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1888308<p>London: Hodder and Stoughton 1888. Hard Cover. -- 1st Edition seventh thousand. </p><p>Bound in the publisher's red cloth with coated black endpapers bright gilt lettering to the spine and an insect gilt-stamped on the front board. Illustrated with six folding maps all in color and in excellent condition as well as with several engravings. The cloth is minimally soiled the corners are slightly bumped; hinges are still strong; text is clean throughout. </p> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
189712358Boston: Roberts Brothers 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 133 pp ads with a gruesome frontis photograph of natives being hanged as spies. Original green cloth with decoration in gilt. Slight rubbing to corners gift inscription on front free endpaper mild foxing. A fictional account of the occupation of Mashonaland "in which Christ is depicted as visiting the camp fire of a trooper engaged in the expedition. The settlement of Rhodesia and the Jameson Raid are incidentally referred to with considerable animus" Mendelssohn II 281. Roberts Brothers hardcover
196311153Denver CO: Sage Books 1963. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Short histories of 15 interurbans in Kansas and neighboring states. Bookplate of railroad historian and fan Don Bloch on front paste-down endpaper. Several letters to Bloch from the author signed laid in. Signed letter from the author presenting this copy of the book to Bloch. 384 pages with maps and photographs. Bound in original tan cloth. Fine in fine first issue dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Sage Books hardcover
1981109011981. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. unknown
1968027321L'Avana Milano 1968. Un fascicolo 23 cm di 160 pagine con illustrazioni. Brossura editoriale illustrata alla copertina il basco con la scritta Che; alla quarta di copertina le istruzioni per costruire e lanciare bottiglie molotof. Numero speciale dedicato a Che Guevara nel primo anniversario della sua morte. Ormai raro. Condizioni molto buone. unknown
19608541Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. DJ a bit darkened ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages . Harvard University Press hardcover
1947508848Peabody Museum 1947. First Edition. Paperback. VERY GOOD. 526pp. 111 b/w photo figures on 82 plates large folding map in rear pouch. Wrappers worn and perished at spine ends coffee ring ot front cover map pouch severed along outer side map remains clean and sharp. Peabody Museum paperback
170688963Augsburg: Schlueter 1706. Gebunden. Schlueter unknown
19384029London: Seeley Service & Company. 1938. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. DJ with light wear and small chips. ; Posted to Nigeria as a Political Officer Capt. Oakley recounts his time furthering the cause of the Empire. With map and photos; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages . Seeley, Service & Company hardcover
1961177Amsterdam/Cape Town: Balkema 1961. First. Hardcover. VG/VG. 332 pp. Profuse ill in color & b/w. Folding plate in rear. Balkema hardcover
1988170Cape Town South Africa: Struik 1988. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Struik hardcover
1987171Topsfield MA: Salem House 1987. Second. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Salem House hardcover
1995BN100544Tübingen ; Berlin : Wasmuth 1995. 1995. Treasures from the Africa Museum Tervuren : published in conjunction with the Exhibition "Hidden Treasures from the Tervuren Museum" in the Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren from May to November 1995. ed. by Gustaaf Verswijver . Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren. Contributors Ramona Austin . Transl. Alger D. Buat Engl. ed. <br/><br/>Treasures from the Africa Museum Tervuren : published in conjunction with the Exhibition "Hidden Treasures from the Tervuren Museum" in the Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren from May to November 1995. ed. by Gustaaf Verswijver . Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren. Contributors Ramona Austin . Transl. Alger D. Buat Engl. ed. Tübingen ; Berlin : Wasmuth unknown
179033833Edinburgh: J. Ruthven for G.GJ. and J. Robinson et al and Printed by George Ramsay and Company for Archibald Constable and Company 1790; 1808. 6 volumes. The First Edition Edinburgh imprint sometimes called “the best edition†Cox with the First Edition of Murray's fine and important work on Bruce. Engraved title vignettes in all volumes. Vol. I with illustrated header on the dedication to the King and with 53 very finely engraved plates and maps and charts including 3 very large folding maps. The Murray volume with an additional 22 engraved plates including a portrait frontispiece of Bruce and two large folding maps at the end of the volume. A total of 75 plates and 5 large folding maps. 4to 300 x 240 mm. with the half-titles in vols. !-!V very handsomely bound in very handsome contemporary half polished calf over marbled paper covered boards. The spines with raised bands are gilt ruled and decorated with gilt lettering on red morocco labels original endleaves end-leaves and with a fine antique engraved armorial plate. Early ownership inscription to title-page and a fine early armorial bookplate. The Bruce lxxxv 535; viii 718; viii 759; viii 695; xiv 230 3 large folding maps index errata pp. The Murray xiii 5044 ads. pp 22 engraved plates and maps. A fine and desirable set in scarce contemporary bindings the paper fresh and clean and the text-blocks as solid as could be the bindings are very handsome withminor evidence of use or age at the extremities a bit of tenderness to the hinges of a few volumes but these are still sturdy and strong and the folding maps are in excellent condition. HIGHLY IMPORTANT EARLY EXPLORATION INTO AFRICA AND A RARE EDITION IN FULL CONTEMPORARY CALF WITH ORIGINAL SPINE PANELS AND WITHOUT REPAIRS. A cornerstone to any collection of Africana this is one of the earliest and greatest illustrated works on the seminal discoveries to be made on the continent over A hundred year period. This set with the added murray volume rarely encountered in matching binding as here.