Burchell William J (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. jacket is rubbed and edgeworn.no inscriptions,mild tanning.well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. full title : Woodcut Vignettes from "Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa" Tight and clean with some adhesive tape stains (tape had been removed) on endpapers; dj, now in a protective sleeve, has tearing but has also been tape repaired at spine so it looks pretty in a sleeve, tape stains on overflap.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 53 pages (complete).Front part of the Jacket torn off, worn, marked. Boards shelf rubbed and a bit marked. Light tanning. Still in good condition , tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th impression. A small publication of 180 pages.Wraps are worn and marked.One inscription.Excellent binding.02-06-2020. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th impression. Wraps are worn and marked.Minor markings.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. 4th impression. 180 pages. The wraps are edge worn, damp stained through to some page edges- not affecting the text. Previous ownership inscriptions inside wraps. Tanning, foxing, markings. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. The wraps are worn and creased.A few inscriptions.Heavy annotation.Tightly bound.Good copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A bit worn and marked. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Reprint. 180 pages.Repaired. Wraps are worn and damp marked. Previous ownership inscription, mild tanning.Tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Impression. Boards are edge rubbed with scuffing around the edges. The binding is secure. Foxing on the end papers. No inscriptions or annotations. r*21/12/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Ex-Library book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally, there is scarring and tape marks on the front pasted down and in the back. The last page is torn. There is pencil annotation. Otherwise clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*02/23/2023 [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint . Name of the previous owner written on the front free end paper page. Complete with all plates. Limited to 1250 copies. Volume 1 only. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Deckle edges. Frontispiece. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. Internally the pages are neat, clean and complete. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. jacket is worn, chipped, taped and stained. edge wear and knocking on boards. tanning, soiling and marks. a few scribble marks. gift inscription. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine with no dust jacket. Facsimile Reprint. With a new intorduction by A. Gordon - Brown. This is #951 of 1000 copies. We have only volume one for sale. Shipping will be extra, please inquire. Large folded map laid in at rear. ; 8 5/8 x 11 1/4"; 583 pages.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Creases and Tears. Dustjacket creased and worn. 53 pages. Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: 8" X 5".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 2 Vols. 47pp+vii+582pp+i & v+648pp Limited edition reprint. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spines. Top edges foxed. Remaining edges with a few spots and a touch of foxing to the endpapers. Map in fine condition. With additional material including the author's text, Barrow's review of, and Burchell's reply to "Hints on Emigration to the Cape of Good Hope" 20 colour plates, some fold out, and numerous b/w vignettes. A landmark in early South African travel and exploration and this the superior reproduction. Burchell, William J. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822-24. FIRST Edition. Two volumes, with new leather spines to the original diced calf boards, gilt titles to red labels, five gilt raised bands, marbled page edges and end papers, text block tight, some misfolding to the plates, complete with errata slip and half-titles. Large folding engraved map with closed tears to the join with the text block, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates (5 folding) and 96 vignette engravings in the text. Plate 9. from Vol I bound in as a frontispiece, large map bound in at the rear of Vol I. "The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century, and embracing a description of a large part of the Cape Colony and Bechuanaland at this period. Theal ( History of South Africa, 1795-1834 ) remarks that the author was a man of talent, an easy writer, and scrupulously exact in his descriptions , and according to Sclater he was a most skilful and well-trained zoologist and botanist, and his observations are all accurate and methodical. Burchell penetrated as far as Lattakoo (afterwards known as Kuruman), and during his explorations, which extended over a period of four years, made important collections of the fauna, flora, and curiosities of the country, together with a large number of drawings. Generally speaking, Burchell appears to have been favourably impressed by the Boers. The author s name is perpetuated in the country by the appellation of Burchell's Zebra (equus burchelli), a species of quagga discovered by him in the country immediately to the north of the Orange River. He was also the first to mention the existence of asbestos in this part of the country. The illustrations in the volumes are characterized by great beauty and accuracy, and it is stated in the Preface that, in order to ensure greater correctness in the vignettes, the author has made all these drawings upon the blocks themselves ; the coloured plates are particularly admired, and the drawings from which they were engraved were prepared with great care by the artist, and were untouched by any other hand. The work is now extremely scarce, many copies having been broken up in the middle of the nineteenth century for the plates." (Mendelssohn) Some of the panoramic views were executed on the then practically unknown principle of scenographic projection on the surface of a revolving cylinder. The work covers Burchell's explorations in 1811 and 1812. A third volume relating his travels from 1812 to 1815 was projected but never published. In all Burchell claimed that his African collections consisted of 63,000 natural objects, 500 drawings, and a mass of astronomical, meteorological, and other observations and notes. A selection of his specimens were presented to the British museum following his return and are now in South Kensington. Abbey, Travel, 327. Mendelssohn I p. 224. Prideaux pp. 239 & 329. Tooley 116. Pagination: Vol I - half title, title, [v]-viii, [4], errata, 582pp; Vol II - half title, title, [iv], 648pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 11 inches (28cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - very good condition - new spine, gilt titles to red label, gilt raised bands. Joints - good condition - repaired. Corners - good condition - bumped and worn. Boards - good condition - full diced calf, rubbed marked and worn with gilt and blind stamped decoration. Page edges - good condition - top edge darkened, all marbled. Binding - good condition - attractive, repaired, rubbed and worn. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - good condition - repaired with new paper. Paste downs - good condition - marbled. End papers - good condition - marbled, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title - good condition - lightly tanned and foxed. Pages - good condition - tanned with some foxing. See photos.…

Hardcover. No Jacket. Portrait, 7 plates and 50 other illus., folding map, index; xxix+384pp. Large 8vo orig. blue cloth, spine gilt, some marking on spine and covers, uncut, A very high quality reprint of the 1822 edition limited to 1250 copies.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 8°. p. 97-120.

two volumes, limited edition reprint, imperial octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges trimmed, other edges deckle, vol 1: frontispiece, xxix + 381 + folding map at rear, illus, vol 2: frontispiece + xvi + 473pp + folding map at rear, illus, VG+ (very faint staining to vol 1 front board, very light rubbing to all boards, light bruising to spine extrems and board corners on both volumes, gutters exposed at feps both volumes).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 2 Volume set. Volume 1 is a limited edition number 798 of 1000. The boards of both volumes are edge rubbed but tidy overall. The binding of both volumes are mobile but secure overall. Bookplate of a previous owner on the front paste down of both volumes. Browning along the edges of the pages of both volumes, not affecting text. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations in either volume. Heavy set, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is limited edition, facsimile reprint number 678 of 1000 produced. The boards of both books are a touch edge rubbed but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there is an ex-libris plate under the front board of both books, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, crisp and complete. The bindings are secure. A handsome set. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Two volumes (complete). Numbered 479 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Facsimile reprint of original 1824 edition. A clubbable set. The boards are placid. Vol 1: the pages trims have foxing. The pages and illustration plates are most agreeable and charming. The plates are amiable and convivial and gentle. The pages are bold, generous, clean, clear. Vol 2: A comfortable, comforting book. The trims are foxed. Please note that there are no maps in this set. The pages are companionable, generous. The illustrations are bright, clear and most attractive. Quite lovely. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited ed. 2 volumes. 1250 copies. "Reprinted from the original edition of 1822-4 with some additional material and with an introduction by I. Schapera." Contains color plates and black and white illustrations. Clothbound in blue with titles in gilt on spines. Fore and bottom edges deckled. Ink annotation to front endpaper of volumes and small 1" book label. Some wear to corners, slightly bumped. Fading to spines. Some discoloration to covers. 8vos.…