Resultados de búsqueda: a narrative of the expedition sent de allen william thomson

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-25. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-01-13. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: Frank Cass, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. 2 frontises, 2 folding maps, illustrations, xviii, 509, viii, 511p. Red cloth. 22cm. Backstrips slightly faded. No jackets. Reprint of 1848 edition.

British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

British Library, Historical Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. TWO VOLUMES (complete), Facsimile of 1848 edition Red cloth boards VERY GOOD ( fading to Boards) Contents FINE (AS NEW).This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Inscribed or Signed. 1st ed. new impression Edition. Red Cloth. VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated By engravings, Drawings and foldout maps Etc. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK.

London: Richard Bentley. Worn condition. Covers rubbed and faded with splits and reinforcement to hinges. Spines browned with chipping to ends. Inner hinge cracking. Some foxing and browning; more prominent on plates. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. Blind stamp to early pages and sporadically to content of volume 1. Top corner of page 395 missing in volume 2; impinging on text. 1848. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xviii, 509pp; viii, 511pp. 18 plates, and woodcuts including 3 maps, one in colour and two folding. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Richard Bentley, 1848. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Cloth, 2 volumes, 2 folding maps vol. I. Bindings professionally repaired and re-backed many decades ago.

London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. TWO VOLUMES (complete), Facsimile of 1848 edition Red cloth boards NEAR FINE (Slight fading to edges) Contents FINE (AS NEW).This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Inscribed or Signed. Red Cloth. Near Fine (NEAR NEW)/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated By engravings, Drawings and foldout maps Etc. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK.

London: Richard Bentley. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind (light marking to spines). Scattered browning. All edges marbled. Frontis plates missing. 1848. First Edition. Light blue hardback board cover. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xviii, 509pp; viii, 511pp. Plates, maps and woodcuts. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: Richard Bentley, 1848. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Cloth. Re-backed some time ago, with most of both spines laid down.

London, Bentley 1848. 8vo. XVIII, 509 S.; VIII, 511 S. Mit 2 gestoch. (davon 1 gefalt.) Karten, 16 gestoch. Tafeln (davon 1 gefalt.), 29 xylogr. Abb. im Text und auf Tafeln, 1 lithogr. Profil-Tafel (teilkolor.) sowie einige Notenbeispiele im Text. Original-Leinenbände (Rücken etwas aufgehellt, leicht berieben), einige priv. St.a.T.u.Vorsatz, saubere Exemplare. Erste Ausgabe. - Allen (1793 - 1864), verdienter Afrika-Forscher, nahm bereits 1832 - 34 als Leutnant an der Niger-Expediton von R. Landers teil. - Vorliegender Bericht behandelt die Niger-Expedition von 1841 unter der Leitung von Trotter, während welcher Allen das Dampfschiff 'Wilberforce' befehligte. Er erreichte die Benue-Mündung, wo er, da fast die gesamte Mannschaft seines Schiffes erkrankt war, umkehren mußte, während Trotter mit dem 'Alber' noch ca. 50 Meilen weiter flußaufwärts vordringen konnte. Auch auf dieser Forschungsreise wurden zahlreiche Messungen und Aufnahmen der Küste von Allen vorgenommen. - Die Tafeln zeigen u.a.… Leer más

, 2 uniform volumes, xviii, 509; & viii, 511 pages, complete with 18 plates and 29 wood engravings, which includes 3 maps (2 folding), folding Panorama, colour Geological Section and frontispices

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1848 [and ] John Churchill by C. Adlard, MDCCCXLIII. 8vo. 14 x 22cm. 3 vols. in matching blindstamped publisher's cloth. One cover with piece missing at top of spine..... All plates and maps present.... Medical history is a signed presentation copy from the author McWilliam... OCLC Numbers: 973232851 and 1029986997........THOMSON (T.R.H.) : A narrative of the expedition sent by her majesty's government to the river Niger in 1841. London, Bentley, 1848. 2 volumes in-8 : XVIII, 509pp. / VIII, 511pp. ; illustré de 18 planches hors texte (dont 2 frontispices) et de 3 cartes dont 2 dépliantes. Percaline gris bleu éditeur, titre doré sur dos insolés, chocs aux coiffes, fleurons à froid en écoinçons, état d'usage. L'expédition, envoyée au Niger avec l'ordre de pénétrer le plus loin possible et de conclure des traités avec les dirigeants locaux pour interdire le commerce des esclaves, rencontra des… Leer más

London: Richard Bentley,, 1848. The expedition aimed to advance an abolitionist scheme First edition of this uncommon account of the British Niger Expedition, contains a useful history of Niger exploration, with excellent observations on the tribes and natural history of the region. The Niger Expedition was commissioned by the British Government to perform three primary tasks: firstly, to work towards the suppression of the slave trade by negotiating anti-slavery treaties with local chiefs, secondly, to explore the course of the River Niger, and thirdly, "to set up a model farm at the Benue-Niger confluence which would teach the local peoples the merits of agriculture and the blessings of Christianity" (Howgego). The expedition was promoted by the "Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa", an organization that was set up in 1839. However, the so-called 'river fever' brought an untimely end to the expedition and it was abandoned. The work was reviewed by… Leer más

London: Richard Bentley, 1848. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of William Allen and T. R. H. Thomson's work recounting their expedition to the River Niger, illustrated throughout, from the library of Sir Edward B. Buxton.. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding colour map, one folding plate, one folding map, six plates, and in-text wood engravings. Collated, complete. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and in-text wood engravings. Collated, complete. Bookplate of Sir Edward N. Buxton to the recto to the front endpaper of Volume I, and to the reverse of the frontispiece of Volume II. Sir Edward North Buxton was conservationist and Liberal Part politician. He was also the grandson of Thomas Foxell Burton, who founded the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa in 1839. Through this expedition, Buxton promoted the 1841… Leer más