BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE, SIR (1821-1893) .

The Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia, And The Sword Hunters Of The Hamran Arabs. By Sir Samuel W. Baker.

London : Macmillan and Co. 1867 0. A very good and tight binding. pp.xxii./[2pp.]/pp.596 pages, + 24 unnumbered leaves of plates. Later blue leather spine with gilt titles, over original blue cloth boards. The front board with a gilt image of an elephant and a fleeing man on horseback. Later endpapers. Clear text and illustrations throughout. Some plates with light blemishes (from previous use) to margins. A well preserved copy of this scarce publication. ** The Nile Tributaries describes the 14 months Baker spent exploring Abyssinia between April 1861 and June 1862. He established his headquarters at Sofi and spent five months travelling the Setit, one of its tributaries, stalking giraffe, hippopotamus, elephant, baboon, lion, and buffalo, often in the company of the Hamran Arabs. He then continued along the Rehad to its confluence with the Blue Nile, travelling to Khartoum.

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Book number: 51151

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Keywords: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs Sir Samuel White Baker Africa Game Hunting 52753 Travel: : 19th Century

BISHOP, NATHANIEL H. ( NATHANIEL HOLMES BISHOP 1837-1902 ) .

Four Months In A Sneak-Box : A Boat Voyage Of 2600 Miles Down The Ohio And Mississippi Rivers, And Along The Gulf Of Mexico. By Nathaniel H. Bishop .

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1880 . 0. First edition. A very good half leather binding. 8.25" x 5.5" x 1.25". 8vo. pp.xii./pp.322 +4 full-page plates and 5 maps . Maroon calf and corners over marbled boards. Smooth spine with gilt titles and gilt banding. Hinges carefully strengthened. Light foxing to endpapers. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG .

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Book number: 51097

Catalogue: Travel: : 19th Century

Keywords: Edinburgh David Douglas Sneak-Box : A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Along the Gulf of Mexico. By Nathaniel H. Bishop Travel: : 19th Century

BONWICK, JAMES (1817-1906) .

Climate And Health In Australasia : To which is added a chapter on the land laws of the Colony. Edited by James Bonwick : Queensland; Western Australia; Southern Australia; New Zealand; Victoria; Tasmania; New South Wales

London: Street & Co, 30, Cornhill and Street Brothers, 5, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, 1886 . 0. A complete guide to Australasia! 7 sections bound together. Each with a preface and folded coloured map. 8vo. 7.0" x 5.0" x 1.25". Later quarter calf binding. Olld buckram boards with later brown leather spine and black leather title label. Later endpapers. Library stamp to front free endpaper and first title-page: "British Medical Association Library". Clean text and maps throughout. VG. - pp.viii/pp.71/pp.vii/pp.46/pp.viii/pp.59/pp.viii/pp.78/pp.viii/pp.81/pp.vii/pp.40/pp.viii/pp.84 . Each section with a folding coloured map - 7 maps! ** "James Bonwick (8 July 1817 – 6 February 1906) was an English-born Australian historical and educational writer.. Bonwick's initial works drew on his experience as a teacher and later of the Victorian gold diggings. He extended his repertoire, focusing on the history of Colonial Australia and religious subjects. Some of Bonwick's more important volumes were John Batman (1867); The Last of the Tasmanians, Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians, and Curious Facts of Old Colonial Days, all of which were published in 1870; Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought (1878), First Twenty Years of Australia (1882), Port Phillip Settlement (1883), Romance of the Wool Trade (1887) and Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions (1894).." - See Wikipedia .

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Book number: 47446

Catalogue: Travel: : 19th Century

Keywords: 48925 Street & Co, 30, Cornhill and Street Brothers Queensland; Western Australia; Southern Australia; New Zealand; Victoria; Tasmania; New South Wales Street & Co. Street Brothers Bonwick, James Travel: : 19th Century

CAMERON, VERNEY LOVETT ( 1844-1894 ).

