elton frederic cotterill (5 risultati)

hardback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, quarter bound in calf, gilt title on dark green morocco to the spine, purple cloth sides, marbled edges and endpapers, Armorial device to the upper board. Cloth part faded and marked, lightly rubbed to the extremities. Two school prize labels to the front endpapers; frontispiece, plates and illustrations of which folded; three folding maps. xxii + 417pp.

Cloth. Condizione: Good Only. Not Stated (illustratore). A new impression of the travel journals of Frederic Elton, giving an account of his exploration and anti-slave trade work in Africa. A new impression of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. Illustrated with 8 plates, 3 folding maps and 1 folding plate. Collated, complete. A facsimile of the original work, first published in 1879, in which J. Frederic Elton gives an account of his travels and anti-slave trade work in Eastern and Central Africa. Edited and completed by H. B. Cotterill. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, though with ink stains to the front board and spine, and shelf wear to the spine and extremities. Rear hinge is tender, with webbing showing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, except for a scattering of spots to the end papers. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket-as Issued. New Impression. xxii, 417pp, illustrated, maps. No: 31 of the Cass Library of African Studies. Exploration of Lake Nyassa and sport after elephant, hippopotamus, impala, eland, black rhinoceros, and buffalo. Reprinted from the 1879 edition. Clean and tight, spine faded. 950g.

First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Full green calf, gilt and blind rules along board edges, spine stamped in gilt, titled on brown spine label; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; xxii,[418]pp; 3 maps (1 with color), frontispiece and 10 relief plates with tissue guards, additional in-text illustrations. Bookplate of the Earls of Derby. Bright and sound, mild edge rubbing, spine dry and rubbed, one tissue guard lacking, else Very Good or better. "The British consul to Mozambique, Elton spent considerable time fighting the slave trade in the region. He explored the region around Lake Nyassa and enjoyed considerable sport.During his return to the coast, he contracted fever and died. His journals were arranged, edited and completed by his hunting companion, H. B. Cotterill." CZECH p.55.

London: John Murray 1879. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. xxii, 417, 32, wood-engraved plates and illustrations in the text, 3 folding maps (one in colour); cloth a little rubbed, very few minor spots internally, a very good copy.First edition of this exploration of Central Eastern Africa with reports on the Arab slave trade. Elton joined the army and served in India, China, and Mexico before being sent to Natal, where he spent two years travelling. In 1873, he was appointed political agent at Zanzibar, then in 1875 British consul in Portuguese territory, with residence at Mozambique. He undertook numerous expeditions aimed at the suppression of the slave-trade. In 1877, he made two journeys from Mozambique, the first taking him to the Makua country and then north into the Zanzibar mainland territory. In July that year he departed again from Mozambique for the Zambesi and Shire rivers and reached Lake Nyassa, exploring the surrounding region. From here he attempted to establish a route to Quiloa on the east coast, but he died of malaria while on the journey on the 19th December 1877. Elton was particularly fond of the Makua people of Mozambique and Tanzania, whom he described as 'very respectable', trustworthy and intelligent. However, he was worried that they were vulnerable to attacks by Arab slavers, and only the British Empire could protect them.