Search Results: Africa from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

London: Printed For Richard Phillips, By J.G.Barnard, 1807. First Edition. 8vo. pp. iv, [5]-43, [1]index. 9 aquatint plates (3 folding). new quarter morocco.
A description of Senegal and Sierra Leone and the West African slave trade. The author was a surgeon on the British sloop Favourite. The striking illustrations are after his own sketches.

London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877., 1877. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 389 +[4]ads; xii, 366 + 8(ads). with half-titles. 29 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & 4 facsimiles (3 folding). folding partly coloured map in rear pocket. numerous text illus. A nice set in the original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth. First Edition of this important account of the Livingstone Relief Expedition of 1873-75 which was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society. After receiving word that Livingstone was dead in October 1873 shortly after his arrival in Africa, Cameron decided to continue his explorations. He conducted a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika and from there, braving great difficulties, travelled southeast through the Southern Congo region and Angola. In 1875 he reached Katombela, north of Benguela on the Atlantic coast, becoming the first European to cross Equatorial Africa from east to west. On his return to England, Cameron was received with much acclamation. He was promoted to be a commander,… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877., 1877. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xvi, [15]-508, [8]ads. lacking half-title? 29 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & 4 facsimiles (3 double-page). folding partly coloured map in front pocket. numerous text illus. original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, rebacked with portion of spine mounted (map backed with rice paper). First American Edition of this important account of the Livingstone Relief Expedition of 1873-75 which was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society. After receiving word that Livingstone was dead in October 1873 shortly after his arrival in Africa, Cameron decided to continue his explorations. He conducted a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika and from there, braving great difficulties, travelled southeast through the Southern Congo region and Angola. In 1875 he reached Katombela, north of Benguela on the Atlantic coast, becoming the first European to cross Equatorial Africa from east to west. On his return to England, Cameron was received with… Read More

London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd., 1907., 1907. 2 Volumes. large 8vo. pp. xv, [1]blank, 396; xii, 511, [1]ads. with half-titles. titles in red & black. 1 large folding coloured lithographed map & 166 illus. on 153 plates (incl. frontis.; 1 folding). original gilt-stamped cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed (rubbed, Vol. II shaken). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.

Berlin: Verlag Von Paul Parey, 1910. First Edition of the Authorized German Translation. 8vo. pp. xvi, 464, [4]ads. frontis. portrait & 47 plates after photographs taken by Roosevelt & other members of the expedition. 1 full-page map. cloth (spine ends & corners frayed)

London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854., 1854. 8vo. pp. xv, [16]-490, [2]ads. 11 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & numerous wood engravings in the text. Untrimmed in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (new endpapers). First Edition. The history embraces discussion of the manners and customs of the Kabyles, Arabs, Moors, Turks and Jews of Algeria, slavery, the French colonisation, the role of the French army, antiquities, commerce and agriculture, and natural history.. F. Hardcover.

Munchen: Galerie Van De Loo, 1970. 8vo. unpaginated. German text. b/w illus. wrs. (bit scuffed)

Brussels: Arcade, 1972., 1972. 4to. pp. 367, [4]. Profusely illus. in b/w, several tipped-in colour plates. biblio. index. cloth. dw. slipcase.. Hardcover.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865., 1865. 12mo. pp. ix, [1 leaf], 298. with half-title. 4 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & 12 text illus. original black & gilt-stamped cloth, gilt edges (cloth spotted, joints frayed, inner hinges cracked). First Edition. Travel sketches from la Grande Kabylie and Tunis during 1863-64, consisting for the most part of articles contributed to the Fraser, with illustrations from sketches by the author.. F. Hardcover.

London: Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1891., 1891. 4to. pp. v, [1 leaf], 71. text in double columns. 54 plates (incl. frontis; 2 folding). original cloth-backed bds. (covers spotted & institutional lettering on front paste-down). Second Edition.. Hardcover.