Across Africa By Verney Lovett Cameron, C.B., D.C.I. Commander Royal Navy; Gold Medallist Royal Geographical Society, Etc. In Two Volumes With Numerous Illustrations .

London: Daldy, Isbister & Co, 56, Ludgate Hill, 1877 . 0. First edition. A very good 2 volume set in matching half leather bindings, with all engravings and maps. 8vo. 8.75" x 5.75" x 1.25". Vol. I. : pp.xvi./pp.389 + 15 full-page plates and facsimilies (some folding) + 1 folding map at rear. Vol. II. : pp.xii./pp.366 + 18 full-page plates and facsimilies. Dark brown calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Hinges carefully strengthened. Smooth spines with gilt banding and titles. Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean text and illustrations throughout. Folding map carefully repaired along folds. Vol.2 appendix contains: 1. Enumeration of plants collected in the region about Lake Tanganyika by D. Oliver (p 340-346). VG ** "Verney Lovett Cameron (1 July 1844 – 24 March 1894) was an English traveller in Central Africa and the first European to cross (1875) equatorial Africa from sea to sea.. His travels, which were published in 1877 under the title Across Africa, contain valuable suggestions for the opening up of the continent, including the utilization of the great lakes as a Cape to Cairo Road connection. In recognition of his work, he was promoted to the rank of Commander.." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 51093

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Keywords: Daldy, Isbister & Co. Cameron, Verney Lovett Across Africa Travel: : 19th Century

HISSEY, JAMES JOHN .

On Southern English Roads. With Sixteen Full-Page Illustrations by The Author and A Plan of the Route.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, Publishers in Ordinary to her majesty the Queen, 1896 . 0. First edition. 8vo. pp.14/[2pp.pp.423/[8pp.]. Brown patterened endpapers repaired to front,cracking to rear inner hinge (but holding). Sixteen full-page engraved illustrations, spotting to tissue guards and to margins of illustrations, fokding road plan to end. 9.00" x 6.00" x 1.75". Dark green gilt illustrated cloth, gilt title to spine slightly dulled. G+.

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Book number: 51342

Catalogue: Travel: : 19th Century

Keywords: 52741 Hissey, James John Richard Bentley Southern English Roads Somerset Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire Sussex Travel England Travel: : 19th Century

HOLUB, EMIL ( 1847-1902 ) / FREWER, ELLEN ELIZABETH ( TRANSLATOR ) .

Seven Years In South Africa: Travels, Researches, And Hunting Adventures, Between The Diamond-Fields And The Zambesi (1872-79 ). By Dr. Emil Holub. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. With about two hundred original illustrations and a map. In Two Volumes

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, 1881 . 0. First Edition. A very good two volume set in matching half leather bindings. 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.5" . 8vo. Vol. I. : pp.xi./[1p.]/pp.426 + 29 full-page plates, 1 coloured. map (folding) ; Vol. II. : pp.xi./[1p.]/pp.479 + 31 full-page plates. Maroon calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Matching gilt titles and gilt banding to spine. Clear text and illustrations throughout. Folding map carefully repaired along folds. VG. Colophon to verso of title-page: "Gilbert and Rivington, Printers, St John's Square." Contents include: Volume 1. Voyage to the Cape-Cape Town-Port Elizabeth -- Journey to the diamond fields -- The diamond fields -- From Dutoitspan to Likatlong -- From Likatlong to Wonderfontein -- Return journey to Dutoitspan -- From Dutoitspan to Musemanyana -- From Musemanyana to Moshaneng -- From Moshaneng to Molopolole -- From Molopolole to Shoshong -- From Soshong back to the diamond fields -- v. 2. From the diamond fields to the Molapo -- From Jacobsdal to Shoshong -- From Shoshong to the great salt lakes -- From the Nataspruit to Tamasetze -- From Tamasetze to the Chobe -- In the valleys of the Chobe and the XZambezi -- First visit to the Marutse kingdom -- Trip to the Victoria Falls -- Second visit to the Marutse kingdom -- Up the Zambezi -- Back again to Sesheke -- Manners and customs of the Marutse tribes -- In the Leshumo valley -- Through the Makalaka and West Matabele countries -- From Soshong to the diamond fields -- Last visit to the diamond fields -- Through the Colony to the coast.

