The High Grass Trail - being the difficulties and diversions of two; trekking, and shooting for sustenance in dense bush across British Central Africa by Savile, Frank - 1924

New York & Los Angeles: Angelina Book Concern, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Bindings square and tight. Front hinge firm but has some open spots Text clean with a few minor spots of foxing. Minor fading to spine .Light shelf handling. First Edition. xiii, -[14]-355 pp. With black-and-white plates throughout. 23x15 cm (9 x 6inches), Green cloth, gilt vignette on front panel.  Double page map of the area of the Feather and Yuba Rivers. Portrait frontispiece and 22 illustrations. REF: OCLC 816489039; CSL: B L468l; LCon: F865 .L46; Howes: L177. "When the late Frank Lecouvreur left his native land in 1851 for California, leaving behind his parents and the dear friends of his youth, following the promptings of his large heart he kept a careful journal of the sights and the unusual experiences that were his in travel, and in the new land he had chosen as a field for his activities." - Preface. During 1852 and 1853, the author was at the… Read More

London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. Good with no dust jacket; Boards scuffed, hinges cracked, pages toned and foxed, shaken. 1912. First Edition. Blue cloth stamped in blind and with two color center cameo of man in loincloth looking at house on stilts stamped on front boards. Titles in gilt on spine. xvi, 334pp. Bibliography, index, glossary. Folding map of the British Somaliland protectorate and adjacent lands at rear. Many illustrations and photo reproductions. The author spent ten years in the Colonial Medical Service in British Somaliland and describes the people, geography, wildlife, livestock, and other topics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: John W. Parker, 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 293, 279pp. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail and darkened, contents age-toned most heavily at first and last few pages, light foxing to fronitspieces and c first and last few pages, binding is tight. Evocative descriptions of the landscapes, environment and the people in America in mid 19th century.

A Bibliographical Catalogue. Volume 1: World, Europe, Africa. xiii+299 pp.+20 plates h.t. Volume 2: Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, America. xiv+301-675 pp.+36 plates h.t. 33x23 cm. Reprinted Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone & London, 1972.
--- Cloth-bound (publishers cloth), gilt lettering on spine. B&W illustratrions. No wear. Pages bright and clean. Unmarked.

NY: Freeman Hunt & Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Boards stained and worn, endpapers foxed and scattered foxing in text.. 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. 209pp + 6pp of publisher's ads. Original brown blindstamped cloth titled in gilt on spine. 6x4 inches. Sabin 33849. Travel essays about towns up and down New York's Hudson River, including Poughkeepsie, Peekskill, Tarrytown, Troy, Fort Edward, Albany, West Point, and Saratoga Springs. Penciled owner name (Eliza Warren, Saratoga Springs) on front free endpaper and title page. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., 1871 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. RARE. 384pp in a library binding, has portrait frontis, with binding & hinges tight. Contents include Sports on the Moors & Lochs, Canna, Night on the Minch, Sport in the Wilds, Skye, Saga of Haco the King, Glen Sligachan and more.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:: Alice Austin,, 2010.. Edition of 60. 5 x 5.25"; 11 pages plus title. A one-sheet book printed by offset lithography in six colors. Required six runs through the Heidelberg Kors press at the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts. Laid in an illustrated letter fold wrapper. Signed and numbered by Austin and Snyder. Alice Austin: "Nolli, an exploration of textural layers of Rome by Alice Austin and Jon Snyder, was inspired by the Giambattista Nolli map of Rome, 1748. This project is the result of research done as a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. The front and back covers show elements from the Nolli map combined with a photo of a litho of the Roman fragments of the city map. The red line that continues throughout the book is the city wall and is shown on the reverse side of the map in white. The first page is a detail photo of the Nolli map. The second page is a watercolor of Bramante's Tempietto [a small commemorative martyrium]. The third… Read More

Hardcover. Good. Gustave Dore engraved illustrations, AEG, copy with bright gilt decorations and title on front cover and spine. All pages edged in gilt. Repaired damage to 50% spine along gutter visible but tight, small cloth removal at top of spine and repaired inner gutters that are less than attractive but this accounts for lowered price else G+ or better, 523pps. Rest of book is impeccable the obvious flaws do exist and account for the price reduction. Beautifully illustrated with lithographs throughout book. Sold with all faults!

1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Small pamphlet on the Scottish Hebrides and nearby areas, f/o view plus 11 other scenes, all colour and all loose, 16pps sewn text, front but no back paper cover, measures 16.4 cm x 10.5cm, rare.

Hardcover. Very Good. 16, 000 miles of research among wild/tame tribes of the Philippines area, 1st edn, f/o map, photos, teg, some cover stains mostly to rear boards else VG.