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1868A50548London: Printed for Private Distribution Only 1868. iii 282 title vignette. . HB. 8vo finely bound in cont. full morocco double-ruled blind-stamped border to both boards gt vignette to front board raised bands to spine aeg gilt decorative roll to edges of boards and gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers. A little light scuffing rubbed to extremities headcap chipped. Title page clipped 2.5cm from top blank margin to remove previous owner's name. First edition. Privately published and rare. Provides an account of British species arranged alphabetically by common name. 'The Compiler of the following work having devoted a considerable portion of his leisure hours to the study of Ornithology has collected a variety of facts relating to several interesting specimens of the feathered tribe the publication of which he trusts may be useful and entertaining to those who like himself take pleasure in this branch of natural history. The present collection lays no claim to originality but the information it contains is derived from a variety of sources not always perhaps accessible to the majority of readers .' - PrefaceFreeman 2298; Mullens & Swann p. 21. Printed for Private Distribution Only hardcover
185746232London: John Murray 1857. First edition. 8vo. x 687 1 pp. bound without the advertisements. Later nineteenth century green quarter calf over dark blue-green boards spine faded to brown blind ruled compartments gilt lettered direct to two sections ownership inscription of Owen Jones St. Ishmael's Vicarage to the front free endpaper dated October 1858 to the front free endpaper his name and that of his wife Augusta Frederica inscribed and dated 1884 to the head of the title page. Folding tinted lithographic frontispiece portrait 23 plates - 21 wood engraved and 2 tinted lithographs 19 engravings in the text 1 folding section plus 2 folding maps one in a pocket at the rear. Spine faded to brown some light edge wear occasional foxing mostly on and adjacent to the plates a decent copy overall. Covering the first of Livingstone's three major expeditions in which he followed the Zambesi river discovering the Victoria Falls in the process as well as the Shire and Ruyuma rivers ranging from Angola in the west to Mozambique in the east. "Livingstone's services to African geography. are almost unequalled. he explored vast regions of central Africa many of which had never been seen by white men before." Printing and the Mind of Man 341. Abbey Travel 347. Mendelssohn p. 908. The issue points on the early appearances of this work are open to conjecture with no definitive precedence established between copies with some tinted lithographs as here or those solely illustrated with wood engravings. However this copy is without the leaf numbered 8 suggesting it is an earlier issue. London: John Murray unknown
18811694861881-86. First editions of David Livingstone The Story of his Life and Travels and Livingstone Anecdotes together with an unidentified edition of David Livingstone Missionary & Discoverer. This small collection of Livingstone biographies contains two works focusing on his life and travels and another providing an insight into his character through a series of anecdotes from Livingstone's in-laws all published shortly after his death. Livingstone Anecdotes includes descriptions of his humour and his "courage and coolness in personal peril" p. 94 while The Story of his Life and Travels contains a map of his journey though Africa. Three works octavo. David Livingstone Missionary & Discoverer: tissue-guarded frontispiece full-page illustrations to text 20 pp. of advertisements at rear. The Story of his Life and Travels: engraved portrait frontispiece full page illustration and map to text 10 pp. of advertisements at rear. Livingstone Anecdotes: tissue-guarded frontispiece full page illustration to text 8 pp. of advertisements at rear. Original dark blue purple and brown cloth. David Livingstone Missionary & Discoverer: spine lettered in gilt spine and front cover decorated and panelled in black front cover decorated in gilt rear cover panelled in blind cream coated endpapers edges trimmed. The Story of his Life and Travels: spine lettered in gilt spine and front cover lettered and decorated in brown floral emblem in blind to the rear cover edges trimmed. Livingstone Anecdotes: spine and front cover lettered in gilt front cover lettered and decorated in black portrait of author to front cover in gilt brown floral endpapers edges trimmed. David Livingstone Missionary & Discoverer: spine and edges toned gilt bright minor foxing to outer leaves. A very good copy. David Livingstone The Story of his Life and Travels: contemporary Christmas inscription to front free endpaper. Spine and edges toned extremities rubbed and cloth with minor marks. A very good copy. Livingstone Anecdotes: spine slightly cocked and toned extremities lightly bumped. A very good copy. hardcover
