Search Results: narrative of a five years expedition by stedman captain jg

Unviersity of Massachusetts Press, 1972. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . Oversized book. Light wear, some soiling to the cloth; pages toned; a sound binding; a good book overall. No jacket. Title page also says "Elucidating the history of that country and describing its productions, fiz. quadrupedes, birds, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits and roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana and Negroes of Guinea." With illustrations by the author. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 201177. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Imprint Society, 1971. Book. Very Good+. Hard Covers. Limited. In a Very Good slipcase with wear to edges. Soiling to cloth on spines. 1 of 1,950 copies. Signed by van Lier..

Imprint Society, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. . A fine set in slipcase. Light edge wear to slipcase. Pages/boards clean and vibrant, bindings tight.

London: Printed for J. Johnson, (1806).. Second edition, two volumes bound in one, 4to, xviii, 423, (5), iv, 419, (5) pp. Engraved title pages and 81 plates, including 3 folding maps and a folding view, the latter and one of the maps with a closed tear to a fold crease, frontispiece and volume I title with contemporary signatures and light damp stains to the top and bottom edges, some foxing throughout, volume I title cut close to the lower edge with partial loss of the imprint. Contemporary diced calf, corners worn, neatly rebacked. "...one of the most detailed descriptions ever written of an eighteenth-century slave plantation society... The heavily edited first edition distorted Stedman's views on race, slavery, and social justice, and turned them more towards a pro-slavery position. Softened or deleted in the 1796 publication were his admiration for Africans-their institutions, morals, hygiene-including the rebel slaves; his frank depiction of sex between European men and African… Read More