(ROBERT ADAMS)

Jongste en Echte Berigten betrekkelijk Tombuctoo, en eenige andere nog onbezochte deelen der Binnenlanden van Afrika. Met eene Kaart, Aanteekeningen, bijvoegsels en bladwijzer. Uit het Engelsch, door Herman van Lil, Predikant te Schalkwijk.

Amsterdam, J. C. Sepp en Zoon , 1818. Gr-8vo (13,7 x 23 cm). Pp. VI, 353 + uitsl. kaart. Contemp. karton, rug met bedrukt titelschildje. Onafgesneden. Verhalen over het mythische Timboektoe en zijn fabelachtige rijkdommen zweefden al rond sinds de beschrijving van Leo Africanus in de eerste helft van de zestiende eeuw. Waarschijnlijk is Mungo Park de eerste Europeaan geweest die Timboektoe heeft gezien, maar hij stierf zonder een duidelijk verslag te hebben achtergelaten. In 1824 loofde de Société de Géographie in Parijs een prijs uit van 10.000 franc voor de eerste niet-moslim die uit Timboektoe zou terugkeren en daarover berichten. In 1826 bereikte Gordon Laing Timboektoe, maar na zijn vertrek werd hij vermoord. Twee jaar later bereikte René Caillé de stad en hem lukte het wel om veilig weer terug te keren (voor zijn verslag zie ons nummer 20637). Robert Adams, een zwarte Amerikaans zeeman, verongelukte in 1810 op de Afrikaans westkust, bereikte Timboektoe als slaaf van Arabieren in 1811, werd door de Britse consul Dupuis in Mogadore vrijgekocht. Gedurende zijn verblijf van 8 maanden aldaar bracht hij Dupuis verslag uit over zijn tocht. Daarna vertrok Adams via Fez naar Tanger waar hij bij de Britse consul Simpson verbleef, om tenslotte via Cadiz in Londen aan te komen waar hij in contact kwam met de African Society. In 1816 werd dat verslag gepubliceerd als “The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Sailor; Who was Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1810, was Detained Three Years in Slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and Resided Several Months in the City of Tombuctoo.” In de Nederlandse uitgave is een schematisch overzicht van de verschillende etappes van zijn verblijf in Afrika opgenomen; daarnaast 52 pagina’s met “Aanmerkingen welke Adams geloofwaardigheid nader verzekeren”, twee “Bijvoegsels” (het eerste met opmerkingen van een vroegere gouverneur van Senegal over berichten aangaande Timboektoe, o.a. betreffende Mungo Park en het tweede met een schets van de consul Dupuis over de verschillende bevolkingsgroepen van de westelijke Sahara) en tenslotte een vrij uitgebreide bladwijzer. De vertaler van dit werk van Adams, Herman van Lil (1770 – 1855) was predikant te Schalkwijk en later te Maasdam. Vijftien jaar later werd het Adams-verhaal nog eens uitgegeven (met een iets gewijzigde titel) waarschijnlijk mede vanwege het in 1831 uitgegeven reisverslag van René Caillié, dat ook door Van Lil was vertaald/ bewerkt. Een enkele auteur heeft wat twijfel uitgesproken ten aanzien van de authenticiteit van Adams’ wedervaren, maar het blijft een vrij geloofwaardig verhaal van echte ontberingen, in elk geval zeer goed beschreven. Met een uitslaande (37,5 x 30,5 cm) gegraveerde kaart van het noordelijk gedeelte van Afrika, van Congo tot Gibraltar, waarop aangegeven het traject van zijn tocht, maar tevens (in geel gemarkeerd) die van Mungo Park. Fragiele rug licht beschadigd, maar verder een uitstekend exemplaar met een fraai afgedrukte kaart. Zeldzaam.

-- Zaal Books

Book number: 20974

Keywords: Timboektoe; Timbooctoo; Timbuktu; Mali; Gambia; Medina; Douar; Mogadore; Jenné; Djenné; Mungo Park; Sahara; Islam; Moren; Maures; Moors; Tanger; Berbers; Maroc; Marokko; exploration; ontdekkingsreizen; Tuaregs; Toearegs;

(ROBERT ADAMS)

Robert Adams: Recent Sculpture

New York: Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, 1981. exhib. cat.. softcover. Illustrated. 4to 5 pp.. Fine copy .

-- Abacus Bookshop

Book number: BOOKS018026I

Catalogue: Art

ADAMS, ROBERT

Abysmal Gloom

Frederick Muller, London, 1983. Hard Cover, Illustrated by: Robert Adams. near fine large illustrated glossy boards hard cover with no dj. clean and tight. previous owners gift inscription on first page 30pp nf/-- .

-- Dustjacket Books and Treasures

Book number: 44257

Catalogue: Childrens

Keywords: CHILDREN FICTION JUVENILE

ADAMS, ROBERT W.

Adding Solar Heat to Your Home

Blue Ridge Summit, PA, TAB Books. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8306-9768-3). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. 280 pp. The cover is slightly shelf-soiled. The binding is tight and square, and th text is clean. Very Good/No Jacket.

-- Persephone's Books

Book number: 009424

Keywords: Solar Heating 0830697683

ADAMS, ROBERT W

Adding Solar Heat To Your Home

TAB Books Inc, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, April 1981, 1st Ed 5th Pr. Hardbound. Adding Solar Heat To Your Home by Robert W Adams. Published by TAB Books Inc, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, April 1981. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardbound, no DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). 280 Pgs. Condition: Fine. ISBN 0830697683. LCCN 79-17178. Illustrated with drawings, charts and graphs. First Edition. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 2805. ISBN: 0830697683. Fine. No DJ. 8vo.

-- Booksforcomfort.com

Book number: 2805

Catalogue: Home;Remodeling

Keywords: 0830697683

ADAMS, ROBERT

Aditi: The Living Arts of India

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Inst Press, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0874748534. About new book but for "booksale" stamp to front endpaper; 280 pages very nicely produced and richly illustrated. ; 8.5 x 10". Near Fine .

-- B-Line Books

Book number: 21538

Catalogue: Culture

Keywords: 0874748534 Exhibitions India Civilization Business Economics

ADAMS, ROBERT

Aditi: The Living Arts of India

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Smithsonian Inst Press, 1985. (ISBN: 0874748534) Paperback , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine. Catalog for Smithsonian Exhibit. large Quarto. Illustrated with excellent text. Near Fine.

-- Longfellow's Books

Book number: 010301

Keywords: India Traditional Arts 0874748534

ADAMS (ROBERT HENRY) FINE ART, CHICAGO, IL: SEPT. 17 TO OCT. 30, 1999.,

African American Art in Chicago, 1900-1950.

1999. Softbound. VG. Color wraps. [20] pp. 15 color plates.
¶ Includes selected biographical information on the artists represented.

-- Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

Book number: 16218

Catalogue: Commercial Galleries-American Art

Keywords: African American Art 20th Century American

ROBERT M. ADAMS

Afterjoyce: Studies in Fiction After Ulysses

New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 1977. Hardcover. 0195021681 First edition. Some minor underlining, else good in very good edgenicked dust jacket.. Good .

-- Robinson Street Books

Book number: BING7424619

Keywords: 0195021681 Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Influence, Fiction -- 20th Century -- History and, Criticism

ADAMS, ROBERT

Alternatives

Baen Books. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0671698184. As New .

-- David Harris

Book number: 04067

Keywords: 0671698184

ADAMS, ROBERT (EDITORS) (WITH PAMELA CRIPPEN ADAMS.) (COVER ILLUSTRATION BY KEN W. KELLY.)

Alternatives

Baen. (ISBN: 0-671-69818-4) . 1989, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback original) Very good. Cover illustration by Ken W. Kelly. (Alternate History, Arthurian).

-- Pandora's Books

Book number: 919598

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Alternate History, Arthurian 0671698184

ADAMS, ROBERT; ADAMS, PAMELA CRIPPEN

Alternatives

New York, Baen/Fantasy, 1989. Ed.: Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 0671698184. A very good pocket-size paperback with lightly rubbed covers. This book is clean, tight, unmarked. Padded envelopes are used to protect the book.. Very Good/Wraps.

-- George Cross Books

Book number: 19860

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science Fiction 0671698184

ADAMS, ROBERT.

THE ARCHITECTURE AND ART OF EARLY HISPANIC COLORADO.

N.p.: Colorado Associated University Press, 1974. First edition. 234 pp. 85 plates from photographs by Robert Adams. Map. 4to. Fine in near fine DJ. Early book by the noted photographer Robert Adams and one of the few works available on Hispanic architecture and art in Colorado.

-- Almagre Books

Book number: 12312

Catalogue: Photography

ADAMS, ROBERT

The Architecture and Art of Early Hispanic Colorado

Colorado, Colorado Associated University Press. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0870810596). Brown Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Robert Adams Photographs. Hard Cover, Textblock and binding is very clean and tight. Price-clipped dust jacket with light to moderate edge wear. 234p. Wynar/Depp 8368. Very Good+/Very Good (in mylar).

-- Clausen Books

Book number: SB1052

Catalogue: Colorado

Keywords: Early Hispanic Colorado Architecture History, Early Hispanic Colorado Art History, Colorado Description, Colorado History Architecture 0870810596 Robert Adams Photographs

ADAMS, ROBERT

The Architecture and Art of Early Hispanic Colorado.

1974. Cloth with dustjacket. Denver: Colorado Associated University Press. 1974. First edition. Small square quarto. Cloth. Edges have a bit of faint soiling else fine in very good lightly soiled and price clipped dustjacket which is lightly worn at the head. Front panel has two thin pieces of cello tape. Scarce.

-- Pawprint Books

Book number: 4721

Keywords: Photography, Architecture, Colorado

ROBERT M. ADAMS

Bad Mouth

University Of California Publishing. PB/pub.1977/Fair condition/138 pages - About the current exhaustion of our vocabulary of abuse, of horror, disgust, and negation. Fugitive papers on the dark side. [AT927836]. Good.