1857633<p>Rebound in a handsome style. 1857 Murray London No extra Page 8. The loose folding map is a professionally-reproduced facsimile but the other folding map bound-in is original. At the end of the book is a catalogue of additional publications by Murray dated November 1 1857.<br /><br />David Livingstone 1813-73 undertook three great journeys through Africa exploring vast regions unknown to Europeans. Appalled at the terrible effects of the slave trade on African life he became a fierce abolitionist. His "Missionary Travels" was first published in London 1857 and in Philadelphia the following year.</p> John Murray hardcover
1857100339<p>Modern l/2 leather with marbled boards 8vo 711 pp. Illustrated. Minor foxing and toning but a very nice copy. Contains all plates and maps 47 in all including the index. Foldout illustration of Victoria Falls one of the more interesting plates. Also contains the folding map of South Africa and a folding map of Livingstone's route across Africa.</p> John Murray hardcover
187586425London: John Murray 1875. Fine. John Murray London 1875 12 x 18.20 cm relié New edition illustrated with a folding frontispiece a title vignette with a hippopotamus 13 plates and a folding map with the route marked in red. Contemporary full navy blue calf binding signed Relfe brothers London at the top of the first endpaper. Raised band spine decorated. Red calf title label. Roulette on the edges and interior border. Marbled edges matching the endpaper. Arms of the Fauconberge school on the upper cover. On the pastedown large price label of the Fauconberge school awarded in manuscript to W. L. D. Sharpin prize for greek testament. On the facing endpaper large prize label: The lorin greek testament prize. Light traces of rubbing. Spine uniformly darkened. Small tear on the upper cover. One tear to the map without loss. Very fresh except for some foxing on the endpapers. Very handsome copy. John Murray unknown
186647971New York: Harper & Brothers 1866. First American edition 8vo pp. xxi 638 6 ads; folding map double-page wood-engraved frontispiece title-page vignette 36 wood-engraved illustrations 12 full-page; original brown cloth covers bound in at the back; joints rubbed else a very good copy in somewhat later three-quarter brown morocco gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 389 for the London edition of the previous year. Harper & Brothers unknown
1866431H1643New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1866. Book. Illus. by Arrowsmith John. Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii 638 6 ads pages. Fold-out map. Occasional black and white illustrations. "It has been my object in this work to give as clear an account as I was able of tracts of country previously unexplored with their river systems natural productions and capabilities; and to bring before my countrymen and all others interested in the cause of humanity the misery entailed by the slave-trade in its inland phases - a subject on which I and my companions are the first who have had any opportunities of forming a judgement." - from Preface. "There must be something in the appearance of white men frightfully repulsive to the unsophisticated natives of Africa; for on entering villages previously unvisited by Europeans if we met a child. he would take to his heels in an agony of terror such as we might feel if we met a live Egyptian mummy at the door of the British Museum." - from page 199. Fold-out map measures 24" wide by 17" high and is entitled "The River Shire The Lakes Nyassa & Shirwa The Lower Courses of the Rivers Zambesi & Rovuma" - based on the Astronomical observations and sketches of Dr. Livingstone Constructed by John Arrowsmith 1865. The routes of Dr. Livingstone and the Officers of the expedition are indicated in red. Map bears one inch opening along left side. Book has been recased in red buckram with new beige endpapers. Binding sound. Average wear. Unmarked. Lettering upon spine rubbed but legible. A quality copy. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
188529111<p>Published in London by Walter Scott in 1885 this biography traces David Livingstone's movements across Central and Southern Africa. The text compiles missionary records travel documents and geographical observations attributed to Livingstone who became a central figure in Victorian interest in the African continent. References to his contribution appear in Printing and the Mind of Man emphasizing his influence on 19th-century mapping efforts. The book spans over 630 pages in quarto format and retains its original publisher's cloth with gilt and black design on the front board. Condition: Very Good. Covers show light rubbing and fading to the spine; boards remain firm and the text block is tight. Pages clean throughout with minimal toning. Collation: viii 632 2. Edition: First edition 1885. Illustrations: 12 color plates. Format: Quarto 4to single volume. References: Printing and the Mind of Man. Item Number SKU: #29111. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Walter Scott hardcover
