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Africa - Travel:

Boyce, William D. . ILLUSTRATED AFRICA NORTH TROPICAL SOUTH
Chicago 1925 1st McNally. Hardcover. Large octavo, monochrome photo illustrations, endpaper maps, cloth. Presentation card signed by Boyce tipped in on front blank; bookplate of owner. Good plus, corners and spine ends frayed. (a80377)
$36.00 Andersson, C. J. . NOTES OF TRAVEL IN SOUTH-WESTERN AFRICA (NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
New York 1875 1st Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 312pp., brown cloth with gilt lion head in middle front. Good, cover worn, cloth rubbed, spotting on fore-edges. Text clean. Not a modern reprint. (a80313)
$150.00 Hesse-Wartegg, Chevalier DE . TUNIS THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE
London 1899 Chatto & Windus. Hardcover. Small octavo, frontis with tissue, 302pp., 22 illustrations, 32 page publisher catalogue, cloth. Near VG, text lightly toned, light cover wear. (a80305)
$32.00 Mishkowsky, Noach . ETYOPYE: IDN IN AFRIKE UN AZYE
New York 1936. Descriptions of Jews in African and Asian lands visited by the author. In Yiddish. Hardcover. Octavo, 160p., illustrations, red cloth with black lettering and design on front. Good plus, light wear. (a79768)
$125.00 Gordon-Brown, A. . THE YEAR BOOK AND GUIDE TO EAST AFRICA 1962
London 1962 Robert Hale. Hardcover. Small octavo, 340pp., 16 color maps, 80p of ads, two large foldout maps in front pocket, red cloth. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a79456)
$22.00 Tynianov, Yury . DEATH AND DIPLOMACY IN PERSIA
London 1938 1st Boriswood. Biography of life and times of Griboyedov, author of dramas as Better Be a Fool, and Russian Ambassador to Persia. Includes observations on life in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Causcasus region, Tiflis, Tabriz, Teheran in 19th century. Hardcover. Octavo, 357pp., frontis portrait of Alexander Griboyedov, cloth. VG plus in VG DJ. Scarce. (a78455)
$300.00 Villatte, N. . A TRAVERS LE SAHARA DU TIDIKELT AUNIGER PAR LE AHAGGAR
1911. Article in French at pp. 161-192, one very large foldout map in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., original printed wraps. VG light cover wear. (a78186)
$45.00 Gentil, Louis . L'AMALAT D'OUJDA
1911. Article in French at pp. 331-356 avec treize figures dans le texte in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. This is second, and final, part of the article. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a78185)
$35.00 Gruvel, A. . L'ANGOLA
1911. Article at pp. 439-450 avec six figures dans le texte in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., originall printed wraps. Good, cover worn and a few small chips on spine and rear. (a78184b)
$35.00 Pervinquiere, Leon . A GHADAMES
1911. Article at pp. 417-438 in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., originall printed wraps. Good, cover worn and a few small chips on spine and rear. (a78184a)
$35.00 Cruger, Mrs. Van Rensselaer (Julien Gordon) . FROM FOG TO SUN
London 1911 1st Kegan Paul. Travel from England to North Africa: Tunis, Carthage, Biskra, Algiers, El Biar, etc. Hardcover. Small octavo, 107pp., frontis, illustrations, grey cloth. Owner bookplate. Good plus, small closed tear on spine. (a77012)
$95.00 Barnett, Francis Blackman . MORE OF MY TREK IN WEST AFRICA
Offprint from Twenty-Five years after Yale 1902. Octavo, 23pp., one photo plate, original printed wraps with small photo illustrated portrait of Barnett mounted on front. Signed by previous owner John Kirstoff. Fair, worn and moderately foxed but legible and intact. (a75986)
$35.00 Sitwell, Constance . LOTUS AND PYRAMID
London 1928 Cape. Foreword by Edward Garnett. Travel in North Africa. Copy No. 160 of 400. Hardcover. 12mo., 55pp., cloth. Near Fine in Good DJ, a bit worn and spine somewhat browned. (a74672)
$29.00 Weisgerber, Docteur F. . EXPLORATIONS AU MAROC: 1. L'OUM ER-REBIA ii. LES THERMS DES ENVIRONS DE FAS
1902. In French. Octavo, pp. 321-339, 2 maps, 4 photo illustrattions, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a74394)
$75.00 Bourg de Bozas, Vicomte du . VOYAGE AU PAYS DES AROUSSI (ETHIOPIE MERIDIONALE)
