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1857rif. 374734London 57 Sloane St 1857. 4pp. in pen. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches. Fine. In morocco backed autograph case. 4pp. in pen. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches. An intriguing letter reading in part "all your kind assistance in the matter of the hoes and gun. Everything is now in a fair way of accomplishment. The hoes to be made into an Enfield rifle. The gun to be repaired and new ones made by Mr. Goodman.I ought to thank your brother in law Mr. Lea for the kind invitation.you will perhaps kindly thank him in my name and tell him this book is like a chain on my leg and until it is finished I can go nowhere.The Portuguese Govt. has sent out an order to support my men at the public expense till I return so my mind is easy with respect to them." The burdensome book in question was his MISSIONARY TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA published in November 1857. unknown
1857rif. 374734London 57 Sloane St 1857. 4pp. in pen. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches. Fine. In morocco backed autograph case. 4pp. in pen. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches. An intriguing letter reading in part "all your kind assistance in the matter of the hoes and gun. Everything is now in a fair way of accomplishment. The hoes to be made into an Enfield rifle. The gun to be repaired and new ones made by Mr. Goodman.I ought to thank your brother in law Mr. Lea for the kind invitation.you will perhaps kindly thank him in my name and tell him this book is like a chain on my leg and until it is finished I can go nowhere.The Portuguese Govt. has sent out an order to support my men at the public expense till I return so my mind is easy with respect to them." The burdensome book in question was his MISSIONARY TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA published in November 1857. unknown books
1992rif. SBBIH-TDUSTAIN76PUBennett for Tesco 1992. paperback. Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Bennett [for] Tesco paperback
2004rif. SBBIH-2QMUZQLTRCGCGilliland Press 2004. paperback. Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Gilliland Press paperback
rif. 122575London John Murray 1857. . First edition; 8vo 23 x 15.5 cm; presentation inscription to first blank envelope of provenance to verso of front free endpaper 3 lithograph plates including folding frontispiece engraved portrait 21 wood-engraved plates illustrations in the text 2 folding maps to rear a little spotting to frontispiece; original publisher's brown cloth spine professionally repaired a very good copy; ix 687pp. A wonderful presentation copy inscribed 'Wm Lawrence Esq with the kindest regards of David Livingstone London 2nd Novm 1857' dated before the publication date of 10 November 1857. Sir William Lawrence 1st Baronet 1783-1867 was a pioneering surgeon who believed in groundbreaking pre-Darwinian ideas of human anatomy and materialism. It is argued that his controversial book The Natural History of Man inspired the ideas behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein knowing both Percy and Mary Shelley through several years of medical consultations. In the same year as he received this book he was made Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Victoria and in 1867 was made a Baron by the Queen for his services. 'Perhaps the most famous of all African exploration books this recounts Dr. Livingstone's travels through South Africa with the discovery of Lake Ngami while accompanied by his wife and William Cotton Oswell. Oswell and the author continued their journey discovering the Zambesi River and eventually the Victoria Falls' Czech. 'In the period between 1849 and 1856 his explorations took him to Lake Ngami across the Kalahari Desert to the Zambezi River and from there west to the Atlantic Ocean at Loanda today's Sao Paulo de Loanda Angola. He turned down a chance to return to England but entrusted his reports maps and letters for transport. The ship went down with all hands except one and all of Livingstone's papers were lost forcing him to re-create everything. He followed his track back to Linyanti in Botswana and then decided to assess the possibilities of the Zambezi as a highway into the heart of Africa by following it to the Indian Ocean. He reached Victoria Falls in 1855 confirming what he had heard from natives for many years. "Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight" he wrote. It was the only site in Africa that he named with English words. Livingstone reached Quilimane on the coast of Mozambique on 20 May 1856 but he got there by cutting across a loop of the Zambezi to Tete inadvertently missing the Kebrabasa Rapids a drop of about six hundred feet. Hence he was unaware that the river was not navigable when he arrived in London at the end of the year to promote its potential to the British government. In the meantime the LMS had informed him that his expeditions were not the kind of gospel work it expected of him and he resigned the next year. In England he was feted as a national hero. The present book written in six months became an immediate best-seller with seven editions published in rapid succession.' Delaney. Abbey Travel 347; Czech p97; Mendelssohn I 908-910; PMM 341. London, John Murray, 1857. hardcover
1778rif. 119642Edinburgh: Printed by Mrs. Mundell 1778. First of 4 issues Scotch editions from the library of Robert R. Livingstone with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Small octavo bound in contemporary calf spine compartments ruled with Greek key tooling morocco spine labels. From the library of founding father Robert R. Livingston. As one of the Founding Fathers of the United States Livingston played an important role in the early development of the newly formed country. He was known as "The Chancellor" after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence along with Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin John Adams and Roger Sherman. Livingston administered the Oath of Office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency in 1789.He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence the administrator for George Washington’s Oath of Office when he assumed presidency in 1789 and the chief negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In very good condition. An exceptional set with noted provenance. Jonathan Swift's masterpiece will "last as long as the language because it describes the vices of man in all nations" DNB. "A remarkable feat in the creation of imaginary worlds as a vehicle for satire upon the political and religious establishments of the day" Clute & Grant 914. "Gulliver's Travels has given Swift an immortality beyond temporary fame". For every edition designed for the reader with an eye to the historical background 20 have appeared abridged or adapted for readers who care nothing for the satire and enjoy it as a first-class story" PMM 185. "Of all Swift's writings it best shows the merits of his mind and his gifts of expression". It is important to realize that it could be written only by one who had the highest ideals for human achievement and who despaired of the achieving" Baugh et al. 865-66"although Swift himself expressed this hope for his "Travells" to a friend: "They are admirable Things and will wonderfully mend the world" Rothschild 2104. Printed by Mrs. Mundell unknown
1857rif. 139047London: John Murray 1857. A rare fragment of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels A remarkable fragment the only portion of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels known to remain in private hands. We understand that all other manuscript material is held in the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland. Together with an autograph letter signed from Livingstone's sister sending the manuscript fragment and a copy of the first edition. The holograph manuscript is on blue laid paper watermarked "Thomas James" possibly a correction or revision slip measuring 152 x 197 mm and reads in full: "12th May. As we were about to start this morning the commandant Sr. Arsenio provided bread and meat most bountifully for my use in the way to the nearest station and sent too militia soldiers as guides instead of our Cassange corporal who left us here. About midday we asked for shelter from the sun at the house of Senhor Mellot at Zangu and though I was unable to sit and engage in." This 15-line section is published on page 383 of the first edition. The National Library of Scotland confirms that among the papers used in the original manuscript is blue paper watermarked "Thomas James". On 12 January 1892 the manuscript was sent by Livingstone's sister Janet 1818-1895 to "my dear Mrs Metzler" with an accompanying 2-page autograph letter signed addressed from Castle Lodge Kendal discussing her health and her meeting with Mrs Metzler at the popular Scottish watering-place of Wemyss Bay. "The bit of manuscript enclosed for your dear boy was written by Dr. Livingstone in 1857 for his first book 'Missionary Travels'". A full transcript of the letter is available on request. The recipient of Janet's letter may be a relative of the German missionary Peter Martin Metzler 1824-1907; if this is the case then Mrs Metzler is probably the wife of one of his four sons. Metzler worked mainly in the Middle East with a brief sojourn in East Africa in 1851. While in Mombasa he fell seriously ill and by the end of the year had returned to Germany. This item emerged in Germany. The book itself is a first edition corresponding to SABIB's variant 7. The frontispiece and plates facing pages 66 and 225 are woodcuts by Whymper and the extra leaf numbered 8 and 8 is present corresponding with Bradlow's variant 3. As many as 11 variants of the first edition are known and a reliable order of precedence has never been established. It is now accepted that "the only thing that can be said with certainty is that the issue with the extra leaf numbered 8 and 8 is not the first issue" Bradlow. The extra leaf contains information on Moffat's mission at Kuruman and on Livingstone's marriage and the upbringing of his children and Bradlow could only speculate as to the reasons for the interpolation: "Why did Livingstone decide to have the extra leaf after page 8 inserted Did he feel that he had neglected his wife by not mentioning her in this way in the first place All these questions and a host of others will occur to trained bibliographers and it may well be that in the future some indefatigable researcher will find the answers." Missionary Travels is one of the emblematic accounts of African exploration in the 19th century and the foundation of the Livingstone legend. It describes the first of his three major expeditions "in which he followed the Zambezi discovering Victoria Falls in the process as well as the Shire and Ruyuma rivers ranging from Angola in the west to Mozambique in the east. During these years he explored vast regions of central Africa many of which had never been seen by white men before" PMM. It was also "an instant commercial success. The initial print run of 12000 copies sold out through pre-publication subscriptions while second 8000 copies and third 11000 copies printings followed quickly on its heels. Later printings reportedly brought the sales total to 70000 for the first two years. Such figures were almost unprecedented for a work of exploration and ensured Livingstone's place alongside earlier celebrated British explorers like James Bruce and Mungo Park" website livingstoneonline. Octavo. Folding wood-engraved frontispiece steel-engraved portrait of Livingstone by William Holl after Henry Phillips with tissue-guard 22 further wood-engraved plates folding geological cross section 2 folding maps of which one in end-pocket wood-engravings to the text. Original reddish-brown sand-grain cloth title gilt to the spine blind panels to spine and boards brown coated endpapers binder's ticket Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown. Housed in a dark brown quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Contemporary bookseller's ticket of Ginder of Canterbury to front pastedown. Spine gently sunned a little wear to extremities professional repair to inner hinges customary scattered foxing. A very good bright copy with the 8 pages of publisher's advertisements dated 1 November 1857 to rear. Abbey Travel 347; Bradlow "The Variants of the 1857 edition " in Lloyd ed. Livingstone 1873-1973; Howgego IV L39; Mendelssohn I p. 908; Printing and the Mind of Man 341; SABIB III p. 136. hardcover