185916013<p><b>1859 AFRICA David Livingstone Missionary African Travel Illustrated Zambezi RARE</b></p><p><i>"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all." </i></p><p><i>– </i>David Livingstone </p><p>A rare early edition of David Livingstone's "<i>Missionary Travels</i>". In this book Livingstone describes his travel and work as a missionary to the indigenous people in Central and South Africa. Through the mid-19th-century South Africa was completely unknown to Europeans so Livingstone's mission brought light to more than just spreading the gospel. The work deals with customs languages animal and plant biology geology topography and mineralogy. "The geographical results of his journeys were of supreme importance and made it possible to fill in great stretches of the maps of Central Africa which hitherto had been blank" PMM 341. </p><p>Livingstone discovered the Zambesi River and Victoria Falls which he named parts of Angola and Mozambique; met with and observed the Hottentot. He was also able to discover some of the most devastating instances of slave trade which propelled his abolitionist ideals. </p><p>Item number: #16013</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>LIVINGSTONE David</p><p><b><i>Livingstone's travels and researches in South Africa including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the west coast thence across the continent down the River Zambesi to the Eastern Ocean.</i></b></p><p>Philadelphia J.W. Bradley 1859. 1st American edition</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p>o xiv 440</p><p>o Illustrated throughout</p><p>· References: PMM 341</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Hardcover; secure</p><p>· Size: ~8in X 5.5in 20cm x 14cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>16013</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> J.W. Bradley hardcover
187461959London: John Murray 1874. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 23cm. Two volumes in purple cloth stamped in gilt on front and spine; brown coated endpapers; xvi3606pp;viii34620pp; 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I 20pp catalogue in vol. II; frontispieces 3 lithographic facsimiles of leaves from Livingstone's journal 17 full-page wood-engraved plates 24 in-text wood engravings color folding map in vol. II large color folding map in pocket at rear of vol. I. Ex-library with marks of spine labels circulation slips to rear endpapers and perforated stamps to title pages. Lightly rubbed spines sunned but boards bright vol. I hinges cracked one leaf of ads in vol. II detached: Good or better. <br /> <br /> Famed explorer David Livingstone 1813-1873 embarked on his final African expedition in 1866 in an attempt to suppress the local slave trade and trace the source of the White Nile. During this journey he lost contact with Britain for six years leading to Henry Stanley's mission to locate him and their famous encounter at Lake Tanganyika in 1871. Livingstone died of malaria and dysentry at Chitambo in modern Zambia in 1873. After his death his popularity in Britain surged. HOWGEGO L36. MENDELSSOHN I p.912-3. John Murray unknown
1836011759T.& W. Boon 1836. Map. Good. Disbound. First Edition. Double Elephant - over 25 - 50" tall. large folding mack 76.5 cm x 56cm. Linen backed hand coloured. 3 black spots 1-3mm in the lower half of the map small hole on a crease on the left hand side of the map. The map shows the tracks of Major Mitchell's expeditions to better survey inland Australia. The map also shows the limits of the colony of New South Wales around Sydney. The settlements of Melbourne and William's Town founded in 1835 are shown. . T.& W. Boon unknown
1857906Z50London: John Murray 1857. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 9" by 5.5". J. W. Whymper. The first edition later issue of David Livingstone's important travel work with illustrations and maps. The first edition later issue with the extra pages numbered 8 and 8 no colour lithographed plates and advertisements to the rear dated November 1st 1857. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a folding monochrome frontispiece and forty-six illustrations including folding plates and maps. Folding map to pocket to the rear board. Collated complete.This work was written by noted Scottish physician Christian missionary and African explorer David Livingstone. This important travelogues shows the intellectual breadth of the author in his descriptions of his experiences working as a missionary and travelling in South Africa. Livingstone was well educated on Africa having spent his sixteen years there reading extensively on religion medicine anthropology and natural history. It was during these sixteen years that he decided to keep a journal on his experiences knowing that his reputation as an explorer was rising. This work is written in a conversational style with humorous tones. He offers a fantastic enlightening and detailed account of the lives of people in South Africa in the mid nineteenth century. The work was very popular upon publication seeing twelve-thousand copies of the first impression being sold out before publication. David Livingstone was a Victorian hero for his work with the London Missionary Society as a medical pioneer and explorer in Africa. This book gives great detail into his explorations including an insight into the years in which is was missing and presumed dead by British authorities. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound with loss to the head of the spine bumping and rubbing to the extremities marks to the boards and small closed tears to the tail of the spine. Front hinge weak and rear failed with binder's label to the rear pastedown. Internally generally firmly bound with pp.295-298 weak and the odd page starting. Pages lightly age toned with occasional spotting. Folding map to the rear in fine condition. Good Only John Murray hardcover
