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NY, Random House, 1962, first edition, first printing.. No dust jacket, this is John Gardner's first book, preceding his The Resurrection by four years, it is essentially a text book written while he was an English professor at Chico State College, Signed by Gardner, it includes John Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums, pages 248-258, text from The Long Valley, Goldstone & Payne B124, not recorded by Morrow, also includes Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Edgar Allan Poe, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, and others. Very good plus.
[AFRICA] [RACE SWITCHING] Zulukafferhövdingen Peter Hansens Liv Og Levnet. København: Gandrup & Co, 1874 by (Hansen, Peter.) - 1874: Rare graphic story of 19th C Colonialism, Muslim Fighting, Race Switching & Murder
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[AFRICA] [RACE SWITCHING] Zulukafferhövdingen Peter Hansens Liv Og Levnet. København: Gandrup & Co, 1874: Rare graphic story of 19th C Colonialism, Muslim Fighting, Race Switching & Murder
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Bizarre & violent tale of a (White) European who becomes King of the Zulu, a sideshow act…told in pictures & rhyming verse.
Hansen, Peter. Zulukafferhövdingen Peter Hansens Liv Og Levnet. København: Gandrup & Co, 1874. 32 leaves, printed on recto side only, illustrated; bound in cloth. Danish language.
A graphically illustrated book told in verse form. The life and fantastic (mis)adventures of a well-to-do young man who finds his world turned upside down when he's conscripted to the French Foreign Legion and sent to fight in Africa; here he kills his share of enemies before being captured by Arabs, who torment him and tie him to a giraffe to be chased and ultimately devoured by lions, only to find himself rescued by a Zulu chief, who "paints" him with brown root so that he presents as a Zulu. No longer "white" Hansen established himself as a leader, selling what appears to be an elixir of some kind, and returns to Europe where he winds-up performing as Chief of the Zulus in a traveling side show. The book ends with him savagely beating and dismembering his earlier wife's new husband in their middleclass home, with the final leaf showing a classic family mourning pose around an engraved urn.
We admit to having difficulty translating, as good as Google is, so we may not have the story exactly right-but whatever it is it is certainly rare. OCLC shows 2 locations, both in Denmark. We found no copies on the market in any format, nor any historical record, only the publisher's notices for the title in book annuals during the 1870's & 1880's.
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OCLC: 2 locations (Denmark)
Denmark DANISH UNION CAT & DANISH NATL BIBL DKDLA
Denmark ROYAL DANISH LIBR - COPENHAGEN CUL DKB
Bizarre & violent tale of a (White) European who becomes King of the Zulu, a sideshow act…told in pictures & rhyming verse.
Hansen, Peter. Zulukafferhövdingen Peter Hansens Liv Og Levnet. København: Gandrup & Co, 1874. 32 leaves, printed on recto side only, illustrated; bound in cloth. Danish language.
A graphically illustrated book told in verse form. The life and fantastic (mis)adventures of a well-to-do young man who finds his world turned upside down when he's conscripted to the French Foreign Legion and sent to fight in Africa; here he kills his share of enemies before being captured by Arabs, who torment him and tie him to a giraffe to be chased and ultimately devoured by lions, only to find himself rescued by a Zulu chief, who "paints" him with brown root so that he presents as a Zulu. No longer "white" Hansen established himself as a leader, selling what appears to be an elixir of some kind, and returns to Europe where he winds-up performing as Chief of the Zulus in a traveling side show. The book ends with him savagely beating and dismembering his earlier wife's new husband in their middleclass home, with the final leaf showing a classic family mourning pose around an engraved urn.
We admit to having difficulty translating, as good as Google is, so we may not have the story exactly right-but whatever it is it is certainly rare. OCLC shows 2 locations, both in Denmark. We found no copies on the market in any format, nor any historical record, only the publisher's notices for the title in book annuals during the 1870's & 1880's.
Please see images. Inquiries welcome. Thank you.
OCLC: 2 locations (Denmark)
Denmark DANISH UNION CAT & DANISH NATL BIBL DKDLA
Denmark ROYAL DANISH LIBR - COPENHAGEN CUL DKB
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by Gardner, John and Dunlap, Lennis.
