Explore River, First Edition (20 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Like New. Dark blue cloth. Complete with all three maps in excellent condition in pocket attached to rear cover. Issued without dustjacket. Tight, clean and crisp. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Like New. ; Oblong 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 21 x 28, oblong octavo, 31 pp., Title printed in blue and black with tiny camel, three maps, illustrated, references.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1832. First edition - three volumes. lxiv, 272pp., a frontispiece portrait and 2 maps (1 folding) in volume 1; vii, 321pp., a frontispiece portrait, 3 other engraved plates and a 1 page catalogue in volume 2; vii, 354pp. frontispiece illustrations and 1 other engraved plate in volume 3. Richard Lemon Lander (1804-1834) was a Cornish explorer of western Africa. He and his brother John were the first Europeans to follow the course of the River Niger, and discover that it led to the Atlantic. Lander's explorations began as a servant to the Scottish explorer Hugh Clapperton with whom he went in 1823 to the Cape Colony, and then on to an expedition to Western Africa in 1825. Commissioned by the British Government, Lander returned to West Africa in 1830, accompanied by his brother John. They landed at Badagri on 22 March 1830 and followed the lower River Niger from Bussa to the sea. After exploring about 160 kilometres of the River Niger upstream, they returned to explore by canoe the River Benue and Niger Delta. In the delta they were kidnapped by the locals at Igbo-Ora, and a large ransom demanded by the local king Obi Ossai of Aboh kingdom, which was paid. Despite this setback, they were successful in determining the great river's course and termination. They travelled back to Britain from Fernando Po via Rio de Janeiro in 1831.In 1832, Lander returned to Africa for a third and final time, as leader of an expedition organised by Macgregor Laird and other Liverpudlian merchants, with the intention of founding a trading settlement at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers. The three volume for sale contain Richard and John Lander's account of their expedition to the termination of the Niger, commencing with their departure from Portsmouth on 9th January, 1830, for Cape Coast Castle. The three volumes form volumes 28, 29 and 30 of the publisher's 'Family Library' series. The books are uniformly bound in the original light brown cloth covered boards with black titling on the spines and front boards and a list of other volumes in the series on the rear boards. The cases of the books are in very good condition with some expected signs of their age. There is shelf wear with some soiling on the boards and a water stain near the top edge of both boards on the first volume and a smaller water stain on the top edge of the front board of the second volume. There is light bumping to the corners and heavier bumping to the spine ends with a split of about 1/4" in the cloth on the top of the spine of volume 3. There is a thin split of about 1/2" on the top of the spine edges of volume 1 and top of the rear spine edge of volume 3. The contents are tight and clean apart from a few small marks. Volume 1 has a water stain on the top edge of the front and rear endpapers; a larger water stain on the half-title, frontispiece, title-page, and the first (small) map. The pages adjacent to the map also have a lighter water stain and some of the pages have a smaller light water stain on the fore edge. Volume 2 has a small water stain on the top edge of the frontispiece and first plate and adjacent pages. Volume 3 has some damage to pages 25/26 that has been repaired with some type of tape on page 26. There is a creas running across pages 21/22 and 25 to 28. A name has been written on the front free endpaper in all three volumes. PLEASE NOTE: Extra postage will be required to cover insurance.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition.