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Book number: 51096

Catalogue: Travel: : 19th Century

Keywords: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Travel: : 19th Century

MANSFIELD, ROBERT BLACHFORD (1824-1908) .

The Log Of The Water Lily (Thames Gig), During Two Cruises, In The Summers Of 1851-52, On The Rhine, Neckar, Main, Moselle, Danube, And other Streams of Germany. By Robert Blachford Mansfield And Illustrated By Alfred Thompson.

London: Nathaniel Cooke, Milford House, Strand, 1854 . 0. "Second Edition Revised and Enlarged." Well bound in half leather. 8vo. 7.5" x 5.0" x 0.25". pp.124. Dark green calf covered spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. Smooth spine with black leather title label (chipped) and gilt number to base:'5366'. Large armorial bookplate to the verso of the front board: "Royal Artillery Regimental Library". Clean text throughout well illustrated with 14 woodcuts. Very Victorian! - "..Great was the astonishment of the worthy Mannheimers, at seeing five Englishmen clad in grey flannel trousers, white ditto shirts, and white felt hats with capacious brims, preparing to insert themselves into an elongated walnut-shell.." ** "MANSFIELD, ROBERT BLACHFORD (1824–1908), author and oarsman, born at Rowner, Hampshire, on 1 Feb. 1824, was second son of John Mansfield, rector of Rowner, and younger brother of Charles Blachford Mansfield. His mother was Winifred, eldest daughter of Robert Pope Blachford, of Osborne House, Isle of Wight. After attending preparatory schools at Romsey and Guildford, he was admitted to the foundation of Winchester College in 1835, the first year of Dr. Moberly's headmastership. There he spent five years, of which he wrote later a lively accoimt, but he never rose above the status of a fag. Two private tutors, one of whom was William Henry Havergal, prepared him for Oxford, where he matriculated as a commoner at University College in 1842, graduating B.A. in 1846. Admitted student of Lincoln's Inn in 1845, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1849, and joined the western circuit, but never practised seriously. Mansfield long lived a roving life, in Scotland and on the Continent. An excellent shot, he visited the moors of Scotland almost every year from 1843 to 1859, and was one of the first Englishmen to take up golf, which he first learned at Pau in 1857, and afterwards introduced at Southampton, Malvern, Winchester, and Brighton. But his fame rests on his prowess with the oar. Coached by a more famous oarsman, F. N. Menzies, in his freshman's year (1842-3), he helped to raise his college boat to the head of the river. He also rowed in 1843, as a temporary substitute, in the Oxford crew that afterwards with seven oars beat Cambridge at Henley. In the following year (1844) he broke down when in training for the university race. The pioneer of English rowing on the rivers of Germany, he recorded his achievements in two books, which, first published anonymously, passed through many editions : 'The Log of the Water-Lily (four-oared Thames gig), during a Rowing Excursion on the Rhine and other Streams of Germany. By an Oxford Man and a Wykehamist' (1851 ; 2nd ed. 1854) ; and 'The Water-Lily on the Danube, being a Brief Account of the Perils of a Pair Oar, during a voyage from Lambeth to Pesth. Illustrated by one of the Crew' (1852). A third trip down the Saone and Rhone in France was less successful. He described his companions on these expeditions in 'New and Old Chips from an Old Block' (1896), a little volume of good autobiographical gossip. The record of another portion of his life is contained in 'School Life at Winchester College, or the Reminiscences of a Winchester Junior, with a Glossary of Words, &c, peculiar to the College' (1866), of which a third edition appeared on the occasion of the quingentenary celebration (1893). He also edited a posthumous work by his brother Charles on 'Aerial Navigation' (1877), and 'Letters from the Camp before Sebastopol' by Col. C. F. Campbell (1894), a dearly loved cousin, whom he visited in the Crimea at the close of the war. Late in life he finally settled down in London, becoming a member of the vestry and guardian for St. George's, Hanover Square. Mansfield died at Linden House, Headington, on 29 April 1908. He married on 29 July 1858, at the British embassy, Brussels, Sophie, daughter of Lieut.-colonel L'Estrange of Moystown, King's Co, Ireland, by whom he had two daughters." - See The Times, 19 May 1908.

