harris captain william cornwallis (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Collector's Reprint edition. Thick octavo (a bit larger than standard size). Gilt design and lettering on spine, with gilt lettering on cover. All pages edges gilt. Some shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. 359 p. w/color illustrations, map. A nice reprint of Harris's 4 month expedition in north-east South Africa, with much information on Boers, hunting, and the native peoples. It was frist published in India under the title NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO SOUTHERN AFRICA, then given the current title and re-published in England. Full Dark Brown Leather hardcover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Author (illustrator). 3rd Edition. Large Octavo. xvi, 359pp. 26 coloured lithographic plates. Folding map and appendix section at rear. Full brown calf, decorated in gilt and blind to covers. Spine profusely gilt-decorated with four raised bands, titling in gilt. Upper edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Coloured plates throughout. Folding map and appendix to rear. Third edition. William Cornwallis Harris was a military engineer in the service of the East India Company when, in 1836, his health compelled him to take leave and seek the restorative air of the Cape Colony. What followed was one of the great sporting and natural history expeditions of the nineteenth century. Harris and a small party pushed north from the Cape into territories then entirely unknown to European science; through the lands of the Matabele chief Moselekatse, across the Limpopo, to the Tropic of Capricorn. What Harris encountered during this expedition transformed his understanding of what Africa was. He encountered wildlife of a scale and variety that defied all prior European conception: vast herds of elephant, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, and sable antelope moving across plains of extraordinary beauty. He was among the first Europeans to observe and describe the sable antelope, which was subsequently named Hippotragus niger harrisi in his honour. This third edition of his work is the complete edition - the first edition to contain the complete suite of colour-illustrated plates he created during the trip. Near fine. Some mild markings and rubbing to covers. Gilt bright and bold throughout. Contents near fine with a hint of toning here and there; otherwise clear, bright, and well preserved. Coloured plates remain vivid and colourful. Folding map present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. Reprint. 359 pages (complete). A tight, sound book. The dustjacket is secure and sure and amiable. It has scuffing, wear, marks. The green board covers are very handsome and smart. Inside, the end papers have some tanning. The pages are generous, cheering, clean, clear, companionable and enthusiastic. Tightly bound. fk. r*17/08/2022. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

8vo., with additional coloured portrait frontispiece, coloured frontispiece, coloured engraved and printed titles, coloured plates and folding map coloured in outline; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. African Hunting Reprint Series, vol. 9. High-quality facsimile reissue of the original Richardson fourth edition of 1844. VERY SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

reprint. (18) - 359 pages, 6pp of adverts illustrated with full page colour plate, publishers' brown cloth gilt elephant vignette to the upper board, vg in dj some rubbing to the edges of the DJ. Facsimile reprint of the fourth edition, with a new frontispiece and introduction and bibliographical note by James A. Casada.

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front., six other illus., fold. map. Orig. green cloth, pictorially blocked (with images of big game) & lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled but a v.g. attractive copy. Early ownership inscription of Juliet Clutton-Brock; more recent inscription of Brent Gration-Maxfield, 1970, with his pencil notes. The author, 1807-1848, was a Second Lieutenant in the Engineers of the East India Company, Bombay Establishment. During the late 1830s he spent some time in Southern Africa, where he travelled extensively, and pursued his passion for hunting. An accomplished if unspectacular artist, he was praised for the accuracy of his drawings of African fauna.

