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Across Africa

by Cameron, Verney Lovett (Commander Royal Navy)

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New York: Harper & Bros, 1877. Book. Illus. by 29 Full Page Plates and 4 Facsimiles, Profuse Text Woodcuts, and Large Folding Map in the Front Pocket. Good. Original Cloth. First U.S. EDITION. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A cornerstone of Africa exploration, the first white man to cross the Continent from west to east, in 1873 to 1875. Hess/Coger 2991. Pages xvi, 508. Published in New York the same year as the first London edition. Very clean and tight inside, with the full page plates complete with tissue guards. Bookplate on the front inside cover is from the "York Collegiate Institute". Archival tape repairs to the back of the excellent, large folding map of Commander Cameron's brave trek from Benguella on the West coast, north and east to Lake Tanganyika, and then east to the coast north of Dar es Salaam, across from Zanzibar, his route shown in red. Contemporary pictorial red cloth, with an outline of Africa in gilt on the front cover. Nicely… Read More
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Africa Aeterna -Pictorical Chronical of a Continent

by Henry, Paul Marc

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Lausanne, Switzerland: Bernier ., 1965. Book. Illus. by Fine Photos, Many in Color. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A beautiful copy with no edgewear, no prior owner marks, no major flaws to the dustjacket which is protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. Some history as seen soon after the burst of African national indelpendence, with wonderful art & photos. Illustrated by hundreds, many in color. Pages 342 with index and 4 pages of maps in the rear..
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Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People

by Long, Col. Charles Chailleof the Egyptian Staff, Aka Col. Long

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NY Harper & Bros 1877. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good terra cotta cloth, with some edgewear at the spine ends and corners. A gilt, spear carrying tribesman on the front cover. Nice inside with a bit of age toning, but no foxing or prior owner marks. Inscribed on the title page top margin, "Maj. F.A. Gitby (?) from the author". Continuation of title is, "An Account of Expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam-Niam, West of the Bahr-el-Abiad (White Nile)". Eight bull page plates with tissue guards, plus text illustrations, all present as called for Folding map with route of expedition in color. first U.S. edition. Pages 330 plus 6 pages publisher ads. Hess-Coger Africa bibliography 221. American edition was a year later than the British first edition, but has the same pagination. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket..
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Egypt In Transition

by Low, Sidney

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New York: MacMillan ., 1914. Book. Illus. by 6 portraits. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. near fine original green cloth, with fresh gilt title on the front and the spine. Very unusual, the dustjacket is still present, has some edgewear and a one inch square piece missing from the bottom edge of the front, but has been repaired and is protected in a mylar, clear dj. Introduction by the Earl of Cromer. Pages xxiv, 316 with index. This is a travel assessment of conditions in the Sudan, and down the Nile into Egypt, looking more at political and social conditions than at culture and scenery. An interesting period piece of British rule in Egypt and the Sudan..
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Eminent Victorians in South Africa

by Malherbe, V.C.

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Cape Town: Juta & Co, 1972. Book. Illus. by 11 Pages of Photos. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Four prominent Brits (although Stanley posed as an American) , focusing on their time in South Africa - Kipling, Stanley, Gordon, and Froude. Endpaper maps. Notes and index at the end. Pages xii,225..
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Expedition In East-Central Africa, 1888-1891, a Report

by Wiese, Carl

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Norman, Oklahoma: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1983. Book. Illus. by 5 maps and nice , old photos. Fine. Cloth. First Edition in English. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First translation into English, mint orange cloth. Edited, with introduction & comments by Harry W Langworthy. The only contemporary description of Zambia, Malawi & Mozambique. Illustrated by 5 maps and old photos. 1st in English edition. Dustjacket protected in clear mylar dj..
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First Footsteps in East Africa, 2 Volumes

