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1857139047London: John Murray 1857. A rare fragment of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels A remarkable fragment the only portion of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels known to remain in private hands. We understand that all other manuscript material is held in the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland. Together with an autograph letter signed from Livingstone's sister sending the manuscript fragment and a copy of the first edition. The holograph manuscript is on blue laid paper watermarked "Thomas James" possibly a correction or revision slip measuring 152 x 197 mm and reads in full: "12th May. As we were about to start this morning the commandant Sr. Arsenio provided bread and meat most bountifully for my use in the way to the nearest station and sent too militia soldiers as guides instead of our Cassange corporal who left us here. About midday we asked for shelter from the sun at the house of Senhor Mellot at Zangu and though I was unable to sit and engage in." This 15-line section is published on page 383 of the first edition. The National Library of Scotland confirms that among the papers used in the original manuscript is blue paper watermarked "Thomas James". On 12 January 1892 the manuscript was sent by Livingstone's sister Janet 1818-1895 to "my dear Mrs Metzler" with an accompanying 2-page autograph letter signed addressed from Castle Lodge Kendal discussing her health and her meeting with Mrs Metzler at the popular Scottish watering-place of Wemyss Bay. "The bit of manuscript enclosed for your dear boy was written by Dr. Livingstone in 1857 for his first book 'Missionary Travels'". A full transcript of the letter is available on request. The recipient of Janet's letter may be a relative of the German missionary Peter Martin Metzler 1824-1907; if this is the case then Mrs Metzler is probably the wife of one of his four sons. Metzler worked mainly in the Middle East with a brief sojourn in East Africa in 1851. While in Mombasa he fell seriously ill and by the end of the year had returned to Germany. This item emerged in Germany. The book itself is a first edition corresponding to SABIB's variant 7. The frontispiece and plates facing pages 66 and 225 are woodcuts by Whymper and the extra leaf numbered 8 and 8 is present corresponding with Bradlow's variant 3. As many as 11 variants of the first edition are known and a reliable order of precedence has never been established. It is now accepted that "the only thing that can be said with certainty is that the issue with the extra leaf numbered 8 and 8 is not the first issue" Bradlow. The extra leaf contains information on Moffat's mission at Kuruman and on Livingstone's marriage and the upbringing of his children and Bradlow could only speculate as to the reasons for the interpolation: "Why did Livingstone decide to have the extra leaf after page 8 inserted Did he feel that he had neglected his wife by not mentioning her in this way in the first place All these questions and a host of others will occur to trained bibliographers and it may well be that in the future some indefatigable researcher will find the answers." Missionary Travels is one of the emblematic accounts of African exploration in the 19th century and the foundation of the Livingstone legend. It describes the first of his three major expeditions "in which he followed the Zambezi discovering Victoria Falls in the process as well as the Shire and Ruyuma rivers ranging from Angola in the west to Mozambique in the east. During these years he explored vast regions of central Africa many of which had never been seen by white men before" PMM. It was also "an instant commercial success. The initial print run of 12000 copies sold out through pre-publication subscriptions while second 8000 copies and third 11000 copies printings followed quickly on its heels. Later printings reportedly brought the sales total to 70000 for the first two years. Such figures were almost unprecedented for a work of exploration and ensured Livingstone's place alongside earlier celebrated British explorers like James Bruce and Mungo Park" website livingstoneonline. Octavo. Folding wood-engraved frontispiece steel-engraved portrait of Livingstone by William Holl after Henry Phillips with tissue-guard 22 further wood-engraved plates folding geological cross section 2 folding maps of which one in end-pocket wood-engravings to the text. Original reddish-brown sand-grain cloth title gilt to the spine blind panels to spine and boards brown coated endpapers binder's ticket Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown. Housed in a dark brown quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Contemporary bookseller's ticket of Ginder of Canterbury to front pastedown. Spine gently sunned a little wear to extremities professional repair to inner hinges customary scattered foxing. A very good bright copy with the 8 pages of publisher's advertisements dated 1 November 1857 to rear. Abbey Travel 347; Bradlow "The Variants of the 1857 edition " in Lloyd ed. Livingstone 1873-1973; Howgego IV L39; Mendelssohn I p. 908; Printing and the Mind of Man 341; SABIB III p. 136. hardcover