-- Mike Long Books

Book number: 27836

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: linguistics, instruction, tourist, words, vocabulary, etymology, education, conversation, grammar, read, write, language

ADAMS,ROBERT M.

Bad Mouth: Fugitive Papers on the Dark Side.

, University of California Pr 1977, Paperback. Very good. Paperback.138 pages.Text clean.Light cover wear.
¶ Paperback.138 pages.Text clean.Light cover wear.0520035305.

-- LincBook

Book number: 000742

Keywords: Literary Criticism

ADAMS, ROBERT; GREENBERG, MARTIN H. & ADAMS, PATRICIA CRIPPEN - EDITOR

Barbarians II

Signet/New American Library, 1988. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. First printing. Wrappers rubbed, pages toned. 1988 Mass Market Paperback. 365 pp. A collection of fantasy short stories by various authors. CONTENTS: Introduction - Robert Adams; The Toads of Grimmerdale - Andre Norton; Maureen Birnbaum at the Earth's Core - George Alec Effinger; Trapped in the Shadowland - Fritz Leiber; The Blacksmith - Raul Garcia Capella; Demon of the Snows - Lin Carter; The Dark Mother - Diana L. Paxson; Misericorde - Karl Edward Wagner; The Warrior Race - L. Sprague de Camp; Fredeya - Charles Fontenay; A Logical Conclusion - Poul Anderson; The Winged Helmet - Fred Saberhagen; The Changer of Names - Ramsey Campbell; The Valley of the Worm - Robert E. Howard; The Ghastly Pond - Jessica Amanda Salmonson.

-- Yesterday's Muse Books

Book number: 1530332

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction::SF & Fantasy Fiction::SF & Fantasy::Fantasy Fiction::SF & Fantasy Fiction::SF & Fantasy::Fantasy

ADAMS, ROBERT, MARTIN H. GREENBERG, PAMELA CRIPPEN ADAMS

Barbarians II

Signet, 1988. Mass Market Paperback with 364 pp. Orange and gray illustrated cover withorange and blue spine with purple lettering. Spine is faintly wrinkled, but not creased. Book appears unread. Pages are bright and clean.. Paperback, Near Fine ISBN: 0451151984.

-- Kazoo Books

Book number: 36510

Keywords: 0451151984

ADAMS, ROBERT.

Beauty in Photography. : Essays in Defense of Traditional Values.

Aperture, New York. 1981 First edition. 8vo, 108pp. Illustrated. A near fine hardback copy in like dust jacket.

-- Sainsbury's Books

Book number: 85152

Keywords: Photography

ADAMS, ROBERT

Of Beginnings and Endings

NY:: New Amer Library, 1989. F First Edition.. Book. S Soft cover. Card covers, 238pp. #6 in popular Castaways in Time. Modern day Americans are thrown back in time. Clean, tight, bright copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Binding is Binding is Soft cover. Very Good.

-- Lazy River Books

Book number: pb279

Keywords: Fiction Science Alternate History Castaways in Time

ADAMS, PAUL ROBERT:

THE BEST HATED MAN IN AUSTRALIA. The Life and Death of Percy Brookfield 1875-1921.

(Glebe), Puncher and Wattmann, (2010). Wrappers, illust., pp. 377. Corners sl. bumped else fine. ISBN 978 1 921450 22 8.
¶ "... possibly the most extreme anti-politician ever to be elected ..." in Australia, Brookfield played major roles in many of the era's main political and industrial events such as the Big Strike, the plot of the 'IWW' Twelve to burn down Sydney, and the conscription debate.

-- Serendipity Books

Book number: 90791

Keywords: Australia NSW New South Wales radical left labour politics biography Percy Brookfield

ADAMS, ROBERT P.

The Better Part of Valor: More, Erasmus, Colet, and Vives, on Humanism, War, and Peace, 1496-1535

Washington, 1962. 363 pp. Hardcover, no dust jacket.. Ex-library, bumped corners.

-- Windows Booksellers

Book number: 353835

ADAMS, ROBERT J.

Beyond the Stump Farm

Spruce Grove, AB, Canada, Megamy Publishing, Limited. 1998, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0968191622). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. pp.176. Anecdotes from farm life in Alberta. clean tight copy black line lower edge. Fine/Fine.

-- Judith Patton Books

Book number: 005385

Catalogue: Memoir

Keywords: Fiction_short Stories (Single Author) 0968191622

ADAMS, ROBERT J.; HYMANYK, KELLY L. (EDITOR)

Beyond the Stump Farm

Spruce Grove, Megamy Publishing, Limited. 1997. (ISBN: 0968191622). Softcover, 8vo. pp. 201, Signed by the author on the title page, includes bookmark. Very Good/Paperback. Signed by Author.

-- The Edmonton Book Store

Book number: 100707

Catalogue: Signed Canada

Keywords: Fiction Short Stories Single Author 0968191622