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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
1961920Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good . A very near fine first edition complete in two volumes in a very good plus original slipcase. Publisher's orginal tan buckram with brown and gilt titling. Binding is strong sturdy and square on both volumes no writing no nameplates clean and bright inside. There are five tiny coffee drop stains on the front cover of volume I. In volume 2 two pages of the index have a dog ear fold which has been straightened out. The slpcase is very good: it has the original labels and shows a short bump on the front left lower corner. There is a minute area on the top edge where the slipcase paper has started to peel but all paper still present. These books look good smell good and are an important read on the history of the North American fur trade. xxvi 686 & viii 696 pp.indexed and illustrated with a bibliography.Octavo 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. In her introduction to the 1954 edition of Hiram Martin Chittenden's The American Fur Trade of the Far West Grace Lee Nute Research Associate of the Minnesota Historical Society noted how well Chittenden's work has stood the test of time since its publication in 1902 but suggested that because of the specialized monographs published since that time "a vast literature is now at hand for anyone capable of welding it into a unified comprehensive history of the fur trade of the North American continent." The attempt has now been made and the result is a qualified success. Paul Chrisler Phillips devoted his life to the task; he died before its completion. J. W. Smurr provides the concluding chapters to this massive two volume work. Publication of the book handsomely accomplished by the Oklahoma University Press has been aided by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Here is the entire history of the North American fur trade from its inception as a gleam in the eye of European explorers and merchant-adventurers to its decline in the mid-nineteenth century with the shift in consumer interest to cheap textiles. The story is told in a basically chronological form although the vast area of the trade and the variety of European and American traders who conducted it require a constant process of starting again and again in time. The research is exhaustive. Though based principally on printed primary sources extensive use has been made of manuscript materials. Let it be said at once that Phillips' study helps correct the view held by most about the importance of the fur trade in inciting maintaining and expanding European settlement in North America. The evidence marshaled by Phillips goes far to prove that the lowly "trade" so readily ignored or slighted by kings at the time and by historians later played a more important role than is normally assigned to it. Indeed one can wonder whether the very establishment of English and French colonies on North American soil would have been accomplished but for the existence of fur-bearing animals and the Indian who was willing to trap them and exchange their pelts for European goods. Nevertheless by concentrating so exclusively on the fur trade Phillips tends to see all political movement in terms of a struggle for beaver. The Great War for Empire between France and Great Britain is presented in such a context as are other events which may perhaps legitimately be assigned more complicated origins. The integration of the sources mined by Phillips and the formal expression of his interpretation of them leave something to be desired. The sentences except in Smurr's concluding chapters flow in a harsh monotony. In a two volume work the unvarying style and the massive accumulation of fact become burdensome to the reader. The text is unrelieved by sensitive passages of summary interpretation or imaginative insight. The personalities of the traders do not "live" as they do in Chittenden's still useful though geographically and temporally more limited history. The book is splendidly illustrated with many original drawings of furbearing animals by Mary Baker as well as with more conventional illustrations drawn from a variety of sources. It has excellent maps. It is well designed and carefully printed. Its two volumes are indexed and paged separately. The indexing is reasonably full but as is usually the case in university-oriented publications it omits direct reference to the material objects trade goods costume items etc. associated with the trade and thus makes the museum scholar create his own index. In sum the book is a significant achievement and an important contribution to our knowledge of our past. ---- WILCOMB E. WASHBURN of the Smithsonian Institution in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 86 No. 2 Apr. 1962 pp. 210-212 University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
188952643New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1889. First American edition 8vo pp. xx 192; 5 chromolithographs 6 etchings 6 wood-engraved plates 2 maps printed in color 1 folding and with a short tear other wood-engravings in the text; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover beveled boards; 2 institutional bookplates pocket removed from rear pastedown accession numbers of spine eradicated; a good copy minimally marked. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover books
195648163Washington DC: National Planning Association 1956. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 115pp; illus. Wrappers worn with grease-pencil notation to covers; ownership signature to title page; text clean and unmarked. A complete Good to Very Good reading copy. National Planning Association unknown books