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. New Edition. With Forty-Two illustrations by John Tenniel
by CARROLL. LEWIS. ; Tenniel. John. Illustrates
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Macmillan & Co. New York. 1889. New edition. 12mo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). xii, 192, 12 pp publishers catalogue. Also an extra gathering bound in so that pages 117 to 124 appear twice. One gathering slightly sprung. Publishers dark green cloth with gilt and black decorative band across the top of the front board and the top and bottom of the spine. Black decorative roll to the bottom of the front board. Title on gilt to the middle of the front board. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Rear board with blind stamped floral roll to the top and bottom. Floral decorative endpapers. Neat two line inscription to the front free endpaper. The rear endpapers have an early previous owner's name and address written in red crayon to the free endpaper and a few short lines to the pastedown. Cloth a bit rubbed to the edges and a couple of small marks to the boards but overall a very good copy. An uncommon and attractive nineteenth century edition, printed in New York by J. J. Little and Co. This 1889 new edition was…
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What Sami Sings with the Birds
by Spyri, Johanna
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New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company, 1917. First Edition. Very good. First English edition; 8 x 5 1/2; pp. [10], 9-90, [8]; blue cloth over boards, illustrated with an intricate wreath in blue, yellow, and black (unsigned, but attributed to Margaret Neilson Armstrong); pictorial DJ; illustrated with three color plates, including the frontispiece; cloth with light wear to tips of spine and corners, else bright and clean; age-toning to endpapers and several minor spots to first few pages; small, ornate, unused bookplate to front board verso; very good to near fine condition. Dust jacket with tiny nicks to edges and small loss of paper to tips of spine and corners - in good to very good condition. By the author of beloved "Heidi," "What Sami Sings..." told the story of a young, orphaned boy, who loved nature and the songs of the birds. First published in German in 1887, it was not translated into English until 1917, by Helen B. Dole, and it has been especially difficult to obtain…
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Christmas Nutshell Library (All 4 books are Signed by Hilary Knight)
by Hilary Knight
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FIRST EDITION WITH ALL FOUR BOOKS SIGNED BY HILARY KNIGHT! Likely the ONLY such set listed anywhere in the world right now. Each book is signed differently, NONE are personalized, two are dated in 1992. Condition is a strong Very Good: pristine text & illustrations, the boards look like new. But some age-related foxing on endpapers, mild wear on dust jackets. Slipcase has original $2.95 price clearly visible and remarkably only mild wear. Simply a wonderful and unique set. Signed by author.
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ALICE in WONDERLAND: CHILDREN'S STORIES THAT NEVER GROW OLD
by CARROLL, LEWIS
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TRUE FIRST & ONLY PRINTING, FIRST SERIES (CHILDREN'S STORIES THAT NEVER GROW OLD) ! -- REILLY & BRITTON -- RELEASED JUST BEFORE THE 2-STORY RED-BOOK SERIES... WIZARD of OZ ILLUSTRATOR, REILLY & BRITTON , FIRST EDITION / ONLY PRINTING!! .................................................. Very Delicate Book, Nice cover surround, with Circular inset of Alice & the Rabbit -- Very Good++ Condition, small dark area on rear bottom, with slight edge and corner wear & a bit of spine cover paper loss, but Stapled Binder holding well. Complete in 29 pages plus those wonderful Full Color illustrated end papers, with several Fairy Tale & Nursery Rhyme characters, even Little Black Sambo. ( Belongs too block completed with faint inscription -- only Marks). NO DAMAGE, NO REPAIRS! .......................... Reilly & Britton's FIRST & ONLY PRINTING, having 8 Full page Color Illustrations, plus Color Illustrated Title page. . TRULY RARE in this First SINGLE TITLE Series / FIRST & ONLY PRINTING!! No Examples that I could…
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Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, Once Mayor of Mudfog: With Other Tales and Sketches
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This is a scarce, very early Charles Dickens book that was published when he was only 25 years old. "PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE, ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG" by Boz ("Boz" was the pen name of Dickens). 1837; Carey, Lea and Blanchard; Philadelphia. The book contains "Other Tales and Sketches, from Bentley's Miscellany, and the Library of Fiction" including a story by James Fenimore (spelled "Fennimore" on the contents page) Cooper titled "An Evening of Visits." There are 11 stories in all - please see the photos for the complete list of contents. This is one of the first stories by Dickens published in book form in the United States.Condition:Worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); 1/2" cloth tears at the top edge of the spine, small cloth tears at the bottom edge. The front board bows at the center just a bit. There is a crack at the front hinge between the end papers. The pages are in good condition with only some occasional light foxing (heaviest on the title page - see photo) and staining.…
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Rebuilding Russia: Reflections and Tentative Proposals
by Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.; Klimoff, Alexis
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 84x9x127. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated by author on half-title page (March, 1994), inscription ('For Dr. Ron Rigli') appears to have been added in a separate hand. Certificate of authenticity from an auction company laid in. 1991 Hard Cover. 119 pp. 8vo.. Translated from the original Russian by Alexis Klimoff. A collection of essays on various topics by the author of Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
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Japanese Life: By K. Ogawa, Photographer, Tokyo, Japan, In Collotype & From Photographic Negatives Taken By Him
by OGAWA, K. [Kazumasa]
