Guy burrows edgar canisius (2 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: R. A. Everett & Co.,, London, 1903
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Vereinigtes KönigreichBurwood Books
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut
EUR 450,79
EUR 26,26 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. 8vo. pp 276, + appendix and index and publishers advertisements. Circa 140 b/w photos , some showing atrocities. 1st edition, 1st impression, March, 1903. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and flag motif to front. Covers with slight wear and rubbing to ed…ges, slight marking to front pastedown and endpaper, slight foxing to frontis and title page, very lightly shaken, otherwise near very good indeed, clean copy. No jacket. Complete with folding colour map. Appendix is the report of Captain G Andrews Jones late Capitaine de steamer third class mentioning atrocities. Incorporated in the text is ' A Campaign amongst cannibals' by Edgar Canisius.
Weitere BilderVerlag: R. A. Everett & Co., LTD, London, 1903
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut
EUR 721,27
EUR 25,66 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A lovely copy of Guy Burrows' treatise on the issues faced by Central Africa, including the terror of Leopold II, to whom the work is dedicated. The first edition, fourth impression, of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour folding map, six plates, and many full-paged and… in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.A study into the issues of Central Africa at the turn of the century.Interestingly this work is dedicated to Leopold II of Belgium, though the work also condemns him and his behaviour as the absolute rule of the Congo Free State, a position he held from 1885 to 1908. The King's administration pleaded ignorance to the atrocities the Belgium's committed in the Congo.Written by Captain Guy Burrows.'A Campaign Amongst Cannibals' by Edgar Canisius is incorporated.From the library of I. and F. W. Hosken, who owned an extensive library of works on Africa.Eighteen pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor rubbing to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
