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182517-0-25Florenz / Firenze, Vincenco Batelli, um 1825. Blatt: ca. 22 x 14 cm
182517-0-23Florenz / Firenze, Vincenco Batelli, um 1825. Blatt: ca. 22 x 14 cm
1897176158" S. 213-227, mit 7 Illustrationen in: Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens. Jahrgang 1897, Band 10. Stuttgart, UDV, 1897. Kl.-8vo. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen u. Illustrationen. 240 S. Roter illustrierter Or.-Lwd.; etwas angestaubt, Rückendeckel am Oberrand fleckig. [3 Warenabbildungen]
1895176160Bilder aus einem Zukunftskriege." S. 163-181, mit 11 Illustrationen in: Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens. Jahrgang 1895, Band 1. Stuttgart, UDV, 1895. Kl.-8vo. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. 240 S. Or.-Lwd.; Rücken leicht verblasst u. Kanten etwas berieben. [4 Warenabbildungen]
182517-0-22Florenz / Firenze, Vincenco Batelli, um 1825. Blatt: ca. 22 x 14 cm
18451026186Tours, Mame, 1845. Gest. Titel m. Vign., 384 S. m. vielen Holzstich-Vign., 3 gestochene Taf. (Bibliothèque de la Jeunesse Chrétienne). Neuer Lwdbd m. RSchild.
1894176176Erzählung aus Südafrika". S. 87-136, mit Illustrationen von Albert Richter, in: Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens. Jahrgang 1894, Band 7. Stuttgart, UDV, 1894. Kl.-8vo. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. 240 S. Brauner illustrierter Or.-Lwd.; Kapitale u. Ecken etwas bestoßen, leicht angestaubt. [4 Warenabbildungen]
182517-0-21Florenz / Firenze, Vincenco Batelli, um 1825. Blatt: ca. 22 x 14 cm
18911179838Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus, 1891. XVI; 470 S.; zahlr. Illustr. / Ktn. und X; 518 S.; zahlr. Illustr. / Ktn.; 23,5 cm. 2 fadengeh. Orig.-Pappbände.
189145978Bamberg, C. C. Buchnersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1891. 19. - 28. Tausend.
190011443Lpz: Dieser um 1900. 355 S., einige photogr. Abb. Ill.Ln.mS.
181779736Rome: Pronti incive 1817. Gebunden. Pronti incive unknown
1864112575Blackie & Son 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. Lives Of Eminent Scotsmaen Stamped In Gold On Spine. Original Five Volumes Set. Half Leather. Show Signs Of Wear. On Edges. Volume 1 And 4 Have Back Board Detached But Present. Wear On Spines. <br/> <br/> Blackie & Son hardcover
182913679Paris. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon half calf edges a little rubbed hinges repaired at top edges lightly foxed owners signature. A very good clean tight copy.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . hardcover
1807179630London: Secretary At War 1807. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. xvii 641pp numerous folding tables and charts. Rebound in brown cloth/boards. Usual library marks but otherwise an excellent example of the first edition. <br/> <br/> Secretary At War hardcover
18681206T100London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son 1868. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 34 8 plates. Very Good. 4.75 x 7.25 inches 11.5 x 18 cm. Brown cloth binding panelled in gilt to front board and in blind to rear board. All edges gilt. Chromolithographic title page following by letterpress title page with light foxing. Eight chromolithographic plates three with perforations along outer margin. Red border to text pages. Binding strained at title page but securely bound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper: 'Marion Aubin St. Helena January 26th 1870' and name again to upper margin of the colour title page. A very scarce title rarely found in commerce. WorldCat lists 10 copies in libraries worldwide. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £18.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.75 x 7.25 inches 11.5 x 18 cm. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son hardcover
18813840London: W H Harrison 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 168 pp. Penzer p 106. Becoming scarce. Burton traveled to Bavaria to see if there was any connection between the survival of "Christian Mystery" the great religious drama in the highlands of Bavaria and the living scenes at Ek-Islam and Meccah. Publisher's presentation copy in orig. red gilt cloth slightly darkened at edges & spine. Endpaper cracked but hinges are firm. Rare in orig. cloth. Better than vg. W H Harrison hardcover
186732920New York: G.P. Putnam & Co. 1867. Early Edition Revised. With and engraved frontispiece engraved title and textual illustrations by the author throughout. A map is called for but appears not to have been bound into this copy. 8vo handsomely bound in contemporary brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards edges and endleaves marbled the spine with raised bands separating the compartments lettered in gilt in two compartments decorated in the remaining compartments with gilt panels and central ornamental devices gilt. 522 pp. A very good copy indeed handsome and well preserved. Early printing in binding of Taylor's famous travelogue of Central Africa. Bayard Taylor was an American poet literary critic translator travel author and diplomat. As a poet he was very popular with a crowd of more than 4000 attending a poetry reading once which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the United States and Great Britain. He served in diplomatic posts in Russia and Prussia. <br> In 1851 he traveled to Egypt where he followed the Nile River as far as 12° 30' N. He also traveled in Palestine and Mediterranean countries writing poetry based on his experiences. Toward the end of 1852 he sailed from England to Calcutta and then to China where he joined the expedition of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry to Japan. The results of these journeys were published as A Journey to Central Africa; or Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile 1854; The Lands of the Saracen; or Pictures of Palestine Asia Minor Sicily and Spain 1854; and A Visit to India China and Japan in the Year 1853 1855.