<br> With time on his hands and at the urging of a friend Bruce composed this account of his travels on the African continent including comments on the history and religion of Egypt an account of Indian trade a history of Abyssinia and other such material. Although Bruce would not be confused with "a great scholar or a judicious critic. few books of equal compass are equally entertaining; and few such monuments exist of the energy and enterprise of a single traveller" DNB. "The result of his travels was a very great enrichment of the knowledge of geography and ethnography" Cox II p. 389.<br> Bruce was one of the earliest westerners to search for the source of the Nile. In November of 1770 he reached the source of the Blue Nile and though he acknowledged that the White Nile was the larger stream he claimed that the Blue Nile was the Nile of the ancients and that he was thus the discoverer of its source.<br> The account of his travels was written twelve years after his journey and without reference to his journals which gave critics grounds for disbelief but the substantial accuracy of the book has since been amply demonstrated.<br> James Bruce traveled to Egypt in 1768 accompanied by the Italian artist Luigi Balugani. They spent five years in Upper Egypt Abyssinia and in the exploration of the Nile. With the exception of the French surgeon Poncet no European had visited Abyssinia in over 150 years so Bruce's account was of unique importance in providing valuable information on the region to Europeans. The plates based on his own and Balugani's drawings include maps botanical and zoological specimens antiquities artifacts and plans of monuments.<br> A cornerstone to any collection of Africana this is one of the earliest and greatest illustrated works on the seminal discoveries to be made on the continent over a hundred year period. J. Ruthven for G.GJ. and J. Robinson et al and Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company hardcover
38294LONDON FISHER UNWIN 1905. FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES ORIGINAL RED-BROWN CLOTH T.E.G. GILT TITLES. VOLUME 1: FRONTIS. 14 PLATES 2 MAPS. VOLUME 2: FRONTIS 2 COLOUR PLATES OF EGGS 2 MAPS 4 PLATES AND 3 DIAGRAMS. 541pp. MINOR BUMPS TO THE CORNERS SOME LIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. BUT A VERY GOOD SET TIGHT AND CLEAN. ALL PLATES AS CALLED FOR. LONDON, FISHER UNWIN, 1905 hardcover
182269767London 1822. 8vo. 1800-talls vinrøde helskinnbind med rik ryggforgylling svakt opphøyde ryggbånd tittelfelter i mørkerødt skinn enkel strekdekor på deklene bindenes snitt dekorert i gull. viii xii 322 2 ; 2 384 s. Med et kolorert foldet kart samt 13 håndkolorerte akvatinter. Alle plansjene dublert med lerrett. Printed for the Society. Published and sold by Francis Westley Engelsk. <br/><br/><em>Tooley s. 123. Ex libris. Materien noe gulnet. </em> unknown
1023479621.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
18611565London: Hurst & Blackett 1861. Second. Full Leather. VG-. and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China with adventures among the mountain Khirghis and the Manjours Manyargs Toungouz Touzemtz Goldi and Gelyaks the hunting and pastoral tribes. 570 pp ill folding map. Full leather binding showing reasonable amount of wear. Previously recased and original spine relaid. Contrasting gilt colored leather spine label showing chipping. All edges marbled. Internally the contents are in nice condition. Hurst & Blackett 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
23103LONDON JONATHAN CAPE 1924. TWO VOLUMES IN RED CLOTH T.E.G.THE NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED. WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR AND ALL THE ORIGINAL PLANS MAPS AND CUTS. A VERY GOOD SET. LONDON JONATHAN CAPE, 1924 hardcover
29390LONDON CAPE 1949. TWO VOLUMES QUARTO JANUARY 1949 REPRINT OF 'THE NEW AND DEFINITIVE EDITION' OF 1936. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY T.E. LAWRENCE. A VERY GOOD SET WITH DUSTWRAPPERS. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME TO EACH VOLUME. POSTAGE AT COST. LONDON, CAPE, 1949 unknown
133000745X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0930W029419Good. George Routledge 1929 hardcover. Broadway Travellers edition. Text clean binding sound. Spine is sun-faded corners of cover slightly bumped minor cover wear. No dust jacket. hardcover
25876LONDON J. JOHNSON 1807. FIRST EDITION EXTERNALLY POOR - LOSS TO THE LEATHER SPINE WORN BOARDS FRONT BOARD ALMOST DETACHED PLATES LOOSE. INTERNALLY VERY GOOD AND CLEAN 323 PAGES 6 PLATES. PRICED ACCORDING TO CONDITION. A READING OR RE-BINDING COPY. LONDON, J. JOHNSON, 1807 hardcover
19791871Lahore Pakistan: Al-Biruni 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/VG-near Fine. 528 pp. Lal was a great traveller a brilliant diplomat and reputed author: the first Kashmiri to learn English and the first Indian to educate his daughter in England. He started travelling early in life through Khorasan Iran Baluchistan Punjab Sind and Northern India and later on toe Europe. The book gives a picture of early days of British rule the Punjab under Maharajah Ranjit Singh and the British campaigns in Sind & Afghanistan. Fine in VG to near fine dj. Al-Biruni hardcover