1778119642Edinburgh: Printed by Mrs. Mundell 1778. First of 4 issues Scotch editions from the library of Robert R. Livingstone with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Small octavo bound in contemporary calf spine compartments ruled with Greek key tooling morocco spine labels. From the library of founding father <span class="match">Robert</span> <span class="match">R.</span> <span class="match">Livingston</span>. As one of the Founding Fathers of the United States <span class="match">Livingston</span> played an important role in the early development of the newly formed country. He was known as "The Chancellor" after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence along with Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin John Adams and Roger Sherman. Livingston administered the Oath of Office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency in 1789.He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence the administrator for George Washington's Oath of Office when he assumed presidency in 1789 and the chief negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In very good condition. An exceptional set with noted provenance. Jonathan Swift's masterpiece will "last as long as the language because it describes the vices of man in all nations" DNB. "A remarkable feat in the creation of imaginary worlds as a vehicle for satire upon the political and religious establishments of the day" Clute & Grant 914. "Gulliver's Travels has given Swift an immortality beyond temporary fame". For every edition designed for the reader with an eye to the historical background 20 have appeared abridged or adapted for readers who care nothing for the satire and enjoy it as a first-class story" PMM 185. "Of all Swift's writings it best shows the merits of his mind and his gifts of expression". It is important to realize that it could be written only by one who had the highest ideals for human achievement and who despaired of the achieving" Baugh et al. 865-66""although Swift himself expressed this hope for his "Travells" to a friend: "They are admirable Things and will wonderfully mend the world" Rothschild 2104. Printed by Mrs. Mundell unknown books
1778119642Edinburgh: Printed by Mrs. Mundell 1778. First of 4 issues Scotch editions from the library of Robert R. Livingstone with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Small octavo bound in contemporary calf spine compartments ruled with Greek key tooling morocco spine labels. From the library of founding father Robert R. Livingston. As one of the Founding Fathers of the United States Livingston played an important role in the early development of the newly formed country. He was known as "The Chancellor" after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence along with Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin John Adams and Roger Sherman. Livingston administered the Oath of Office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency in 1789.He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence the administrator for George Washington’s Oath of Office when he assumed presidency in 1789 and the chief negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In very good condition. An exceptional set with noted provenance. Jonathan Swift's masterpiece will "last as long as the language because it describes the vices of man in all nations" DNB. "A remarkable feat in the creation of imaginary worlds as a vehicle for satire upon the political and religious establishments of the day" Clute & Grant 914. "Gulliver's Travels has given Swift an immortality beyond temporary fame". For every edition designed for the reader with an eye to the historical background 20 have appeared abridged or adapted for readers who care nothing for the satire and enjoy it as a first-class story" PMM 185. "Of all Swift's writings it best shows the merits of his mind and his gifts of expression". It is important to realize that it could be written only by one who had the highest ideals for human achievement and who despaired of the achieving" Baugh et al. 865-66"although Swift himself expressed this hope for his "Travells" to a friend: "They are admirable Things and will wonderfully mend the world" Rothschild 2104. Printed by Mrs. Mundell unknown