1865212750RLondon: John Murray 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece is a fold-out b/w drawing of Victoria falls and the zigzag chasm below. 35 illustrations are listed 5 of which are full-page one is the fold-out at frontispiece and the remaining are within the text. No.19 "Wedding Procession at Tette" has been removed. 608 pages 32 pages of advertising. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owner's name on blank page after ffep and on first page of preface. Original burgundy cloth gilt illustration on front gilt titles on spine. Book is solid tight and clean. The outside of the spine has been rebacked. VG. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
187540945<p><strong>1875 AFRICA David Livingstone 1ed Last Journals Voyages African Exploration MAP</strong></p><p><em>"I will go anywhere provided it be forward." </em></p><p><em>― </em>David Livingstone</p><p>David Livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in Africa. In this book Livingstone describes his travel and work as a missionary to the indigenous people in Central and South Africa. Through the mid-19th-century South Africa was completely unknown to Europeans so Livingstone's mission brought light to more than just spreading the gospel. The work deals with customs languages animal and plant biology geology topography and mineralogy which he kept until his death.</p><p>This first American edition of Livingstone's "<em>Last Journals</em>" is illustrated with 20 full-page engravings 25 in-text illustrations and an <strong><u>enormous 72cm x 82cm folding map of Central Africa</u></strong>!</p><p>Item number: #40945</p><p>Price: $550</p><p>LIVINGSTONE David; WALLER Horace</p><p><strong><em>The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa. From Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Five to His Death. Continued by a Narrative of His Last Moments and Sufferings Obtained from His Faithful Servants Chuma and Susi with Portrait Maps and Illustrations.</em></strong></p><p>New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers 1875. First American edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->2 541 1 4</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->48 illustrations</p><p><!--endif-->Frontispiece engraving</p><p><!--endif-->20 woodcut plates</p><p><!--endif-->25 in-text woodcuts</p><p><!--endif-->Double-page map</p><p><!--endif--><strong>Large folding map 29in x 32.75in</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Bookplate – Elijah T. Fletcher</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Red cloth</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~ 9.5in X 6in 23.5cm x 15cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>40945</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> Harper and Brothers, Publishers hardcover
1866014737New York: Harper & Brothers 1866. First American Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece is a double page birds-eye view of the great cataracts of the Zambesi 638pp. large folding map at rear illustrated bound in 3/4 calf over marbled boards with matching endpapers all edges marbled raised bands double red labels gilt boards lightly rubbed owner's name a very handsome copy. Harper & Brothers unknown
185777159London 1857. 8vo. Samtidig skinnryggbind med svakt opphøyde ryggbånd rik ryggforgylling marmorerte dekler. Kolorert foldet farvelitografi som frontispiece. ix 687 1 s. Med illustrasjoner utenom pagineringen. Med to foldekarter bak i boken samt en foldet plansje. John Murray. Engelsk. unknown
1857002029London: John Murray 1857 8vo. original brown blind-stamped cloth gilt uncut professionally rebacked with original spine laid on corners reinforced the cloth a trifle rubbed; hinges strengthened closed tear to fore-edge of pocket at end neatly repaired signature dated 1858 at head of title page ex-library with one ink stamp at foot of p. 345 and faint trace of same stamp on the title page a little light foxing & occasional soiling; faint label removal mark at foot of backstrip; pp. x 688 last colophon 8 p. publisher's catalogue dated November 1st 1857 with a folding frontispiece 23 plates inc. engraved portrait title page vignette plus several text illustrations 3 folding maps 1 in pocket at end and an appendix. Abbey 347 this corresponding to that cited by Abbey in the British Museum with plates 1 and 8 being wood engravings not tinted lithographs and the folding frontispiece signed J.W.Whymper. The state of the plates for this edition varies considerably. Heavy item 1.5 kg additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG. John Murray hardcover
