Stanley, Henry MABAA
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1893rif. 52542London: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1893. First edition 8vo pp. iii-viii 335 1 30 2 ads; 46 wood-engraved illustrations a number full-page; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt white and green; cloth a little bubbled rear free endpaper excised spine a little soiled; in all a good copy or better. Sampson Low, Marston, & Co unknown books
1853rif. 52524London: John Murray 1853. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xv 1 425 1; iv 432; folding map with route outlined in red 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages both frontispieces a bit dampstained but overall a fine-looking copy. John Murray unknown books
1868rif. 52527London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1868. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 397 1 2 ads; 8 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding a bit soiled and small cracks at the spine extremities but generally a good sound copy or better. Henry Aaron Stern 1820-1885 was an Anglican missionary and captive in Abyssinia. "In August 1842 he was admitted into the Hebrew College of the London Jews' Society with the ultimate intention of becoming a missionary to the Jews." He was sent first to Jerusalem then Baghdad and Istanbul where he stayed for nearly six years. "The London Jews' Society then directed Stern to travel to Ethiopia to preach to the Beta Israel Jews arriving on March 10 1860. Tewodros II of Ethiopia initially welcomed Stern and Stern fixed his headquarters at Gondar. "Following various slights by Lord John Russell of the British Foreign Office and others the Ethiopian emperor's attitude to the British changed. Stern was summoned to appear before the emperor at Gondar in October 1863 where Stern was beaten and imprisoned together with a Mr. Rosenthal his LJS assistant. By the time they were transferred to prison at Amba Magdala in November 1864 they were joined by the British consul Charles Cameron and other Europeans. Stern's situation was made more difficult by the fact that the emperor was made aware of uncomplimentary material in Stern's book - including having stated that the emperor's mother was a vendor of kosso - in Wanderings among the Falashas in Abyssinia: together with a description of the Country and its various Inhabitants 1862" Wikipedia. This lead to the British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia under the command of Robert Napier who captured the Ethiopian capital and rescued the prisoners. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin unknown books
1908rif. 52594New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Co 1908. Second edition 8vo pp. 4 9-380 4 ads; 17 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; fine in original green pictorial cloth stamped in orange black and gilt. Fleming H. Revell Co unknown books
1890rif. 52606London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington n.d. 1890. 2 volumes small 8vo pp. xiii 1 298 2; viii 308; folding map with route outlined in color; 16 wood-engraved plates by J. D. Cooper plus other wood engravings in the text; small breaks in the cloth at the spine ends spines lightly sunned else near fine in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black on upper covers and in gilt on spine. First published in English in 1873. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, n.d. unknown books
1932rif. 52563London: Hodder and Stoughton 1932. First edition 8vo pp. 366; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Cromer 1841-1917 was "British controller-general in Egypt during 1879 part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the 1876 Egyptian bankruptcy. He later became the agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907 during the British occupation prompted by the 'Urabi revolt. This position gave Baring de facto control over Egyptian finances and governance" Wikipedia. Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
1891rif. 52605London & New York: Frederick Warne 1891. 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxi 1 376; xv 1 347 1; 4 folding color maps 3 printed in color inside back cover pockets 60 photographic or wood-engraved plates some tinted a few in color; original pictorial maroon crocodile-patterned cloth stamped in gilt silver and black; contemporary prize label Camden Road Collegiate School Cambridge on front pastedown of volume I; small breaks in the cloth at the top of both spines rear hinge on volume II starting; all else very good bright and sound. Frederick Warne unknown books
