Search Results: the ruined cities of mashonaland being by bent j theodore

1893. London: Longman's Green, and Co. 8vo. Hardcover. Bound in pinkish cloth. VG. Slight foxing on first few pages; slight wear to spine ends; one corner bumped. Tight and clean. Frontis map intact with a 1" repair with archival tape.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. New Edition. Hardcover. ex library-good. xxix, 427 p. 20 cm. B&w illustrations. Burgundy cloth with gold trim. Ex library with labels on lower spine and endpapers, ink stamps on text block edges and first pages. Spine and rear cover a little faded. Corners bumped. Rear board warped. With a chapter on the Orientation and Mensuration of the Temples.

Longmans, 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. xxix, 427 pages : illustrations. No map. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Some rubbing. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1902. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 427 pages (complete). In general very poor condition. Ex-library (Grahamstown Training College) copy with consequent labels, debris, residue, damage, stamps, annotations, wear, tear and usage. The book is resilient and heroic. The cover is scuffed, marked and worn about all edges and corners. The spine is of library imposed cloth tape. The binding is strong. Inside, the front and end papers are tatty. The frontispage is absent. The early pages have some wear. From thereon the pages are clear, mild, generous, resolute, comfortable, genial and may be read with complete enjoyment, ease and accessibility. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Paperback / softback. New.

Longmans, Green and Co, 1892-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear. Pages show minor scattered foxing.

Hardback. New.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1895. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxx, 428pp plus 24pp of publisher's adverts at rear. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and numerous other plate illustrated and drawing in text. Coloured endpapers. In purple cloth covered boards with silver lettering on front and spine, top edge gilt (boards rubbed at edges, frayed and cracked at base of spine, corners rounded, a few marks). Embossed stamp on front free endpaper, previous owner's name on next page, a little faint, occasional spotting. Rear endpaper has corner crease. The hard to find1895 third edition of English explorer, archaeologist and author James Theodore Bent's account of his exploration and excavations in northern Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, in 1891. Bent hoped to discover details about the early history of East Africa but his conclusions have been largely rejected but subsequent researchers. Small 8vo.

Longmans, Green, 1892 London: Longmans, Green and Co; First Edition edition 1892 hardback No Jacket. Original dark blue boards with gilt spine titling and gilt eagle image to front board. xi 376+ pages with b/w illiustrations, plates and folding maps, stains to boards with corners lightly bumped, has Royal Scottish Geographical Society label to fep with embossed stamps to title page, inner hinge badly cracked and some tan spots but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1893 A very good copy in brown cloth binding, fold-out frontis map, b&w illstns, black endpapers. Tight bindings, tidy covers, ownership names in front and rear.

Longmans, Green, and Co., London and New York: 1892., 1892 376p., (24)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus color folding frontis map, folding maps and full page plates. Text drawings and photographs of excavated artifacts. Damp stained. Bookplate. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold eagle vignette on front cover. Boards partially faded from damp staining. AFRICA/6 0.0. Hardcover.

London: Longmans, 1895. new edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback in original cloth xxix + 427pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, diags., appends., index, A trifle loose in binding & faded at spine o/w nice clean copy

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1895. Third edition. Octavo (19cm). Maroon cloth stamped in silver; brown coated endpapers; [xxx],427,[1],24pp; 24pp publisher's catalogue inserted at rear; black and white plates. A bright copy, lightly rubbed at edges and slightly spine-sunned, a few spots of foxing, publisher's catalogue browned: Very Good. Archaeological investigations in the Mashonaland region of Zimbabwe, including the first detailed western account of the medieval city Great Zimbabwe. His book was "enthusiastically received...but both his methods and his conclusions came in for trenchant criticism from professional archaeologists and other scholars. His amateur methods damaged sites and artefacts...His removal of the best examples of the famous soapstone birds at Great Zimbabwe has been particularly criticized. Worse than his methods was his conclusion that the sites were constructed by a northern race coming from Arabia and akin to the Phoenicians. There seems to have been no sound empirical… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. 427 pages plus 32 pages added pages of other publications. Chapter by R.M.W. Swan on Orienation and Mensuration of the Temples. Inscription on inner page before title page. Etchings, illustrations and photographs throughout text. Some foxing on first pages. Brown cloth cover in fair condition. Cover faded on spine and worn at edges with a few small water stains. GOOD+/... 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Good +.

Longmans, Green, and Co., London etc, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 376 pages (complete). A benign copy. The blue boards have wear, scuffing, marks all about from shelving, storage, handling. The spine has wear about the seams, some areas of fading. The spine and boards are steady and sure. Within, the contents are a little aged. The early pages are flushed with foxing, the other pages are flecked, speckled with foxing throughout. Please note that the illustration at page 89 is missing. Otherwise, the contents are firm, genial, clear, certain, more than competent, companionable, assured. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Longmans, Green, 1896. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. 1896 reprint on red covers with gilt borders and lettering to spine highly collectable and rare

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 376, 24 (ads); folding frontispiece map, 4 other maps (3 folding), 12 plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; the binding a little spotted and rubbed; sophisticated, with several pertinent newspaper clippings tipped in randomly in the text, previous owner's bookplate and signatures on half-title and title page. Mendelssohn I, p. 115: "Mr. Bent made a careful examination of the remains of the ancient buildings in Mashonaland, and was of opinion that they were erected by Arabians, a race of North African explorers, whose civilisation must have been of a high order: and he expressed great admiration for the beauty, solidity, and intricacy of the masonry ... The author investigated the habits and industries of the Mashonas, and the work deals not only with Mr. Bent's archaeological researches, but serves as a pioneer book on Mashonaland under the… Read More

Longmans, Green. London. 1892.. pp. xi, (i), 376, 24 Catalogue. Folding frontispiece map, 2 folding maps, 2 plans, 12 plates, 104 text illustrations. Publisher's decorated cloth, slightly marked, stamp of the Bechuana Protectorate Secretariat on the front free end-paper but no other markings, the book newly recased and in good condition.