188752601London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Livingston 1887. Second edition of volume I first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 316; viii 2 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn folding map printed in color 20 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; slightly later full green crushed levant gilt monogram of Henry Arthur Johnstone and gilt tools exposed sewing thongs at inner corners of covers t. e.g. pigskin endpapers with Johnstone's nautical ex-libris stamped in brown on the front free endpaper and dated 1899; light rubbing at extremities all else near fine. The library of Henry Arthur Johnstone which contained a large proportion of books on natural history was sold en bloc to the London bookseller Clements in 1921 and thence dispersed. Mendelssohn I p. 812-3: "The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-Equatorial Africa and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions and of their fauna inhabitants &c." <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston unknown books
19911849Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. lxviii 586 pp illustrations 1 folding with map index. Minimal wear to edges name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1899 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. I. Includes the Journal of Sir Thomas Roe and Letters from Roe to the Governor of Surat Lord Carew Lord Southampton King James and others. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint Limited hardcover books
1962TB02671Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1962. First Edition. First printing Fine In a very near fine dust jacket spine ends lightly worn else fine. A comprehensive examination of the men who lead in the settlement of the west. Little Brown & Co. unknown books
1962TB02287Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1962. First Edition. First printing Fine In a near fine dust jacket with the verso of the spine area spotted but this defect does not show through. A comprehensive examination of the men who lead in the settlement of the west. Little Brown & Co. unknown books
190713070New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xi 230 pp with 32 plates. Publishers beige cloth with black lettering red and black vignette of men rowing a boat. Spine toned corners rubbed through some fraying. Bookplate on front pastedown else unmarked and sound. No dust jacket. Davis recounts his journey through the Congo to the east coast of Africa. One chapter describes hunting hippopotamus and crocodile on the Kasai River Czech p. 75. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
188552532New York: Harper & Bros 1885. First American edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxvii 1 528; x 483 1 12 ads; 2 large color folding maps in cover pockets 3 folding maps 44 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt black red and white on upper covers and spines; spines a little soiled and the extremities lightly rubbed but in all a very good sound copy without any cracking at all of the hinges. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
1927318085London: Witherby 1927. First edition. Illus. 280pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarter mottled calf and marbled boards Fine. First edition. Illus. 280pp. 8vo. Witherby unknown books
190952622London: Seeley & Co 1909. First edition in English 8vo pp. xxiv xviii 2 21-504 8 ads; frontispiece 13 plates 5 double-page over 400 illustrations in the text; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine slightly darkened extremities rubbed; good and sound. Fire worship tattooing tests of manhood secret societies head-hunting cannibalism funeral rites etc. <br/><br/> Seeley & Co hardcover books
186852527London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1868. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 397 1 2 ads; 8 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding a bit soiled and small cracks at the spine extremities but generally a very good sound copy. <br/><br/> Cassell, Petter, and Galpin hardcover books
012133London and Arusha Tanganyika: Safari Africa Limited Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A well-made illustrated promotional brochure describing a safari one might take. No copies on this lovely piece have been found by this researcher. --------- An engaging narration of the sights and sounds one would experience on such a travel well-demonstrated with b/w photography. Each Pair of pages has a lovely drawing of an area at the bottom of the pages. The trip was to be in East-Africa. ----------- Photo Page 13 shows M.A. Wetherell 1883 - 1939 a director who was a stage and film actor and director. Additionally there are a photos of a biplane of Imperial Airways; native people in traditional dress; African animals. -------- String tied stiff card-stock decorated wraps. 10.5 inches tall; Onion skin before and after the Text. 151 pages pre 1961 and since the photographed director died in 1939 we date this as earlier than 1939. Carefully handled minor hand-soiling on the wraps. 5th Edition 0. Safari (Africa) Limited Paperback books
1962TB24327New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1962. Tenth Printing. Very good in ivory cloth covered boards with gilt text and red decorations on the spine and on the front board. In a very good price clipped dust jacket. 339 pages including an index. Illustrated with maps and line drawings. The fourth volume in The American Trails Series which deal with the various wagon roads to California from Council Bluffs St. Joseph and Indpendence. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
1971TB09445New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1971. First Edition. First printing Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. fine. A beautiful copy! "The perilous trail to Montana's gold" through Wyoming and Idaho. The 10th volume in The American Trails Series. This is one in a set of 15 McGraw-Hill Trails Series titles. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
1971TB01441New York: McGraw-Hill Book 1971. First Edition. First printing Very near fine in black cloth covered boards but with a prior owner's name stamped on the front end paper & tape stains to both end papers. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact but with tape stains at the flap ends where they were once taped to the end papers of the book. The tenth volume in The American Trails series which covers the "perilous trail to Montana's Gold." 306 pages including an index and bibliography. McGraw-Hill Book hardcover books
