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19118vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), Contents page mounted on new leaf; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, gilt top, uncut, gilt from original board and backstrip preserved and mounted and new and separate leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY SIR HUMPHREY BELL TO THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL. IT BEARS HIS PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN WITH NEAT PRESS-MARK OB FRONTISPIECE RECTO. This scarce account is more usually found in the second impression of the following year. One of the greatest English public servants of the Sudan, Sir [Bernard] Humphrey Bell (1884-1959) was the second son of the Rev. J.T. Bell, headmaster of Christ's Hospital School (then at Hertford). He was educated at Christ's Hospital (1894-1903) followed by a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1906. In the following year he joined the Sudan Political Service and in 1912 married Lilian Constance Bagot, daughter of the Rev. G.P. Dew. In 1917 he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn, and from 1918-1923 served in Baghdad, first as President of the Court of First Instance and then as President of the Court of Appeal. In 1923 he returned to Sudan as Judge of the High Court, having first been appointed CBE in that year. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Sudan in 1926, and received the insignia of the second class of the Order of the Nile from the King of Egypt in 1929. From 1930-1936 he served as Legal Secretary to the Government of the Sudan, after which he retired, and was created KBE in the following year. During WWII he served as Assistant Legal Advisor to the Home Office. Sir Humphrey Bell died in Hampshire in 1959. A SPLENDID AND HIGHLY RELEVANT ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE RARE FIRST EDITION.
18888vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on half-title; original navy blue diced cloth, gilt back, uncut, covers mildly age-worn else a very good, tight copy. Scarce in this condition.
20058vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19358vo., First Edition, with a large folding coloured map; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back with raised bands lettered and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the trade ticket of Hugh Rees of Regent Street on front paste-down. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR HUMPHREY BELL AND WAS PRESENTED BY HIM TO HIS ALMA MATER WITH ITS PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. One of the greatest English public servants of the Sudan, Sir [Bernard] Humphrey Bell (1884-1959) was the second son of the Rev. J.T. Bell, headmaster of Christ's Hospital School (then at Hertford). He was educated at Christ's Hospital (1894-1903) followed by a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1906. In the following year he joined the Sudan Political Service and in 1912 married Lilian Constance Bagot, daughter of the Rev. G.P. Dew. In 1917 he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn, and from 1918-1923 served in Baghdad, first as President of the Court of First Instance and then as President of the Court of Appeal. In 1923 he returned to Sudan as Judge of the High Court, having first been appointed CBE in that year. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Sudan in 1926, and received the insignia of the second class of the Order of the Nile from the King of Egypt in 1929. From 1930-1936 he served as Legal Secretary to the Government of the Sudan, after which he retired, and was created KBE in the following year. During WWII he served as Assistant Legal Advisor to the Home Office. Sir Humphrey Bell died in Hampshire in 1959. AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY.
19508vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, 46 plates on 33, and 9 illustrations and full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. The standard reference and an anthropological classic. The author's long-term association with the Azande peoples of the Sudan resulted in a number of other equally eminent studies. All the plates save one are from photographs by the author. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19468vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 16 and a full-page map; green cloth, upper board lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper.
19588vo. First Edition with plates; red cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities.
18968vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in gravure (original tissue guard present), numerous plates and 2 folding coloured maps, frontispiece and title lightly spotted; original green pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, a remarkably bright, clean copy. An outstanding copy, sympathetically strengthened and with little or no trace of the usual textual browning. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19738vo., blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With small personal book-pabel on front free endpaper. Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1887.
19338vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps (one folding and one double-page); blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19448vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, and illustrations and maps in the text, leaves tanning lightly; original blue limp cloth wrappers, upper cover with printed paper label, a near fine copy. RARE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
18856 vols., roy. 8vo., with frontispieces (original tissue guards present) and many hundreds of woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial red cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, bevelled boards, gilt edges, primrose endpapers, corners lightly bruised, fade-mark on upper board of third volume else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set in publisher's original pictorial binding. A HANDSOME SET IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BINDING. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19628vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates, and many maps and plans in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpsper; grey cloth, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one tiny nick at upper edge of rear panel. Collects abridged versions of four works in a single volume: The Malakand Field Force, The River War, London to Ladysmith, Ian Hamilton's March. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Woods, p.16.