112578London John Murray 1857. . First edition inscribed presentation copy; 8vo 23 x 15.5 cm; presentation inscription to front free endpaper 3 lithograph plates including folding frontispiece by Picken engraved portrait 21 wood-engraved plates illustrations in the text 2 folding maps to rear a little spotting to frontispiece; original publisher's brown cloth spine professionally repaired a little bumped a very good copy; ix 687pp.<br /> A presentation copy to 'Andrew Drew Esq./ with the kindest regards/ of / David Livingstone./ 30th April/ 1858'. Then below 'Aubrey W. H. D. Drew/ from his father/ October 26th 1871'.<br /><br />Andrew Drew 1792-1878 was a naval officer who made a name for himself in Woodstock Canada before getting caught up in the Caroline Affair of 1837 in which he led a small force of the British Navy to burn a ship being used by Canadian rebels whilst it was moored in an American harbour. The American government claimed the Navy's i.e. Drew's actions had violated their territorial sovereignty as well as an innocent bystander being killed and it led to the 'Caroline Test' an agreement that allowed the violation of sovereign borders in exceptional circumstances which is still part of the international law today. Drew eventually fled back to Britain in 1840 following continued animosity and death threats where he continued to serve in the Navy until he died as an admiral in 1878.<br /><br />'Perhaps the most famous of all African exploration books this recounts Dr. Livingstone's travels through South Africa with the discovery of Lake Ngami while accompanied by his wife and William Cotton Oswell. Oswell and the author continued their journey discovering the Zambesi River and eventually the Victoria Falls' Czech.<br /><br />'In the period between 1849 and 1856 his explorations took him to Lake Ngami across the Kalahari Desert to the Zambezi River and from there west to the Atlantic Ocean at Loanda today's Sao Paulo de Loanda Angola. He turned down a chance to return to England but entrusted his reports maps and letters for transport. The ship went down with all hands except one and all of Livingstone's papers were lost forcing him to re-create everything. He followed his track back to Linyanti in Botswana and then decided to assess the possibilities of the Zambezi as a highway into the heart of Africa by following it to the Indian Ocean. He reached Victoria Falls in 1855 confirming what he had heard from natives for many years. "Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight" he wrote. It was the only site in Africa that he named with English words. Livingstone reached Quilimane on the coast of Mozambique on 20 May 1856 but he got there by cutting across a loop of the Zambezi to Tete inadvertently missing the Kebrabasa Rapids a drop of about six hundred feet. Hence he was unaware that the river was not navigable when he arrived in London at the end of the year to promote its potential to the British government.<br /><br />In the meantime the LMS had informed him that his expeditions were not the kind of gospel work it expected of him and he resigned the next year. In England he was feted as a national hero. The present book written in six months became an immediate best-seller with seven editions published in rapid succession.' Delaney.<br /> Howgego L39; Mendelssohn I p.908; Printing and the Mind of Man 341. London, John Murray, 1857. hardcover
120640London Murray 1865. . First edition; 8vo 22 x 15 cm; with the bookplate of H. M. Stanley to pastedown folding wood-engraved frontispiece folding map defective another example loosely inserted 12 full-page plates 23 further in-text illustrations; slightly later red half morocco gilt spine in six compartments with gilt morocco lettering piece marbled boards all edges speckled red housed in custom slipcase a handsome copy preserved as it was out of Stanley's library.<br /> An outstanding association copy linking the two greatest African explorers of the nineteenth century.<br /><br />This copy was first purchased by Shapero from the 2002 sale at Christie's of a collection of Henry Morton Stanley items in which the map was described as being defective. We have also handled Stanley's copy of Livingstone's Missionary Travels and that too had the map torn out. The maps in question would not have been available as separate publications or reproductions at the time so it is not impossible to imagine that it was Stanley himself who took these maps to use for planning his own expeditions.<br /> London, Murray, 1865. hardcover
1857374734London 57 Sloane St 1857. 4pp. in pen. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches. Fine. In morocco backed autograph case. 4pp. in pen. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches. An intriguing letter reading in part "all your kind assistance in the matter of the hoes and gun. Everything is now in a fair way of accomplishment. The hoes to be made into an Enfield rifle. The gun to be repaired and new ones made by Mr. Goodman.I ought to thank your brother in law Mr. Lea for the kind invitation.you will perhaps kindly thank him in my name and tell him this book is like a chain on my leg and until it is finished I can go nowhere.The Portuguese Govt. has sent out an order to support my men at the public expense till I return so my mind is easy with respect to them." <br /> The burdensome book in question was his MISSIONARY TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA published in November 1857. unknown
185767919First Edition of Livingstone's Travels in South Africa Signed by the Author LIVINGSTONE David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a Sketch of Sixteen Yearsà 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.With Portrait; Maps by Arrowsmith; and Numerous Illustrations. London: John Murray 1857. First edition third state. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 222 x 148 mm. ix 1 list of illustrations 687 1 printerÃs imprint pp. plus 8 pp. publisherÃs advertisements dated November 1 1857. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. "David Livingstone/ Dec. 18th/1857." Folding lithographed frontispiece and two engraved plates by T. Picken engraved portrait by William Holl after Henry Phillips twenty wood-engraved plates folding printed table with wood-engraved illustration two folding lithographed maps by John Arrowsmith with routes colored by hand in red one in pocket at rear and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text one full-page. Original light brown morocco-grain cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and spine decoratively stamped in blind and lettered in gilt. Expertly recased. With new endpapers. Small newspaper clipping tipped in below signature in front free endpaper. Some very minor wear to head and tail of spine. Small stain to lower part of back board. Internally very clean. A very good and handsome copy of this seminal book. House in a custom cloth slipcase. ìThree states of the first edition have been identified. In the probable first state the lithographed plates opposite pp. 66 and 225 are tinted brown and pale green respectively; in the second state the lithograph opposite p. 225 is tinted brown and differs substantially from its counterpart in the first state; and in the third state both lithographs have been replaced with black and white engravingsî Norman Library. ìLivingstoneÃs contributions to European knowledge of African geography and ethnography remain virtually unequalled. In three major expeditions 1853-1856 1858-1864 and 1865-1873 he covered a third of the continent from the Cape to the Equator and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans observing and delineating regions previously unknown to white men; he was the first European to explore the Zambesi River and gave Victoria Falls its present name. Livingstone also brought his powers of observation to bear on the native peoples he encountered and was inspired by what he saw to entertain not only evangelical notions of their salvation but political and medican ones as well. He was the first to disclose to the European world the terrible effects of the slave trade upon native populations; the horrors of this ërunning sore of Africaà moved him to campaign actively for its abolition. He also provided an accurate account of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans along with the disease its bite produced in cattle; at the time the flyÃs bite was thought to be and perhaps was harmless to manî Norman Library. David Livingstone 1813-1873 ìbecame a missionary and was sent to South Africa by the London Missionary Society in 1840. From then onwards his life was devoted to the exploration of central Africa. Although a missionary.he regarded himself more as a pioneer explorer opening up the country for others. LivingstoneÃs services to African geography during thirty years are almost unequalled; he covered about a third of the continent from the Cape to the Equator and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. He made three great expeditions; in 1853-6 described in this book 1858-64 and 1865-73 of which the first and third are the most important. During these years he explored vast regions of central Africa many of which had never been seen by white men before. Hie first discovered the Zambesi River at Secheke and followed it northwards eventually reaching the west coast of Africa at Luanda Angola and the east coast at Quelimane Mozambique. In 1855 he discovered the great falls of the Zambesi and named them the Victoria Falls. He explored the Zambesi Shire and Ruyuma rivers and found the salt lake Chilwa and Lake Nyasa.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 blankî Printing and the Mind of Man. Abbey Travel 347. Garrison and Morton 5269. Mendelssohn I pp. 908-910. Printing and the Mind of Man 341. HBS 67919. $7500 John Murray hardcover books
185819814No place: Livingstone’s Blue Stationery 22 February 1858. The original letter unrestored. 230 x 184mm noted at the top "A true copy D.L." three pages written on blue paper in greyish-brown ink folded once. One page folio folded once. A clean copy with remains of mounting on the last page blank but for the note "copy to Dr. Tidman. A RARE AND IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM LIVINGSTONE. A fine letter expressing concern that money raised for his explorations in central Africa should be properly used: ".I am anxious for my own satisfaction and the information of those who may enquire to know when it is likely that young missionaries who are expected to commence the Zambesi mission will.take their departure from this country. Abundant funds having been furnished for all that is needed in the case and there being no obstacle in the path through the Cape Colony I should be glad to be assured before my departure that the intentions of your friends in subscribing so liberally are likely soon to be realized."<br> Livingstone’s MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA.relates the story of his first great expedition 1853-56 during which he explored the Zambesi and its Victoria Falls. It is still considered one of the most important of all 19th century books on African exploration by one of the greatest explorer/missionaries of all time. It is entered in Printing and the Mind of Man as one of the greatest and most important books ever penned.<br> ".David Livingstone the Scottish medical missionary is known to history as the greatest explorer of his age and a dedicated humanitarian who devoted his life to the eradication of the African slave trade. He was a national hero to his contemporaries and time has confirmed his reputation as one of the greatest if not the greatest of the eminent Victorians both in his achievement and in his influence." - George Myrtle Livingstone’s Blue Stationery unknown
198549305THIENEMANN KARL 1985. 1. softcover. FANTASYABENTEUERSPIELBUCH THIENEMANN, KARL paperback
199051463GOLDMANN WILHELM 06/1990. 2. softcover. FANTASYABENTEUERSPIELBUCH GOLDMANN, WILHELM paperback
2011mon0000183634LaGwana Printing Inc 2011T. paperback. Good. in x in x in. LaGwana Printing Inc paperback
91187Murchison's Cataracts 10 December 1863 . 3 pages 8vo lined paper detailing the features of the thermometer he used for measuring soil temperature ".the scale was made of box wood & had a hinge 2 or 3 inches above the bulb." with a sketch explaining the basic requirements of a thermometer to take similar measurements ".any thermometer which allows separation of the bulb from the case will do." and suggesting manufacturers ink slightly faded remains of mount on final blank.<br /> A fine letter providing technical advice written towards the end of Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition. <br /><br />At the time of writing Livingstone was waiting for rains to raise the water level in the Shire River that would enable his boat the Pioneer to pass the cataracts and return to the coast.<br /> Murchison's Cataracts, 10 December 1863, unknown
200286847<p>IAS; Et Al. New. 2002. Hardcover. 977424737X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 72 pp. With 29 col. Ills. 28 x 22 cm -- with a bonus offer-- .</p> IAS; Et Al hardcover
184810244London: John Murray 1848<br>. First edition. Frontispiece 10 tinted lithographs & 7 maps 4 folding. Pp. xiv 438 2pp publisher’s advertisements. 8vo. original red cloth blindstamped border gilt vignette to spine. Joints a little worn some rubbing and soiling to cloth.Booksellers label from Melbourne. <br>With a presentation inscription from Mitchell’s sister: ‘From the Author’s sister to Miss Hall with warmest wishes for her welfare’.<br>Between 1831 and 1848 Mitchell made four major expeditions into the Australian interior. Mitchell's final year long expedition sought to solve once and for all the question of the drainage of North-Eastern Australia. He set out in December 1845 with Edmund Kennedy as second in command and proceeded north into tropical Queensland. He had hoped the Barcoo River what he called the Victoria would lead all the way to the Gulf of Carpentaria and thereby provide an overland route between Sydney and Port Essington on the Gulf of Carpentaria. A very good copy with a lovely association.Ferguson 4828 Association copy belonging to the author’s sister and inscribed by her John Murray hardcover
18485001112London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1848. Octavo frontispiece 11 lithograph plates and seven maps four folding a very good copy complete with 24 pp. publisher's advertisements neatly recased in the original red cloth spine gilt the cloth in bright condition. <p><p>First edition of Mitchell's account of his last expedition. In late 1845 with Edmund Kennedy as his second-in-command Mitchell set out from Sydney in search of an overland route to the Port Essington settlement. Although he did not find the hoped-for route over the next year he explored a vast area of unknown country in tropical Queensland returning to Sydney in December 1846. As with his earlier expeditions Mitchell showed contempt for official orders preferring instead to follow his instincts. In this instance he seemed more interested in discovering the fabled Kindur River one of his more enduring but erroneous beliefs. To justify his decision he here represented his discovery of the Victoria River which was in fact the Barcoo as the legendary great north-flowing source. Although Mitchell did not succeed in finding a northward route and - if anything - further confused the riddle of the inland rivers upon his return the expedition charted a vast area of previously unknown country without significant mishap or the loss of a single man.</p> <p>The fine tinted lithograph views in the books are all after Mitchell's own drawings. His work as a topographical artist has gained increasing respect in recent years and can be appreciated in the plates prepared for this book. It is characterised by a fine attention to detail and an accomplished use of tone and shading.</p> <p>An attractive copy in its original cloth binding.</p> </p> . Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans unknown
200383281Skira. New. 2003. Hardcover. 8884913802 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 210 pages over 500 illus. including 33 full page color images 4to. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Skira hardcover
1838173536London: T. & W. Boone 1838. The deep tracks of his boat carriage quickly became their ribbon to follow to the south-west First edition of this illustrated account by the explorer who opened up the lush pastures of western Victoria to colonial settlement. His three daring expeditions added extensively to knowledge of Australia's inland waterways. This copy is from the collection of Jonathan Wantrup a leading bibliographer of Australiana with his book label on the front pastedowns. Appointed deputy surveyor-general of New South Wales in 1827 Mitchell 1792-1855 arrived in Sydney in September and began a six-year effort to produce a topographical map of the colony. His "Map of the Colony of New South Wales 1834 otherwise known as the 'map of the nineteen counties' has scarcely been equalled anywhere. It was perhaps Mitchell's greatest achievement. He determined too to extend his surveys outside the nineteen counties and though there are other reasons for his exploratory expeditions this was a major factor" ODNB. Mitchell's first expedition begun in late 1831 while his map was still in progress "explored between the Nammoi and the Gwydir and crossed the latter to strike the Barwon but there was no north-west river; all streams were clearly tributaries of the Darling. The murder by Aborigines of two of his party as they were bringing up provisions made a return to the settled colony imperative" ODNB and his party reached Sydney in February 1832. His second expedition undertaken three years later charted the course of the Darling to the point where it turned south establishing the likely region where it met the Murray. "Mitchell's third and most significant journey was undertaken ostensibly to connect the Murray with the Darling but also to explore the Murray and perhaps the country south of it. The expedition left Sydney in March 1836 and moved down the Lachlan. It was impossible to cross to the Darling so Mitchell proceeded to the Murrumbidgee and into the Murray following it down to what was thought to be the Darling junction. He traced the Darling upstream only sufficiently far to satisfy himself that it was in fact that river. Some 30 miles below the Goulburn river junction he turned off south-west. The region he then opened up he named Australia Felix now the western district of Victoria which certainly forms one of the richest tracts in Australia. At the Murray he found the country on the eve of being taken up by graziers and the deep tracks of his boat carriage quickly became their ribbon to follow to the south-west. This journey which lasted over seven months thus added greatly to the knowledge of a very fertile region of Australia" ODNB. Copies in the original cloth are nearly always found either rebacked or recased and this is a better example than most. 2 vols octavo. Frontispieces Vol. I hand-coloured 44 plates 3 hand-coloured 1 folding 5 maps and plans 3 hand-coloured 2 folding large folding map at rear with hand colouring vignette title pages illustrations and tables in text; 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Original green vertically combed cloth recased spines lettered in gilt with gilt vignettes of kangaroos emus and aboriginal weapons boards decoratively blocked in blind yellow coated endpapers edges untrimmed binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds on front pastedown of Vol. I. Cloth clean light cockling and creasing small split at head of spine of Vol. II some plates foxed as usual large folding map with small splits at folds and stub rear repaired on verso: a very good set. Ferguson 2553; Hill 1165; Wantrup 124a. hardcover
199588986Prestel. New. 1995. Hardcover. 3791314815 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 144 pp. With 100 ills. 80 col. and 195 reference ills. 29 x 24 cm Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works -- with a bonus offer; 0.75 x 11.5 x 9.5 Inches . Prestel hardcover
