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COLOMB,[R.N.], Captain J[ohn] H[oward]: : SLAVE-CATCHING IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: A RECORD OF NAVAL EXPERIENCES

LONDON.LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.,1873.

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UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.[The ORIGINAL,true and only 1st edn until a facsimile edn in the late 1960s (1968). That facsimile only copied the contents and NOT the original binding.] VG.An ex-public library copy.No private owner inscrptn,but ex-public library notation, stamps,numeration and plates+tickets throughout the book.Publisher's original red cloth bds with four 1/2" wide black ink stamped/tooled design bands,two plain,1/4" double-line bands to upper bd; all designs/bands blind-tooled repeated to rear,but without the black ink colouring. Slightly grubbed upper bd with a couple of partial cup rings and a small,splash stain,spine/backstrip slightly sunned/ faded with slight oxidisation of stamped gilt lettering and a bold black ink stamped library number to foot of same. Rear bd also has several assorted size splash stains and to both bds,all edges and corners showing minimal,but inevitable shelf-wear.All edges gilt,plain dark brown endpapers with pasted in library bookplates to front pastedown and free front endpaper (stamped with 'Withdrawn from Plymouth Library Services'),and to rear free endpaper a taped barcode with ink numeration just above it.Both hinges cracked.Contents generally bright and clean,with some very minimal,sporadic foxing throughout the text and some loosening of signatures.UK,decorated cloth bds,8vo HB,viipp+2-503pp [paginated] includes dated preface (March,1873),23 chapters,8 b/w contemporary illustrations, coloured folding map (of slave-trading waters of the Indian Ocean); plus [unpaginated],half-title page,b/w illus frntis,title page,dedication,contents+ illus lists/tables.Verso edge of frntis has couple of red dye bled stains along with a circular,Exeter City Library stamp,library stamps and numbers to verso of title-page, similar Exeter City Library stamp to either verso or recto of each of the b/w illus/engravings,as well as to the folding map at rear and also to foot of last page too. Described hard,but fairly and honestly - is in better condition/state than it actually reads! A much detailed and well-illustrated account of the British Royal Naval campaign in suppression of the East African slave-trade in the years of 1868-70,being published only eight years after the end of the United States' Civil War and the abolition of slavery there. Slavery was not outlawed in the Ottoman Empire (which at the time of 1873 included Egypt and what is now Iraq) until 1882,and in Iran and most of the Gulf States,not until the 20thC. Captain Philip J[ohn] H[oward] Colomb (1831-99),was Commander of the ship HMS Dryad from 1868-70 and led the campaign. Operating primarily in and around the Gulf,Oman and Zanzibar they managed to capture seven slavers,slave-ships during those two years of the patrols. Illustrations show HMS Dryad and some of the slave-ships,along with individual and group portraits of slaves encountered during the campaign,and views of ports where the slave trading occurred.One of the group portraits is an engraving after a photograph made by one of the Dryad's officers and other illustrations are after drawings by other ships' officers.The map showing the region,includes the Indian Ocean,Arabian Sea,Red Sea and the Gulf, including Madagascar and the other islands. The first chapter relates to Colomb's voyage to Aden,where he took command of the Dryad,and the next two chapters provide extensive background information to place the account of the campaign in context.Colomb's account of his own campaign includes chapters on individual regions of Bombay,Muscat and Oman,the Gulf,Madagascar and Zanzibar etc. and on various assorted topics (slaves on board,the slave market etc.Colomb was eventually promoted to Admiral after his retirement from active duty. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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