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193833954Toronto Canada: Ryerson Press 1938. First edition. first printing First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The story of transportation rivers canals roads and railroads through the whole range of the history of Canada describing the methods and relating them to the more general theme of the rise of Canadian civilization. The changing modes of transportation have influenced the whole course of Canadian development. 475 pages with all five foldout maps present. Complimentary plate from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tipped in. Signature of C.A. Dunniway on the plate and on the title page. A number of pages remain unopened. Map endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket with two tiny tears and associated crease between. <br/> <br/> Ryerson Press hardcover
1907043488Mrs. Kate S. McDonald 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Originally The Ashby Cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia and Chew's Battery. Sold clean copy in thick green covers. With several dozen illustrations. Nice bright gilt lettering to front. Spine lettering is a shade faded. Covers have average light vintage wear with some patchiness and a few small spots to the rear. Binding is cracked at the very rear of the book but holding firmly. Bulky thick book. <br/> <br/> Mrs. Kate S. McDonald hardcover
1982AF-11Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1982. Scholarly text presents a detailed historiography of South Africa before the beginning of large-scale mining operations in Kimberley in 1870. Topics covered include economy and social structure of the herders and hunters; Nguni people; the Sotho Venda and Tsonga; white settlers and the origin of a new society 1652-1778; the Eastern Cape frontier; cosolidation of a new society; the Zulu kingdom and Natal; Afrikaner republics and African states; etc. 476 pgs. Illustrated. Corners lightly rubbed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
London, G. Bells & Sons, 1964, in-8, tela editoriale, sovraccoperta, pp. 578, (2). Con cartine n.t.
4to [30.5 x 22 cm]; 160 pp, hundreds of illustrations including colored photos, pictures from historical sources, maps including different maps on front and rear endpapers, bibliog, index. original pictorial cloth, title lettering, dj (short tear, price clipped), fine and clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An excellent survey of exploration including ancient travellers, the Portuguese century, slave trade, Blue Nile, Niger, Timbuktu, missionary travels, the Great Lakes area, Zaire, etc, with appendices, one listing the personal kit of Speke and Grant, another listing men engaged in Zanzibar.
2018500112756Forgotten Books 2018 384 pages 10 4x15 2x0 8cm. 2018. Broché. 384 pages.
195419797New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1954. Second edition fully revised 8vo pp. xxix 3 634; with 200 illustrations and maps; original black cloth decorated in gilt dust-jacket; about fine in very good jacket with some fading at the spine and light edgewear. An important and popular book by one of the great Orientalists. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
199623914CBLondon / Athens / Addis Abeba, James Currey / Ohio University Press / Addis Ababa University Press (= Eastern African Studies), 1996. 8°, X, 244 S. mit s/w-Abbildungen und Karten, Text: englisch, farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), 4. Auflage sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar
(Codice VF/1586) In 8° XII-363 pp., 2 pfotographs, 79 tables, 11 appendices. First edition. Language: english. Signatures. Softcover, label to spine. Inside: fine. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
197751766Wynberg 1977. 516 S. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Groß 8°, Original-Kunstleder (Hardcover), gutes Exemplar,
19281268London: Longmans Green & Co 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii 623 pp with 12 maps 2 colored select bibliography index. Very light general wear to boards some offsetting and previous owner's label on endpapers contents clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on Dutch occupation colonization Parliament and Volksraad unification and other topics. Longmans, Green, & Co hardcover books
1 Vol. In-8 pag. XII-292 PROG 2430 CATT_ATT 20
196830218Longmans, London, 1968. 973 Seiten, 8° , ca. 22 x 14 cm, Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
1908621298New York, Scribner's Sons, (1908). M. 5 (3 farb.) Ktn. u. 2 Abb. XIII, 468 S. OLwd. m. Rsign. Einbd. etwas fleckig. St. verso Tit.
thick 8vo [23.5 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xxxiii, 649; xv, 638 pp, complete with the 7 maps, 2 of which are folding frontispieces (one with short tear at stub), 4 of the maps are colored, both half-titles are present, tables, extensive index in volume 2. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, gilt pictorial elephant on covers, cover a little spotted, the dust jackets are chipped at edges, with large piece lacking from dj of volume II, interiors are clean and fine, covers sound & solid. A picture of t A very detailed and thorough work of what is now Ghana, from the earliest times and with valuable appendices with bibliography, lists of governors, lists of wars, histories of forts, etc. Conover 578: 'This famous work is particularly valuable in its full treatment of the Ashanti wars. According to the later historian W. W. Ward, every one who writes on Gold Coast history should begin by pouring a libation and sacrificing a sheep in honour of Dr. Claridge, whose monumental History . . .is not likely to be superseded'. Cardinall 1318: 'This is the most important work yet published concerning the history of the Gold Coast and its relationship with Europeans'.
193518108Johannesburg and Cape Town. South African Jewish Board of Deputies. 1935. 288 Seiten u. mehrere Bildtafeln. Original-Leinwand-Einband (Einband teils fleckig u. etwas bestossen. Papier durchgehend meist an den Rändern stockfleckig) 22x15 cm
592593University of London, The Athlone Press, 1961. In-8, cartonnage d'éd., titre doré au dos, 252 pp., 25 fig. en noir et 11 cartes in-t., 24 planches de reprod. photogr. en noir in fine, bibliogr., index.
191318258London, Macmillan, 1913. XVI, 581 S. Mit 25 Abbildungen auf 9 Tafeln sowie 11 Karten (davon 5 gefaltet und eine im Text). Gr.-8° (22,5 x 15 cm). Rote Original-Leinwand mit Rückentitel und Kopfgoldschnitt (publisher's red cloth).
In 8° pp. XI-239 con 15 mappe n.t. Bross. edit. ill.
198711052Camden SC: African Collection series - Briar Patch Press 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full Red Leather hardcover. Very Good. Thick quarto oversized book. Gilt design and lettering on spine similar on cover. All pages edges gilt. Slight shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. Slight scuffing to cover. 352 p. w/illustrations. The account of Cumming's hunting exploits in the Orange River country in the late 1840's. <br/><br/> African Collection series - Briar Patch Press hardcover
19871378Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Dlx Ltd Ed Rep: 500 Copies. Full Leather. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 352 pp ill all edges gilt. new intro by Clendennon. The book originally published in 1852 has been popular for 150 years and readers will understand after perusing these pages. Part of the Briar Patch African Collection. Ltd ed of 500 copies. Book fine in like slipcase. Briar Patch Press unknown
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