1902. In French. Octavo, pp. 401-430, large color foldout map, sept figures et une carte hors texte, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG plus.` (a74392)
$85.00 Low, Sidney . EGYPT IN TRANSITION
NY 1914 1st Macmillan. Introduction by Early of Cromer. Egypt and Sudan. Hardcover. Octavo, 316pp., photo portraits, ads, cloth. Fine. (a72881)
$45.00 Rolt-Wheeler, Francis . THE SAHARA HUNTERS
Boston 1923 1st Lothrip Lee. Hardcover. Small octavo, 329pp., illustrations, pictorial orange cloth. VG, light wear, mounted picture illustration on front is lightly stained and chipped. (a72257)
$27.00 Furlong, Charles Wellington . THE GATEWAY TO THE SAHARA OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN TRIPOLI
NY 1909 first edition. Scribner's. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., color illustrations, monochrome photo illustrations, gilt printed blue cloth with gilt. VG, new endpapers. no dj. (a72246)
$38.00 Richardson, Gwen . ON THE DIAMOND TRAIL IN BRITISH GUIANA
London 1925 1st Methuen. Hardcover. Octavo, 243pp., 23 illustrations, most from photos including one with the author letting a scorpion play on the back of her hand and as frontis Annie Oakley-like pose with a gun, tan cloth. Good plus, occasional very light foxing throughout, some rubbing and spotting on boards, no DJ. (a71913)
$320.00 Campbell, Thomas . LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) (ORIGINAL PRINTINGS, NOT MODERN REPRINTS)
London 1837 1st Henry Colburn. Travel in Algeria. Hardcover. Octavo, 358pp., three full page engravings, blue cloth with later paper spines. Bookplate and blind stamp (on title page) of Silas Bronson Library with withdrawn stamp on title page. Good. Two volumes, complete. (a71764)
$200.00 Pike, Nicolas . SUB-TROPICAL RAMBLES IN THE LAND OF THE APHANAPTERYX - PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, ADVENTURES AND WANDERINGS IN AND AROUND THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS
NY 1873 1st. Harper. Octavo, 509pp., (6), illustrations, 3 foldout maps (one is cyclone chart), original green cloth hardcover. Good plus, paper near inner hinges repaired, small bit of taping on one map in margin, cover faded. (a71112)
$250.00 Cobbold, Lady Evelyn . KENYA THE LAND OF ILLUSION
London 1935 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 236pp., photo illustrations, map, gilt printed green cloth. Owner stamp on verso. Good, cover faded, spine browned, two small chips along rear outer hinge, no DJ. (a71097)
$49.00 Pennesi, G. . I MISSIONARI-VIAGGIATORI ITALIANI NELLA BASSA GUINEA DURANTE LA SECONDA META DEL SECOLO XVII
1881. Article in Italian at pp. 445-475, map, removed from Bollettino della Societa Geografica Italiana and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a71016)
$45.00 Giulietti, G. M. . VIAGGIO DI G M GIULIETTI DA ZEILA AD HARAR (1879)
1881. Article in Italian at pp. 425-445, fine double foldout color map of Somalia, 9 small text illustrations, removed from Bollettino della Societa Geografica Italiana and rebound in later wraps. VG (a71015)
$75.00 Thomas-Stanford, Charles . ABOUT ALGERIA ALGIERS, TLEMCEN CONSTANTINE BISKRA TIMGAD
London 1912 1st John Lane. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., 32 illustrations from drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs, map, brown cloth. A few institution markings, name cut from free blank. VG. (a70921)
$44.00 Huxley, Julian . AFRICA VIEW
NY 1968 (1931) Greenwood. Travel through East Africa -Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika. Hardcover. Octavo, 478pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a70797)
$39.00 Ellis, Rev. William . THREE VISITS TO MADAGASCAR DURING THE YEARS 1853-1854-1856 INCLUDING A JOURNEY TO THE CAPITAL
London 1859 John Murray. Hardcover. Large octavo, 476pp., illustrated with woodcuts from photographs, maps, steel engraved portrait of Ellis, original cloth boards with new paper spine. Good, new endpapers, a few pages lightly foxed. (a70709)
$130.00 Kemp, Rev. Dennis . NINE YEARS AT THE GOLD COAST
