Gentry, LinneaABAA
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1978réf. 59239San Francisco: Amaranth Press 1978. Edition limited to 50 numbered copies this no. 5 signed by Gentry; folio calendar for 1979 consisting of a title leaf and 12 leaves one for each month of the year tabular-bound; each month with an illustration of a Nile animal by Linnea Gentry; generally fine throughout. "The material in this calendar has been adapted from original Egyptian antiquities as identified in their captions. Amaranth Press unknown books
1828réf. 59079Berlin: ex Officina Academia 1828. Folio printed gray paper-covered portfolio with blues ties; 10 colored lithographic plates; upper tie shortened and frayed; plates near fine. One in a series of at least 10 portfolios depicting the natural history North-East Africa and the Red Sea Basin others include insects animals botany birds etc. In this portfolio of fish we have10 plates depicting 26 aquatic specimens including sharks rays and a beautiful swordfish. Wilhelm Hemprich 1796-1825 and Christian Ehrenberg 1795-1876 were German naturalists who spent five years abroad studying the natural history of Egypt and the region surrounding the Red Sea. After Hemprich died in Eritrea in 1825 Ehrenberg returned to Berlin where he published their research under both of their names. The plates in this volume showcase some of the ichthyology discovered within the region. ex Officina Academia unknown books
1926réf. 59350Berlin: Dietrich Reimer 1926. 4to pp. 1 436 535 2; text illustrations and four plates text in German. An offprint from Erich Kaiser Die diamantenwuste sudwestafrikas Bd. II S. 436-490. Printed paper wrappers; wrappers soiled and chipped on spine and ends light crease to plates text clean and sound. Martin's work on physical eventually paved the way for the sort of phrenological eugenicism that reached the height of popularity at the cusp of World War II. Dietrich Reimer unknown books
1854réf. 59385New York: D. Appleton and Company 1854. First American edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. 350 10 ads; 355 1 4 ads; 12 wood-engraved plates one wood engraving in the text; original blindstamped green cloth pictorial gilt-stamped spine a little dull small cracks and chips at spine ends but on the whole a good sound copy. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1909réf. 59365London: Royal Geographical Society 1909. 8vo pp. 117-240 i.e. 122 pages; portrait frontispiece 2 maps 1 full-page; large folding color map at the back worn and with neat repairs on verso. Bound in slightly later half maroon calf gilt-lettered direct on spine; very good and sound. Also contains articles on The Panama Canal by Vaughan Cornish with 4 illustrations from photographs; Survey Work on the Frontier between Bolivia and Brazil by Major P. H. Fawcett; The Italian Earthquake of December 28 1908 by R. D. Oldham with a map; The Meteorology of the 'Discovery'; Lake Kioga Ibrahim Exploratory Survey 1907-1908 by Lieut. C. E. Fishbourne; and Swallow-Holes in Chalk by Col. W. Pitt. Plus book reviews and the Monthly Record of expeditions and explorations. Royal Geographical Society unknown books
1890réf. 59371New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1890. First American edition 8vo pp. xxiv 490; with the folding map of Equatorial Province and a copy of the Mahdi's letter in Arabic to Emin Pasha demanding his surrender to in back cover pocket both with several short tears at the folds 2 portraits 21 full-page wood engravings and 25 wood engravings in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; light wear at spine ends else a very good sound copy. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1864réf. 59375New York: Harper & Brothers 1864. First American edition of a classic in African exploration; 8vo pp. v-xxx 31-590; 2 steel-engraved portraits folding map tinted in blue and with author's route in red with short tear neatly repaired on verso full-page map printed in blue and red and numerous wood-engraved illustrations throughout 20 full-page; spine ends chipped corners and extremities rubbed else a good sound copy in original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1874réf. 59376New York: printed for the Society 1874. 8vo pp. 47 1; original glazed white wrappers printed in black; small pressure stamp of the N.E. Genealogical Society on front wrapper wrappers soiled; all else very good. "Session 1873-4. no. vii." Inscribed on the front wrapper "Presented by C. C. Coffin" - i.e. Charles Carleton Coffin 1823-1896 the famed Civil War correspondent and author. AAS Boston Athenaeum Columbia Duke Wheaton and one copy in Germany only in OCLC. printed for the Society unknown books
1875réf. 59369London and Newcastle: Adam & Co. n.d. 1875. 4to pp. viii 632; lithograph frontispiece and title page color map plus 22 tinted lithographs on 20 sheets; publisher's quarter brown morocco stamped in gilt on spine; front free endpaper miscreased occasional foxing modest wear; generally very good and sound. The book went through numerous editions in several formats with different paginations and different series of illustrations. Adam & Co., n.d. unknown books