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Tokyo: Kazumasa Ogawa, 1892. First Edition. Bound in stiff decorated wraps with stabbed binding using silk ties. Good+. Kazumasa Ogawa. Folio. Pp. [11]. Featuring 27 black and white photos with captions on 11 plates, each plate with a tissue guard. Wear and soiling commensurate with age, with corners rounded and occasional slight, closed tears along fore-edge of two or three plates, each less than an inch. With an errata sheet bound in. This is not a volume in Ogawa's "Illustrations of Japanese Life," a small-format series on various subjects published from 1890s-1910s, but a large folio volume in a series published with uniform covers. The publications provides a fascinating glimpse into Meiji-era Japan in which the traditional Japanese aesthetic is slightly Americanized. In the 1880s Ogawa studied photography in Boston; occasionally his captions here reflect the whimsy popular in the US at that time: "Country Belles in Their Best" or "He is Coming? Let Us Look Pretty!" or "The Policeman and His…
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Chrysanthemums of Japan: By K. Ogawa, Photographer, Tokyo, Japan, In Collotype & From Photographic Negatives Taken By Him
by OGAWA, K. [Kazumasa]
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Tokyo: Kazumasa Ogawa, 1892. First Edition. Bound in stiff decorated wraps with stabbed binding using silk ties. Good+. Kazumasa Ogawa. Folio. Pp. [14]. Featuring 13 black and white photos with captions, one per plate, and one colored photograph, each plate with a tissue guard. Wear and soiling commensurate with age, most notably on the top left corner of the front cover. With corners rounded and slight edge chipping.The rear cover has slight damage visible at a lower corner (please see photo). With an errata sheet bound in. This is a large folio volume in an Ogawa series published with uniform covers. While other titles appear on the open market, "Chrysanthemums of Japan" is scarce; auction records indicate only one sale in the last few years, in England. The publication provides a fascinating glimpse into Meiji-era Japan in which the traditional Japanese aesthetic is slightly Americanized. That tendency is most noticed in Ogawa's captions, imbued with Victoriana.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly.
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes. Volume I - 70th thousand printing. Volume II - 80th thousand printing. Octavo. Original brown cloth. Damage to both spine strips. Some chipping to the board on Volume I. Ownership inscription on FFEP of Vol. II. Internally very clean. Unlike other copies, virtually no foxing.
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DATA MINING : PRACTICAL MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, 4TH EDITION
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,CHRISTOPHER J. PAL", 9789351073895. 2020. Paperback. DATA MINING : PRACTICAL MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, 4TH EDITION , IAN H. WITTEN, EIBE FRANK & MARK A. HALL
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING, 6/E
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HOTEL HOUSEKEEPING: OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT, 3RD EDN
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G. Raghubalan ET AL", 9780199451746. 2015. Paperback. HOTEL HOUSEKEEPING: OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT, 3RD EDN ,
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AD-HOC AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK
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SHASHIKANT V. ATHAWALE", 9789356066137. 2023. Paperback. AD-HOC AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK ,
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WHEN IDEAS MATTER: DEMOCRACY AND CORRUPTION IN INDIA
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Bilal A. Baloch (", 9781316519837. 2021. Hardcover. WHEN IDEAS MATTER: DEMOCRACY AND CORRUPTION IN INDIA ,
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Greenhaven Press
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The Good Soldiers
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Good Soldier Pub. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Good Soldiers Publishing, 1986. Octavo. Green boards stamped in gold. Signed and inscribed by author on flyleaf. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear with small tears on bottom front and back top edge. 130 pages. ISBN: 0961649909. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Manning, Martha | Undercurrents | Unsigned First Edition Copy
by Manning, Martha
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HarperCollins, 1995. hardcover. Fine. First Edition Hardcover Book. November 1995 NY: HarperCollins First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, remainder marked.
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The Federal Reserve Monster: Jack Holland Illustrated Edition
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Original Sin (R Rated Version) [DVD]
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South American Journals 1858-1859
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Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.
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A Holiday in Italy
by Lucy Andersen
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Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.
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The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-west Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wal
by Bishop, Charles (1765?-1810), edited by Michael Roe
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lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,…
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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Emin Pasha in Central Africa, being a collection of his letters and journals. Edited and annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth, Professor F. Ratzel, Dr. R.W. Felkin, and Dr. G. Hartlaub.
by EMIN. PASHA
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547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
by WILSON, WILLIAM RAE
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
by Berenstain, Stan and Jan
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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A Naturalist in the Guianas
by Andre, Eugene
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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742; The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747.
by Barr, William (1950- ) and Glyndwr Williams (editors)
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2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former…
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