London 1898 1st Macmillan. Hardcover.Octavo, 279pp., frontis map, photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, new endpapers, light wear, cover unevenly faded, tiny chip on spine, spine ends lightly frayed. (a70335)
$95.00 Monmarche, Marcel (editor) . ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
Paris 1926 Hachette. Travel guide in English. Small octavo, 340pp., 77 illustrations, 22 maps, 20 plans, original printed orange cloth hardcover. Owner signed. Good, light wear. (a70030)
$35.00 Pike, Nicolas . SUB-TROPICAL RAMBLES IN THE LAND OF THE APHANAPTERYX - PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, ADVENTURES AND WANDERINGS IN AND AROUND THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS
NY 1873 1st. Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 509pp., (6), illustrations, 3 foldout maps (one is cyclone chart), original green cloth hardcover. Faint blind stamp of club on title page. Good, new endpapers, light wear on corners and spine ends, spine faded, small stain on cover. (a69960)
$225.00 Bridgman, Frederick Arthur . WINTERS IN ALGERIA
NY 1890 Harper. 4to., 262pp., monochrome drawings, original gilt printed green cloth hardcover. Good plus, rear hinge just beginning to crack, some light cover wear. (a69959)
$99.00 Taylor, Bayard . JOURNEY TO CENTRAL AFRICA; OR, LIFE AND LANDSCAPES FROM EGYPT TO THE NEGRO KINGDOMS OF THE WHITE NILE
NY 1854 1st Putnam. Octavo, 522pp., full page plates, one large foldout map, original gilt illustrated brown cloth hardcover. Good, beginning to crack along outer hinges, spine ends frayed, corners worn. (a69723)
$89.00 Bennet, James Henry M.D. . WINTER AND SPRING ON THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
London 1875 5th J & A Churchill. Covers: Geneoese Rivieras, Italy, Spain, Corfu, Greece, Constantinople, Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, Algeria, Tunis, Smyrna, Asia Minor, Biarritz and Arcachon as winter climates. Octavo, 655pp., color frontis, woodcut illustrations, 4 large color foldout maps, original green cloth hardcover. Good, new endpapers, light foxing, spine ends a bit worn. (a68565)
$275.00 Gordon-Brown, A. . THE YEAR BOOK AND GUIDE TO EAST AFRICA 1960
Cape Town 1960 Timmins. Hardcover. 12mo., 113pp., color and monochrome illustrations, large foldout map in front pocket, red cloth. VG. (a68271)
$20.00 Reeve, Henry Fenwick . THE GAMBIA ITS HISTORY, ANCIENT, MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN
London 1912 1st Smith, Elder. ...Together with its Geographical, Geological and Ethnographical Conditions and a Description of the Birds, Beasts, and Fishes Found Therein.Large octavo, 287pp., photo illustrations, 3 maps, errata, original gilt printed maroon cloth hardcover. Edges gilt. Partially removed name stamp on top gilt fore-ege. VG, occasional light foxing, very slight yellowing around edges of photo plates ,half inch closed tear at head of spine (professionally repaired). (a68132)
$120.00 Ingram, J. Forsyth . THE COLONY OF NATAL, AN OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK AND RAILWAY GUIDE
London 1895 1st Sir Joseph Causton and Sons. Octavo, 273pp., 20pp. (illustrated ads), phot illustrations, large color foldout map, one foldout chart, original red cloth hardcover with black lettering. Good, light cover wear, small chip at heel of spine. (a67966)
$140.00 Holmboe, Knud . DESERT ENCOUNTER AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY THROUGH ITALIAN AFRICA
London 1936 Harrap. Translated from the Danish. Hardcover. Octavo, 279pp., photo illustrations, original cloth. VG, tiny closed tear at head of spine, some foxing, no DJ. (a67899)
$33.00 R. H. Brand (editor) . THE LETTERS OF JOHN DOVE
London 1938 1st Macmillan. Dove was a serious traveller. Letters are from South Africa 1907-1909; from India 1918-1919; form Mesopotamia 1919-1920; and from Germany and Geneva 1921-1927. Octavo, 352pp., hardcover. Near Fine in near Good DJ, a bit chipped and worn. (a67886)
$35.00 Algeria . ATLAS P. L. M. ALGERIA - ALGERIA, ALGIERS, ORAN, CONSTANTINE
Paris (1918) J. Barreau. In French. 4to., 16pp., two full page color illustrations, text illustrations, double page map of Algeria, original blue and gilt decorated pictorial wraps. VG, light wear. (a67525)
$25.00 Lambie, Thomas A. M.D. . BOOT AND SADDLE IN AFRICA
