John Hanning Speke 218729

Les sources du Nil. Journal de voyage

Hachette, 1881. cont. leather binding, gold stamped spine, all edges gilt. Orig. wrappers not preserved. Pp: 579. Important firsthand account on the discovery of the Nile source together with captain Grant. Richly illustrated with 78 woodcuts and 3 fold-out maps. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

De SlegteProfessional seller

Book number: 3111786

John Hanning Speke

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

Time-Life. Hardcover ISBN: 0705415023, Condition: LikeNew.

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Book number: mon0000347809

Speke, John Hanning

Die Entdeckung der Nilquellen. Reisetagebuch. Band 3/I und 3/II

Edition Ost, 1995. - herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Walter Rusch - Einband: Paperback/Taschenbücher. 1130

Celler VersandantiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 1n6596

Keywords: Afrika 3929161281

Speke, John Hanning.

Die Entdeckung der Nilquellen. Reisetagebuch. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1864. (Zweiter Theil). Hrsg. und eingeleitet von Walter Rusch. Ungekürzter NACHDRUCK. = Bd. 2 [von 2].

Berlin, Edition Ost, 1995. 351 S. Mit Abb. (= Cognoscere. Erkennen, entdecken, verstehen, Bd. 3/II). Illustr. OPp.
¶ Aus editorischen Gründen wurden die Seitenangaben der Originalausgabe verändert. Orthographie und Interpuntion wurden beibehalten. - Enthält: Palast, Uganda (Fortsetzg.); Marsch die nördlichen Abhänge Afrikas hinab; Bahr el Abiad; Unyoro; Marsch nach Madi; Madi; Schluss u. Appendix. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar.

Antiquariat Reinhold PabelProfessional seller

Book number: 95710

Catalogue: Geographie, Reisen: Afrika

Keywords: Afrika; Entdeckungsreise - Entdeckungsreisen; Nil; Reise - Reisen; Tagebuch - Tagebücher

Speke, John Hanning [1827 - 1864]

JOURNAL Of The DISCOVERY Of The SOURCE Of The NILE.; With Map and Portraits, and Numerous Illustrations, Chiefly from Drawings by Captain Grant

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1864. 1st US Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Peach colored eps. xxx, [30] - 590, [6 (publisher adverts)] pp. Frontis, 2 maps [1 folding, at rear] and many wood engraved cuts & plates. 8vo. Spine sunned. Period (25 May 1864) pencil pos [G M Fisher] to ffep. Usual smattering of foxing. Short tear along rear map mount. A solid VG copy.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 44437

Catalogue: Potpourri

SPEKE, John Hanning

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

1864. SPEKE, John Hanning. JOURNAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 2nd edition. 658 pp. + 38 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. 8vo. red cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board decoration. Ex-library with spine label, title page inkstamp, map pocket (lacking map) at rear. As is: disboound, block detached from spine, slightly shaken, latter half of publisher catalogue detached, laid in. Frontispiece and engravings very good; occasional minor foxing in the text. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 78900

Speke, John Hanning

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile.

Brepols S.A. 1982 6e druk. Herdruk van de editie van 1863. In leer gebonden. Goud op snee. 658 pagina's. Achterin, in een mapje 2 landkaarten.

Antiquariaat PharosProfessional seller

Book number: 105138786

Catalogue: Topografie

Keywords: Nijl.

SPEKE,JOHN HANNING

JOURNAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE

New York 1996, 590 pp., b&w ill./ fold. map, paperback, in good shape, 9780486293042, reprint of the work of 1868 (code Sc-62)

Moby DickProfessional seller

Book number: 262629

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: africa naturalists

John Hanning Speke

Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile

[Amsterdam]: [Time-Life Books], [1983], [1983]. xxxi, 658 pages: illustrations, maps; - Binding: Edition: 2 loose folding maps in pocket at rear Condition: Description: xxx + 658pp, illustrations, maps. Brown leather red and gilt decorated Leather-bound, all edges gilt. condition. Beautifully-produced complete facsimile of the 1863 first edition of one of the most influential books of African exploration.. Zeer goed.

De KantlijnProfessional seller

Book number: 84647

Catalogue: Ontdekkingsreizen

SPEKE, JOHN HANNING

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

Harper, 1864. Leather bound. 1864 Harper first American edition rebound by Zaehndorf for Asprey in full gilt decorated leather binding. All edges gilt. Illustrated including two maps. D32 Please email for photos.. Collectible: Very Good .

Griffin BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 105432

SPEKE, JOHN HANNING.

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile.