First American Edition. New York: J.& J. Harper , 1832. First American Edition. 2 volumes, 12mo, original stiff cardboad or possibly printed cloth, illustrated with two maps (one folding) and three plates. Repairs to joints of volume one, tape repairs to folding map, some foxing and aging; otherwise about very good. Before he set out on this expedition, Richard Lander was considered one of the most experienced British African explorers of his time. He had been the sole survivor of the Clapperton expedition, and made an impressive solo trek to the coast with the expeditions papers and journals. He and his brother made an important contribution to mapping out the territory where the Niger terminates.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. . Fldg. eng. chart & 13 eng. plates & illus., as called for. (The plates with the ornate & not unattractive stamp of Birmingham Library), one plate hand col.Quarto. Brown library cloth. Ex lib., 1818. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1900g.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Fldg. eng. chart & 13 eng. plates & illus., as called for. Very noticeable browning/spotting etc mostly to plates and adjoining leaves. Circular stamp of "Bruxelles Centre d'information et de documentation du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi" (complelely faded in part) top right of title page (with shelf number) and their stamp on rear endpaper but no other library marks. Bound in original grey paper covered boards with (very worn) original paper title label on spine, Just a good reading copy, SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2024 £8) Packed weight 2200g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Octavo, pp. Lxxxi, 410. Twelve illustrations in the text, 1 large fold-out map, appendix. Bound in modern half-leather with green marbled paper covered boards. Gold spine titles to leather spine. Binding is bright with minor wear. Some offsetting in the text. Large folding map has a 4 inch tear repaired with tape. Captian Tuckey was sent to explore the Congo River, on a ship named Congo, in 1816. At the time, very little was known about the Congo and some European geographers believed there was a connection between the Congo and the Niger. Tuckey did not get very far. He sailed up the Congo from its mouth on the Atlantic, but soon realized the lower river is not navigable due to cataracts (later named the Yellala Falls). Tuckey explored the river up to Isangila finding ruins of the Portuguese colony and Catholic missions. Tuckey and most of his officers and crew died of fever. What success they had was mostly negative - the lower Congo was definitely not navigable, and the fever and sickness threat was formidable. The survivors did bring back a substantial number of botany specimens. Both Tuckey and Professor Chetien Smith (mission botanist) wrote journals during their explorations. This book contains both journals and a lengthy introduction about the mission. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 410 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. lxiv, 272 +vii, 321 + vii, 354pp, 2 maps-one is folding, 2 frontis portraits, 5 plates, other small illustrations to text, 12p appends inc. medical instruments and recipes. They landed at Boussa (where Park died), tavelled upstream for 100 miles and then down stream to The Bight of Biafra. Richard was the first recipent of The RGS gold medal. Light wear, a little scratching to edges, small stain to first three pages of Vol:3, a.e. otherwise clean and tight. 1kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A complete first edition account of Richard and John Lander's pioneering exploration of the Niger River. The first edition of this work. Complete in three volumes.Published for John Murray's 'Family Library', being No. XXVIII.In the publisher's cloth-backed boards.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, two maps to Vol. I (one folding), three plates and one page of advertisements to Vol. II, and one further plate to Vol. III. Collated, complete.The British government sent Richard Lander and his brother, John, to explore more of the lower Niger River in 1830 (following Richard's prior travels in West Africa), and they were able to prove that the Niger flows through many mouths into the Bight of Benin. They found the source, route and mouths of the Niger River, that up to then had been unmapped. Within the same expedition, the brothers were kidnapped by the locals at Aboh, with a large ransom demanded by the local king Obi Ossai of Aboh kingdom before they could be granted safe passage back to a British ship. This setback and other impressions of the local people are vividly depicted in this fascinating three-volume account. In the original cloth-backed boards. Externally, smart, with sunning to the spines. Rubbing and bumping to the extremities and a few damp spots to the cloth, most noticeably to Vol I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few pages and the odd spot or handling mark to the plates and facing pages. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, complete in three volumes, leather-bound, hardcovers, small octavos (15cm x 10.5cm), pp. lxiv, 272; vii, 321; vii, 354. English text. Handsomely bound in contemporary full calf, gilt ruled and tooled covers, morocco lettering-pieces, marbled page edges and endpapers, 9 illustrated plates throughout, including maps. Printed by W. Clowes. Condition: VERY GOOD. A title label lacking on the spine of volume two, otherwise a near fine set and scarce thus. Notes: First edition set of Richard and John Lander's fascinating account of their expedition to the termination of the Niger. In addition to the plates and maps, there are some illustrations within the text and a 12-page section details the stores, medicines and surgical instruments they took with them.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 3 volumes, small 8vo. (15cm x 10.5cm), titles, 3 engraved frontispieces, engraved plates, textual illustrations, 2 maps (1 folding), appendix to Volume II with information on the medicines and surgical instruments utilised during the expedition, pp. lxiv, 272; vii, 321; vii, 354. Handsomely bound in half morocco, raised bands, the spine lettered and dated in gilt, all edges marbled, Old Court Bindery Signature to front turn-ins, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title pages. Published by John Murray (London), 1832. Occasional light spotting and browning, light remnants from old tape repairs to 4 pp. in Volume II, stain to 2 pp. in Volume II from an old bookmark. A very good set of this landmark account on African exploration. The successful expedition of 1830 was Richard Lander s second expedition of the River Niger. Richard was the sole survivor from the first 1825 expedition which only made it as far as Sokoto, with the rest of the expedition team dying of malaria. Commissioned by the British Government, the Lander brothers returned to West Africa in 1830 to explore the course of the River Niger. After landing at Badagri on 22 March 1830, they followed the lower River Niger from Bussa to to the Atlantic. Despite various challenges, including being captured and ransomed in Igbo-Ora, they successfully traveled through the last section of the Niger. They therefore solved the great river's course and termination, settling the vexed question of the course and outlet of the Niger which many had thought flowed inland to Lake Chad.. (and) opened up the whole of central Africa to commerce." (ODNB). The Lander brothers returned to Britain from Fernando Po via Rio de Janeiro in 1831. After returning to Britain, the Publisher John Murray purchased their travel journals for 1,000 guineas and Richard was decorated with the Good Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. (ODNB). Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.

Full leather. Condition: Very good. First edition of Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire. under the Direction of of Captain J.K. Tuckey. (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto, lxxxii, 498pp. Full morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down over new cloth, decorative border stamped in blind within a double gilt-ruled border on front and rear covers. Title in gilt over black, five bands with decorative gilt compartments. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Bound by M. Bell Richmond. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light foxing to plates, faint wear to edges and corners, some flaking of gilt on spine, hinges reinforced. Previous ownership bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Complete with one fold-out map with light transference and solid hinges affixed opposite title page, as well as 13 full-page plates, including a hand-colored squid diagram. (Hosken 203). Commander James Hingston [Kingston] Tuckey sailed with the Royal Navy and explored various parts of Africa during his career. Aboard the schooner Congo in 1816, Tuckey searched for a connection between the Congo and Niger Rivers of western and central Africa. The crew was unsuccessful, struggling to navigate rapids and eventually dying of fever. Although the expedition failed, it did raise international interest in exploring Africa.

First edition. 3 volumes, small 8vo., engraved portrait frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, 2 maps (1 folding), light spotting to plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, a fine set. one of the great African narratives completing the navigaton of the river niger. Richard Lander accompanied Hugh Clapperton as his manservant on his second expedition to explore the Niger in 1825. The expedition disembarked on the Nigerian coast determined to strike inland to Sokoto, then descend the Niger to the Atlantic. Most of the party died of malaria en route and it was only Clapperton and Lander who made it to Sokoto. The local ruler, Mohammed Bello, who had tried to trick Clapperton with a false map on his first expedition with Denham, agreed to allow them to return to the sea by way of the Niger. With success all but guaranteed, Clapperton fell victim to malaria and dysentery and Lander was left to make his way bak alone through territory controlled by hostile tribes. Lander returned to Nigeria in 1830 on a government-backed expedition accompanied by his brother John and successfully descended the last section of the Niger from Bussa to the Atlantic.