Philadelphia 1943 1st Blakiston. Author was director of a hospital in Ethiopia and this book describes some of his adventures in Ethiopia. Octavo,158pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ. (a67227)
$35.00 Rogge, John R . TOO MANY, TOO LONG SUDAN'S TWENTY-YEAR REFUGEE DILEMMA. ISBN 0-8476-7412-6
New Jersey 1985 1st Rowman & Allanheld. ISBN 0-8476-7412-6. Octavo, 195pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a66891)
$25.00 Cook's . THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
London 1923 Thomas Cook. 12mo., 428pp., illustrations, maps, original red cloth. One map has tape along two inch tear at fold. Another map wrinkled and torn along one fold. A few pencil notes in text and on rear blank end page. Good.. (a65830)
$38.00 Workman, Fanny Bullock and William Hunter Workman . ALGERIAN MEMORIES A BICYCLE TOUR OVER THE ATLAS TO THE SAHARA
New York no date (c.1900) Anson Randolph. Small octavo, 216pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Hospital name in ink and hospital stamp on end paper. Good, heel of spine chipped, head of spine worn, corners worn, rear hinge cracked, cover faded. In later clear protective glassine jacket. Scarce. (a65478)
$295.00 Livingstone, David . MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDING A SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA
London 1857 1st John Murray. 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. Octavo, 687pp., folding frontis engraving by Whympe, 45 plates including steel engraved portrait of Livingstone, two large folding maps, contemporary 3/4 leather with marbled boards and fully gilt decorated spine. Owner bookplate (C. F. Rowsell. Good, marbled paper worn off edges, outer hinges just beginning to crack. (a64847)
$500.00 Woodberry, George E. . NORTH AFRICA AND THE DESERT
NY 1914 first edition Scribners. Travel in Tunisia and Tripoli. Hardcover. Octavo, 364pp., cloth. Top edge gilt. VG plus, no ownership marks; no dj. (a62517)
$40.00 (missionary) . MISSIONARY ANECDOTES SERIES FIRST
Philadelphia (c. 1850) American Sunday-School Union. The Islands of the Pacific; India and Burmah; China; North Africa and Turkey; South Africa and Madagascar; North America and the West Indies. 12mo., 233pp., frontis illustration of Chinese prayer wheel index, gilt decorated purple cloth hardcover. Good, occasional light foxing, front cover almost faded to grey. Scarce. (a62196)
$160.00 Moore, J. E. S. . TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MODERN ASPECT OF CENTRAL AFRICA, AND OF SOME LITTLE KNOWN REGIONS TRAVERSED BY THE TANGANYIKA EXPEDITION, IN 1899 AND 1900
London 1901 1st Hurst and Blackett. Sm.4to., xvi, 350pp., color frontis, one large color foldout map and two smaller maps, many photo illustrations and drawings (some foldout), advertisements, original green cloth hardcover with dark blue picture of a donkey-man, gilt lettering on spine. Faint residue of numbers at heel of spine, institution booklate andstamp on title page. Good, corners and spine ends a bit worn. Scarce mountaineering book. (a61677)
$495.00 Belloc, H . ESTO PERPETUA - ALGERIAN STUDIES AND IMPRESSIONS
New York 1925 1st McBride. Small octavo.,191pp., illustrations, original lime-green cloth hardcover. VG, some browning on mounted paper spine label. Scarce. (a61558)
$50.00 Schillings, C.B. . MIT BLITZLICHT UND B�CHSE IM ZAUBER DES GLELESCHO
Leipzig 1911 funfte aufglage Voigtl�nder. In German. Sm.4to., 383pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated hardcover. VG, front hinge beginning to crack. (a60083)
$30.00 Park, Mungo . TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA
London 1984 Folio Society. Introduction and epilogue by John Keay. Lg.8vo., 203pp., blue cloth hardcover. VG plus, very light soiling on cover, in Fine box. (a58482)
$30.00 Makin, William J. . SOUTH OF SUEZ
London n.d.(c. 1930) Jarrolds. Sm.4to., 286pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. VG, end papers browned, no DJ. (a58181)
$25.00 Vernon, Paul E. . MOROCCO FROM A MOTOR
London 1927 1st Black. Sm.4to., 184pp., color illustrations, foldout map, pictorial hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Vernon in presentation to Frank Gottsch. VG, no DJ. (a58179)
