hourst lieut (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First English edition. xvi, 520 pp with illustrations, index, folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed, mild wear to bottom edge. Hourst explored the Niger from Timbuktu to the sea on behalf of the French government, adding much to knowledge of the river and the inhabitants of the surrounding areas.

hardcover. Condizione: very good(+). 190 black & white illustrations and 1 folding map. 520 pages, tall 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Dutton, 1899. Very Good (+).

Translated by Mrs. Arthur Bell. With 190 illustrations and a map. London: Chapman & Hall, 1898 8vo. xvi,520pp. portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations from photographs, folding map, index. Lieutenant Emile Auguste Leon Hourst (1864-1940) started from Timbuktu in January 1896 and navigated the Niger from that point to its mouth, executing a careful survey of the river, the first Europeans to accomplish this journey. The expedition took a year travelling in a specially constructed 100 foot barge. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's dark-blue cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O].

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1899. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (xvi, 520pp.). With frontisp. portr., title-vign., and 182 plates. 1st ed. Fine uncut copy.