1890rif. 52548Philadelphia: Reading and Co 1890. First edition 8vo pp. iii-xv 1 278; frontispiece portrait 64 plates 1 in color and 2 maps; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; slight wear else near fine. The author is described on the title page as the late secretary of the Gabon and Corsico Mission and acting commercial agent for the U.S. "All the scenes and incidents portrayed in this book are true the only fiction consisting in making these the experiences of the Ogowe Band instead of the author. All the descriptions of scenery were copied from diaries written upon the spot and are as accurate as it is possible to make them" preface. Reading and Co unknown books
1880rif. 52581New York: Atkin & Prout 1880. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 500; frontispiece the tissue guard for which is torn large folding map of North Eastern Africa; original green cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine a little spotted else very good and sound. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 201-04. Atkin & Prout unknown books
1933rif. 52568New York: Macmillan Co 1933. First American edition 8vo pp. ix 1 393 1; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in brown on upper cover and spine near fine dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine. A novel concerning the "imaginary principality in the center of Africa untouched by Europe except for slight contact with a movie company" jacket blurb. Macmillan Co unknown books
1899rif. 52559London: Chapman & Hall 1899. Second edition 8vo pp. xiv 365 1; frontispiece portrait and 28 plates 3 maps and plans; some rubbing of the binding but generally very good and sound in original green cloth stamped in gilt and with a red seal on the upper cover. Neufeld was imprisoned for 12 years in Omdurman after the fall of Khartoum. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1942rif. 52567New York: Books Inc. distributed by E.P. Dutton n.d. 1942. 8vo pp. iii-xi 3 499 1; 101 maps in the text; fine copy in original orange cloth gilt-stamped spine in a near fine dust jacket with one shallow chip. Books, Inc., distributed by E.P. Dutton, n.d. unknown books
1912rif. 52555Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. xvii 1 305 1; folding map with route outlined in red 46 plates showing 80 illustrations; original red cloth gilt-stamped upper cover and spine t.e.g.; Phillips Academy bookplate marked withdrawn traces of pocket removal on rear pastedown small withdrawn stamp on title page and rear pastedown accession label removed from base of spine; lightly rubbed. Czech Africa p. 113: "Using bicycles as a break from the monotony of 'foot slogging' Melland and Cholmeley set out from Kasama with the intention of traveling to the Nile. Passing through German East Africa near the shores of Lake Tanganyika the pair bagged leopard and numerous crocodile . with additional chapters on hunting elephant in the Masindi District in Uganda. An interesting work of travel and sport complete with numerous bicycle breakdowns. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1914rif. 52552London: Seeley Service & Co 1914. Second edition 8vo pp. 317 1 2 ads; folding map printed in color 1 other full-page map in the text 32 plates; a near fine copy in original pictorial green cloth stamped in green. Czech Africa p. 51: "Dracopoli explored the region from Kismayu on the coast then westward to the Lorian Swamp in British East Africa. In the Joreh district he bagged oryx gerenuk hartebeest zebra and topi. Upon reaching the Lorian district the author collected waterbuck and gazelle. His descriptions of the terrain and climate are especially interesting. Seeley, Service & Co unknown books
1921rif. 52576London: Seeley Service & Co 1921. First edition 8vo pp. 479 1; 20 plates 44 diagrams in the text including a double-p. map and 5 maps 4 folding original pictorial black cloth stamped in green on upper cover and spine; covers spotted especially along the fore-edge of the upper cover and the extremities are worn Nairobi owner's signature on flyleaf else a good sound copy. Seeley, Service & Co unknown books
1912rif. 52521New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. 6 ix-xxiv 295 1; folding map and 56 photographic illustrations on 48 plates; light wear at the extremities especially the lower corners and very slight cracking at the top of the spine; original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; very good. Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin unknown books
1905rif. 52574New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1905. First edition 8vo pp. x 364; portrait frontispiece folding map and 100 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 44 plates; original green cloth stamped in blue gilt and green on upper cover and spine; very good. This copy inscribed "To Mr. K. B. Coulter with the good greetings of the scribe Wm. Edgar Geil Clifton Springs NY Nov. AD 1906. Dodd, Mead & Co unknown books