$150.00 Deakin, Ralph . THE TOUR OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA
Philadelphia 1926 1st Lippincott. Introduction by the Prince of Wales. Lg.8vo., 302pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, light cover wear, light foxing on end pages, no DJ. (a58159)
$29.00 Todd, Mabel Loomis . TRIPOLI THE MYSTERIOUS
Boston 1912 Small Maynard. 8vo., 214pp., photo illustrations, index, original gilt printed hardcover. VG. (a57631)
$65.00 Roosevelt, Theodore . AFRIKANISCHE WANDERUNGEN EINES NATURFORSCHERS UND JAEGE
Berlin 1910. In German. Sm.4to., 464pp., photo illustrations, original decorated hardcover. VG, very light wear to head of spine, some light stains on cover. (a57601)
$50.00 Johnston, James M.D. . REALITY VERSUS ROMANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY ACROSS THE CONTINENT FROM BENGUELLA ON THE WEST, THROUGH BIHE, GANGUELLA, BAROTSE, THE KALIHARI DESERT, MASHONLAND, MANICA, GORONGOZA, NYASA, THE SHIRE HIGHLANDS , TO THE MOUTH OF THE ZAMBESI ON THE EAST COAST
London 1893 Hodder and Stoughton. Sm.4to., 353pp., 51 fullpage illustrations from photographs - including a stunning frontispiece, original printed hardcover. Lacks the foldout map. Fair, rear hinge cracked and cover worn on corners and quite worn on spine ends, backstrip browned. Sold as is, a good reading copy. (a57004)
$98.00 Falck, F. . ALGERIA AN UP TO DATE HAND-BOOK FOR TOURISTS
Paris 1927 1st Horizons.8vo., 248pp., photo illustrations, maps, printed hardcover. Good, new end papers, light wear, leaves lightly browned. (a55268)
$75.00 Smith, R.C. . LIFE INCIDENTS AND VOYAGES OF R.C. SMITH (PARALYTIC) GIVING INTERESTING NOTES OF HIS VOYAGES AROUND THE WORLD; HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE ZULU WAR, ETC. TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS HINTS ON HEALTH AND OVER SEVENTY RECIPES
Oakland 1888 Published for the Author. 12mo., 99pp., printed stapled wraps. VG, spine a bit worn. Scarce. (a53648)
$350.00 Sudan . SUDAN TODAY
1971 1st University Press of Africa. 8vo., 234pp., photo illustrations, index, end paper maps, hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a53380)
$29.00 Arnot, Fred S . GARENGANZE; OR , SEVEN YEARS' PIONEER MISSION WORK IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Chicago n.d. (preface dated 1889) Fleming Revell. Adventures West Central Africa in Angola and Zambia. 8vo., 274pp., woodcut illustrations, large color folding map, index, original brown cloth with black and silver lettering. Very faint residue of label on heel of spine. Blindstamp on title page. VG, new endpapers, one inch closed tear along one fold of map on lower edge, light cover wear and light cover soiling. (a51009)
$145.00 Milne, Caleb . "I DREAM OF THE DAY..." LETTERS FROM CALEB MILNE AFRICA 1942-1943
Woodstock 1944 Private Edition. 8vo., 122pp., photo frontis, printed cloth. VG, no DJ. (a48629)
$40.00 Richardson, Jacques (editor) . SCIENCE AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
1976. Entire issue of UNESCO Impact of Science on Society, Volume 26 Number 3, May-September 1976. 8vo., 231pp., wraps. VG. (a47172)
$45.00 Hause, H. E. . TERMS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE SUDANIC LANGUAGES A LEXICOGRAPHICAL INQUIRY
New Haven 1948. Supplement to Journal of American Oriental Society. Octavo, 71pp., foldout chart, wraps. VG. (a46163)
$34.00 Laurence, Margaret . NEW WIND IN A DRY LAND
NY 1964 1st Knopf. An account of a sojourn among the nomads of Somaliland. 8vo., 295pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a few chips. (a45917)
$30.00 Bonn, Gisela . NEUE WELT AM NIL
Wiesbaden 1953 Brockhaus. Tagebuchblatter einer Reise nach Agypten und dem Sudan. 8vo., 201pp., 124 vier-und einfarbigen Abbildungen auf Kunstdrucktafeln, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a43152)
$26.00 Wirsing, Giselher . DIE RUCKKEHR DES MONDO-MOGO AFRIKA VON MORGEN
Dusseldorf 1954 1st Diederichs. Egypt and Sudan. In German. Small octavo, 286pp., maps, hardcover. VG, light soiling on cover, no DJ. (a43100)
$33.00 Betham-Edwards, Miss . IN FRENCH-AFRICA SCENES AND MEMORIES
