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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
185728441<p><strong>1857 Missionary Travels of David Livingstone in AFRICA 1st edition w/ MAP</strong></p><p><em>"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." </em></p><p>― David Livingstone</p><p>A rare 1857 edition of David Livingstone's "<em>Missionary Travels</em>". 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 thus 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 in Africa.</p><p>According to PMM</p><p>"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." <em>Printing and Mind of Man</em> 341</p><p>Livingstone discovered the Zambesi River and Victoria Falls which he named. He also explored parts of Angola and Mozambique and 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: #28441</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>LIVINGSTONE David </p><p><strong><em>Missionary Travels And Researches In South Africa</em></strong></p><p>London: Murray 1857. First edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->ix 1 687 1 8</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->45 full-page engravings plus 2 folding maps</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Czech 97; PMM 341; Abbey Travel 347; Garrison & Morton 5269</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Czech: "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"</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Brown cloth</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~9.25in X 6.25in 23.5cm x 15.5cm</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><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> Murray hardcover
1857203805London: John Murray 1857. First UK Edition . Hardcover. Fair. SCARCE early issue. 687 pages plus advertisements with fold-out frontispiece one fold-out bound map of south Africa another multi-panel map in an envelope attached to rpdep depicting Livingstone's route this map is in FINE condition numerous black and white plates and illustrations. Catalogue at rear of text dated November 1 1857. Textured brown cloth with gold titles top of spine is heavily worn with tears and chips missing a few tears to tail of spine corners are bumped and lightly worn a few light scuffs tears to endpapers at hinges foxing to text edges heavier near boards Fair/Good. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
204411London: Adam & Co N.D. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name on 2nd FEP. Rubbing along panel edges. Gilded text block edges. Adam & Co hardcover
200510930VB2005. 2005th ed. Springer 2005. 17 x 24 cm. 1152 pages. Hardcover. Versand aus Deutschland / We dispatch from Germany via Air Mail. Einband bestoßen daher Mängelexemplar gestempelt sonst sehr guter Zustand. Imperfect copy due to slightly bumped cover apart from this in very good condition. Stamped. hardcover
2007023347Wizard Books 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 25th Anniversary edition 2007. Slight rubbing to edges otherwise in excellent condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries. <br/> <br/> Wizard Books hardcover
1857889P11London: John Murray 1857. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Various. The first edition of this important travel work on South Africa by influential explorer David Livingstone an illustrated copy in the original cloth binding. First edition - issue with lithographs facing pages 66 and 225 and no extra leaf after page 8. Eight pages of adverts to the rear dated November 1st 1967.Illustrated with a folding lithograph plate to the frontispiece three folding maps one folding plate twenty-four plates two of which are lithographs and in-text engravings.Collated complete. 'Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa' 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 original publisher's cloth binding. Externally worn with a tear to the front joint. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards. Spine is a little faded. A little light rubbing to the boards and spine. Hinges are tender. Bookseller label to the paste downs. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional spot and handling mark. Good John Murray hardcover
2007002803Spain: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Ministero de Cultura. This lavish catalogue of the 2007 retrospective exhibition at the Reina Sofia in Madrid includes: 250 illustrations of paintings drawings and prints from 1953 to 2007 extensive interviews with Rego essays by Marco Livingstone and Robert Hughes chronology and bibliography - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY PAULA REGO - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2007. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Ministero de Cultura hardcover
1859157219Philadelphia PA: J. W. Bradley 1859. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name on 2nd FEP. Rear hinge cracked. Bumping on panel corners. Chipping at spine crown/heel. J. W. Bradley hardcover
198951478GOLDMANN WILHELM 08/1989. 1. softcover. FANTASYABENTEUERSPIELBUCH GOLDMANN, WILHELM paperback
185812830New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1858. First American Edition. Full leather. Near fine. First American edition of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone handsomely bound in a full leather binding. Thick octavo xxiv 1-732pp 4pp ads. Full brown morocco double gilt-ruled border. Title in gilt on red morocco label affixed to spine five raised bands with gilt ruling. Handmade endpapers. Solid text block small bump to bottom of spine. Faint damp stain to frontispiece usual toning to leaves. A near fine example in a fine binding. Complete with 48 illustrations including a frontispiece with tissue guard and three fold-out maps. Map of South Africa with archival repairs to center fold others near fine. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown
186115581London: John Murray 1861. First edition. Paperback. Important volume of the RGS journal with much Australian & British Columbian content & many folding maps in original blue paper wrappers. It contains John M'Douall Stuart's account of his last unsuccessful attempts to cross the continent; Stuart attempted 11 times to break through either to the Gulf of Carpentaria or to the Victoria River headwaters' Feeken Feeken and Spate. "The Discovery and Exploration of Australia". Other content includes Franklin in the Arctic Kashmir Peru the Andes. Articles include: M'Clintock Narrative of the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin; 4 articles on British Columbia by Mayne Palmer Begbie & Downie on British Columbia; Purdon On the Trigonometrical Survey of the Valley of Kashmir; Austen Notes on the Valley of Kashmir; Clerk Notes in Persia Khorassan and Afghanistan; John M'Douall Stuart Journal of Australian Exploration: 2nd 3rd & Last Expedition; Randell Voyage up the Darling and Barwon; Wheelwright Proposed Railway Route across the Andes; Spruce On the Mountains of Llanganati; Jameson; Journey from Quito to Cayambe; Markham The Province of Caravaya in Southern Peru. Orig. pale blue printed wrappers spine very lightly tanned with a couple of sml. ruffles front inner hinge strengthened o/w fine unopened condition. 8vo 12pp advertiserclxxxvi 386pp 16pp ads 12 folding partialy color maps and a folding facsimilie document of the Eribus and Terror. UNCUT and UNOPENED. John Murray paperback
49048THIENEMANN KARL. 4. softcover. FANTASYABENTEUERSPIELBUCH THIENEMANN, KARL paperback
49047THIENEMANN KARL. 6. softcover. FANTASYABENTEUERSPIELBUCH THIENEMANN, KARL paperback
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
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
2000x-0471985732John Wiley & Sons Inc 2000. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 336 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
42527Harper and Brothers Publishers. New York. 1866 Ist US Edition. Octavo 638pp 6 adverts Professionally rebound in half green morocco twin coloured labels gilt raised bands and marbled boards new endpapers minor spotting in text o/w interior is in ex cond. Illustrated with folding map and woodcut illustrations throughout including wood engraved double page frontispiece of Victoria Falls and its gorges; title page engraved vignette. Harper and Brothers Publishers. New York. 1866 (Ist US Edition) 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
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
42470on a piece of paper 5" x 2" no place 2nd August Livingstone came to have a mythic status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story scientific investigator and explorer imperial reformer anti-slavery crusader and advocate of British commercial and colonial expansion. As a result Livingstone became one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. 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
219423John Murray London 1857. 436 pp including index marbled end-papers b&w engraved folding frontispiece b&w engraved plates and illustrations folding map at rear gilt edges boards rubbed front inner hinge cracked else very good copy in green full-calf binding with gilt decorations and raised bands on spine. John Murray, London, 1857 hardcover
199151471GOLDMANN WILHELM 01/1991. 2. softcover. FANTASYABENTEUERSPIELBUCH GOLDMANN, WILHELM paperback
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
