Burrows Captain Guy (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First American Edition. 299p octavo, illustrated. A very good tight copy in original green cloth. Name on front fly leaf.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st American edition, 299pp., portrait frontipsiece, photo-illustrations and sketches by the author, with an introduction bby H.M. Stanley, bound in green cloth lettered and decorated in black, edges lightly rubbed, library stamped to front paste-do wn, small stamp very cleanly removed from spine otherwise a very good copy. Although many stories have been written about the African Congo, the author writes about his experiences and about the place he visited where no other white man had gone.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1898 Hardcover Near Fine/No Dust Jacket Thomas Y Crowell & Co, Pub, NY, 1898; with Introduction by H M Stanley; with Illustrations from Photographs and Sketches by the Author; near fine condition; bound in green, decorative, hard cover cloth; minor rubbing to corners, else fine; Captain Bu.

Second impression. 8vo. Original navy blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and sky blue. A very good copy of an uncommon book, with a little wear to the edges. Ownership inscription to half-title. Illustrated with 140 photographic reproductions and black and white maps, with a folding colour map to the rear. A vehement parting shot at the administration of The Congo Free State, in particular revealing its use of violence and economic exploitation, written by a former district commissioner there during the final years of Leopold II's direct rule.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Fourth impression. Gilt titles and devices to front and spine bright and sharp. Slight discoloration to bottom of front board, nominal wear to spine ends. Internally clean, unmarked, bumped corners but firm hinges, tight text block. Still handsome copy. BP/Case.