Search Results: Authors starting with B from Michael Graves-Johnston

Collection Pauvert de la Chapelle. Paris: Leroux 1899 Wrpps, Imp.8vo. xxiv,64pp. 167 illustrations on 10 collotype plates, text-illustrations. The catalogue of the collections of Oscar Pauvert de la Chapelle, duc de Luynes. Spine professionally repaired, a good copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O]

Les Tresors du Cabinet des Antiques. Paris: Les Editions G. Van Oest, 1928 Wrpps, Roy.4to. 59pp. 24 plates and 7 illustrations, biblio. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's printed brown wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Illustrated by two maps, sixteen etchings, and twenty-eight wood-cuts. London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., and York: John L. Liney, 1844 8vo. xvi,648,lvi pp. 16 plates, 28 text-illustrations, 2 folding maps (1 with the route marked in red), appendix. James Backhouse (1794 - 1869) Quaker missionary and botanist spent three months touring Mauritius and approximately a year and a half in South Africa visiting missions, schools, hospitals and prisons. Careful repair to inner margin of title page, faint stain to upper margin of plates, the spine rebacked retaining the original backstrip (now rather worn and faded), a nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's dark green blindstamped cloth with most of the tissue guards to the plates still in place. [Mendelssohn: I: 62]. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless… Read More

Being a Translation of Arabic letters found in the House of the Wazir of Sokoto, Bohari, in 1903. Edited with an introduction by H. F. Backwell, of the Nigerian Administrative Service. Lagos: Printed by the Government Printer, 1927 Med.8vo. iii,80pp. "When Sokoto was occupied by the British Forces in 1903, a large number of Arabic letters written by various Emirs and Chiefs of the Fulani States were found in the house of the blind old Wazir of Sokoto, the famous Bohari." From the prefatory note written by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Northern Provinces, H. R. Palmer. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's purple cloth, now a little faded. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully… Read More

Mit sechs und illustrationen im Text. Sonderabdruck aus: "Internationales Archiv fur Ethnographie". Leiden: P. W. M. Trap, 1891 Wrpps, Roy.4to. ii,66-83pp. 5 chromolitho plates of objects and one litho plate of groups of people taken from photographs, text illustrations. Chapters on "Beitrage zur Ethnographie der Sulu-Inseln; Ethnographische Notizen uber Wetter; Heiliger Stein und Grabmal auf den Key-Inseln; Masken von Tidore; and Ueber die Sage der Entstehung der verschiedenen Sprachen der Minahassa." Lacks back wrapper, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's printed grey wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by… Read More

Vortrag gehalten in der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin am 10 Oktober 1891. Sonderabdruck aus den Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin, 1891 No. 8. Berlin: Druck von W. Pormetter, 1891 Wrpps, 8vo. 19pp. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's printed light olive wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Edited with an Introduction by C. G. Baeta. Foreword by Daryll Forde. London: Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, 1968 8vo. xiii,449pp. index, dw. With an introduction and eighteen contributions. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Lyon et Paris: Librairie Catholique Emmanuel Vitte, 1930 Wrpps, 8vo. 224pp. text-illustrations. The author was a Lazarist missionary. The Winterton copy with his bookplate. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

Cairo: Le Scribe Egyptien, 1949 Roy.4to. 134pp. 109 plates, 33 illustrations. Dr. Mehdi Bahrami, Curator of Islamic Art at the Teheran Museum writes about the 12th - 13th century Persian pottery produced in the Iranian city of Gurgan. Spine browned, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's light blue cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

With a map and appendices. Published with the sanction of her Majesty's Government. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street., 1856 Med.8vo. xvi,456pp. frontispiece, title vignette, folding plan, folding map by Arrowsmith, appendices. "...the British Government collaborated with MacGregor Laird in a third attempt to penetrate the Niger from the sea. Baikie's expedition explored the Niger and Benue during 1854. But the most remarkable fact about Baikie's expedition was that none of its members lost their lives;..." - [J. D. Fage: A History of West Africa] The spine rebacked in a matching cloth retaining the original backstrip, armorial bookplate of Walter Howard Wilkin, a nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's blind stamped dark blue cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless… Read More

With a list of more important works on Indian Ethnography by W. Sieling. Grundriss der Indo-Arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde (Encyclopedia of Indo-Aryan Research) II. Band, 5 Heft. Strassburg: Verlag Von Karl J. Trubner, 1912 Med.8vo. iii,213pp. appendices of caste groups, tables of language, religion, etc., biblio. Covers a little rubbed, a nice copy of the first edition with the signature of the anthropologist H. Meinhard on the end-paper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if… Read More

Sketched on the Spot by Thomas Baines, F.R.G.S. Rhodesiana Reprint Library. Facsimile reprint of the 1865 edition with additions. Facsimile colour reproduction of the book originally published by Day & Sons Ltd., Lithographers, London, 4th October, 1865. '11 views of the Victoria Falls, The Zambezi River and The Gorges, with descriptive text by the Artist.' Bulawayo: Reprinted by Books of Rhodesia Publishing Co., 1969 Folio. v,8pp. frontispiece of the author and coloured reproductions of the original chromolitho title page and 10 chromolitho plates, publisher's box. The publisher's box is worn, endpapers with some foxing, a very nice copy in the publisher's dark blue cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All… Read More

A stirring account of the life of an intrepid explorer, a zealous missionary, and a knight-errant in the best sense of the term, re-told for young people. With illustrations. London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1925 Cr.8vo. xvi,(17)-186pp. colour frontispiece and 9 plates. Missionary work in Angola and Rhodesia. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

London: The Conoisseur, 1966 4to. 351pp. 16 colour plates and 474 b/w illustrations, index, chipped dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Collection D'Etudes et de Temoignages, dirigee par J. Malaurie. Avec 52 illustrations et 3 cartes dans le texte et 32 illustrations hors texte. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1957 Wrpps, 8vo. vi,292pp. 26 plates, 55 text illustrations, 5 maps, biblio., index, dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Sonderdruck aus der Ostasiatischen Zeitschrift, 20. Jahrgang. Berlin: Druck von Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1934 Wrpps, Roy.8vo. 25pp. 8 plates, examples of writing. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

Sonderdruck aus der Ostasiatischen Zeitschrift, 20. Jahrgang. Berlin: Druck von Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1934 Wrpps, Roy.8vo. 25pp. 8 plates, examples of writing. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

London: Reprinted from the Journal of the African Society, 1912 Wrpps, 8vo. ii,16pp. 4 plates, 5 text figures. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

London: Thos. de la Rue & Co., 1880 Med.8vo. xvi,720pp. frontispiece and 11 plates, (2 in collotype), 11 illustrations, folding map, appendix, index, errata slip. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's gilt decorated brown cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]

Lovedale: Lovedale Press, 1968 8vo. xi,301pp. 3 plates, folding map, index, dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]