<br> He returned to the U.S. on December 20 1853 and undertook a successful public lecturer tour that extended from Maine to Wisconsin. After two years he went to northern Europe to study Swedish life language and literature. The trip inspired his long narrative poem Lars. His series of articles Swedish Letters to the Tribune were republished as Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures 1857. G.P. Putnam & Co. hardcover
185433044New York: G.P. Putnam & Co. 1854. Early Printing probably the first with added slug to the title-page. With and engraved frontispiece and textual illustrations by the author throughout. A large folding map is included at the rear of the volume. 8vo publisher's original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt pictorial vignette to the upper cover. 522 pp. An honest copy the hinges strong and tight the text-block mellowed as expected some old library markings internally the map with a closed tear. Early printing in issuance year of Taylor's famous travelogue of Central Africa. Bayard Taylor was an American poet literary critic translator travel author and diplomat. As a poet he was very popular with a crowd of more than 4000 attending a poetry reading once which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the United States and Great Britain. He served in diplomatic posts in Russia and Prussia. <br> In 1851 he traveled to Egypt where he followed the Nile River as far as 12° 30' N. He also traveled in Palestine and Mediterranean countries writing poetry based on his experiences. Toward the end of 1852 he sailed from England to Calcutta and then to China where he joined the expedition of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry to Japan. The results of these journeys were published as A Journey to Central Africa; or Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile 1854; The Lands of the Saracen; or Pictures of Palestine Asia Minor Sicily and Spain 1854; and A Visit to India China and Japan in the Year 1853 1855.<br> He returned to the U.S. on December 20 1853 and undertook a successful public lecturer tour that extended from Maine to Wisconsin. After two years he went to northern Europe to study Swedish life language and literature. The trip inspired his long narrative poem Lars. His series of articles Swedish Letters to the Tribune were republished as Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures 1857. G.P. Putnam & Co. hardcover
186719693John Murray 1867. 8vo. First Edition with engraved frontispiece engraved title-vignette 21 engraved plates and large folding map at end map mildly age-stained; dark red cloth upper board blocked in gilt chocolate endpapers uncut neatly rebacked to style a very good bright clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The author's second book is a vividly-written account of his second 1863-1865 expedition around the delta of the Ogooue in what is now Gabon. Here he is able to confirm his 'discovery' perhaps more accurately 'rediscovery' of the Gorilla a species previously unseen by outsiders since Biblical times and the actual discovery of the Giant Otter Shrew Potamagale velox; both species are illustrated. SCARCE. Hosken p.63. John Murray, hardcover
1874biblio352<p>Ex-Library Hardcover with Library embossements on Title page and Map and leaf of pages 499 and 500. Tight binding Unmarked text Many Illustrations Africa History Travel Journal</p> Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
186220685New York: G. P. Putnam. 1862. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt spine lettering a bit faded. Slight dampstaining to endpapers. Very small intendation to front board and first few pages. Very light foxing to first few pages. ; Dark green buckram boards with blindstamped linear decoration and gilt spine lettering. Beautiful steel engraved tissue guarded frontispiece. Rear fold-out "map of the course of the Nile and adjacent countries" with minor edgewear. Else handsome tight and clean. - Bayard Taylor was a successful travel writer. "A Journey to Central Africa" was published in the earlier part of his career. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 522 pages . G. P. Putnam hardcover
189713079New York: Fleming H. Revell 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 316 pp with frontis portrait 19 illustrations and 2 maps 1 folding. Green cloth boards with gilt decoration. Spine cocked brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else very good. Good served as a Presbyterian missionary in West Africa from 1882 until his death in 1894. He traveled extensively in the region learning the Bulu language and making a study of native religious beliefs. He also collected entomological specimens on behalf of W.J. Holland of the Western University of Pennsylvania who contributed an Appendix to the book. Fleming H. Revell hardcover