4th Ed. Large 8vo. xvi + 359pp. 26 chromolitho. plates including half title (misbound after t.p.), folding map. Some light browning and sporadic foxing, modern e.ps. split to upper joint, original blind embossed cloth with gilt figures of beasts to upper board, rebacked with much of original gilt ills. spine laid down. Nice copy of this well known and valuable work, a classic of Big Game hunting and exploration in South Africa. Mendelssohn Vol. 1., pp.689. '. this edition possesses two additional chapters, giving a full account of the massacre of Retief and his party by Dingan, the fall of Piet Uys in an abortive invasion of the Zulu territories, the death of Maritz, and the annihilation of the Natal settlers.' US$594.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of William Cornwallis Harris' account of his travels and hunting exploits in Africa, adorned with plates and a folding map. The very scarce first edition.Illustrated with seven monochrome plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated, complete. Plate intended for pp. 111 has been bound opposite the title page.Captain William Cornwallis Harris' account of his expedition to South Africa, from 1836 to 1837, and his experiences with the local sporting life. This is a vivid depiction of life in South Africa during these years; Harris travelled from the Cape of Good Hope through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn. An important work, one of the first European books to discuss the hunting of game animals in Africa.In the original gilt cloth, re-backed. Endpapers renewed, half title retained. In the original gilt cloth, re-backed. Endpapers renewed, half title retained. Externally very smart with bumping to the extremities of the boards, and the odd very minimal mark. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Owner's signatures to the half title. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xvi, 359 p., interspersed with plates. 25 cm. Colour frontispiece and title vignette. 24 other coloured lithographic plates and fold-out map with route traced in colour. Rebound in half burgundy leather with original marbled paper boards. New endpapers. Boards rubbed. Edges worn. Occasional foxing to plates and guards. Small tears in top margins of pp. 263-270. Ink inscription on an endpaper states prize for H. B. Carter Dec. 19, 1848. Bookplate for I. M. Bonham-Carter of 5th Fusiliers in 1925. One of the essential 19th-century works on African game, Harris' narrative goes far beyond big-game hunting and is an invaluable portrayal of southern Africa in mid-19th century. His work is regarded as the first and cornerstone work concerning the hunt of game animals in Africa - in other words, the first published African Safari. In many cases the illustrations were among the earliest glimpses Western peoples experienced of fascinating African animals. However, the author and his entourage travelled by wagon and oxen through the realms of the Matabele king and the Barolong country, so that he was able to describe African peoples as well. He gives interesting accounts of the Matabele people and experiences with the Bushmen, Hottentots and other tribes. His description of his stay with King Moseletatse is of great historical value. He also includes reports of The Great Trek, the massacre of Piet Retief and his party by Dingaan, the fall of Piet Uys in an abortive invasion of the Zulu territories, the death of Maritz, and annihilation of the Natal Settlers, etc. Interesting map exhibits the relative positions of the emigrant farmers and the native tribes. Note that a former owner was Air Commodore Ian Malcolm Bonham-Carter, CB, OBE (1882 1953), senior officer in the Royal Air Force. The H. B. Carter above would probably be his father, Hugh. Fourth Edition. First edition published in Bombay (Mumbai). 3rd British edition after the 1st of 1839 and 2nd of 1841. Latter editions are preferred, since first did not include the hand-coloured lithographs.

3rd Edn,. xxiv, 387 pages, frontis + 7 other full-page plates, 3 of the plates are tinted, folding map to rear, light foxing to the tinted plates, some age browning to the contents, page 101 due to adhesion to opposite page damage to inner blank margin not affecting the text, slight damage to opposite page touching two words. possibly happened when the book was bound. Publishers' green cloth gilt title and game animal vignettes within decorative borders, blind stamp decorations to the spine. Couple of small chips to head and tail of the spine and to front spine edge. The 1st edition of 1838 was published in Bombay under a different title, this is the 1st London Edition. VG- a difficult to get in the original cloth in good condition. A classic title on African hunting, a detailed picture of South African game fields prior to the growing pressure of civilization. Czech 119.

