BROWN, C. BARRINGTON AND LIDSTONE, WILLIAM

Fifteen Thousand Miles on the Amazon and its Tributaries

London, Edward Stanford. 1878, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Edward Stanford, 1878. 8vo. xiii+520pp. illus frontis, plates, fold-out map and drawings within the text. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and black cover designs. "The authors travelled for two years (1873-1875) along the entire course of the Amazon River and its principal tributaries." A near fine example, internally fine, clean, bright white, crisp, unmarked. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 008489

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: History

DU CHAILLU, PAUL B.

EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals

London, John Murray. 1861, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Bound in full pebbled leather with raised bands, gilt titles and designs, marbled endpapers, speckled edges. Published London: John Murray, 1861. 8vo. xviii+479pp. plus28pp. publisher's catalog , dated May, 1861. Illustrated with 27 full-page engravings, including a folding frontispiece of a gorilla (the first ever of the animal), and 46 reproductions within the text. Folding map bound at the rear missing, front edge of first two sheets of catalog have old archival repair. Minor wear at the crown, hinges and tips else near fine. Internally fine, pages and plates bright white with no foxing - rare to find as such. French-American anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu spent nearly four years on his first expedition to Central Africa covering 8,000 miles. He brought back numerous specimens of exotic birds and confirmed the existence of the gorilla. His account is a seminal work on Equatorial Africa. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008512

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: History

EDWARDS, WILLIAM H.

A Voyage Up the Amazon, Including a Residence at Para

NY, D. Appleton & Co. 1847, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1847. 8vo. 256pp. frontis plate plus 8pp. publisher's catalog. Blind patterned brown cloth with gilt titles. Edwards, an entomologist known for his work on butterflies, was the first American naturalist to travel in and write about South America. He collected natural history specimens for his sponsors on his voyage, and his accounts of the area inspired other expeditions. Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates were soon to follow. Light wear to the cloth at the spine and tips, 2 sheets opened roughly with light edge fray, small foxing spot on frontis tissue guard, else very good plus, pages bright white with no foxing or toning, binding crisp and tight. Very good plus. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 008493

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: History

HILL, ERNESTINE

Australian Frontier

NY, Doubleday Doran. 1942, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Doubleday Doran, 1942, first printing. 8vo. ix+332pp. illustrated with photos, map endpapers. Blue cloth with green and yellow titles, top edge tinted green. A fine, attractive copy. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009292

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: Australia

LOCK, A.C.C.

People We Met

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1950. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1950, second printing - 1951. 8vo. x+355pp. illustrated with b/w photos, endpaper maps. Red cloth with gilt titles. Very good plus. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009291

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: Australia

PIKE, NICOLAS

Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx. Personal Experiences, Adventures, and Wanderings in and around the Island of Mauritius

NY, Harper & Brothers. 1873, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1873. 8vo. xviii+511pp. plus 4pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated with tiisue-guarded engravings, woodcuts within the text and 4 hand colored fold-out maps. dark terra cotta cloth with gilt titles and design, black border, brown endpapers. A comprehensive treatment of Mauritius. Pike was U.S. Consul, Port Louis. A superb example. About fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 008491

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: History

STANLEY, HENRY M.

In Darkest Africa

NY, Charles Scribner's & Sons. 1890, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First American edition. Two volumes, hard covers in original cloth. Published NY: Charles Scribner's, 1890, first printing. 8vo. 6 1/2" x 9", xiv+547; xvi+540, 45 full-page engravings (including frontispieces), plus approximately 100 illustrations within the text, plus three folded color maps in pockets (two large, one small). Dark green pictorial cloth with gilt titles and blind embossed African continent, brown endpapers. Stanley's detailed account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1886-1889), in which he led 400 armed men through the Congo and Ituri rain forest in an unsuccessful bid to rescue the Equatoria governor. The expedition suffered heavy losses through death and desertion. Nevertheless, Stanley made several interesting discoveries and negotiated treaties with tribal chiefs that served Britain's colonial interests. Sweating indications along the front edge of the boards with some dye bleed residue spots on front edge of page block and a bit into the margins, not affecting the lay of the paper. Slight wear at the spine ends, small chip to the cloth on spine of vol 1, rub to a few tips, otherwise very good, bindings strong and tight, maps very good. All three maps are present. Bookplate of Robert Clarence Pruyn (1847-1934) in each volume. Pruyn was an American inventor, banker and politician. He was President of National Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Albany and executive at other large businesses. He established the 13,000 acre Santanoni Preserve in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009007

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SUTHERLAND, HALLIDAY

Southward Journey

London, Geoffrey Bles. 1942. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Geoffrey Bles, 1942, second printing. 8vo. 395pp. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Pages mildly age toned, gift inscription on fly leaf. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009289

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: Australia