wellby montagu (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Used - Good. 1901. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. 8vo.xxv + 408 pp. 65 illustrations and two maps. Pictorial brown cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Significant dampstaining and scuffing across boards and spine, heavily so at edges of front board. Hinges starting. Expected age-toning to pages, but still clean and bright. Newspaper clipping of book review pasted in on ffep, with browning to paste down opposite as a result. Despite these flaws, a sound and handsome volume in good condition. Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xxv, 408. Recently rebound in full green leather, lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Slight blank tanning at edges, otherwise very good. Decent copy.

8vo, pp. xxv, [1], 408, [4]; with two maps and numerous illustrations in the text; occasional light marginal foxing; overall very good in original pictorial brown cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, vignette blocked to upper cover; some light wear to extremities, a few marks to top edge.First edition, published posthumously, the author having been killed in action during the Boer War.Wellby's 'qualities were such that he obtained the full regard and friendship, not only of all the Europeans whom he met in Abyssinia, but also of the Emperor Menelik. Through the kindness of the latter, he obtained leave to travel through every part of his dominions, and on the 18th December 1898, he started, without any white companion, on the journey of exploration described in this book, through unknown parts of Abyssinia and through "the devil-infested country of Walamo," to Lake Rudolf, whence he passed on to the Sobat, at Fort Nasser coming in touch with the Anglo-Egyptian forces after a hazardous journey of seven months' (Introduction).Czech p. 171; Pankhurst 96.

Pp. xiv, 440. With portrait frontispiece, 4 folding lithographic charts, 76 illustrations in the text (of which 25 full page). Original pictorial cloth, gilt, worn, recased with new endpapers. Marginal stain to frontispiece and title page. St.o.t. (blind). First edition of this narrative of Wellby and Malcolm's journey across Tibet and northern China in 1896. They found a more northerly route to Peking than that of Bower. The journey started at Lucknow, continued to Simla and finished in the wilds of Waziristan. Cordier BS 2922. Marshall 869. Yakushi (1984) W50.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library ("Mechanics Institute Yarrawongo" rubber stamps, and "Mullen's Library Melbourne" yellow label on front board). Cloth rubbed and worn. Hinges broken. Binding loose. Frontispiece detached with small tears and chips at margins. Tissue guard to frontispiece present but torn and tatty. Lacking 2 of the 4 maps from the pocket at rear. Pocket split open along the lower edge. The two maps that are present are very tatty and poor, one of them is split along the folds into three pieces, and the other also has large tears along the folds. Suitable for a reading or research copy. ; Xiv, 440 pages + frontis + 76 illustrations + 2 of 4 folding maps in pocket at rear. Brown cloth covers with gilt titles on spine and front board. Top page edges gilt. Illustration in black on front board of three men with three mules. Dimensions: 9 3/8" by 6 1/2". Contents: Preparations for the Journey; Malcolm Goes on Ahead; Baltal; Leh; I Rejoin Malcolm; The Chinese Passport Arrives; Following the Indus; Egu; Waiting at Shushal; A Warning; Mun; Ludhkong; Touching Friendship of Mule and Pony; Niagzu; Mortality among Sheep; Lake Treb; The Napu La Pass; Sickness of Bakr Hadji; Rudok Officials Command us to Retreat; Our Retreat; Crossing the Borderland of Tibet; A Strange Accouchement; Ponies Shot; A Cold Night; Death of Mule; A Fresh-Water Lake; Bad Weather; Death of the Favourite White Pony; By a Salt Lake; Illness of Tokhta; I Search for Missing Animals; Lake Lighten; Intense Heat; An OId Fireplace; Serious Accident through Over-Haste of Mules to Drink; A Coup D'oeil; The First Flower; Our Pet Sheep; Another Fresh-Water Lake; A Pleasant Bath; Death of Animals and Dearth of Grain; Terrible Gun Accident; We Send out Scouts; I Shoot a Yak; Death of Another Mule; "Helmet Hill"; We Leave Tokhta and Sulloo Behind; Reduced to Twelve Animals; A Mule's Adventure; Shooting an Antelope; Snow; A Mysterious Track; The Bed of an Ancient Lake; Emotion of Mahomed Rahim; Variable Weather; More Antelopes Shot; Theodolite Broken; Extraordinarily Sudden Wind; Hunger v. Ceremony; New Finds; A Footprint; Shazad Mir Indisposed; Desertion of Muleteers; A Rainy Night [.]. [References - Marshall (2005) : 1301; Yakushi: W50; Pinfold: 77]. The author and Lieut. Malcolm traversed the entire breadth of Tibet, beginning at Ladakh in the west and finishing in Peking. They crossed the inhospitable Chang-Tang plateau of northern Tibet. ; Ex-Library; 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Xiv, 440 pages + frontis + 76 illustrations + 4 folding maps in pocket at rear. Original publisher's light brown cloth covers with gilt titles on spine and front board. Top page edges gilt. Illustration in black on front board of three men with three mules. Very f minor shelf wear o/w attractive very good indeed copy with slight discret and expert restoarion at spine ends neatly done.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-libris bookplate of Prudence Barker on half-title page. Boards rubbed with some marks. 8mm fraying to cloth at tips of corners of boards. Lacking front free endpaper. Gutter broken at front hinge. 15mm chip to blank corner of half-title page. ; Xiv, 440 pages + frontispiece + 76 illustrations + 4 folding maps in pocket at rear. Brown cloth covers with gilt titles on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 228 x 150mm. Top page edges gilt. Illustration in black on front board of three men with three mules. Contents: Preparations for the Journey; Malcolm Goes on Ahead; Baltal; Leh; I Rejoin Malcolm; The Chinese Passport Arrives; Following the Indus; Egu; Waiting at Shushal; A Warning; Mun; Ludhkong; Touching Friendship of Mule and Pony; Niagzu; Mortality among Sheep; Lake Treb; The Napu La Pass; Sickness of Bakr Hadji; Rudok Officials Command us to Retreat; Our Retreat; Crossing the Borderland of Tibet; A Strange Accouchement; Ponies Shot; A Cold Night; Death of Mule; A Fresh-Water Lake; Bad Weather; Death of the Favourite White Pony; By a Salt Lake; Illness of Tokhta; I Search for Missing Animals; Lake Lighten; Intense Heat; An OId Fireplace; Serious Accident through Over-Haste of Mules to Drink; A Coup D'oeil; The First Flower; Our Pet Sheep; Another Fresh-Water Lake; A Pleasant Bath; Death of Animals and Dearth of Grain; Terrible Gun Accident; We Send out Scouts; I Shoot a Yak; Death of Another Mule; "Helmet Hill"; We Leave Tokhta and Sulloo Behind; Reduced to Twelve Animals; A Mule's Adventure; Shooting an Antelope; Snow; A Mysterious Track; The Bed of an Ancient Lake; Emotion of Mahomed Rahim; Variable Weather; More Antelopes Shot; Theodolite Broken; Extraordinarily Sudden Wind; Hunger v. Ceremony; New Finds; A Footprint; Shazad Mir Indisposed; Desertion of Muleteers; A Rainy Night [.]. [References - Marshall (2005) : 1301; Yakushi: W50; Pinfold: 77]. The author and Lieut. Malcolm traversed the entire breadth of Tibet, beginning at Ladakh in the west and finishing in Peking. They crossed the inhospitable Chang-Tang plateau of northern Tibet. ; 8vo.