187486laJohn Murray London 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Two volumes complete with folded map at rear. With a small repair to the top of the spine of Volume 2. The map shows in great detail the route of Livingstone's journey. It is a different map from that included in other editions. It is in fresh pleasing condition. Two benign copies. Pressed gilt illustrations on the boards. The boards are scuffed worn marked from storage and shelving all about. The spines of both are sunned but the titlings are still agreeable. The boards despite their aging are steady and sound. Volume I: the early pages have handling wear handling marks foxing. The contents have general evidence of avid use throughout. There are shallow creases some very small and very occasional pencil annotations. Nonetheless the pages are clean clear convivial certain. Volume II: there is a previous owner signature on the reverse frontispage. The end papers are a little worn about the guttering but the security of the book is unaffected. There is milder evidence of use to the contents. Again there are very shallow creases from handling. The pages are clean clear companionable bold confident gratifying. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. John Murray, London hardcover
1874887P31London: John Murray 1874. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of the collected final journals of David Livingstone edited by his close friend complete with plates and folding maps. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.The final journals of noted explorer David Livingstone. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map to the pocket to the rear six plates and in-text engravings. Six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear dated December 1874.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map fourteen plates and in-text engravings. Twenty pages of publisher's adverts to the rear dated November 1874.Collated complete.After Livingstone's death in 1873 Horace Waller the editor of this work was given Livingstone's final journals by Henry Morton Stanley. These final journals of the pioneering explorer explore his final years of life in Central Africa from 1865 to 1873. In editing these journals Waller presented a sentimental and saintly image of Livingstone. Waller was a close associate of Livingstone and himself published works on Africa.This edition also includes a description of Livingstone's final moments and death written by his faithful servants Chuma and Susi. Institutional label of Clifton College to the front paste downs. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally smart with a little light rubbing and fading to the spines. A couple of very light marks to the boards. Institutional label to the front paste downs. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only the occasional scattered spot. Folding map to the pocket of Volume I has been restored to the reverse a little edge worn with a few tears. The occasional institutional stamp to the text. Very Good Indeed John Murray hardcover
1874Biblio512Two volumes. First editions. John Murray. London. 1874. Octavo. xvi 360 6pp publisher's ads. 7 engraved plates 18 text engravings folding coloured map in rear pocket; vii 1 346 20pp publisher's ads. 14 engraved plates including 3 litho reproductions of Livingstone's journal one in colour 6 text engravings folding coloured map. Original decorative cloth gilt to spines and upper boards blind tooled border to boards. Uniformly sunned to spines. Pages untrimmed. Original endpapers. Occasional light spotting toning to outer exposed verso panels of pocket map. Map would seem to have been rarely taken from its pocket with no tears wear or misfolds. Lightly rubbed to extremities. A handsome set with no inscriptions or annotation.<br /><b>David Livingstone</b> 1813 - 1873 African missionary and explorer. Livingstone was buried in Westminster Abbey on 18 April 1874. A black slab in the centre of the nave in the Abbey marks his resting-place. ODNB.<br /><b>Horace Waller</b> FRGS 1833 - 1896 Anti slavery campaigner missionary and close associate of David Livingstone and Gordon.<br /> John Murray hardcover
186612844New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1866. First American Edition. Full leather. Near fine. First American edition of Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries by David and Charles Livingstone finely bound in full leather. Thick octavo xxii 1-638pp 6pp ads. Bound in full brown morocco new marbled endpapers. Double gilt-ruled border on covers. Title in gilt on black morocco label affixed to spine five raised bands with gilt ruling. Solid text block a touch of toning to edges faint foxing throughout a near fine example. Complete with 36 illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map at end depicting the rivers and lands through which the expedition traveled in South Eastern Africa. Light toning to map closed tear where attached to volume. Hosken 126. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown
