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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
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
1857313644London: John Murrary 1857. First edition Bradlow's Variant No. 2. Folding engraved frontispiece 2 folding maps one in rear pocket 23 plates 1 folding section plus numerous illustrations to text. x 688 8 ads dated November 1 1857 pp. 8vo. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth spine gilt label of binder Edmonds & Remnant on back pastedown. Hinges cracked. First edition Bradlow's Variant No. 2. Folding engraved frontispiece 2 folding maps one in rear pocket 23 plates 1 folding section plus numerous illustrations to text. x 688 8 ads dated November 1 1857 pp. 8vo. "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" PMM.<br/><br/>One of the great classics of African travel. When Livingstone returned to England after sixteen years in Africa he was immediately awarded the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal. These years saw him seek to fulfil his obligations to the London Missionary Society he made two long journeys north try to find a better station for the mission to operate from. He later travelled to Lake Ngami and most importantly in the years 1854-6 he made his great crossing of Africa from Luanda on the west coast to Quelimane on the east. All of this is recorded in his account. He set the standard that the likes of Stanley Speke and Burton all tried to attain. <br/><br/>His account not only set out his adventures and experiences but it filled with notes on natural history anthropology tropical medicine and religion. Furthermore Czech notes that the work also contains sporting interest: "There are numerous sporting incidents with hunts after lions buffalo elephants and a variety of plains game even though Livingstone did not consider himself a sportsman" Abbey Travel 347; F.R. Bradlow "The Variants of the 1857 edition" in Lloyd ed. Livingstone 1873-1973; Czech p. 168; Howgego L39; Mendelssohn I pp. 908-910; PMM 341; Abbey Travel 347; Czech Africa p. 168; ; Henze III p. 270; Gay 3034; ; cf. Kainbacher p. 87 John Murrary unknown books
1857317050London: John Murray 1857. First edition Bradlow variant 2. Folding tinted frontispiece of Victoria Falls 2 folding maps 24 plates 1 folding section plus numerous illustrations to text. x 687 1 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Modern calf spine elaborately gilt. A few minor repairs very good. First edition Bradlow variant 2. Folding tinted frontispiece of Victoria Falls 2 folding maps 24 plates 1 folding section plus numerous illustrations to text. x 687 1 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. "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" PMM.<br/><br/>One of the great classics of African travel. When Livingstone returned to England after sixteen years in Africa he was immediately awarded the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal. These years saw him seek to fulfil his obligations to the London Missionary Society he made two long journeys north try to find a better station for the mission to operate from. He later travelled to Lake Ngami and most importantly in the years 1854-6 he made his great crossing of Africa from Luanda on the west coast to Quelimane on the east. All of this is recorded in his account. He set the standard that the likes of Stanley Speke and Burton all tried to attain. <br/><br/>His account not only set out his adventures and experiences but it filled with notes on natural history anthropology tropical medicine and religion. Furthermore Czech notes that the work also contains sporting interest: "There are numerous sporting incidents with hunts after lions buffalo elephants and a variety of plains game even though Livingstone did not consider himself a sportsman" Abbey Travel 347; Mendelssohn. Vol. I pp. 908-909; Printing and the Mind of Man 341; Bradlow "The Variants of the 1857 edition " in Lloyd ed. Livingstone 1873-1973 John Murray unknown books
1857317013London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1857. First edition. Folding engraved frontispiece of Victoria Falls neatly silked 3 folding maps one in rear pocket 24 plates and numerous text illustrations. x 687 1 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Bound in three quarter modern brown morocco and marbled boards maroon leather tile label. Fine text with some foxing. First edition. Folding engraved frontispiece of Victoria Falls neatly silked 3 folding maps one in rear pocket 24 plates and numerous text illustrations. x 687 1 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. "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" PMM.<br/><br/>One of the great classics of African travel. When Livingstone returned to England after sixteen years in Africa he was immediately awarded the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal. These years saw him seek to fulfil his obligations to the London Missionary Society he made two long journeys north try to find a better station for the mission to operate from. He later travelled to Lake Ngami and most importantly in the years 1854-6 he made his great crossing of Africa from Luanda on the west coast to Quelimane on the east. All of this is recorded in his account. He set the standard that the likes of Stanley Speke and Burton all tried to attain. <br/><br/>His account not only set out his adventures and experiences but it filled with notes on natural history anthropology tropical medicine and religion. Furthermore Czech notes that the work also contains sporting interest: "There are numerous sporting incidents with hunts after lions buffalo elephants and a variety of plains game even though Livingstone did not consider himself a sportsman" Abbey 347; Mendelssohn. Vol. I pp. 908-909; Printing and the Mind of Man 341 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown books
1865317016London: John Murray 1865. First edition. Engraved folding frontispiece 12 engraved plates folding repaired at joints route map to rear. xiv ii 1-608pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarter mottled brown polished modern calf marbled baords brown leather title labels. Fine. First edition. Engraved folding frontispiece 12 engraved plates folding repaired at joints route map to rear. xiv ii 1-608pp. 8vo. Howgego IV L34 Mendelssohn I 915 SABIB III p. 137 John Murray unknown books
1899236647Boston: Brown and Company 144 Purchase Street 1899. First edition. Frontispiece. x 13-153 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Crimson gilt stamped cloth t.e.g. In custom cloth dust jacket. laid into cloth chemise and slipcase. First edition. Frontispiece. x 13-153 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the first appearance of Wallace Stevens at page 28 "Vita Mea" which first appeared in the Harvard Advocate and here is its first and only book appearance. Edelstein B1Morse B1 Brown and Company 144 Purchase Street unknown books
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 books
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 books
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. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
198522657Oxford: Phaidon 1985. First edition of this early monograph on Kitaj's work. Presentation copy inscribed by Kitaj on the front free-endpaper: "for Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyer with love from Kitaj. Fine copy. 4to frontispiece portrait illustrations original cloth dust jacket. Fine copy. Phaidon unknown books
2011171651London: Enitharmon 2011. Hardcover. VG. Color-illustrated boards with white lettering and orange cloth spine. 83 pp. Color illustrations. "The relationship between art and life has been of overriding importance in the work of David Hockney who has perhaps enjoyed greater popularity than any other British artist this century. Here Marco Livingstone traces those connections from the beginning of the artist's career in the early 1960s through to the more recent works that have contributed to Hockney's international reputation. These include his photocollages and highly acclaimed stage designs for the opera not to mention his embrace of technology - namely the fax drawings and color laser prints - which show the continuing preoccupation with invention and artifice that has made the artist's work at once popular and enduring." -bookdepository. Enitharmon hardcover books
18655052London: John Murray 1865. First edition. Very Good. 22 cm; xiv 608 32 pages panoramic folding wood-engraved frontispiece title page vignette 12 plates numerous illustrations to the text folding map with the route marked in red at the rear. Bound in recent half leather over marbled boards in period style. Contents clean. John Murray hardcover books
185818012Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart 1858. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 81911pp. Original pebble grain cloth blocked in blind and gilt; yellow coated endpapers. Light soil wear to the cloth ownership name and pencilled notes on the front endpapers else a very good copy. The author's poetry is in Scots Gaelc; this is followed at p. 111 by the Sketch regarding Ossian in English Maclachlan & Stewart hardcover books
186648060New York: Harper & Bros 1866. First American edition 8vo pp. xxi 1 638 6 ads; folding map double-page wood-engraved frontispiece title-page vignette 36 wood-engraved illustrations 12 full-page; original green cloth boards; cloth cracked along upper joint edges rubbed else a very good copy. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
18753147Hartford Conn: Columbian Book Co 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Thick Octavo. Title Cont. A narrative of the life travels adventures experiences and achievements of Dr. David Livingstone including his discovery by Henry M. Stanley and the subsequent wanderings and death of the renowned traveler. Together with a comprehensive history of African explorations the Livingstone relief expeditions and recent events. The whole abounding in picturesque descriptions of the country and people their traits customs and superstitions. Illustrated with over 100 engravings & maps 831pp. 1pp. ad at rear bound in green cloth upper board titled in gilt within decorative blindstamped border pictorial gilt spine; internally clean and fresh. A handsome copy of a very scarce work by the author who wrote Livingstone Lost and Found in 1873 the year of Livingstone's death. A near fine copy. <br/><br/> Columbian Book Co hardcover books
188116139Paris: Hachette 1881. With 47 plates and 4 maps in Xerox facsimile laid in. 1 vols. 8vo. Marbled paper over boards red morocco spine; scattered foxing a few marginal tears. With 47 plates and 4 maps in Xerox facsimile laid in. 1 vols. 8vo. French translation of the first English edition of 1865. Hachette unknown books
198529400Oxford: Phaidon 1985. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good. Tall wide clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 160pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. With text by Marco Livingstone. 172 illustrations of which 50 are in color. A near fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper clipped at lower corner of the front flap. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Kitaj on the title page. Phaidon unknown books
18585138New York: Harper & Brothers 1858. Fair/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 New York and Philadelphia the following year. . 8vo 24 cm; xxiv 755 pages including engraved frontispiece portrait wood engraved plates and 3 folding maps and plans. Original blind-stamped cloth brittle and torn away from lower half of spine. Rubbed at corners and along extremities. Foxing on some plates. See Printing and the Mind of Man 341 London 1857 edition. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1905015079Ward Lock and Co 1905. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine CopyIn Blue Decorative Boards First Edition1905 Rare Biblio-Mystery Excellent Copy. Ward Lock and Co Hardcover books
1860010351J.W. Bradley 1860. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near Fine Copy With Light Foxing.First Edition.Excellent Copy. J.W. Bradley Hardcover books
2003152649Gottingen Germany: Steidl 2003. First edition. Hardcovers four volumes with a total of 1044 pages. Essays by Andy Grundberg Marco Livingstone Stephanie Wiles and with an interview of Dine by Jean-Luc Monterosso. All four books in very fine condition in a fine slipcase and still mostly in the publisher's shrinkwrap. No dust jackets as issued. Still in the publisher's printed shipping carton. A lovely set. Steidl unknown books
18600705New York: Harper & Brothers 1860. Hard Cover. Fine. Thick Octavo. Early American Edition Frontispiece 755pp. 2pp. publisher's catalog 1pp. publisher's note original cloth binding; includes 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 Oceanwith portrait maps and numerous illustrations. An exceptionally clean bright copy fine. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
185855354Philadelphia: Bradley Boston: Crown 1858. First edition thus. 8vo pp. 440 adv. Bound in drab brown cloth little worn some light foxing a very good copy. Illustrated. Bradley, Boston: Crown unknown books
185855883NY: Harper & Brothers 1858. First edition. 8vo pp. 732 adv. Bound in drab brown cloth cloth cut along the hinge end papers stained illustrated with plates and a map. A good copy. Mendelssohn III 136. cfGarrison & Morton 5269. cfGay 3034. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 341. cfAbbey Travel 347. cfHosken p. 126 1st Issue. Livingstone describes his missionary activities and travels in South Africa from 1841 to 1853 and his first major expedition the Trans-Africa journey of 1853-56. On this expedition he travelled from Linyanti to Loanda and from Linyanti to Quilimane. While exploring the Zambesi River he discovered the famous Victoria Falls in November 1855. "The results in geography and in natural science in all its departments were abundant and accurate; his observations necessitated a reconstruction of the map of Central Africa. When Livingstone began his work in Africa the map was virtually blank from Kuruman to Timbuktu and nothing but envy or ignorance can throw any doubt on the originality of his discoveries." Encyc. Britan. 11th Edn. Livingstone also here gives an accurate account of the tsetse fly and of the disease produced in cattle following its bite. "Delightful reading." DNB Mendelssohn III 136. cfGarrison & Morton 5269. cfGay 3034. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 341. cfAbbey Travel 347. cfHosken p. 126 1st Issue. Harper & Brothers unknown books