4to. Pp. (viii), lxxxii, 402, 401-498, (2). With one folding map and thirteen engraved plates, of which one is coloured by hand. Uncut copy in original boards, rebacked with original title label preserved. Map and plates somewhat browned but overall a crisp and clean copy. First edition of the official account of the first scientific expedition to the Congo River to find out if there was a connection with the Niger. The expedition was exposed to fatal problems and Captain Tuckey and several others of the crew died within three months of entering the river. Professor Christen Smith from Kew Gardens was one of the naturalists on the voyage. His journal is here included. The extensive introduction is written by John Barrow, who as second secretary to the Admiralty had organised the expedition. "A relatively important scientific travelogue, W.E. Leach having described a new species of Rafinesque's Ocythoë. J. Cranach gave an account of the collected animals at a whole, including 36 bird species" Wood p. 603. Stafleu 15287.Provenance: From the library of the radical reformer Francis Place (1771-1854) with his bookplate. Three related manuscripts tipped onto guards. The first two (comprising four large our four smaller pages) are apparently in the hand of Francis Place, supplying a digest of the contents of the work, and noting observations taken down from the mouth of Mr. Bevans, a young sailor who accompanied Captain Tuckey. The third manuscript (pp. 4) seems to be in Mr. Bevans' hand containing further critical comments on this work.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 498 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Thirteen plates, one colored by hand and large fold-out frontispiece map, plus half title and publisher adverts. An Irish born English naval officer captured by the French on a voyage from St. Helena in 1805, he suffered an imprisonment of nearly nine years. Promoted to rank of commander in 1814, he was later assigned to lead an expedition to explore the Congo River in 1816 to learn if there was a connection between the Congo and Niger basins. Most of the crew including Tuckey succumbed to tropical fever or exhaustion and died in their efforts. Whereas the expedition failed it inspired interest by the British to continue African exploration. The accounts of the expedition gleaned from officer's reports, incomplete journals, etc., provided useful information on the natural history and inhabitants of the region. WOOD p. 603. Hand colored plate clean, balance of plates mostly browned at margins, lacking upper fore-edge corner of title page not affecting text, some quires misbound but present, text clean and fresh. Binding border panels in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary gilt decorated full calf rebacked with most of original spine laid-down. Very good.

First edition. Illustrated with the large folding map and 13 engraved plates, of which one is coloured by hand. Large 4to, later antique wine coloured cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, t.e.g. 4ff., lxxxii, 498 pp. A large copy, quite clean and well preserved, crisp and unpressed, the colour plate in good order, some typical mellowing or spotting associated usually with the plates, upper cover detached and easily refurbished. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. An attempt to explore the Congo River and to find a link with the Niger and investigate the possibilities for trade on these arteries. Smith from Kew Gardens and other botanists were along to collect plant seeds. Tuckey died on the support ship. "Tuckey was one of the most observant of travelers. He had served in the Eastern Seas, and made a voyage to Brazil and Port Philip in 1803. Captured on his return voyage, he like Flinders, was detained as a prisoner by the French for several years. He subsequently compiled a valuable work on 'Maritime Geography' before setting on the government expedition to explore the Congo, then by many conjectured to be the outlet of the Niger. The results of this expedition were most disastrous, Captain Tuckey and many others dying within three months after entering the river". "An introductory view of African discovery preceeds the narrative of Tuckey and Smith and a series of appendices follow: these include (1) a vocabulary of the Malemba and Embonma languages by Cat. Tuckey. (2) Observations on the Genus Ocythioe of Rafinesque by Dr. Leach. (3) On Sepia and Vermes Testacea with plates. (4) Observations on Prof. Smith's collection of plants by Robert Brown, etc.".

1st edition extracted from The Review. Large 8vo. 397 to 421pp ( 25 pages ). Begins middle of page & finishes bottom of page. Binders marks along inside edge where extracted from bound volume ( could be trimmed ). Fox mark margins p 400/401 else very clean & tight. VG.

