bosman william (15 Ergebnisse)

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

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

Zustand: New. pp. 552.

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

First edition. Edited by Lionel Abrahams. Foreword by William Plomer. Orig. cloth. Fine copy in fine dust jacket, owner's name inconspicuously written beneath inside front flap of jacket. Stories of the Boers, written by an Afrikaner in English.

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

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. William Bosman's letters from the early eighteenth century describe the geographical, political and natural history of Africa's Guinea coast. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies. Num Pages: 550 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDU; 3JF; BJ; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690. . 2011. Reissue. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 179. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Short stories. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket, with slight egdewear but no loss. Decent copy. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reissue edition. 493 pages. 6.75x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - William Bosman's letters from the early eighteenth century describe the geographical, political and natural history of Africa's Guinea coast.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Robert Cruikshank, R. Seymour (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Second Edition. 8vo, vi + pp456 plus pp16 of index to rear, complete with fold out map at front and the 7 plates ( four of the forts and castles and three of the animals). Hardcover issued without dust jacket. Slightly newer binding, that has been rebacked with original boards laid on, of full brown calf leather with 5 raised bands and black leather title label with titles in gilt to spine in very good- condition. There is some rubbing to edges and top & tail of spine, some rubbing to edges of boards and tips. Inside, title page has the top corner clipped out but has been laid on to another page (possibly when rebound). Fold-out map in very good condition with some toning and a few marks, plates in very good condition with the 3 of the 'animals' slightly more toned, all pages in very good condition with is some marking to pp263-268 and the usual toning to pages of a book this age. Willem Bosman was a merchant in the service of the Dutch West India Company. This book remained the most authoritative description of the area for more than a century and provided significant detail of the Komenda Wars in which Bosman took part. The book was a major source for Ghanaian historians in the twentieth century. A nice tightly bound copy scarce with all plates.

hardback. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, first printed in English, from the Dutch. boards present but detached, all present but several leaves loose, a 1704 bookplate of John Hanbury of Pontpoole, Monmouthshire to the verso of the title page. Pencilled details of a later owner (the former DC of Cape Coast Castle) to the front pastedown and with some marginal annotation in the same hand, browning to some parts. Engraved folding map by Herrman Moll, strengthened to the verso of the leading edge, seven plates as called for. First published in Dutch in 1704, and written by the Chief Factor for the Dutch at the fortress of Sao Jorge da Mina. The plates depict views of the many coastal fortresses, and also of animals and birds of the area. This is one of two variants published in 1705, with the same pagination but slightly different imprints. [viii], 493 + [19] pp.

3 Bl., 493 (19) S., Originallederband/publisher's leather binding, Kanten etwas bestossen/Boards slightly edgeworn, sonst gutes Exemplar (otherwise fine), (Faksimile Reprint der Ausgabe von 1705), Sprache: englisch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Facsimile of the 1705 edition. the boards are shelf rubbed and a little worn. there is a previous owner's (M.C.W. Bosman) bookplate and a signature. light sporadic foxing. complete with fold-out map at front. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.