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Price: US$24.71 + shipping
Description: Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spine with raised bands, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xxxii + 608pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chippping to spine extrems, heavy scuffing to spine & board corners & edges, moderate scuffing to boards with sl surface loss, front board completely detached but present, annotations in ink to pgs sporadically throughout)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co, Date of Publication: 1890, Binding: hardcover without DJ, Condition: Very Good, Description: Stain on first page of CONTENTS.slight wear top and bottom of spine.
Seller: Bookstore Brengelman, cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Good tight copy, old circular sticker on front board, light wear & minor marks elsewhere, corners rubbed/bumped.
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo; xvii,[i],548,[10]. All plates and illustrations present. Original green cloth boards, a VG copy. In the Minerva Library of Famous Books Series.
Seller: Neil Summersgill Ltd ABA,PBFA,ILAB., Blackburn, United Kingdom
Barth, Henry. TRAVEL AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. Ward Lock and Co., London, 1890.
Price: US$57.94 + shipping
Description: .Including Accounts Of Tripoi, The Sahara, The Remarkable Kingdom of Bornu, And The Countries Around Lake Chad.548pp, green cloth, gilt. Pub. cat [10pp] 8 full-page illus. and numerous wood-cuts. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books, Ed. By G.T. Bettany] . Near fine copy, some minor foxing to the fore-edge. A nice copy Size: 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Henry Barth. Travels and Discoveries in North And Central Africa. Ward Lock & Co Ltd, 1890.
Price: US$57.94 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: (Ref.HH3 ) Green cloth boards with black titles to front and gilt titles to spine. Fading to boards due to water staining. Rubbing to head, heel and surface of spine and corners. Greyed top and foredge. Some slight play to boards else well-bound. Slight yellowing to page edges but generally good and unmarked contents. Profusely illustrated in black and white.
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.94 + shipping
Description: 8vo, (xviii), 548, (10 advertisement) pp. 8 plates, free endpapers browned. Original gilt and black lettered cloth, very mild rubbing to extremities. "Minerva Library of Famous Books." Originally published in the 1850s in five volumes.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$77.26 + shipping
Description: 8vo in steel grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 548pp, frontispiece, and 7 other full page plates, woodcuts in text, index etc. 10pp publishers ads at rear. Second part of Barth's series on African travels first published in 1857 CONDITION: VERY GOOD, a well preserved clean and tight unmarked copy (few spots of slight shelf rub to spine ends and cover corner tips, page-block edges and end-papers slightly tanned) ] ._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$81.44 + shipping
Description: Octavo, half-leather binding with marbled sides, spine decorated in gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, b&w plates, b&w woodcut text illus, pp xviii, 548. 'Minerva Library' edition. Few minor light marks to boards, very good condition. Barth was considered one of the greatest European explorers of Africa. His work was first published in five volumes in the 1850s.
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Price: US$84.83 + shipping
Description: 8vo. original green cloth gilt ruled in black, decorated endpapers (some spotting to outer leaves, top edge a bit dusty, cloth lightly rubbed with slight toning to spine, else clean & bright); pp. xxxiii, 608, with frontispiece, 6 full page illustrations, 98 illustrations in text & a map. A near fine copy.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Price: US$90.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor foxing on first and last pages, spine slightly damaged, binding block separated from cover wrapping, binding tight, clean inside
Seller: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Basel, Switzerland
Price: US$93.75 + shipping
Description: "The Minerva Library of Famous Books." 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xviii), 548,(10)pp.ads. A fine copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Barth's Travels in North and Central Africa" by Henry Barth. Published in 1890 by Ward, Lock, and Co. in London, New York, and Melbourne. Half-bound in leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. The edges of the textblock are also marbled. 4.75 '' x 7'', 608 pages. The book is in very good plus condition. No shelf wear to the spine and little to no bumping and scuffing to the corners. The leather on the spine is cracked, but the gilt lettering and decorations are bright clean and well-preserved. Writing in pen on one of the front endpapers. The text block is slightly toned but bright, clean, and complete, with black and white illustrations throughout the text. The binding is sound. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (I5-25).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Barth, Henry. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Ward, Lock, London, 1890.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: xxxii, 608pp. 12mo. Bound in half modern mottled calf, leather title label. Fine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Barth, Henry. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Ward, Lock and Co, London, 1890.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Illus. 547pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarter brown polished mottled calf, marbled sides, maroon leather title labels. Fine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.55 + shipping
Description: 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 548 pages. With 8 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece and a further 44 woodcut engravings throughout the text. Hardcover [publisher's original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor crack to valley between frontispiece and titlepage. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books - Edited by G.T.Bettany]. Account of the German philologist Dr. Barth's travels in Northern and Central Africa. He traveled as part of a British government sponsored expedition. Includes, for example, the following: Setting out for Bagrimi - The country Kotoko / Home journey to Kukawa - Death of Mr Overweg / Journey from Katsena to Sokoto / Residence in Wurno / The Hilly Country of Gurma / Retrograde Movement Towards Timbuktu / The Ancient Capital of Songhay, and its Neighbourhood / Seperation from the Sheikh - Cross the River to the Southwestern Side - Various Encampments - River Studded with Islands - Ansongho etc. Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) is thought to be one of the greatest of the European explorers of Africa, as his scholarly preparation, ability to speak and write Arabic, learning African languages, and character meant that he carefully documented the details of the cultures he visited. He was among the first to comprehend the uses of oral history of peoples, and collected many. He established friendships with African rulers and scholars during his five years of travel (1850-1855). After the deaths of two European companions, he completed his travels with the aid of Africans. Afterwards, he wrote and published a five-volume account of his travels in both English and German. It has been invaluable for scholars of his time and since. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Price: US$193.77 + shipping
Description: 12 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 608 pages. 8 plates, 98 other illustrations. Hardcover [publisher's original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners of boards very slightly bumped and rubbed. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior is very bright and clean. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books]. Account of the German philologist Dr. Barth's travels in Northern and Central Africa. He traveled as part of a British government sponsored expedition. Includes, for example, the following: From Tunis to Tripoli / Tripoli - The Plain and the Mountain-Slope; The Arab and the Berber / Residence in Murzuk / Dangerous Approach to Asben/ Journey to Agades / Bornu Proper / The Border Country of the Marghi / My Journey Home from Adamawa etc. Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) is thought to be one of the greatest of the European explorers of Africa, as his scholarly preparation, ability to speak and write Arabic, learning African languages, and character meant that he carefully documented the details of the cultures he visited. He was among the first to comprehend the uses of oral history of peoples, and collected many. He established friendships with African rulers and scholars during his five years of travel (18501855). After the deaths of two European companions, he completed his travels with the aid of Africans. Afterwards, he wrote and published a five-volume account of his travels in both English and German. It has been invaluable for scholars of his time and since. Sprache: english.
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Barth, Henry. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Ward Lock & Co, London, 1890.
Price: US$305.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Including accounts of Timbúktu, Sókoto, and the basins of the Niger and Bénuwé. xvii - 548 pages. frontisp., plus 7 full-page illustrations and 44 original woodcut illustrations. Marbled boards with quarter calf leather. Spine decorated gilt and gilt title. Marbled endpapers and edges. Inscription on flyleaf. Minor foxing preliminaries. Minor rubbing to edges and one small chip.
Seller: Banfield House Booksellers, Gympie, QLD, Australia