Fine Binding. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. John Kirk's copy of the first edition of this important travel work regarding Tuckey's expedition along the River Congo. This account of the journey is decorated by a folding map frontispiece of the coast from Cape Lopez, and thirteen plates, with one hand-coloured. With John Kirk's inscription to the title page 'John Kirk, Zambesi Exped 1858'. Kirk brought this book with him on the expedition to explore the Zambesi river's mouths and tributaries in order to navigate the waterway to the interior. In addition to this, Livingstone was continuing his mission to introduce the people of Africa to Christianity and freeing them from slavery. This was Livingstone's second Zambesi expedition. It was here Kirk went as a botanist and chief assistant. The expedition was difficult, and many expedition members including Kirk noted that Livingstone was an inept leader. In 1862 Kirk wrote that Livingstone was an unsafe leader and 'out of his mind'. These criticisms of Livingstone were given weight by Livingstone's disappearance on his next expedition, later being famously 'found' by Stanley. Livingstone's expedition became the first to reach Lake Malawi which they explored in a four-oared gig. By 1864 the journey was halted due to the increasing cost and the failure to find a navigable route. Part of their difficulties came with navigating the Ruvuma River due to the number of bodies thrown into the river by slave traders. Many newspapers branded the expedition a failure, despite the valuable collections of botanical, ecological and ethnographic material collected over this time. John Kirk was also a key player in ending the slave trade in Zanzibar during his time as a British administrator there. He remained in Zanzibar when Livingstone set about his final expedition to find the source of the Nile. It was here he was appointed to the British Consul and was physician to Henry Adrian Churchill, an advocate for the abolition of the slave trade. Churchill had to leave for England due to his health and Kirk continued his work. In addition to this, following Livingstone's death, Kirk pledged to continue Livingstone's mission to end the East African slave trade. An important work on African exploration with this copy having a wonderful history of its own. Collated, complete. In a very smart contemporary tree calf binding. This narrative follows James Hingston/Kingston Tuckey on his journey to explore the River Congo in the first stem-powered warship built for the Royal Navy, the HMS Congo. He was also accompanied by the ship 'Dorothy' for the journey. Tuckey's mission was to see if there was a connection between the Congo and the Niger basins. Many of the officers and crew, including Tuckey himself, died of fever during this expedition. Despite the failure of the mission, this account of the journey inspired more Europeans and piqued interest in travelling Africa. Joseph Conrad found inspiration in this ill-fated mission for his novella 'Heart of Darkness'. This work forms of officer's reports, Tuckey's own journals and other first-hand accounts to paint a picture of the expedition. The journal of Christen Smith, the naturalist of this journey, is printed to the rear of this work, which provides 'some general observations on the country and its inhabitants'. There is also an appendix regarding the natural history of the Congo and the botanic material gathered on the expedition. Tuckey ensured that Smith's diary and plant specimens were shipped to London before he succumbed to the deadly fever himself. A smart copy of this important work, with an association that is extremely important in the context of African Travel and discovery in the nineteenth century. In a full tree-calf binding. Rebacked with the original boards preserved, and a nineteenth century spine laid on in period. Externally, smart with just a few marks to boards and a few light patches of rubbing to the joints. Several closed tears to the centre of title page, neatly from a blade. Contemporary inscription to the title page 'John Kirk Zambesi Exped 1858'. John Kirk's signature is also lightly written to the bottom of the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Light tidemarks to the bottom margin of pages. Affecting the margin only, no text. Offsetting to the map as is usual. Text leaves have just the odd spot, with the plates rather spotted as is usual. The coloured plate is very clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Ganzleder der Zeit, 8°. Mit gefalt. Kupferstichkarte, 13 (1 kolor.) Kupfertafeln sowie einigen Textholzschnitten. 3 Bll., LXXXII, 498 SS. Rücken erneuert, etwas berieben, Vorsatz, Titel verso und letztes Blatt gestempelt, Erste Ausgabe. - Kainbacher I, 139. Gay 3059. Paulitschke, Erforschung 19 - Tuckey und ein Großteil der Mannschaft starben auf der Expedition an Fieber. Der postume Bericht beruht auf seinen Reisetagebüchern. Tuckeys Angaben über Ausmaße und Lauf des Flusses stießen bei den Zeitgenossen auf Unglauben, spätere Expeditionen blieben erfolglos. Erst mit Stanley fand Tuckeys Bericht seine volle Bestätigung (Paulitschke), Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.