burrows captain guy (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. First American Edition. 299p octavo, illustrated. A very good tight copy in original green cloth. Name on front fly leaf.

Cloth. Condición: Good. First Edition. 1st American edition, 299pp., portrait frontipsiece, photo-illustrations and sketches by the author, with an introduction bby H.M. Stanley, bound in green cloth lettered and decorated in black, edges lightly rubbed, library stamped to front paste-do wn, small stamp very cleanly removed from spine otherwise a very good copy. Although many stories have been written about the African Congo, the author writes about his experiences and about the place he visited where no other white man had gone.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 1898 Hardcover Near Fine/No Dust Jacket Thomas Y Crowell & Co, Pub, NY, 1898; with Introduction by H M Stanley; with Illustrations from Photographs and Sketches by the Author; near fine condition; bound in green, decorative, hard cover cloth; minor rubbing to corners, else fine; Captain Bu.

Hardcover. Condición: 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 edges, 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.

Second impression. 8vo. Original navy blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and sky blue. A very good copy of an uncommon book, with a little wear to the edges. Ownership inscription to half-title. Illustrated with 140 photographic reproductions and black and white maps, with a folding colour map to the rear. A vehement parting shot at the administration of The Congo Free State, in particular revealing its use of violence and economic exploitation, written by a former district commissioner there during the final years of Leopold II's direct rule.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Fourth impression. Gilt titles and devices to front and spine bright and sharp. Slight discoloration to bottom of front board, nominal wear to spine ends. Internally clean, unmarked, bumped corners but firm hinges, tight text block. Still handsome copy. BP/Case.