Search Results: adventures amidst the equatorial forests and by stuart h villiers

London: John Murray, 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean First Edition copy in the publisher's blue cloth binding, which has a small patch to the spine which affects the titling slightly. There are no marks of any kind in the book. The attractive folding map is present and intact. Very Good binding.

First edition. John Murray. London. 1891. Large 8vo. Xxi, (1), 268pp. Folding map frontis., 21 plates, further folding map. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. A little shaky. Bumped with wear to extremities. Occasional light spotting. Light marks to lower board.
Association Copy: with dedication to ffep: "Therese Villiers Stuart With Papa's fond love Oct 31 1892" [Therese Villiers Stuart, later Therese Muir Mackenzie, daughter of the author, author herself of Dromana: The Memoirs Of An Irish Family]Includes Surinam, Cayenne, Demerara, The Orinoco, Trinidad, Martinique, Florida, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica.
Welch 54. Hilton 9535. Spain & Spanish America 664. Cundall 334.

London: John Murray, . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Solid Copy, Some Wear At Extremities, Owner Bookplate At Front Pastedown, Two Corners Dented. Sm Quarto, Black Buckrum Cloth, Gilt Color Lettering With Elaborate Gilt Colored Illustration of Palm Tree with Figures underneath. 1891 FoldOut Map Frontis Showing Watershed Between Guiana And The Amazon, Twenty Two Full Page Engravings Including Fold Out Map of The Everglades of Florida, Some Half Tones Sm Quarto, Black Buckrum Cloth, Gilt Color Lettering With Elaborate Gilt Colored Illustration of Palm Tree with Figures underneath, , PP.xxi,269, Bookseller Invoice Paid, Provenance: From the library of Dr. Thomas Lovejoy 1941-2021 an American Ecologist, Yale University Graduate and President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center in Brazil. He also held appointments at the United Nations, George Mason University, and the World Bank and received recognition worldwide for his work including posthumously from the National Geographic Society with its… Read More

London, John Murray, 1891, First edition. . original blue pictorial cloth with detailed gilt picture of palm tree, vegetation and people, gilt spine title lettering, edges a little rubbed, bookplate of Peter Stubs on endpaper, minor foxing on a few leaves else near fine, clean copy. . tall 8vo [26 x 17 cm]; xxi, [iii], 268 pp, 2 folding maps including frontis, 21 plates from drawings and photos, appendix. . The author describes his journey to Guiana, Dutch Guiana, Surinam, Amazon basin, Maroni River, Georgetown, Essequibo River, Angostura, Gulf of Paria, Orinoco and then to Trinidad, Martinique, Florida, Jamaica, with descriptions of wildlife, nature, plants, aboriginal tribes, settlements, whale fishing, local customs, etc. There are 4 chapters on Florida. The folding maps are of the watershed between Guiana and the Amazon and of the Everglade region of Florida. The illustrations include views, Indian weapons, living conditions, river scenes, plant life, etc. Welch 54. Hilton 9535. Spain… Read More