1896rif. 52558London & New York: Edward Arnold 1896. Fourth edition 8vo pp. xviii 2 636; 2 folding maps printed in color at the back one with a slightly ragged fore-edge gravure frontispiece portrait 21 plates by Talbot Kelly; original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; some wear at the extremities small break in the cloth at the top of the spine; all else very good. Edward Arnold unknown books
1962rif. 52578New York: American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters 1962. 4to pp.46 2; photographically illustrated throughout some gruesome; this copy marked "Press Proof" on the first page of text; very good in original black printed wrappers. Atrocities in Katanga a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from the Republic of Congo-Léopoldville on 11 July 1960 under Moise Tshombe leader of the local Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga CONAKAT political party Federation of Kata. American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters unknown books
1908rif. 52577London: Edward Arnold 1908. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 359 1; xii 388 16 ads; 2 frontispieces 1 gravure one in color folding map printed in color 59 photographic plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spine; some spotting of the covers otherwise very good and sound. Edward Arnold unknown books
1876rif. 52519London: Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle 1876. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xiv 2 261 1; vi 2 255 i.e. 355 1; largely unopened; 4 wood-engraved plates and 2 folding maps plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; a very good copy in a secondary unrecorded binding of original blindstamped terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spines. Sir Richard Burton 1821-90 is well known for his colorful career recorded in numerous books and articles as a diplomat explorer and ethnographer. In 1861 he was appointed consul to Fernando Po now Bioko in Equatorial Guinea remaining there for four years until he was transferred to Brazil. These volumes collate the expeditions and ethnographic observations made during his time there. In his preface Burton writes that the "plain truth" about the African has not been told in Britain declaring that English occupation of West Africa has proved "a remarkable failure." First published in 1876 the second volume recounts a journey made from Fernando Po to Loango Bay and up the Congo River. Of particular interest is the penultimate chapter "The slaver and the missionary in the Congo River" in which Burton expresses his ambivalence towards a European presence in Africa. Volume 2 also includes appendices containing geographical observations. Penzer p. 94; Spink 56; Casada 66: "This work covers the Fan people and the region of the lower Congo. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle unknown books
1881rif. 52660London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons 1881. 12mo pp. 9 10-275 1 10 ads; double-page map 31 full-page wood-engraved illustrations 1 double-page; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; some wear at extremities and a small break in the cloth at the top of the front joint; all else very good. T. Nelson and Sons unknown books
1956rif. 52647London: Chatto & Windus 1956. 2 volumes 8vo pp. lvi 211 1; vi 213-462; color portrait frontispiece 2 folding maps 15 color plates from watercolors by Thomas Baines and Dr. John Kirk and another color plate from a lithograph by T. Picken; fine in original red cloth stamped in gilt dust jackets that on volume I with a small chuck out at the top of the spine. Volume I: Journals. Volume II: Journals continued Letters and Dispatches. Issued as no. 9 in the Central African Archives Oppenheimer Series. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1883rif. 52639London: Chatto & Windus 1883. First edition small 8vo 2 volumes pp. xii 2 354 2 32 Chatto & Windus ads; vi 381 3; 2 folding maps chromolithograph frontispiece in vol. II a few illustrations in the text; original decorative red cloth stamped in red and black; spines soiled and spine extremities chipped; cloth a little soiled; good and sound. Penzer p. 106-7; Casada 65: "The work was an outgrowth of the trip Burton made with Cameron who was the first European to cross central Africa 1873-75 to explore the Kong Mountains and search for gold in the valley of the Ancobra River . Burton wrote virtually all of the first volume and much of the second although Cameron was an accomplished literary hand in his own right. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1911rif. 52614London: Constable and Co 1911. First edition 8vo pp. xx 356; folding map printed in color 8 color plates and 74 half-tones on 38 plates; original orange cloth with pictorial onlay on the upper cover front cover stamped in black the spine in gilt; faint accession numbers at the base of the spine perforated stamp in the bottom margin of the title page small rubberstamp on final page of text; all else very good and sound. Constable and Co unknown books
