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By: N/A
Price: $74.10
Publisher: Adam & Co., London and Newcastle-on-Tyne: 1880?
Seller ID: 79rm
Condition: Good
973 pages (complete). A stout copy. Red boards with black and gilt decoration and titling. The boards are much worn, scuffed, marked all about. The spine is grubby, worn but sturdy. The boards steady. Newer frontispages. Notes in the hand of Frank Bradlow (the Africana specialist and historian). Paper trims are gilded (dulled). The pages are a little aged. There are rashes, freckles of foxing here and there throughout. Nonetheless, the pages are thick, tight, clear, generous, agreeable companionable, very confident. Please note that due to the weight of the book, should the book ne... View more info
Price: $114.00
Publisher: C Struik, Cape Town: 1967
Edition: Limited
Seller ID: 35rh
Condition: Very Good
Two volumes (complete). Both volumes numbered 80 of a limited edition of 750 copies. From the library of Edna and Frank Bradlow. Facsimile reprint of the original 1838 edition published by Henry Colburn, Publisher, London. The dustjackets are marked, scuffed, worn. They are comfortable and sure. The boards of Volume I are marked from storage. They are otherwise sound and steady. Those for Volume II are agreeably studious and healthy. The papertrims of both books have handling marks. The front and end papers have foxing and tanning. Yet, the contents are very clean and clear, confide... View more info
By: Baines, Thomas
Price: $52.25
Publisher: Edward Stanford, London / J W C Mackay, Port Elizabeth, Cape C: 1877
Seller ID: 14rp
Condition: Fair
240 pages plus folded facsimile letter and folded map (at the rear in a pocket) (complete). An aged, resolute copy. The boards are much worn all about. They are scuffed, marked, stained. Stamped black decoration, gilt illustration on the front board. The spine has much wear from head to foot. It has been carefully repaired. Gilt titling. The boards are sturdy, sound, sure. Some early pages are facsimiles. The contents are otherwise aged. The pages are a little discoloured from storage and the years, there are smudges, spots, flecks of foxing throughout. Even yet, the pages are beni... View more info
By: Brown, Robert
Price: $342.00
Publisher: Cassell and Company, Ltd: 1892
Edition: Special Edition
Seller ID: cbgb
Condition: Very Good
Four volumes (complete). Special subscribers edition. A sure and comfortable set. Volume 1: The Guinea Traders, The Corsairs of Africa, The Tale of Timbuctoo, The Niger. 312 pages (complete). A passive copy. The boards have storage marks and wear, fading. The contents are tanned from age. Nonetheless, they are tight, comfortable, clear, benign. Volume II: The River of Egypt, The Great Lakes, Across the Continent, The Congo. A mildly worn copy. The boards are sound, scuffed. The contents have user wear, tanning. The pages are clear, companionable. Volume III: The Last of a Long Tal... View more info
By: Denham, Major ; Clapperton, Captain ; Oudney, Doctor
Price: $76.00
Publisher: John Murray, London: 1828
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 35le
Condition: Very Good
467 pages (complete). Volume II only. A handsome copy of this thrilling journey of exploration from the fractious three explorers. At some stage in the past the book was handsomely rebound in full leather. Blind stamped decoration, gilt borders. The spine has gilt painted decoration and titling. The spine has four ridges. The boards are steady, healthy. Newer marbled end-papers. The contents are pleasing. The folded maps are a little mottled with foxing and age-related marks. They are otherwise neat, sure. The pages are tight, hale, sound, very clean, very clear, confident, most ag... View more info
By: Durant, E
Price: $142.50
Publisher: Challamel et Cie, Editeurs, Paris: 1888
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 45mm
Condition: Very Good
115 pages (complete). In French throughout. A placid copy. Half-leather. Marbled boards. The boards, leathered corners and spine all have wear, scuffing, scratches from shelving and storage. There are handling and storage marks. Nonetheless, they are comfortable, sure. Marbled end papers (fresh). The contents have some tanning, especially fore and aft, and to the page edges, from shelving / storage. There are shallow handling marks. Overall, and by far, the contents are austere, clean, clear, confident, convivial, certain. fk View more info
By: Forbes, Prof V S ; Rudner, J & I (trans)
Price: $63.65
Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 83mw
Condition: Near Fine
Two volumes (complete). A pleasingly smart set. The boards are tidy, healthy, sound, steady. Volume I published 1975. Volume II published in 1977. The contents are most agreeable. They are very clean and clear, confident, orderly, neat, certain - almost as new throughout both! fk View more info
By: Gatti, Attilio
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Garzanti, Milan: 1944
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 13sg
Condition: Good
230 pages (complete). In Italian throughout. An aged copy of this book from the indefatigable Gatti. The covers have much wear, creases, marks, scuffing, fading. They are still secure and sure. The contents are foxed throughout. They have pools, smears, flushes of tanning from age and storage. Nonetheless, the pages are firm, assured, clear, companionable, certain, competent. fk View more info
By: Graetz, Paul
Price: $118.75
Publisher: Vereinigte Verlagsanstalten Gustav Braunbeck & Gutenberg-Druckerei Akt.-Ges., Berlin: 1910
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 24od
Condition: Near Fine