1875151484London and Newcastle: The Tyne Publishing Company Limited c. 1875. First edition of this magnificently illustrated and bound compendium of David Livingstone’s life and explorations. Folio bound in full black morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands gilt titles and elaborate pictorial gilt decorations to the front and rear panels engraved brass-mounted edges and double clasps to the front and rear panels chromolithographic vignette title page illustrated with 19 tinted lithograph plates including frontispiece of the meeting of Stanley and Livingstone map of Central and South Africa. Tyne Publishing Company issue issued from the same stereotype plates as the Adam & Co. and John G. Murdoch editions and bound uniformly. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Scottish physician Congregationalist and pioneer Christian missionary and explorer of Africa David Livingstone was one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. Livingstone's fame as an explorer and his obsession with learning the sources of the Nile River was founded on the belief that if he could solve that age-old mystery his fame would give him the influence to end the East African Arab–Swahili slave trade. His subsequent exploration of the central African watershed was the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of Africa. At the same time his missionary travels "disappearance" and eventual death in Africa†‌led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European "Scramble for Africa." The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited hardcover
2003C83281Skira. As New. 2003. Hardcover. 8884913802 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 210 pages over 500 illus. including 33 full page color images 4to. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Skira hardcover
1995C88986Prestel. As New. 1995. Hardcover. 3791314815 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 144 pp. With 100 ills. 80 col. and 195 reference ills. 29 x 24 cm Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details; 0.75 x 11.5 x 9.5 Inches . Prestel hardcover
18394505219London: T. & W. Boone 1839. A little rubbed with map at end of volume 2 in poor condition and with obtrusive tape repairs. Two volumes octavo with lithographed title-pages large folding map repaired and 51 lithographed plates a few folding or coloured and small text illustrations; contemporary half calf with marbled boards. <p><p>Thomas Livingstone Mitchell was appointed to succeed Oxley as Surveyor General of New South Wales in 1828. The first expedition described here was undertaken to establish the veracity of a story spread about the colony by escaped convict George Clarke "The Barber" who claimed to have discovered a large river flowing to the north of Australia known by the Aboriginal name of Kindur. This expedition investigated the Namoi Gwydir and Barwon rivers but failed to prove or disprove the existence of the Kindur.</p> <p>The second and third expeditions were both aimed at fully determining the course of the Darling River extending on Sturt's earlier discoveries. Despite meeting hostilities with local Aboriginal tribes resulting in a retreat to Sydney and dismissing Burke's specific instructions regarding the Darling Mitchell went on to make a discovery of the greatest importance: the rich lands of western Victoria which he named Australia Felix in 1836.</p> <p>As well as being a fine surveyor Mitchell was an accomplished draughtsman and the plates in the book are all after his own drawings.</p> <p>This is the second edition revised and extended from the first publication the previous year. Despite the huge European interest in Australian exploration reflected in the number of titles published in London mid-century only Mitchell's and Sturt's journals would run into second editions.</p> </p> . Provenance: Lionel Gilbert historian with bookplate. T. & W. Boone unknown
84627AFRICA. LIVINGSTONE David. Missionary 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. London: John Murray 1857. 1st ed. Folding frontis. Illus. one folding. x6878pp. Orig. cloth fine. With the bookplate of J. Leveson-Gower on front pastedown. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. PMM 341. "David Livingstone perhaps the greatest of the African explorers was of Scottish birth and originally graduated in medicine at Glasglow University. He became a missionary and was sent to South Africa by the London Missionary Society in 1840. From then onwards his life was devoted to the exploration of central Africa.Livingstone's services to African geography during thirty years are almost unequalled; he covered about a third of the continent from the Cape to the Equator and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. He made three great expeditions; in 1853-6 described in his book 1858-64 and 1865-73 of which the first and third are the most important." PMM. unknown
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