First Edition. Elephant Folio 23" tall. Very Good. First Edition, First Issue, folio (572 x 400mm). Hand-coloured lithographic title page, followed by a printed title page, both dated 1840. 30 lithographic plates drawn on stone by Frank Howard and printed on large Columbier paper with lithographed tail pieces. Bound in contemporary half dark red Morocco and marbled boards. Gilt edges and spine gilt in compartments with wildlife motif. Some wear to the edges and spine. Missing the list of subscribers in the back. Foxing through much of the book, but particularly heavy early and later in the book. Most plate with moderate or little to no foxing, but four plates with pronounced foxing (XV - Antilope, XVIII - Roan, XXVII - Wild Boar, XXX - Hyena) The first book to be entirely dedicated to big game hunting in Africa, which subsequently influence a great number of hunters to travel to South Africa. Harris was the consummate hunter's hunter, shooting animals in quantities never seen before and never matched since, partly due to the fact that most of the game was gone in later years. The book is inspired by his hunting expedition from the Cape Colony going as far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836; 1837.One of the most important and valuable of the large folio works on South African fauna; In addition to the beautiful coloured engravings (sic) which render this work almost the most highly prized of the books relating to South African animals, every plate is accompanied by an exhaustive chapter upon the characteristics of the animal represented, as well as by a short sketch of its personal appearance. ; Mendelssohn, (S. ) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 688-9.'One of the rarest of all books dealing with African big game and sport, this monumental presentation depicts wild game of southern Africa as encountered and studied by Harris. The tinted lithographs highlighted in colour by hand are especially lovely and make this volume exceptionally desirable. Included among the portraits are elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, kudu, roan, eland, and quagga, among others. Each of the illustrations is also enlivened by scenic backgrounds of the habitat. The portraits are highlighted with Harris' detailed descriptions of the game, habitat, and with occasional mention of his hunting adventures.' Kenneth Czech - Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page 119.Abbey (J. R. ) Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1779 - 1860, number 335, pages 287 - 290. ; Published in five parts at 2. 2s. Each part, on large (Columbier) paper, with tail-pieces, or at 1. 1s. Each part of ordinary (Imperial) paper without tail-pieces. The book was finally published in volume form in 1843.

First Edition, First Issue, folio (572 x 400mm). Hand-coloured lithographic title page, followed by a printed title page, both dated 1840. 30 lithographic plates drawn on stone by Frank Howard and printed on large Columbier paper with lithographed tail pieces. Bound in contemporary half dark red Morocco and marbled boards. Gilt edges and spine gilt in compartments with wildlife motif. The first book to be entirely dedicated to big game hunting in Africa, which subsequently influence a great number of hunters to travel to South Africa. Harris was the consummate hunter's hunter, shooting animals in quantities never seen before and never matched since, partly due to the fact that most of the game was gone in later years. The book is inspired by his hunting expedition from the Cape Colony going as far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836; 1837. One of the most important and valuable of the large folio works on South African fauna. In addition to the beautiful coloured engravings (sic) which render this work almost the most highly prized of the books relating to South African animals, every plate is accompanied by an exhaustive chapter upon the characteristics of the animal represented, as well as by a short sketch of its personal appearance. ; Mendelssohn, (S. ) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 688-9.'One of the rarest of all books dealing with African big game and sport, this monumental presentation depicts wild game of southern Africa as encountered and studied by Harris. The tinted lithographs highlighted in colour by hand are especially lovely and make this volume exceptionally desirable. Included among the portraits are elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, kudu, roan, eland, and quagga, among others. Each of the illustrations is also enlivened by scenic backgrounds of the habitat. The portraits are highlighted with Harris' detailed descriptions of the game, habitat, and with occasional mention of his hunting adventures.' Kenneth Czech - Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page 119.Abbey (J. R. ) Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1779 - 1860, number 335, pages 287 - 290. ; Published in five parts at 2. 2s. Each part, on large (Columbier) paper, with tail-pieces, or at 1. 1s. Each part of ordinary (Imperial) paper without tail-pieces. The book was finally published in volume form in 1843 Bound in contemporary 1/4 calf with marbled boards. New endpapers and with professional restoration on several plates (which include closed tears and repaired chips on margins - see photos); Plate I - The Gnoo, Plate VIII - The Sassaybe, Plate X - The Ostrich, Plate XVIII - The Roan (small closed tears on margin repaired). Plate XXIV - The Modern Zebra, Plate XXIX - The Lion (large chips on border professionally repaired), Plate XXX - Spotted Hyena. A few paper repairs in text, and signs of dampstaining in gutter of some text pages.