n.p. [Chicago]: [press of Hartzell, Lord Co.], 1907. Only edition, sq. 12mo, pp. [8], 159, [1]; frontispiece and 31 illustrations from photographs in the text; original white cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; some soiling of the cloth; very good. Inscribed "Compliments of Grace Owen Brown" on..... More
London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1929]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 209, [1]; original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine, vignette stamped in blind on upper cover; a very good and attractive copy; The author was sent by the New Zealand Government to meet with the Maoris when they..... More
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, [1901]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [2], ix-xiii, [1], 477, [1]; color folding map separated but present, photogravure frontispiece, 47 plates, and many text illustrations; publisher's pictorial red cloth stamped in yellow and black, top edge gilt; boards rubbed and soiled, text clean, good and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867. 8vo, pp. [6], xii, 14-421, [1], 6 (ads); publishers' advertisements include notices for Livingstone's Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, and Speke's Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile; frontispiece, 4 full-page wood engravings, a number of other wood engravings..... More
London: W. Thacker & Co.; Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, & Co., 1898. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. xii, 335, [1], [4] ads; frontispiece portrait and 37 illustrations in the text, some full-page; a near fine, largely unopened copy in original pictorial brown cloth, gilt stamped on upper cover and spine..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xx, [2], 501, [1]; frontispiece and 30 plates; original full green cloth, gilt title on spine; textblock slightly skewed, edges rubbed, bookplate on free endpaper, all else very good and clean. "This history, in contrast to B. Willson's 'Great..... More
London: J. Robson, 1792. First edition, 4to, pp. xx, [134], 44, 47-66, 4, [2]; 13 plates including the folding plan of Blackfriars (with old tape repair barely touching the image), genealogical tables in the text; recent calf-backed marbled boards, red gilt morocco spine label; all plates with moderate tidemark mostly..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 277; black and white illustrations by Ronald Julius Christensen; publisher's cloth in white pictorial, price clipped dust jacket (a bit soiled), chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text, spine toned, interior fine. Buchwald's selected articles originally..... More
New York: Gavin Houston, 1890. First edition, 2 vols., small 8vo, pp. vii, [5], 535; v, [3], 489; frontispiece in each volume, 28 plates; orig. gilt-decorated blue cloth; vol. II dampstained on covers and with mild dampstain on prelims and terminals; all else very good, sound, and bright. Presentation bookplate..... More
London & Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d., [1841]. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp.vi, [10], 504; [14], 563; [12], [8] subscriber list, 596, [20] index,14, [2] ads; engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved folding map, 72 wood engravings in the text; rear hinge and joint of volume I split, cloth cracked at the..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1875. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 407; frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text; original green cloth, spine gilt-lettered; light general wear, slightly shaken; overall a very good copy. A collection of articles by naturalist Frank Buckland (1826-80), most of which were first published in his..... More
London & Cairo: Thos. Cook & Sons, 1910. Eleventh edition, 8vo, pp. xx, [4], 976; double-p. map, folding map and numerous illustrations throughout text, a number full page; occasional underlining in red ink, but otherwise a very good copy in orig. limp terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover..... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Keeler, 1890. Subscription publication issued under a number of imprints; large 8vo, pp. [2], 17-576; 4 chromolithograph plates, folding map, hundreds of wood-engraved illustrations throughout, many full-page; original red cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; hinges cracked, vermin nibble at the bottom..... More
[Norwalk, CT: Longmeadow, [1977]. First edition, 4to, pp. 128; profusely illustrated; fine in original yellow cloth, dust-wrapper. Chapters on fires from the burning of Rome to the Great Fire of London, early fire brigades, firemen of London and New York, technological innovations and their impacts, and more. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. 8vo, pp. 403, [1], 4; 3 folded maps in pockets on front and rear pastedowns; original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown glazed endpapers; cloth mottled from damp, edges rubbed, maps show splitting along folds, edges rather ragged; some damage to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d., [ca. 1880]. 8vo, pp. 403, [1], 4; 3 folded maps in cover pockets, original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown glazed endpapers; spine a bit spotted else very good. Maps show minor splitting along folds. See Yakushi B631a for the first..... More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1933. 8vo, pp. xxx, 192; frontispiece map, 2 other maps (1 folding); fine copy in the dust-jacket. More
New York & Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell, n.d., [ca. 1898]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xxx, 3-299, [1]; 100 photographic illustrations throughout, many full-page; original decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt; lightly rubbed, very good. Czech, Africa, p. 29: "A former English army officer, Burrows was hired by..... More
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. x, 376; [6], 340, [1], [3] ads; 2 mounted photographic frontispieces (one of the author, one of Richard Burton), 2 chromolithographs and a folding map; errata slip tipped in at p. 1 of volume II; original gray..... More
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n.p. [1877]. 16mo, pp. 30, [2]; self-wrappers (loose); 5 full-page wood-engraved illustrations; stitching loose, top of last 2 pages with tears and minor loss; good copy of a fragile item. More
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First edition, first issue binding, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 503, [1]; vi, [2], 519, [1]; folding map highlighted in blue, 11 wood-engraved plates (including 2 frontispieces), 4 full-p. sketch maps; original chocolate brown cloth, gilt vignette on upper covers, both volumes neatly rebacked with..... More
London: Longman, Brown [et al.], 1856. First edition, 8vo, pp. xl, [2], 648, 24 (ads); 4 hand-colored lithographs, 2 maps; original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine; good and sound. This is the second issue binding; the first was in violet cloth. An account of Burton’s journey to Harrar..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878. 8vo, pp. xvi, 395, [3], [1] leaf of ads, plus 32-p. Kegan Paul catalogue dated 1.81; folding map plus several illustrations in the text; spine slightly dull and with a few cracks at the extremities with small loss of cloth at the very..... More
London: John Murray, 1859. 8vo, pp. ccxxiv, 464, 6 (ads); large folding map; original blue printed wrappers bound in at the back, later half brown morocco, gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine, t.e.g.; some scuffing, but very good. After the preliminaries, the entire text is devoted to Burton's account. Penzer..... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxviii, 338; vii, [1], 319, plus 32p. publisher's catalogue; folding map, 16 plates (6 of them chromolithographs), a folding map and 17 illustrations in the text; original pictorial ochre cloth stamped in black and gilt; rear hinge..... More