First Footsteps in East Africa, 2 Volumes

by Burton, Richard

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London: Tylston and Edwards, 1894. Book. Illus. by 4 Color Plates, 2 Maps and 6 Small Text Illustrations, Complete as Called for. Fine. Decorative Cloth. Memorial Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Memorial Edition. This was Burton's first excursion into East Africa, in which he almost got himself and his party killed. Wonderful, bright plates, as in the first edition except "The Fal" was not included in this edition. Pages xxxiv, 209 and (xii), 276 with index, plus 3 pages of publisher ads of Burton works at the end. Cloth bindings in remarkably nice condition, with bright gilt turbaned man and tent on boards and bright gilt titles on the spines. A beautiful set with no foxing, no stains and no prior owner marks. Protected in clear, mylar dustjackets..
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From Benguella to the Territory of Yacca, 2 Volumes

by Capello, H. And R. Ivens

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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. Book. Illus. by 3 Color Folding Maps, 29 Full Page Plates and 163 Text Engravings. Very Good Plus. Decorative Cloth. First Edition in English. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Description of a Journey into Central and West Africa, Comprising ...Surveys of the Sources of the Rivers Cunene, Cubango, Luando, Cuanza and Cuango , and of Great Part of the Course of the Two Latter".. The authors were officers of the Royal Portuguese Navy, exploring in 1877- 1880. This expedition attempted to explore and claim the lands between Portuguese colonies Angola and Mozambique. Pages liii,395 and xv, 351 plus 32 pages publisher ads. Both volumes have been professionally repaired outside on the corners, hinges and spine ends. Now protected in clear, mylar dustjackets. Inside repairs were not needed as the paper blocks are solid, and free of stains or foxing. A RARE set, no other copies on the internet at this writing..
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From Sketch-Book and Diary

by Butler, Elizabeth (and painted by her)

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London: A & C Black, 1909. Book. Illus. by 26 Watercolors & 21 Chapter Head & Tail Pieces. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With the scarce dustjacket, intact except for the top inch of the spine. Gilt title on spine is some dulled. Nice travel writing in Ireland, Egypt, Italy and South Africa by the sister of the poet, Alice Mayrell. Pages x, 177. Inman 114 in the 10 shilling series. Very clean inside, with no foxing or browning, and no prior owner marks...
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The Gentleman Savage, the Life of Mansfield Parkyns 1823-1894

by Cumming, Duncan

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London: Century , 1987. Book. Illus. by endpaper maps and 8 pages illustrations. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy in green cloth with bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Dustjacket fine, not price-clipped. Inside, as new, no prior owner marks. Through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Parkyns went native in his 1840s intrepid travels. I.
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The Heart of Africa, Three years' Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa from 1868 to 1871, Volume Two Only

by Schweinfurth, Georg

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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1874. Book. Illus. by Profuse Woodcuts, one page map of Schweinfurth routes. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Volume Two Only. One of the cornerstones of Africa travel, in a dull rubbed black cloth with weak hinges. Fine candidate for rebinding. Clean pages inside. Translated from the German by Ellen Frewer. Map in fine shape. Schweinfurth was a thorough and observant explorer, and deserves his reputation still. Hess-Coger 1564..
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Isara, a Voyage Around "Essay"
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Isara, a Voyage Around "Essay"

by Soyinka, Wole

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New York: Random House , 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8 Vo. Fine/ fine dustjacket. Recommended to anyone interested in the ambiguities between British colonialist and Africans late 19th & early 20th C. A wonderful read by a distinguished African author. On the copyright page, the first number is 2, denoting a first printings in thr Random House system..
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Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa 1880-1883

by Schuver, Juan Maria, Edited By Wendy James

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London: Hakluyt Society, 1996. Book. Illus. by 4 Maps and 14 Illustrations. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Schuver was a Dutch explorer, who went south from Cairo in 1880, seeking a new route to East Africa. The Mahdist revolt in Sudan forced him into the hills of the upper Blue Nile and the Eastern watershed of the White Nile. At the middle of 1883 he took a steamer up the White Nile. Ignoring advice not to travel further overland, he was murdered just a few days into western Dinka trbal country. An edited German edition was published in 1883, but the family provided the original manuscripts to the editors, Wendy James, Gerd Baumann and Douglas Johnson. This is the first editio in English, and a much fuller account, also drawing on Schuver letters and manuscripts, than the first German account. Several interesting appendices and an admirable 15 page bibliography. Slight rubs to the dustjacket, but no tears, protected in a clear, mylar sleeve..
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Lectures on India, also Descriptions of Remarkable Customs & Personages in other Pagan & Mohammedan Countries