Sole edition, print run of 150, of this detailed reconnaissance. Classified "Confidential" and, according to the official notifications to the front board, remaining the property of the Government of India. Issued for "personal information" only, this copy was transmitted to a Lieut, Walshe, who evidently failed to return it to the Intelligence Department, Simla "when no longer required". A single listing on WorldCat, Royal Botanic Gardens. Meticulous officer's report of a trek of 1618 miles "the greater part of which was through unexplored country" (Preface). It includes watering places, results from daily barometer and thermometer readings, the tribal limits of various clans encountered, and "a list of some of the trees and bushes, with their native uses". Wellby (1866-1900), 18th Hussars, was accompanied by Lieut. Ralph Ward-Jackson (1871-1921), 11th Hussars, with "38 camels and 28 men, of whom 20 were armed with Snider carbines, and carried over 100 days' rations for all". The purpose of the expedition is clear, being made at a time when the British were consolidating the position of their regional protectorate as a source of essential supplies for the British Indian foothold in Aden. They had no interest in establishing a full colonial administration, their aims extending solely to a "coast colony"; maintaining order on the coast and offering protection to the caravan routes in the interior, to "secure a supply market, check the traffic in slaves, and to exclude the interference of foreign powers" (Samatar p. 31). Clearly a highly talented intelligence officer, Wellby subsequently made trips into Tibet and across Ethiopia to Egypt, which were published to popular and critical acclaim as Through Unknown Tibet (1898) and 'Twixt Sirdar and Menelik (1901). His mapmaking skills in respect to the latter expedition were celebrated in the British Library blog 9 November 2017, "Captain Wellby and his 1,000-mile march". Following his Ethiopian exploits Captain Wellby joined his regiment in the Second Anglo-Boer War and was with them throughout the Siege of Ladysmith, being deployed on Waggon Hill during the great attack on 6 January 1900. He was wounded in action at Marzicht later that year and died of his wounds at Paardeburg. The extraordinarily detailed map, also stamped "Confidential", plots the party's circular route out of Berbera on the Gulf of Aden, south east across the interior, east towards the Indian Ocean coast before sweeping west and then north back to their start point. Wellby fixed his positions "by taking latitudes with the theodolite, and taking careful bearings to fixed positions as much as possible". The map carries indications of the presence of tribal groups, and succinct notes as to terrain, availability of grazing, water and so forth; the report itself is divided into two sections, a diary style account which recounts general conditions and intelligence gathered from encounters with the inhabitants, and the road report which gives distances between points, cumulative mileage, journey time, and road/trail conditions. These reports were produced in very small numbers to be consulted purely on a "need to know" basis. The printed labels to the front board make clear the restricted nature of circulation, the report would not appear in the annual returns, remained government property belonging to the Library of the Office of the Adjutant General in India, was not to be quoted in "any but confidential communications", and as explained by an additional rubber stamp, was to be returned to the Intelligence Branch at Simla. Abdi Ismail Samatar, The State and Rural Transformation in Northern Somalia, 1884 1986, 1996. Folio. Original strong blue cloth-backed very light blue printed paper-covered boards. Large folding, engraved 1 inch - 16 mile scale route map (1000 x 675 mm) in cloth-gusseted pocket to the front board, double-page genealogical table and a number of small sketches and diagrams in the text. A little rubbed and soiled, some light browning to the contents and a few small stains, but overall very good.