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The Diary of A J Mounteney Jephson. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1889 by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859 1908) edited by Dorothy Middleton - 1969

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The Diary of A J Mounteney Jephson. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1889 by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859 1908) edited by Dorothy Middleton - 1969

The Diary of A J Mounteney Jephson. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1889

by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859 1908) edited by Dorothy Middleton

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This is a first-hand account of the expedition led by H M Stanley in 1887-89 to the relief of Emin Pasha, Governor of Equatoria. A J Mounteney Jephson, a typical late Victorian traveler, took part in Stanley's last expedition in Africa. His discovered diary describes the voyage out to the mouth of the Congo; the jouney up the Congo and across the Ituri forest to Lake Albert; the meeting with Emin Pasha; the mutiny of Emin's troops and their imprisonment of Emin and Jephson; and the journey back to the East coast. Though it fell short of its political and commercial aims, the expedition was important geographically as it solved the last mystery of African topography - the position and nature of the sources of the Nile. At least two-thirds of the diary is given in full, with clearly-indicated cuts only in the portion where Jephson and Emin were imprisoned by the mutineers, a period covered by Jephson's own book, Emin Pasha (1890). In her introduction Middleton describes Jephson's family background and summarizes the political events of the time: the "scramble for Africa" by the European Powers which formed the background for the expedition. Condition: Light extremity wear. Jacket some light rubbing to spine ends else a better than very good copy in a near fine jacket. Condition: Light extremity wear. Jacket some light rubbing to spine ends else a better than very good copy in a near fine jacket.
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The Diary of A.J. Mounteney Jephson: Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887–1889 (Hakluyt Society, Extra Series)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp xi 455.""This is a first-hand account of the expedition led by H. M. Stanley in 1887-89 to the relief of Emin Pasha, Governor of Equatoria. A. J. Mounteney Jephson, a typical late Victorian traveller, took part in Stanley’s last expedition in Africa. His recently-discovered diary describes the voyage out of the mouth of the…
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THE DIARY OF A J MOUNTENEY JEPHSON EMIN PASHA RELIEF EXPEDITION       1887-1889
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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

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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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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East

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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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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)
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Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings (1589-1605)

by William Edward David "W E D" Allen (1901-1973) editor

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2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, 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 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More
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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 1741-1747: Volumes I & II: The Voyage of Christopher...
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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… Read More
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Touraine and Its Chateaux

Touraine and Its Chateaux

by Debraye, Henry

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London: The Medici Society, 1928. Gilt titles on quarter calf with leather labels to spine, four raised bands and five compartments with small gilt designs on brown calf leather with marbled paper sides. There is just a little light wear to spine and to board edges and a small mark to back. Internally there are marbled endpapers and pages are very clean, tight and unmarked with age darkening to map bound in at rear. Bellegarde printing in France. First published in France in 1926, this luxury edition is the first English one rather than the more common cloth bound. 156 pages and map with coloured extra title page. Illustrated throughout with beautiful sepia tint photographs. Uniform with 'The Picture Guides' series. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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