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Book number: 43654

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Keywords: Nathaniel Cooke Log of the Water Lily Thames Gig Cruise 19th Century 44938 Travel: : 19th Century

NOBLE, W. B. [ WILLIAM BONNEAU NOBLE 1780-1831 ] .

A Guide to the Watering Places on the Coast, Between the Exe and the Dart; Including Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Torquay, Embellished With a General View of Teignmouth and Dawlish, and the Various Seats Around them...

Teignmouth: Printed And Sold By E. Croydon, Public Library; Sold also at Gore's Dawlish, and Gilbert's, Torquay. 1817 - 1818 . 0. First edition, the three parts bound together as issued, of this travel guide to the spa towns of Devon. 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.25". 8vo. pp.viii/pp.95/[1p.]/[2pp.]/pp.84/[5pp.]/pp.6 - 72/[20pp. - Conchology..] ]/ [8pp. - List of Subscribers] + One folding map; and 15 coloured lthographs, (of which 4 are folding) . Parts 2 and 3 have separate half-title leaves. Part 3 dated 1818. "Conchology. An enumeration of such marine shells, as have been found on the adjacent coasts, with references, to the best engraved figures": [20] pages at end of part 3. With a list of subscribers on [8] pages at the end. Original Half calf binding. Marbled boards very rubbed, corners carefully strengthened. Smooth spine with dulled gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. 10% loss from the top of the title-page (without loss of text). Clear English text and illustrations on lightly soiled paper. Map soiled and carefully repaired along the folds. A well preserved copy of this scarce publication. G+ ** Full title reads: "A Guide to the Watering Places on the Coast, Between the Exe and the Dart; Including Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Torquay, Embellished With a General View of Teignmouth and Dawlish, and the Various Seats Around them, With a Short Description of the Neighbourhood. Dedicated, by Permission, to the Right Hon. Lord Visount Exmouth.".

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Book number: 51080

Catalogue: Travel: : 19th Century

Keywords: Printed and Sold by E. Croydon Noble, W.B. [ William Bonneau Noble Teignmouth Teignmouth and Dawlish Exe and the Dart 52518 Travel: : 19th Century

OSBORN, SHERARD (1822-1875) .

Quedah, A Cruise in Japanese Waters & The Fight on the Peiho. By Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B. Royal Navy .

Edinburgh And London : William Blackwood And Sons, MDCCCLXV [ 1865 ] . 0. New Edition. A very good tight binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.0" x 1.75" . pp.xvi./pp.283/[3pp.]/pp.287-535 . Maroon cloth over bevelled boards. Spine with gilt titles. Hinges carefully strengthened. Original dark green endpapers. Small lable to recto of rear board: "Bound By Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St.". 'Contents" and Half-title inserted after title-page. Clean text and illustrations. Second half title inserted after p.283 - "A Cruise In Japanese Waters". Third half title inserted after p.485 - "The Fight On The Peiho In 1859". With one folding map: "Map Of The Straits Of Malacca..". carefully repaired without loss. VG. N.B.: Also issued as Vol.III of the author's Narratives of voyage and adventure, with the same imprint (see extra title leaf at end). N.B.B.: The first and second works were originally published in 1857 and 1859 respectively; the third first appeared in 'Blackwood's Magazine' (1860?).

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Book number: 50686

Catalogue: Travel: : 19th Century

Keywords: 52152 Burn & Co. , Kirby St William Blackwood and Sons Captain Sir John Franklin by Captain Sherard Osborn Travel: : 19th Century