1971TB07040New York: McGraw-Hill Book 1971. First Edition. First printing Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board and on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a 1" narrow ink mark on the upper edge of the front panel and slighty tanned on the spine. One of the American Trails Series titles. The Bloody Bozeman was the trail followed by those who wanted to reach the gold of the Montana fields. 336 numbered pages with index text and photographs. McGraw-Hill Book hardcover books
196813443Gregg Press 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes in one reprints of the 1923 and 1924 Cambridge editions. 176; 205 pp with folding maps and illustrations; both volumes indexed. Light dust soil to fore edge else a fine copy in the original green cloth. No dust jacket. Gregg Press hardcover books
1969957New York: Greenwood Press 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. xvii 551 pp 16 Illustrations folding map with frontispiece index. Top front corner lightly bumped; else fine. No dust jacket. Stanley worked on the Autobiography for many years but died before it was completed. According to the DNB "Stanley's contribution to the history of African exploration remains a matter of contention. On the one hand he is generally acknowledged to have settled many of the long-running controversies over the sources of the Nile and the geography of the great lakes. On the other hand the style of his expedition-making marked a new phase in the history of exploration virtually erasing the distinction between geography and warfare.Throughout his life Stanley was in every way a masterful story-teller.His enormous drive won him notoriety as well as fame though he defended his life's record to the very last: 'I was not sent into this world to be happy nor to search for happiness. I was sent for a special work'." Greenwood Press hardcover books
18572926New York: D. Appleton & Co 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. viii 415 pp 8 publisher's catalogue with frontispiece illustrations. Original brown cloth with gilt spine. Spine dulled one horizontal tear in spine cloth and additional splits along both front and rear joints. Internals sound and clean. Contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper. Perry's expedition was sent to Japan to induce the Japanese government to enter into diplomatic relations with the United States which Perry believed he could accomplish through a display of superior naval force. Hill 1332: "After his entry into Araga Harbor on July 8 1853 the Japanese were eventually compelled to accept a treaty.opening the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda. The most significant result however was that Perry's visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the subsequent modernization of Japan." This is Hill 1333 "a compact abridgement of the Perry expedition narrative." D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
187352625London: Smith Elder & Co 1873. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. x 2 483 1; vi 2 529 1 6 ads; 12 maps 3 folding 3 in color 10 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper covers and spine; silver-dollar size rubberstamp on both title pages marked withdrawn similar stamp on p. 217 of vol. I small ink accession numbers on spines old manuscript notes on the recto of the rear free endpaper in vol. I regarding other books of African travel; all else generally very good. <br/><br/> Smith, Elder, & Co hardcover books
193052156Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1930. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper of first volume: "Mr. Malcolm B. Stone / with much appreciation of his interest in the work in tropical medicine / from Richard P. Strong" dated in year of publication. First printings. Two large octavo volumes 27cm; publisher's maroon cloth boards lettered in gilt on spines and front covers; xxvi1-568; ix569-1064pp; illus. Mild lean to text block of second volume else a tight Near Fine set lacking the dustwrappers. A major work in the history of public medicine. Strong 1872-1948 was the first professor of Tropical Medicine at Harvard and the foremost American authority on the subject. This important two-year expedition to Liberia and the Congo led by Strong in the company of seven fellow Harvard scientists was the first full-scale attempt to document the etiology of a variety of tropical diseases as well as documenting existing sanitary conditions in Liberia and colonial West Africa. The mission also collected a wealth of zoological and anthropological data that would inform various fields of Africa Studies for decades. Harvard University Press unknown books
188957805Washington: James C. Dunn later: American Colonization Society 1889. An incomplete and disparate run and with a major gap 1851-1870 88 issues in all volumes 16-18 in a bound volume but without a front cover the rest in wrappers; a few wrappers missing a few defective a number loose but present; edge tears chips and curls. Condition ranges from fair to very good. Included are volumes 14 1838 nos. 1-10 12; volume XV 1839 no.1-3 5-6 8-9 11 14-18; volume 16 1840 nos. 1 4-16 18 21 23-24; volume 17 1841 nos. 1-8; volume 18 1842 nos. 3-4 9-10 15-18 20 22-24; volume 26 1850 nos. 10-11big gap; volume 47 1871 nos. 1 11; volume 50 1874 nos. 1-4 8-9; volume 51 1875 no. 2; volume 53 1876 nos. 2-4; volume 54 1878 nos. 2-4; volume 57 1881 nos. 6-8; volume 59 1883 nos. 3-4; volume 64 1888 no. 4; volume 65 1889 nos. 2-4. Much on Liberia abolition slavery the Amistad case African colonization African languages etc. The African Repository and Colonial Journal title simplified in 1850 to African Repository was the official publication of the American Colonization Society which supported the migration of free American Blacks to Africa specifically to its colony of Liberia. It began publication in 1825 and ceased in 1892 and is a primary source for the early history of Liberia. <br/><br/> James C. Dunn [later: American Colonization Society] unknown books
197814943London: Inkululeko Publications 1978. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 107pp; illus. Minor external wear; Very Good. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by Phineas Malinga John Ngara Vukani Mawethu others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