357 pages (complete). In German throughout. A most pleasing copy of this book by (in most in-German hyperbole) the 'German Indiana Jones'. This is Graetz's account of his journey across Africa from Dar-es-Salaam to Luderitz (the first of its kind by motor car). The decorated boards are evocative. The gilt titling is fresh, bold. The boards do have some mild scuffing, wear about the edges and corners. They are steady and sound. The contents are most pleasing. They are fresh, clean and clear, confident, generous, thrillingly tidy and neat, healthy. fk View more info
By: Johnston, H H
Price: $190.00
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., London: 1886
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17ot
Condition: Very Good
572 pages (complete). A generously owned copy. The spine has been repaired by a leather strip. Illustrated and gilt titled front boards. The boards have shelving, storage, handling wear about all edges and corners. There are handling, storage marks and scuffing. They are tight and sure. The contents bear their age and ownership with dignity and resolution. The pages are amiably generous. They are clean and clear, occasionally marked from storage conditions, some handling marks (about the edges in particular), some occasional foxing. The pages are certain, secure, convivial, agreeable... View more info
Price: $137.75
Publisher: John Murray, London: 1887
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 4ol
Condition: Very Good
416 pages (complete). A placid copy. Green boards with gilt decoration and titling (clear). The boards have wear about the edges, corners, seams. They are scuffed and marked from handling and storage. They are convivial and sound. The dedication page has a previous owner's rush of a signature. The contents are pleasing: clean, clear, genial, determined, amenable, companionable. fk View more info
By: Livingstone, David ; Boucher, Maurice (ed)
Price: $80.75
Publisher: Brenthurst Press, Johannesburg: 1985
Edition: Limited
Seller ID: 44ol
ISBN: 0909079269
Condition: Near Fine
256 pages (complete). Unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 850 copies. A gratifying copy. The dustjacket has wear, scuffing. It is secure and sure. The brown cloth covered boards are handsome, healthy. The contents are in wonderful condition. Luxe, fresh, very clean and clear, produced with care, passion - indeed as if almost new throughout! fk View more info
By: Livingstone, David and Charles ; Woldike, M Th. (transl)
Price: $66.50
Publisher: Fr Woldike, Copenhagen: 1868
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 24ox
Condition: Good
522 pages (complete). In Danish throughout. A benign copy. Half leather. The leathered corners have wear. The leathered spine also has wear and burnishment. The marbled boards have mild shelving wear, scuffing. The boards and spine are assured and placid and steady. Patterned (au bourge) end papers. Previous owner signature. The contents have foxing here and there throughout - particularly to the early and later pages and folded map. Otherwise, the pages are comfortable, clean and clear, amiable, contentedly used, placidly aged, genial, certain. fk View more info
Price: $380.00
Publisher: Horace Cox, London: 1876
Edition: 2nd Edition
Seller ID: 52qs
Condition: Very Good
734 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. The blue boards have corner knocks, wear and marking, scuffing all about from handling and shelving. The gilt titling on the spine is stamped on a smaller, different leather patch. The boards and spine are sound, steady. The early pages are aged. The guttering along the frontispiece is cracked. But, the page is still secure. The early pages are marked, foxed by age and handling. The contents have some mild spots and sprinkles of foxing here and there. The page borders have some light shelving tanning. Despite these very mild distractions, th... View more info
By: Mauch, Karl ; Bernhard, F O (Transl, Ed)
Price: $52.25
Publisher: C Struik Publishers, Cape Town and Johannesburg: 1971
Edition: Limited
Seller ID: 19ho
ISBN: 0869770020
Condition: Very Good
247 pages (complete). Numbered 199 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. A genial copy. The dustjacket has wear about all edges and seams. There is some light scuffing, very light marking. The dj is vibrant, healthy. The boards are smart and steady and sound. The frontispage has a gift inscription (not from the translator). The contents are tight, clean, clear, eager, confident, hale and assured. fk View more info
By: Oliver, Captain Pasfield (Trans, editor)
Price: $1,710.00
Publisher: David Nutt, London ; T and A Constable, Edinburgh (printer): 1897
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 22kx
Condition: Near Fine
160 pages (complete). A very smart copy of this VERY RARE book. Half leather. Marbled boards. The boards are tidy, genteel. They have light scuffing and handling marks. The leathered corners have some characterful rubbing and wear from handling and shelving. They are neat, healthy. The spine is very handsome. Stamped gilt decoration and titling to the spine. Five ridges. The spine is most clubbable and healthy. The contents are exceptionally gratifying. Whilst the supplementary free page and last page have tanning about the edges, and the folded engraving at page xxxvii is very wo... View more info
Price: $137.75
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited, London: 1891
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 36rf
Condition: Good
526 pages (complete). Folded map with linen backing at the rear. A stout copy. Rebound by previous owner (The Durban Club). Half leather. The leathered corners and spine (five ridges) are much worn, scuffed, elderly. The boards are scuffed, worn about the edges from shelving. They are steady and sure. Within, the guttering along the frontispage is cracked, but the general security of the book is unaffected. Marble end papers. The front pastedown has the Durban Club ex-libris plate. The contents are resolutely amenable. The early and later pages (together with the map) have foxing an... View more info