1987réf. 59455Leningrad: Nauka 1987. 8vo pp. 361 7; text in Russian; folding map with typescript key slip attached with manuscript note; inscribed by the author to Anatoly Liberman a linguist at the University of Minnesota; green and white illustrated boards; corners bumped text clean very good. Sova was one of the first linguists to apply computer analysis to philology. Her work was a key contribution to the reconstruction of the Proto-Bantu language. Nauka unknown books
1979réf. 59429Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 1979. 4to pp. 224 2; text in French; illustrated paper wrappers; light edgewear corners bumped very good and clean. Articles on archaeology and prehistory and anthropology and sociology. Number 2 apparently never appeared. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique unknown books
1968réf. 59454Leningrad: Nauka 1968. 8vo 2 vols the second published in 1989; text in Russian blue printed paper wrappers; spines creased pages toning but clean gift inscription inside wrapper of vol. 1 very good. Sova was one of the first linguists to apply computer analysis to philology. Her work was a key contribution to the reconstruction of the Proto-Bantu language. British Library only in OCLC. Nauka unknown books
1949réf. 59557Brussels: INCIDI 1949. 8vo pp. 8 326 2; text in French with some portions in parallel English text; green paper wrappers; wrappers sunned with a few stains corner bumped clean and sound very good. Previously the International Colonial Institute the INCIDI was a collection of independent "distinguished citizens" to "facilitate and spread the comparative study of the political science of administration and of colonial legislation. Its fellows met regularly and published widely making the institute a strong influence among colonial powers. The Compte Rendu includes organization bylaws and briefs on the meeting of March 1949 as well as a bibliography of titles produced by members and by the institute itself. INCIDI unknown books
1988réf. 59608Paris: ABC 1988. 8vo pp. 167 1; text in French; green stiff paper wrappers; pencil scribble on title page else near fine. Gervais Mendo Ze was a Cameroonian linguist government official and radio director. He was also an anti-corruption activist and wrote a number of books and plays. ABC unknown books
1847réf. 59875Boston: William D. Ticknor and Company 1847. First edition 8vo pp. 60; original terracotta wrappers; wrappers soiled ex-Tufts library with stamp and gift inscription on upper wrapper text clean and sound. Sumner was an abolitionist senator who famously called out fellow senator Andrew Butler for his attempts to turn Kansas into a slave state and was attacked and beaten by a family member as a result. Afro-Americana 10058; Sabin 93688 with an expanded edition appearing in 1853. William D. Ticknor and Company unknown books
1806réf. 58742New York: T. & J. Swords printers to the faculty of Physic of Columbia College 1806. First American edition 12mo pp. xlvii 1 234 6; full contemporary calf; upper cover neatly reattached; lower board starting spine label slightly chipped; early Medical Society of Orange County bookplate on upper pastedown spot in lower corner of title page and 3 successive leaves; occasional light marginal marks in pencil good. Assalini's argument was that plague and yellow fever were not contagious and "Christiandom" was not at risk of its spreading westward. Austin 89: "The French original appeared in Paris in 1801 . The appendix added in the American edition is taken from Pinckard's Notes on the West Indies London 1806. 'Introduction by the American Publishers' p. vii-xlii includes extracts from S. L. Mitchell's letter of Sept. 10 1806 to the Board of Health in New York and his letter undated to Dr. Rodgers the health officer in the port of New York. T. & J. Swords, printers to the faculty of Physic of Columbia College unknown books
réf. 59099Edition limited to 300 copies 8vo pp. 2 30; inserted color portrait of Burton 7 full-page maps 2 printed in color; fine in original blue wrappers printed in gilt. unknown books
1881réf. 58022Hartford: R. W. Bliss and Co 1881. Subscription edition abridged from the original London edition; 2 volumes in 1 pp. xiii 14-406 2 ads; with a map showing the author's route from Benguella to Durban and more than 60 engraved illustrations including 23 full-page plates; original plum cloth stamped in gilt on front board and spine; spine sunned but fully legible a bit of staining to front board corners bumped. Internally fine. Serpa Pinto a Portuguese explorer recorded details of much terrain previously unknown to Europeans. He was the fourth explorer to cross Africa from west to east and "was the first to lay down with accuracy the route between Bihe and Lialui" Britannica 11th ed. R. W. Bliss and Co unknown books
