Johnson Douglas H Editors (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Nine pages early in the text show HI-LIGHTING and three pages show a couple of words UNDERLINED. Else, Very Good+ in Wraps: shows mild rubbing to the panels of the self-wrapper covers; a couple of stress creases near the front 'hinge' from opening the book; light wear to the extremities; three pages have been dog-eared; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections - and of course the noted flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.3 x 0.95 inches) . Illustrated with seven maps. Bibliography. Index. Language: English. Weight: 14.5 ounces. Paperback. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x, 310 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Thus. DJ shows light edge wear and scuffing, bottom back corner bumped; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book; Hakluyt Society. Second Series, No 184; 1.25 x 8.75 x 5.75 Inches; 392 pages; "Juan Maria Schuver was born to a wealthy Amsterdam family in the mid-nineteenth century. Established young as a travel writer and reporter, he decided to embark on scientific exploration. Leaving Cairo at the turn of 1880-1881 he proceededup the Blue Nile, intending to find a new route to the East African coast." He was killed in Dinka territory while on this expedition. "The present volume offers the full English accounts supplemented by passages from the author's French revisions, and also draws on other drafts and letters to give for the first time a full picture of Schuver's African travels.". Illustrated by B&W and Color Plates (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Volume 184.

First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. cvii, 392pp, illus. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. As photographed, private ownership - unmarked, clean, and crisp throughout, as unopened; Hakluyt Second Series no. 184, 1996. Hakluyt blue cloth with bright gilt decoration and spine printing; dust-jackets unclipped, mildly rubbed at edges. This is a rather unusual Hakluyt publication, with over 100 pages of informed historical background written by the clearly dedicated editors - of great interest to those interested in the Sudan and Nilotic peoples. It appears from the synopsis given below that it was to great extent due to the editors that Schuver's valuable writings were not lost. cvii+ 392 incl appendices, bibliography and index + 18pls. Further photographs on request. The following synopsis is taken from the dustwrapper fold-down: "Juan Maria Schuver was born to a wealthy Amsterdam business family in the mid-nineteenth century. Established young as a travel writer and reporter, he decided to embark on scientific exploration. Leaving Cairo at the turn of 1880-1881 he proceeded up the Blue Nile, intending to find a new route through to the East African coast. This ambition was frustrated, mainly because of local political turbulence following the Mahdist challenge to the Sudanese government and internal stirrings in Abyssinia. As a result, Schuver remained for the better part of two years in the hills of the upper Blue Nile and the eastern watershed of the White Nile basin. He wrote lively accounts of these regions and his encounters with local people. He had to return to Khartoum at the end of 1882, but took a steamer up the White Nile in the middle of 1883. Somewhat impatiently, he ignored advice not to travel further southwards overland, and was murdered, a few days into western Dinka country. Schuver had planned books both in English and French on his explorations in the country 'Between Two Niles' The only version which saw publication was an edited German translation, prepared by Petermann's Mitteilungen as a special issue in 1883. A combination of chance, the present editors' interest in the region, and the collaboration of the Schuver family led to the re-discovery of the original manuscripts. The present volume offers the full English accounts supplemented by passages from the author's French revision, and also draws on other drafts and letters, to give for the first time a full picture of Schuver's African travels.".…

No. 184 in the second series. CVII, 392 PP with 16 b/w illust., plus 2 colour plates . Fp: Juan Maria Schuver, photographed in Philippopolis, 7 November 1877. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little rubbed and soiled, otherwise fine. 22.2 x 14.2. Exploration voyages between the two Niles (Blue and White) and in Abyssinia. …

VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. 1ST EDITION. SECOND SERIES. NO. 184.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., blue cloth lettered in gilt; dust jacket. First scholarly edition, with 19 maps and illustrations. A gorgeous copy.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. 184. Frontispiece portrait and several other (colour) maps and illustrations. 8vo. Original gilt blue cloth with (slightly worn) dust-jacket. cvii, 392pp. London, The Hakluyt Society.