24,2 x 17,2 cm. (2) 191 S. + Tafelanhang. Original Karton mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel. (=Studien zur Kulturkunde, 28. Band). Guter Zustand. Mit Vorwort, Literaturverzeichnis, 31 Figuren im Text, 3 Karten und 41 sw Abbildungen auf Tafeln.
Gr.8°. 75 (2)S. + 8 S. (Beilage). Original Karton mit Deckeltitel. Einband etwas berieben und lichtrandig, Reste eines Klebeschildchens am Rücken unten und Stempel + Nummer jeweils auf Deckeltitel und Titel, sonst gut erhalten. Beilage : Klammerbindung angerostet, sonst gut erhalten. Beilage: Mitglieder-Verzeichnis Mai 1939.
1.-4. Tausend. ca. 21,5 x 15 cm. 455 S. Original-Leinwandeinband mit zweifarbig illustriertem Deckeltitel und Rückentitel. Blauer Dreikantschnitt. (= Bibliothek wertvoller Memoiren. Lebensdokumente hervorragender Menschen aller Zeiten und Völker. Herausgegeben von Ernst Schultze. 8. Band). Einband etwas fleckig. Mit handschriftlicher privater Widmung auf Voratz. Sonst guter Zustand.
Third edition. 20,5 x 15 cm. 142 p. (Lingala and French language). Original boards (softcover) with title to spine and front cover. Minimal signs of wear. Very good condition. Le lingala est la langue des Bangala...
1980Mm 175x245 Volume di pp. XVIII-698 con 50 tavole fuori testo in bianco e nero e colore, cartonato rigido. Storia Universale dei popoli e delle civiltà. Volume n. XIV. Opera in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE. WORLDWIDE DELIVERY
1978Mm 185x260 Quaderni de "La Ricerca Scientifica", 100. Opera in due volumi in brossura pp. 625 e pp. 666 con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero. A cura del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Weighing over 1 Kg. international orders may need extra shipping. In buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1989Mm 215x290 "Savants et hommes du 19e siècle". Volume rilegato con copertina figurata a colori, 371 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori ed una carta ripiegata in chiusura. Testo in lingua francese - french text. Introduzione di Michel Dewachter. Libro in stato di nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1940Mm 140x210 Collana "L'Inghilterra senza maschera". Brossura editoriale di 51 pagine, alcune illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. Lievi segni del tempo, peraltro esemplare in buone condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
2005Mm 165x240 Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 118 pagine illustrate in nero. Copia ottima, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
1959Mm 190x260 Terza edizione riveduta e aggiornata. 4 volumi nella loro copertina editoriale in tela, titoli e fregi al piatto e al dorso, sovraccoperta originale per ciascun volume con leggere tracce del tempo.. Vol. I, " Razze Popoli e Culture " di xii-723 pagine con 16 tavole a colori ed 1 in b/n fuori testo e 495 ill. nel testo comprese 38 carte geografiche in b/n e colore. Vol. II, " Europa Asia " di viii-656 pagine con 6 Tavole a colori fuori testo e 565 ill. nel testo comprese 39 carte geografiche in b/n e colore. Vol. III " Africa " di 722 pagine. con 10 tavole a colore fuori testo e 563 ill. nel testo comprese 21 carte geografiche in b/n e a colori. Vol. IV, " Oceania America Indice Generale " di 815 pagine con 12 tavole a colori fuori testo e 542 ill. nel testo comprese 33 cartine in b/n e colore. Tutta l'opera è in buone-ottime condizioni, poco o nulla consultata. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1941Mm 190x260 3 volumi nella loro copertina in tela editoriale con titoli e fregi sul piatto e al dorso in buone condizioni. Vol. I " Razze Popoli Culture Europa" di XII - 826 pagine con 18 tavole a colori fuori testo, 45 carte geografiche in nero e a colori e 741 figure nel testo. Vol. II " Africa Asia " di VIII - 735 pagine con illustrazioni a colori e tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo, cartine in nero nel testo. Vol. III. " Oceania America" di VIII - 613 pagine con tavole in bianco e nero e illustrazioni a colori fuori testo, cartine in nero nel testo. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
1974Mm 115x180 Collana "Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi" - Brossura originale, 301 pagine con figure di cartine dei luoghi nel testo. Buona copia nelle sue legature ben salde.
