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Headley, J. T.,
The Achievements of Stanley and Other African Explorers Comprising All the Late and Really Great Achievements Won in the Exploration of the Vast Unknown Region of Equatorial Africa; Chef Among Which Are the Finding of the Lost Livingstone by Stanley, the Explorations of the Great Lakes, the Wonderful.. ..
Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1878. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear to corners. Mild fraying to spine ends. Hinges have a bit of play. Rear map is torn ; Profusely illustrated and with a rear folding map in color. Detailed account on the early African explorers; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 605 pages. Very Good-.
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Book number: 19924
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Catalogue: Africa

 
HEADLEY, J.T. ;
The achievements of Stanley and other African explorers. Comprising all the late and really great achievements won in the exploration of the vast unknown region of equatorial Africa ... by Hon. J.T. Headley ...
Philadelphia, Springfield, Mass. Hubbard Bros. 1878. Hardcover, 8 vo. Book, green, gilt dec cloth, gilt cover and spine, beveled boards, 605 p. front. illus. fold. map. gilt spine is bright but has some minor creases, title page and intro page have top to bottom creases (no damage to text), some minor cover spots. else a bright copy, map at rear is in very good cond. Very Good/no d.j. as Issued.
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Book number: 112557874
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Catalogue: Travel
Keywords: Africa -- Discovery and Exploration. , Stanley, Henry M. -- (Henry Morton), -- 1841-1904. , Explorers.

 Kolbe, Peter = Peter Kolb (1675-1726); N. Krueger, Jacob Schuebler, artists; W.P. Kilian, Joseph von Montalegre, M. Renz , etchers; Lavington, provenance, Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, Das Ist, Vollständige Beschreibung Des Africanischen Vorgegürges Der Guten Hofnung : Worinnen in Dreyen Theilen Abgehandelt Wird Wie Es Heut Zu Tage Nach Seiner Situation Und Eigenschaft Aussiehet : Ingleichen Was Ein Natur-Forscher in Den Dreyen Reichen Der Natur Daselbst Findet : Wie Nicht Weniger Was Die Eigenen Einwohner Die Hottentotten Vor Seltsame Sitten Und Gebräuche Haben : Und Endlich Alles, Was Die Europaeischen Daselbst Gestifteten Colonien Anbetrift : Mit Angefügter Genugsamer Nachricht Wie Es Auf Des Auctoris Hinein- Und Heraus- Reise Zugegangen : Auch Was Sich Zeit Seiner Langen Anwesenheit an Diesem Vorgebürge Merckwürdiges Ereignet Hat : Nebst Noch Vielen Andern Bisshero Unbekandtgewesenen Erzehlungen Mit Wahrhafter Feder Ausführlich Entworffen... [ Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, That Is, a Complete Description of the African Region of Good Hope: Which Is Dealt with in Three Parts As to What It Looks Like Today According to Its Situation and Characteristics: Just Like What a Natural Researcher Finds There in the Three Kingdoms of Nature: Like No Less What the Hottentots' Own Inhabitants Have in Front of Strange Customs and Customs: And Finally Everything That Concerns the European Colonies Founded There: With Sufficient Information Attached About How Things Happened on the Author's Journey in and out: Also What Happened at the Time During His Long Presence on This Foothills, Something Strange Happened: Along with Many Other Previously Unknown Stories, Written in Detail with a True Pen].]. First Edition
Kolbe, Peter = Peter Kolb (1675-1726); N. Krueger, Jacob Schuebler, artists; W.P. Kilian, Joseph von Montalegre, M. Renz , etchers; Lavington, provenance
Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, Das Ist, Vollständige Beschreibung Des Africanischen Vorgegürges Der Guten Hofnung : Worinnen in Dreyen Theilen Abgehandelt Wird Wie Es Heut Zu Tage Nach Seiner Situation Und Eigenschaft Aussiehet : Ingleichen Was Ein Natur-Forscher in Den Dreyen Reichen Der Natur Daselbst Findet : Wie Nicht Weniger Was Die Eigenen Einwohner Die Hottentotten Vor Seltsame Sitten Und Gebräuche Haben : Und Endlich Alles, Was Die Europaeischen Daselbst Gestifteten Colonien Anbetrift : Mit Angefügter Genugsamer Nachricht Wie Es Auf Des Auctoris Hinein- Und Heraus- Reise Zugegangen : Auch Was Sich Zeit Seiner Langen Anwesenheit an Diesem Vorgebürge Merckwürdiges Ereignet Hat : Nebst Noch Vielen Andern Bisshero Unbekandtgewesenen Erzehlungen Mit Wahrhafter Feder Ausführlich Entworffen... [ Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, That Is, a Complete Description of the African Region of Good Hope: Which Is Dealt with in Three Parts As to What It Looks Like Today According to Its Situation and Characteristics: Just Like What a Natural Researcher Finds There in the Three Kingdoms of Nature: Like No Less What the Hottentots' Own Inhabitants Have in Front of Strange Customs and Customs: And Finally Everything That Concerns the European Colonies Founded There: With Sufficient Information Attached About How Things Happened on the Author's Journey in and out: Also What Happened at the Time During His Long Presence on This Foothills, Something Strange Happened: Along with Many Other Previously Unknown Stories, Written in Detail with a True Pen].]. First Edition
Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1719. Folio. 21.5 x 34.3cm. Contemporary catspaw calf, rebacked preserving original gilt-tooled spine with red morocco label, marbled edges; Dutch patterned endpapers (front free endpaper replaced with handmade marbled paper). Half-title, engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 23 engraved plates, one double-page engraved map, small hole with loss of a few letters to final 4 leaves of index, ) [Mendelssohn I, p.842], folio (345 x 210mm.).. Footnotes SCARCE FIRST EDITION of "one of the first works in German devoted entirely to the Cape region of South Africa.. Aware of the conflicting information promulgated by many Europeans, Kolb recorded his voyages in part 'to oblige the learned and curious part of the world with a useful and entertaining history of a country and people, of whom we have had hitherto such various and uncertain accounts'" (Howgego). Kolbe (1675-1726) lived at the Cape from 1705 till 1713, and based his account on first hand experience..FIRST EDITION. Kolbe lived and worked at the Cape from 1705 till 1713, and decribes in his Caput bonae spei hodiernum South Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope including its geography, climate, flora and fauna, followed by an interesting and accurate account of the Hottentots based on the author's first hand experience, recording their language, religion, education and customs. This edition was followed by the French edition Description du Cap de Bonne-Esperance.. Amsterdam, 1742...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 51407544: Physical Description: [18], 846, [82] pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map, portrait ; 34 cm Provenance: Lavington bookplate. .
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RADKEY, OLIVER H.
The Unknown Civil War in Soviet Russia. A Study of the Green Movement in the Tambov Region 1920-1921.
Stanford [Ca], Hoover Institution Press. 1976. Original publisher's green cloth hardback, black title spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: xiv, 458pp. map, conclusion, glossary, bibliography, index. Ex-library copy. Fine copy. 9780817965518
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 R. Vaughan Williams and Walt Whitman, Toward the Unknown Region Song for Chorus and Orchestra
R. Vaughan Williams and Walt Whitman
Toward the Unknown Region Song for Chorus and Orchestra
London, Stainer and Bell Ltd, 1962. Sheet_music. 27p. A softcover staplebound booklet in very good condition. There is a streak of red crayon on the front cover, and a minor tear on the top edge of the front cover and first page. The text inside is clean and the binding tight. Sheet music for a choral performance of Toward the Unknown Region. .
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Book number: 203254
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Catalogue: Music

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