by Wright, Caleb

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Boston: Wright , 1849. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Handsome original brown cloth with very little edgewear, and bright gilt title and decoration on the spine, an Indian couple in gilt on the front board. Pages 288. Over 120 woodcuts, including full page costume plates. This was an early American book about India, quite popular because of the illustrations, and the author sold many as a spinoff from his busy lecture tours. The last chapter is a 20 page essay on Superstitions of the Ashantees (now Ghana, in West Africa). Although fairly easy to find this book, most are badly foxed or browned inside. This one is very clean and tight, with slight deterioration only on the preliminary pages before and after the text block, which is completely free of stains or foxing. No prior owner marks, protected in a mylar, clear dustjacket. Images available on request..
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Life, Scenery, and Customs In Sierra Leone, 2 volumes

by Poole, Thomas Eyre

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London: Richard Bentley, 1850. Book. Illus. by 2 Lithograph Frontispieces. Near Fine. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8 Vo. The author , long resident in Sierra Leone, was an observant Colonial and Garrison Chaplain in Sierra Leone. A very pretty 2 volumes in dark blue morocco, with marbled boards. The spines have raised hands, gilt panel decoration and bright titles. This is a new, British , high quality binding. Inside is age toned but pages are surprisingly clean with no foxing or browning. An ex-library set, with a few pages so marked. But with a new binding of a scarce book, this is a handsome value. None at auction since 1988. Hess-Coger 7613.
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Life in Abyssinia, 2 Volumes

by Parkyns, Mansfield

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New York: D. Appleton, 1854. Book. Illus. by 8 Illlustrations in Vol One, 5 in Vol Two, All But One Full Page Plates. Very Good. Cloth. First U.S.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Subtitle, "Being Notes Collected During three Years' Residence and Travels in that Country". Big game hunting, remote travel, culture and tribes, this was an important, early book on mid 19th Century Ethiopia, and very readable. Pages 350 plus 10 pages publisher ads, and vol 2 pages 355 plus 4 pages publ ads. Original blind stamped cloth, Victorian binding with faded gilt tribesmen on the bottom of the spines, with gilt titles. Tight , solid set, but some foxing inside. Protected in clear, mylar dustjackets..
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MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA

by Livingstone, David

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London: John Murray, 1857. Book. Illus. by 2 Folding Maps, Folding Elevation Chart of South Central Africa. 25 Full Page Illustrations and 18 Text Illustrations All Present.. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE second issue with lithotint plates that are missing in later printings. Rest of the title is, "Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean". This is a landmark Africa travel book that made the author's reputation as an explorer as well as missionary. And it remains a very good read. Pages x, 687 plus 8 pages publisher adverts. Abbey Travel 347. Hess-Coger 3068. Mendelsohn I,908. Three quarter green morocco binding, with green cloth boards and marbled endpapers. On the spine, raised bands, gilt decoration in the panels and bright gilt… Read More
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The New Societies of Tropical Africa

by Hunter, Guy

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London: Oxford Univ Press, 1962. Book. Illus. by 4 Maps, 16 Plates, 14 Tables. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original cloth with very slight edgewear and a bright gilt title on the spine. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped, has a bit of edgewear and no tears. A tour de force of the realities of Africa at the time of gaining Independence, 1959-1961. It is a fine perspective on expectations, and disillusionments , read 60 years later. .
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Restless Jungle

by Akeley, Mary

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New York: National Travel Club, 1936. Book. Illus. by 32 pages of photos of Africans and wildlife, endpaper maps. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good original black cloth with a bright gilt title on the spine and no fading. Only a hint of edgewear. Inside, clean and tight, with a stamp on the front free endpaper of a prior owner. This is Mary Akeley's journey through Transvaal, Natal and Zululand, attached to the American Museum of Natural History nearly a century ago. From the fine collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson. .
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The Sculpture of Africa

by Fagg, William

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New York: Praeger, 1958. Book. Illus. by 405 Photos By Eliot Elisofon. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Preface by Dr Ralph Linton who was a professor of anthropology at Yale Univ. Fagg was the preeminent expert on African sculpture in the 1950s and 1960s, and this is a classic combination of fine photography with the Fagg knowledge. Dustjacket is a bit soiled but no tears. Inside, very clean and tight. A large, heavy book that may require extra postage..
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