Heron Books and J M Dent, London, 1971. Hardcover. With illustrations in b/w. XXVII, 459 pag - NEAR FINE COPY

Antiquariaat Frans MelkProfessional seller

Book number: 130090

John Hanning Speke

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the richly illustrated first edition of John Hanning Speke's first hand account of his discovery of the source of the River Nile. The first edition of Captain John Hanning Speke's account of his successful search for the source of the Nile, and his discovery of lake Victoria in 1858. Rebound in a smart full calf binding, and illustrated throughout.Illustrated with two portraits, twenty four plates, numerous vignette illustrations, and two partially coloured lithograph maps, one folding. A large number of these illustrations were after the sketches of Captain James Grant, a member of the expedition. Collated, complete.Speke's work is noted for its focus on description of the physical features of Africa's races, in whom he found 'a strikingly existing proof of the Holy Scriptures', referring to the Tutsi tribe and their 'high stamp of Asiatic feature&apos.Rebound, lacking publisher's advertisements and half title as usual. Otherwise complete. The first edition of a fascinating work. Alongside and account of the journey, Speke details his geographical, ethnological, and zoological observations. Rebound in full calf, with endpapers renewed. Light fading and marks to back strip, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Light pencil inscription to dedication leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot or handling mark. Tape repair to reverse of folding map to rear. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Captain Grant. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 820F36

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: nile egypt africa source of the nile egypt Captain Grant

Speke, John Hanning; Ernest Rhys (ed.)

Journals of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

New York, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1912. Leather Bound. pp. 480. 8vo. Quarterbound in leather over brown cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Light scuffing, ffep excised; very good. Everyman's Library. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 087886

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

SPEKE, John Hanning (1827-1864)

[Original Cloth] Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1864. Original Cloth. First American Edition of this controversial account, but an "absolutely vital source of evidence on the history of east Africa in the nineteenth century." (ODNB) Thick demy 8vo (233 x 140mm): xxx,31-590,[6]pp. with tissue-guarded photogravure portraits of Speke (frontispiece) and James Grant, 24 further full-page plates, 46 engraved text illustrations, and two maps colored in outline (one folding). Publisher's brown textured cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, pink end papers. Light scattered (mostly marginal) spotting, but superbly preserved in original cloth, an excellent example, tightly bound and general clean throughout. Gay 2735. Howgego IV S54. Hosken p. 188. First published the previous year, in Edinburgh and London. In 1855, Speke joined an expedition to east Africa hoping solve to the greatest geographical puzzle of the Victorian age: Where did the Nile, the world's longest river, rise? The expedition, commanded by Richard Burton, reached Lake Tanganyika in February, 1858. No boat large enough to survey the lake properly could be secured, thus leaving scope for Burton's later claim that Lake Tanganyika was the true source of the Nile. After Burton fell ill, Speke made a trip northward to another lake, reaching the southern tip of what he christened Lake Victoria on August 3,1858. He immediately decided that this lake must be the source of the Nile. Burton disagreed, and their argument over which of the two lakes was the true source was compounded when Speke returned to England before Burton, in May, 1859, and made his Nile claims public, publishing an account of the expedition in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Burton was outraged. In 1860, the Royal Geographical Society funded Speke's return to Africa to confirm his thesis. Eventually, on July 28, 1862, Speke reached the point where the Nile issues from Lake Victoria, which he named Ripon Falls. Unfortunately, Speke's companion, James Grant, suffering from an ulcerated leg, had returned northward, so the discovery was unverified; nor did the party follow the Nile stream closely as it traveled north to Bunyoro, allowing critics to question whether Speke's river really was the Nile. On his return to London, Speke came under fire, not least from Burton, and the British Association arranged a public debate to be held in Bath on September 16, 1864. Speke was found dead the previous day, apparently killed in a hunting accident. It was not until some twelve years later that the work of H. M. Stanley and others confirmed that Speke was right about Lake Victoria and the Nile. But the circumstances of his death, his dispute with Burton, and his slapdash record-keeping conspired to deny Speke the prominence of Stanley, Burton, and Livingstone. Still, "he was a great discoverer whose achievement was a landmark in the systemization of knowledge about the world. The source of the Nile itself became a great focus for European strategic interests twenty-five years after his visit . More generally, Speke's accounts of his expeditions remain absolutely vital sources of evidence on the history of east Africa in the nineteenth century." (ODNB) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Near Fine+ .

Fine Editions LtdProfessional seller

Book number: BB1968

Catalogue: XIX CENTURY

SPEKE (JOHN HANNING)

Les sources du Nil, journal de voyage du capitaine John Hanning Speke (...). Traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par E. D. Forgues

. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1864, in 8 de 1 front. gravé sur bois (portraits des capitaines Grant et Speke), (4)-579(1) pp. rel. d'ép. demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs, peu de rousseurs, bon ex. 1re édition française ce récit de voyage effectué en 1862, qui confirma que les sources du Nil se trouvaient bien au Lac Vicoria. Bien complet des 3 cartes hors texte dont 2 à double page et 77 gravures d'après les dessins du Capitaine J. A. GRANT, dans ou hors texte.

Fronhofer Schlösschen GalerieProfessional seller

Book number: 18833

Keywords: Voyages