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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good to very good condition. Spine tips and cover corners are bumped. Some darkening along top edges of covers with a few light stains on back cover. Endpapers are browned at hinges. 214 pages with a frontispiece and an illustration at beginning of each chapter.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Gordon Grant (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Illustrated Edition, inscribed and signed by the Author, book cover and text all in very good condition binding tight and square, light rubbing on spine extremes, no DJ, maps on end papers, text clean and unmarked Author signed and dedication on Author's note page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima Countries in Western Africa.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is .

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima Countries in Western Africa.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Laing, Alexander Gordon; br/b/b 1825.br/b/b x. 465 p. ; 8º.br/b/b G.2972.br/.

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Cambridge, 1964. 1 vol. (of 4). XI,[1], 406 pp. 4 b./w. plts & 8 maps on 6 plts. Hardcover, d./j. - Dustjacket worn. (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, no. CXXIII).Only volume 1 of the set.

8°, Fronti., XI, 406 S., XIV, 798 S., zahlr. s/w Abb u. Karten., OLwd. m. OU., OU etw. gebräunt u. gebrauchsspurig, sonst gute Exemplare. (= The Hakluyt society, second series, Nr. CXXIII, CXXVIII, CXXIX, CXXX). Vol. I: The journal of Friedrich Hornemann?s travels from Cairo to Murzuk in the years 1797-98; The letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing, 1824-1826; Vol. II: The Bornu mission, 1822-25, part I; Vol. III: The Bornu mission 1822-25, part II; Vol. IV: The Bornu mission 1822-25, part III. Text engl. 3100 gr. Schlagworte: Reisen - Afrika, Reisen - vor 1900.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Illustrated by Gordon Grant; W.H. Lizars (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full oatmeal cloth, gilt lettering on red panels on spine and cover, gilt compass medallion on cover, top edge red, red and black title page. Illustrated with duotone engraved portrait frontispiece by W. H. Lizars and duotone engravings by Gordon Grant at the head of each chapter. Includes Foreword and Afterword by Alexander Laing. NB. John Nicol (1755-1825) was a Scottish sailor who in 1789 sailed on Lady Juliana, a ship that transported convict women to Port Jackson in New South Wales, Australia. His autobiography, published in 1822, offers a rare first-hand account of the life of an ordinary Georgian sailor. . Spine and covers lightly soiled, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. The unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket, now in Mylar, is missing its spine and is chipped and worn. VERY GOOD/POOR. . Duotone engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. vii, 214 pp.

Cambridge, 1964-1965. 4 vols in 3. XI,406,VIII,798 pp. Ills. Cloth. (The Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, vols 123, 128-130). - Ex-libris & owner's-name on first free endpaper ov vol. 1.Volume one is the orig. Hakluy edition of 1964, vols II/III and IV are Kraus reprints (Nedeln, 1975). - Cont.: I: The journal of Friederich Hornemann's travels fro Cairo to Murzük in the years 1797-1798. The letters of major Alexander Gordon Laing, 1824-1826.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover edition. Signed by Grant on original art bound in. 214pp, quarto hardcover in beige cloth, leather title blocks to spine and upper front. faint chipping top fore-edge side of front title block, rear mildly worn, tight binding, interior clean. signed with original art.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cambridge, 1964-1965. 4 vols. XI,406,VIII,798 pp. Ills. Cloth. (The Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, vols 123, 128-130).Cont.: vol. I: The journal of Friedrich Hornemann's travels fro Cairo to Murzük in the years 1797-1798. The letters of major Alexander Gordon Laing, 1824-1826; vols II-IV: The Bornu mission, 1822-1825.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xii 465p original full calf binding, ribbed boards with gilt frame, spine holding tight but superficially rubbed, title label intact, folding map nice and clean, last plate (Costumes of Sangara) not present (as usual?), text not foxed, no names or stamps, a solid and square copy of a very rare title Language: English.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. Edition originale. LXV-1 f. blanc-432 pp.-1 carte repl. h.-t.-8 gravures h.-t., demi-maroquin vert Empire, dos à nerfs, filets or pointillés, non rogné, reliure ancienne, bel exemplaire. Chadenat, 5041. Gay, 2845. Édition originale de la traduction française. VERY NICE COPY.

I. The Journal of Frederich Hornemann's travels from Cairo to Murzuk in the Years 1797-98. The letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing. II-IV. The Bornu Mission 1822-25 1-3. Edited by E.W. Bovill. Cambridge 1964-66. 406 + 798 pages + maps and plates and map in pocket. Original cloth. 4 volumes.*The Hakluyt Society[#189646].

8vo. pp. x, [2], 465. folding engraved map & 7 aquatint plates. 1 text illus. late 19th century half red morocco by Mudie (spotting to pp. 159-79, some offsetting from plates). from the estate of African explorer Henry Morton Stanley. First Edition. Laing, a captain in the Royal African Colonial Corps stationed at Sierra Leone, was sent by the governor Sir Charles McCarthy to the Kambian and Mandingo countries in 1822 for the purpose of opening up commerce and endeavouring to abolish the slave trade in the region. Later that year he visited Falaba, the capital of the Solimana country and discovered the source of the Rokel River. Although he was prevented from reaching the source of the Niger he was able to fix it with approximate accuracy. "His Travels, published in 1825, give a lively account of his adventures, including not only observations on the customs of the peoples he encountered.but also an oral history of Solima Yalunka back to the seventeenth century, useful to later historians" (DNB). The aquatint plates after Laing's drawings depict native costumes and customs. On a later expedition in 1826 Laing became the first European to cross the Sahara from north to south, traveling from Tripoli to Timbuctoo, after which he mysteriously disappeared. A nice association copy. Provenance: Sir Henry M. Stanley (purchased from the Estate of Henry Morton Stanley, Christie's London, 24 September 2002, lot 150). Not in Abbey, Travel.

Jena, Bran 1826. (Aus dem Ethnographischen Archiv, Bd.30). 8vo. 172 S. Pappband der Zeit mit Rückenschild (etwas berieben), St.a.T., sauberes, gutes Exemplar. Beigebunden: Meyendorff, Baron von: Reise von Orenburg nach Buchara im Hahre 1820. S.173-360. Major Gordon Laing (1794-1826) bereiste 1822 Sierra Leone in vorwiegend handelspolitischer Mission. Im April brach er nach dem Lande der Sulima auf, das nur dem Namen nach bekannt war, ebenso im Dunkel lag das der Küste genäherte, von den Timne und den Kuranko bewohnte Gebiet. Laing's Reise ist der erste wissenschaftliche Vorstoß ins Innere von Sierra Leone. Er führte astronomische Messungen aus und hielt ein meteorologisches Journal. - Vorliegend Laings einzige deutsche Veröffentlichung, 1826 wurde er, nachdem er Timbuktu erreicht hatte, auf der Weiterreise ermordet. - Henze III, 112; Embacher 180; Hess/Coger 5576; Paulitschke 165; Kainbacher 264.