London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1907. First Edition of this report on the excavations made in the Necropolis of Beni Hassan in 1902-04. Located high in the limestone cliffs on the east side of the Nile 245 kilometers south of Cairo, the necropolis belonged to local rules and military leaders and dates back to the Middle Kingdom from 2055 to 1650 BCE. It is noteworthy for its many elaborate brightly coloured wall paintings and drawings depicting daily life and warfare. 4to. pp. xv, 240. title in red & black. colour frontis., 15 plates & 231 photographic text illus. index. original cloth, t.e.g. (edges bit rubbed & frayed, marginal pencil notes, some gatherings loose)

London: Henry Colburn, 1848., 1848. 8vo. pp. vii, 219. with half-title. engraved frontis. of Grahamstown. later half red morocco for Chas.J.Sawyer, t.e.g. First Edition. "During his residence in Cape Town, and in the course of his journeys, the author saw a good deal of the Cape Colony.Nicholson deprecates the efforts of the Colonial missionaries.with regard to the Boers it is maintained that the 'hasty, fanatical, and oppressive manner in which the emancipation of the slaves was conducted in the Cape Colony', had converted those previously loyal subjects to bitter enemies.". (Mendelssohn) Mendelssohn III 543.. F.

New York: 1854., 1854. 12mo. pp. [2]ads, xvii, [1]blank, 448, [12]ads. additional wood-engraved title & 7 plates (incl. frontis.). original blind-stamped cloth (spine sunned, some foxing throughout, mainly affecting margins). First Edition.Hosken p. 138. Ragatz p. 526. Sabin 47093. cfCundall 2725.. F. Hardcover.

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, [c1886]. First Edition. 6 Volumes. 8vo. text in double columns. 30 wood-engraved plates (incl. portraits) & numerous wood-engravings in the text. A nice bright set in original black, gilt & blind-stamped pictorial cloth, all edges gilt (several stains to rear cover of Vol. V & Vol. VI with small stain at lower edge of front cover & a bit of fraying to rear joint). elala5421

New York: International Publishers, [1967]. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 304. biblio. index. cloth. dola2475

London: Edward Arnold, 1916. First Edition. A large portion of the work (pp. 70-222) relates Wilson's experiences in Egypt, 1876-80, where he served as a government director of the Suez Canal Company, vice-president of the Commission to enquire into the Egyptian financial situation, Finance Minister, and president of the Commission for the Liquidation of the Egyptian Debt. In 1895 he became president of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, retiring in 1909 (pp. 267-82). He was involved in the negotiations that led to the formation of the Grand Trunk Pacific Company in 1903, and the construction of the western part of the transcontinental line from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert. The town of Rivers, Manitoba, is named after him. 8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 310, [14]incl ads. photogravure frontis. A rather brilliant copy in original cloth (few minor marks & small nick on rear cover, browning to title & frontis. from tissue guard)

New York: Nelson & Phillips., 1877., 1877. 8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], xv, 557, [3]ads. with half-title. 16 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait). original black & gilt-stamped cloth, gilt edges (inner rear hinge partly cracked, extremities very slightly frayed). "The author arrived at Table Bay on February 17, 1866, and visited a large number of mission stations, and the work contains valuable information respecting the natives of the Eastern Province, and the progress of civilisation and Christianity in Kaffraria and the frontier territories." (Mendelssohn) cfMendelssohn IV 465-66. cfSmith T22.. Hardcover.

New York: Harper And Brothers, 1874. First American Edition. The account of two British military campaigns in East and West Africa in 1868 and 1873-74, led by Sir Robert Napier and Sir Garnet Wolseley respectively, both of which Stanley accompanied as a war correspondent for the ëNew York Heraldí. Napierís campaign in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) was conducted against Emperor Theodore, who was holding foreign hostages in his mountain fortress, Magdala. The fortress was stormed, his hostages were freed, and Theodore himself committed suicide. Wolseleyís successful Kumassi campaign was carried out against King Koffee and the Ashanti in the jungles of what is now Ghana and Sierra Leone. His reports on the Abyssianian campaign, the earliest received even in London, established Stanleyís reputation as one of the leading journalists of the time while his bravery in the march to Kumassi won him the highest respect of Wolseley and other English officers. cfHosken p. 189. cfGay 2874bis. 8vo. pp. xiv, 510,… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1871]. First Edition(?). “This is an account of Du Chaillu’s second trip to Africa, in 1863, when he concerned himself with studying the natives of Africa.” (Smith) cfSmith D82. 12mo. pp. viii, [9]-314, 8(ads). sketch map on title. frontis. & 23 text illus. (most full-page). decorative head & tailpieces. original gilt-stamped cloth (spine faded, otherwise a very nice bright copy)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. First American Edition. Green & Gibson B8b. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., ix, [1 leaf], 128. original cloth (lightly soiled, 2 marginal stains)