile. Original green cloth with blind-stamped decoration and faded gilt lettering on the spine. Corners and spine ends rubbed evidence of a bookplate removed from front pastedown. Binding sound text clean with minor foxing. Fictional account founded on real experiences and adventures in South Africa in the early nineteenth century. Mendelssohn I 986. D. Appleton and Co hardcover books
1914919Buffalo N.Y: The Hammond Press 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine first edition of a classic reference work on the fur trade. Brown cloth boards with gilt images and title stamping. One rubbed corner no other flaws in book. Binding is sturdy tight and square. Brown endpapers free of any writing. Text is clean a bright. Text is clean and bright. Rear pastedown has original price sticker from 1912: "Eastern Agent Geo. W. Reynolds" &etc. Map frontis. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings. 5 372 pp including index. 6 9 1/4 inches tall octavo. It was Marcus Petersen who rst published in his book. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals" something that was different from the material used by the authors of earlier fur books. Petersen however con ned himself principally to the fur-bearing animals and the characteristics and distinguishing properties of different furs. He was. however the rst authority to compile a table giving the weights and the durability or wearing qualities of each fur and we believe that this table has been accepted as a standard by fur men everywhere. Mr. Petersen's idea of measuring the durability of all furs with otter natural and sea. as the standard fur skin rated at 100. was something that proved to be of great help to the industry and added great value to his book." The Fur Trade Review March 1921 The Hammond Press 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
200028955London: Struik Publishers Amplats. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1868724131 . Text by Sandra Klopper. Color photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Struik Publishers (Amplats) hardcover books
19761903London: Hakluyt Society 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xvi 365 pp maps one folding illustrations with index errata slip tipped in on half-title editor's compliments sheet laid in. Lightly bumped corners else fine. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with two small less than 1/2 inch tears on front cover near spine. "As a circumstantial document the Diary provides diverse information ranging from details of the Oxford and London scenes and the organizational aspects of the trading venture to the customs of the natives of Sierra Leone including the earliest English record of an African language together with drawings of the flora and fauna" dust jacket. Hakluyt Society hardcover books
190713742New York: American Tract Society 1907. Hardcover. Good. 484 pp with index illustrations from photographs and large folding map. Ex-library with a call number in black on the spine and a card pocket at rear. No other library markings. Boards have some old insect damage text has some foxing. Binding sound. American Tract Society hardcover books
192413735Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 270 pp in original brown and red cloth. No dust jacket. Name stamped on front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with minimal wear. Binding tight and square. A collection of essays based on "material gathered during a sojourn of many years in the Southern Camaroon West Africa." Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
192058321Cairo: Government Press 1920. 2 volumes folio pp. ix 7 262; volume II is a portfolio containing 16 loose folding plates plans surveys and maps some in color; folding color frontispiece map in volume I 7 tables 6 folding numerous tables and graphs in the text; original printed green paper-covered boards green cloth shelfbacks which are cracked chipped and on the second volume loose; but the text and all the illustrative material are fine throughout. Murdoch 1866-1957 a civil engineer assistant engineer on the first Aswan Dam project director-general of irrigation for the Egyptian Government subsequently Under Secretary of State for Public Works and finally adviser to Egypt's Minister of Public Works served in Egypt for 23 years. He was responsible for the planning and completion of overall drainage schemes for lower Egypt which finally dealt with about 3000000 acres. He also designed the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile and put into operation the first stages of the Gezira irrigation schemes for the conversion of virgin land in the Sudan for cotton growing. His detailed report Nile Control published in 1920 was an early valuable guide to the effective water resource management of the Nile. <br/><br/> Government Press 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
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
188914049New York: Welch Fracker Company 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition in English. 12mo 343 pp illustrated by Benjamin Constant and Aime Marot. Publisher's green cloth with decoration in gilt image of a warrior on horseback on front board. Mild rubbing to extremities a few pages chipped at the upper edge else fine. Loti traveled from Tangiers to Fez in the company of the French minister to Morocco and was most enthusiastic about his experiences delighting in the people and culture. Welch, Fracker Company 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
192452649London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1924. First edition 8vo pp. 409 1 4 Hogarth Press ads; frontispiece map; original terracotta cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine slightly sunned else very good and sound. Woolmer 48. <br/><br/> Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press hardcover books
1966TB30755Englewood: Prentice-Hall 1966. Third Printing. Fine in black and tan cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket with the spine area sunned. The third volume in the American Forts Series which was planned by Stewart H. Holbrook. 222 pages including an index bibliography and text. Prentice-Hall hardcover books
196813332London: Frank Cass 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 edition. 564 pp indexed bound in red cloth. Light dust soil to top edge else fine. Dust jacket has light soiling at the edges and chipping to the corners and head of spine. Study of the religion and philosophy of the various tribes of the lower Niger including the Efik Ibo and Ibibio. Frank Cass hardcover books
196416324Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 90 pp text index bibliography and 96 b/w plates; several plans in the text. Publisher's brown cloth w/gilt lettering on spine. As new in a clean dust jacket with just a touch of shelf wear. Lawrence "directed archaeological investigations in Ghana from 1951 to 1957 and undertook the repair or restoration of the principal remaining buildings. He traces the growth and decay of all those still visible in West Africa and the peculiarities of some that have perished." Stanford University Press hardcover books
191252521New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. 6 ix-xxiv 295 1; folding map and 56 photographic illustrations on 48 plates; light wear at the extremities especially the lower corners and very slight cracking at the top of the spine; original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; very good. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin hardcover books
187114190Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1871. Hardcover. Near fine. Reprint complete in one volume. vi 9-434 pp. Publisher's green cloth with blind-stamped decoration gilt lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to corners previous owner's name and date on front flyleaf; otherwise unmarked clean and sound. Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger hardcover books
1947TB29395Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1947. First Edition. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area with two small chips at the upper corners of the same. Signed by the author on the second free end page. The first volume in The American Trails Series by Bobbs-Merrill. It is fitting that this book examines the first trail opened to begin the settlement of the west through what is now Virgina Tennessee and Kentucky. A very handsome tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
192652615New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press 1926. First edition 8vo pp. xv 1 369 1; pictorial endpapers frontispiece and 42 plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; near fine throughout. Lacking the map which apparently is not found in all copies. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press hardcover books