1909réf. 58020New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1909. 8vo pp. xvi 368; 2 maps one folding and many illustrations from photographs; original red cloth boards stamped in gilt and black; spine slant slight sunning to upper board previous owner's name on front free endpaper else clean and sound. Decima Moore 1871-1964 was a successful stage actress and singer in London before marrying Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg an officer in the Royal Engineers. He was appointed director of surveys in the Gold Coast in 1905 and upon returning from their travels three years later the couple recounted their experiences in alternating chapters. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1898réf. 58025London: Chapman and Hall 1898. First English edition pp xvi 520; with illustrations index folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed mild wear to bottom edge very good. Hourst explored the Niger from Timbuktu to the sea on behalf of the French government adding much to knowledge of the river and the inhabitants of the surrounding areas. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1889réf. 57805Washington: James C. Dunn later: American Colonization Society 1889. An incomplete and disparate run and with a major gap 1851-1870 88 issues in all volumes 16-18 in a bound volume but without a front cover the rest in wrappers; a few wrappers missing a few defective a number loose but present; edge tears chips and curls. Condition ranges from fair to very good. Included are volumes 14 1838 nos. 1-10 12; volume XV 1839 no.1-3 5-6 8-9 11 14-18; volume 16 1840 nos. 1 4-16 18 21 23-24; volume 17 1841 nos. 1-8; volume 18 1842 nos. 3-4 9-10 15-18 20 22-24; volume 26 1850 nos. 10-11big gap; volume 47 1871 nos. 1 11; volume 50 1874 nos. 1-4 8-9; volume 51 1875 no. 2; volume 53 1876 nos. 2-4; volume 54 1878 nos. 2-4; volume 57 1881 nos. 6-8; volume 59 1883 nos. 3-4; volume 64 1888 no. 4; volume 65 1889 nos. 2-4. Much on Liberia abolition slavery the Amistad case African colonization African languages etc. The African Repository and Colonial Journal title simplified in 1850 to African Repository was the official publication of the American Colonization Society which supported the migration of free American Blacks to Africa specifically to its colony of Liberia. It began publication in 1825 and ceased in 1892 and is a primary source for the early history of Liberia. James C. Dunn [later: American Colonization Society] unknown books
1644réf. 21312Romae: Andree Phaei 1644. 4to pp. 18 93 1; engraved vignette title page 4 engraved plates 2 folding 1 double-p. 12 woodcuts in the text 1 hand-colored; bound with as issued: Romano De antiquis Romanorum ritibus Rome 1644 pp. 10 95-269 20; engraved vignette title page 10 engraved plates 2 folding 1 double-p. 2 double-p. and folding 18 woodcuts in the text; bound with: Romano De veteribus christianorum ritibus Rome 1645 engraved title page pp. 18 496 71; 6 engraved plates 1 double-p. 1 folding 1 folding and double-p. 8 woodcuts in the text; printer's woodcut device on the final leaf; bound in contemporary limp vellum front hinge broken the whole rubbed and worn internally very good. Graesse p. 59; Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 120. Andree Phaei unknown books
1894réf. 52719London: Longmans Green and Co 1894. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xx 435 1; xii 397 1; 2 large folding color maps both with short tears near the stubs the second incorporating 3 inset maps 179 illustrations in the text a number full-page; contemporary full red polished calf gilt supralibros on the upper covers of the Boston School and with Boston School prize bookplates in each volume; lightly rubbed; very good. Czech Africa p. 78: "An excellent work of exploration and sport this scarce set represents African adventure at its finest. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
1860réf. 52513London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1860. First edition likely the second issue; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 412; vi 2 468; engraved folding map hand colored in blue and green 12 chromoxylographs 22 woodcuts in the text; 20th century three-quarter green morocco gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments gilt lettered direct in 3 t.e.g.; the plates all with a small and discreet stamp in the margin not touching the image and the map with an old paper repair at the folds on the verso; otherwise a fine copy. There were two issues each in a different cloth binding. As the book has been rebound we can't be sure which issue this is except that the map is in volume II in this set which is where it should be in the second issue. Casada 42; Penzer p. 65-67. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts unknown books
1877réf. 52529New York: Harper & Brothers 1877. First American edition 8vo pp. xv 1 330 6 ads; frontispiece folding map hand-colored in outline 8 wood-engraved plates other wood engravings in the text; fine copy in original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 391 for the London edition of the previous year. Harper & Brothers unknown books
