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Phliadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1829. first American edition; 422 pp., lacks the map; contemporary quarter leather & marbled boards with later cloth rebacking and a paper label to the spine; covers worn, text heavily foxed, remnants of a book plate to the front paste down, about good only. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1966. HARDBACK STAINED BOARDS CONTENTS FINE (AS NEW) This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. NOT Inscribed or Signed. Green Cloth. GOOD (BELOW AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by 2 Maps (1 Fold Out). 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK.

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Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 392 pages. 9.84x6.93x0.63 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. After serving in the Royal Navy in Canada, Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) participated in two expeditions to the interior of Africa. He died on the second expedition, but his Cornish servant Richard Lander published this edition of Clapperton's informal, lively and vivid journal in 1829.

London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1966. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. NOT Inscribed or Signed. Green Cloth. VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by 2 Maps (1 Fold Out). 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK.

London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1966. New Impression of the 1829 1st Edition.CONTENTS FINE UNREAD some marks on boards This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. NOT Inscribed or Signed. Green Cloth. Near Fine (Contents fine)/No Jacket. Illus. by 2 Maps (1 Fold Out). 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 7x0x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea and Carey, 1829, First American edition. . original cloth backed boards, spine worn and split but holding, original paper title label is very worn and rubbed, some light foxing and few stains, signature on title page, good copy not usually found in publisher's boards and with the ads. . 8vo [24 x 15 cm]; [iv, ads], xxiv, 422, [ii, ads] pp, folding engraved map (tear in blank portion), engraved plan, showing the course of the Kowara or Quarra, illus, vocabulary of Yourriba and Fellatah languages, meteorological tables. . A narrative of an attempt to determine the source and direction of the Niger River in western Africa. Clapperton, who participated in an earlier journey in this area under the leadership of Denham, on this second expedition journeyed in part with his personal servant, Richard Lander, who later went on to finally solve the mystery of the Niger. Clapperton travelled to Bussa, 'where he ascertained the details of Park's death' (Sykes, History of… Read More

[iv ads]+xxiv+422+[ii ads] pages with folding engraved map, engraved plan, showing the course of the Kowara or Quarra, vocabulary of Yourriba and Fellatah languages, meteorological tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6") bound in quarter brown cloth with label to spine over original blue boards. (Gay 337. Work 20) First American edition.Immediately after his return to England, Clapperton was raised to the rank of commander, and sent out with another expedition to Africa, the sultan Bello of Sokoto having professed his eagerness to open up trade with the west coast. Clapperton came out on HMS Brazen, which was joining the West Africa Squadron for the suppression of the slave trade. He landed at Badagry in the Bight of Benin, and started overland for the Niger on 7 December 1825, having with him his servant Richard Lemon Lander, Captain Pearce, and Dr. Morrison, navy surgeon and naturalist. Before the month was out Pearce and Morrison were dead of fever. Clapperton continued his journey, and, passing through… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: Carey, Lea & Carey. Good with no dust jacket. 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Original half leather with marbled boards, spine label. Leather is peeling away, board edges frayed. Foxing throughout. Fold out map at front with slight tear/detachment from binding, front outer hinge cracked. Else sound binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages .

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1829. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [5], vi-xxiv, [1], 26-422, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Half recent buckram over marbled boards with a later nineteenth-century purple morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. With both the original endpapers and with more recent endpapers, recent pastedowns. With a fold-out map of the route, chiefly laid down from actual observations for latitude and longitude. Also illustrated with an in-text diagram and one plate. Howgego C34. An expedition to chart the Niger River, with the added purpose of suppressing the Saharan slave trade. One by one the members of the expedition died from fevers and tropical diseases. Only Richard Lemon Lander, Clapperton's valet, survived and would go on to bring Clapperton's journal home for publication. An in-depth volume on the course of the Niger river, with historical descriptions of what is now Nigeria, with… Read More

Carey, Lea and Carey, 1829-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Bound in 1/2 modern leather over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Leather spine label. XXIV, 422 p. Map. Foxing / toning. Clapperton journeyed from Tripoli to Murzuk, meeting up with Dixon Denham. The two men made their way to Kuka (Nigerai), the seat of the Bornu Empire, to Kano and Sokoto. His observations include the first European account of the Hausa people. Includes "A list, or summary account, of the late Captain Clapperton's Arabic papers, translated by Mr. A.V. Saleme" : pages [389]-395.

CLAPPERTON, [Hugh]. Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo. To Which Is Added, the Journal of Richard Lander from Kano to the Seacoast, Partly by a More Eastern Route. Phila.: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1829. 1st American ed. xxiv, [25]-422 pp. Plan frontis., folding map. 19th century full leather with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label and gilt spine rules. Some rubbing to extremties of binding, corners worn, small closed tear in map, bookplate of Farmers' Library, Londongrove, on front pastedown, signatures of two former owner's on front free endpaper, else a very good copy. An account of an attempt to find the source and direction of the Niger River in western Africa. Clapperton had taken part in an earlier expedition under the leadership of Maj. Dixon Dehham. In this journey, he traveled with his manservant, Richard Lander, who later solved the mystery of the Niger. Clapperton went to Bussa, to Kano and to Katunga and Sokoto, where he died of… Read More

John Murray, 1829. Book. Fair. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, quarto, measuring 11 1/8" x 8 1/2", bound in full calf, all edges gilt. Boards present but detached, spine part lacking. The stitching of the text block remains tight. Mezzotint portrait frontis, one plan, large folding map. Spotting to the plates and with offsetting to the facing pages. The folding map is clean but has several closed tears and some strengthening to the verso. dated signature of a previous owner to the head of the front free endpaper, the text is free of markings but with occasional foxing, xxiii [1] + 355pp.

London: J. Murray, 1829. First Edition. Illustrated with one full page cartographic plan and a large folding map. 4to, later rebound in plain faux calf. xxiii, (3), 355 pp. A good reading copy of this important book, but without the portrait or title, though with the half-title complete. FIRST EDITION. “When the late Captain Clapperton made his way to Soccatoo for the first time, in the year 1824, he received the most flattering attentions and every mark of kindness, from Bello, the sultan of the Fellans, as they call themselves, or Fellatas, as they are called by the people of Soudan. This chieftain may be said to rule over almost the whole of that part of North Africa which is distinguished by the name of Houssa, though he appears to have lost a considerable portion of what his father, Hatman Danfodio, first over; and many of the petty chiefs still continue in a state of rebellion, some of them within a day’s journey of this capital. In the course of frequent conversations held with… Read More

1829 AFRICA Voyages Slavery 1ed Clapperton Journal Slaves Mungo Park HUGE MAP

Hugh Clapperton and Dixon Denham were 19th-century English explorers who is best known for their 1822 African expedition. While there, Denham and crew encountered numerous slave-trade exploits and did their part to rescue slaves. Following the mission, Denham and Clapperton aided the British plan to help settle rescued slaves in England.

In 1829, following Clapperton's second voyage to Africa, he published an expedition memoir, describing the events of the journey, descriptions of cities and villages near the Nile River, and the curious findings of Clapperton's investigation into the death of Mungo Park. This impressive first edition of Clapperton's 'Journal' includes the highly coveted large folding map!

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CLAPPERTON, Hugh

Journal of a second expedition into the interior of Africa, from the bight of Benin to Soccato

London : J. Murray, 1829. First edition.

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