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1912Best.-Nr. 981T19London: Edward Arnold 1912. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last journey through Africa including a memoir by his brother Herbert Alexander. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-three plates and two maps one of which is folding. Collated and complete. The diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last expedition through Africa which began in Victoria and continued on the Cameroon coast through Nyeri and French Equatorial Africa. This journey ended with a dispute with a local tribe near Wadai and Nyeri resulting in Alexander's death. His body was later recovered by French soldiers. Including a memoir by Boyd Alexander's brother Herbert Alexander. In the original full cloth binding with the spine rebacked. Externally sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards with a subscription sticker to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. A 2" closed tear to the folding map. Good Edward Arnold hardcover
Best.-Nr. ria9789353977023_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book paperback
1954Best.-Nr. 4905Frome and London United Kingdom: Rupert Hart-Davis 1954. hardcover. Very Good. N/A. The Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain 1787-1788 William Beckford Edited by Boyd Alexander — First Edition Publication: London Rupert Hart-Davis 1954 Formatting: 8vo pp. 340. Condition Report: Very Good. The original claret cloth binding remains exceptionally tight square and structurally sound with the gilt-lettered blue spine label presenting brightly without rubbing or oxidation. The text block is solid and the hinges are entirely secure. Internally the pages exhibit only very mild uniform toning commensurate with the paper stock of the period remaining clean and entirely free of foxing staining or previous ownership inscriptions. The original unclipped dust-wrapper retaining the 18s. net price on the rear panel shows moderate sun-fading and toning to the spine alongside light shelf-wear to the extremities including a few minor nicks and slight rubbing at the spine head. It presents very attractively overall. Catalogue Note: This is the true first edition thus representing the first unexpurgated publication of William Beckford's original travel journals from his Iberian sojourn. Edited directly from the Hamilton muniments by Boyd Alexander this edition restores the diverting and flamboyant entries that Beckford originally heavily redacted for his formalised 1834 publication. The volume is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and includes further plates. As an unclipped first edition retaining its original 1954 dust-wrapper this is an increasingly uncommon survival in such well-preserved condition. It is a highly sought-after volume for collectors of 18th-century travel literature Romantic-era eccentricity and Beckfordiana. William Beckford the famously eccentric and fabulously wealthy author of the Gothic novel Vathek and builder of Fonthill Abbey fled England under a cloud of scandal in 1785. During his subsequent travels through Portugal and Spain between 1787 and 1788 he kept a series of vivid uninhibited journals. While Beckford published a highly polished and sanitised account of these travels in 1834 his original far more entertaining manuscripts remained unpublished until Boyd Alexander edited this volume in 1954. Filled with sharp observations witty architectural critiques and flamboyant accounts of high society this journal captures the unvarnished brilliance of one of England’s most fascinating dilettantes during his European exile. Rupert Hart-Davis hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 1753343764IEVEdward Arnold 1907. Hardcover. Good. 1907. No Edition Remarks. 358 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Volume I. Contains black and white illustrations and rear folded maps. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Edward Arnold hardcover