Chicago no date (late 19thc?) McClurg. 8vo., 324pp., hardcover. Insititution blind stamp on titlepage and small circulation note tipped to titlepage. Goods, new end papers, backstrip and head of spine a bit worn, rear outer hinge splitting. (a42785)
$35.00 Oswald, Felix . ALONE IN THE SLEEPING-SICKNESS COUNTRY
London 1915 1st Kegan Paul. Exploration and adventure in British East Africa. 8vo., 219pp., monochrome photo illustrations, color foldout map, original maroon cloth. Good, front lower corner scuffed, some cover wear and spotting. (a42468)
$65.00 Feuilleret, H. . MUNGO PARK SA VIE ET SES VOYAGES
Tours 1881 2nd Alfred Mame et Fils. Explorer in West Africa. In French. Sm.4to., 240pp., frontis, original decorated green cloth. All edges gilt. Good, new endpapers, lightly foxed throughout, a few spots of soiling of text. (a42317)
$35.00 Mason, Michael H. . DESERTS IDLE
NY 1928. East Africa. Lg.8vo., 211pp., monochrome photo illus., index, original pictorial cloth. Lacks map in rear pocket. Good, some rubbing, light soiling and staining on cover, no DJ. Sold as is: (a42020)
$25.00 Pichat, J. M. . BRAZZAVILLE-PARIS
Paris 1933 Larose. Journal de route du premier raid automobile entrepris de Brazzaville a Paris par quatre coloniaux francais avec un seul camion du 28 Janvier au 31 Mai 1932. Preface de Philippe d'Estailleur Chantereine. In French. 8vo., 206pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good, leaves browned but not brittle. (a41562)
$37.00 Wylde, A.B. . '83 TO '87 IN THE SOUDAN WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SIR WILLIAM HEWETT'S MISSION TO THE KING OF ABYSSINIA 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1888 1st. 2 volumes. 8vo., 347pp., 314pp., foldout map at end, boards. Good, boards a bit rubbed and soiled, hinges tender and just beginning to crack. 2 volumes (complete). (a41490)
$550.00 Greenberg, Joseph . THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM ON A SUDANESE RELIGION
Seattle 1966 (1946). Monographs of the American Ethnological Society 10. Hardcover. Octavo 73pp., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a41473)
$25.00 Gers, Jose . TERRE MOZABITE RHAPSODIE SAHARIENNE
Brussels 1933. In French. Number 13 of 53 copies signed by Gers on the verso of the title page (limitation page), with an original photograph of Gers in North Africa and an original leaf from the manuscript for the book, tipped in. Also inscribed and SIGNED by Gers on the title page. Sm.8vo., 212pp., wraps in DJ. Unopened. Fine in VG DJ that is foxed on the front and rear panels. Very scarce. (a41468)
$485.00 Lilliehook, John . TVENNE AR BLAND ZOUAVERNE MINNEN OCH ANTECHNINGAR
Stockholm 1862 Bonniers Forlag. Fran Falttaget uti Italien och Expeditioner uti Afrika aren 1859 och 1860. In Swedish. 8vo., 290pp., 4 foldout maps (one colored), 8 plates (5 monochrome, 3 in color), index, originsl boards. Plates by Grumbach, Leipzig.) Good, later end papers, text foxed throughout with some old dry water staining on first 34 pages; later end papers. (a40791)
$165.00 Sudan . SUDAN ALMANAC 1955
Sudan 1955 McCorquodale. 8vo., 262pp., photo illus., foldout map. Stiff cardboard cover with cloth spine. Good, a few small chips on boards and light staining . (a38814)
$30.00 (casablanca) . CASABLANCA ET SA REGION LIVRET GUIDE OFFICIEL DU SYNDICAT D'INITIATIVE
Casablanca 1934. In French. Tall narrow 8vo., 36pp. plus advertisements, photo illustrations, wraps. Foldout brochure on Algeria tipped in. Also included, 3 tourist brochures from the same period on Algeria and Morocco. Good, light wear. (a38484)
$50.00 Dillon, Richard G. . RANKING AND RESISTANCE A PRECOLONIAL CAMEROONIAN POLITY IN REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
1990 Stanford University. Hardcover. Octavo, 310pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a38407)
$25.00 Cranworth, Lord . PROFIT AND SPORT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA
London 1919 Macmillan. Being a second edition, revised and enlarged, of A Colony in the Making. Large octavo, 503pp., maps, illustrations, index, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good, cover worn, a few tiny snags along outer hinge, corners bumped. (a38123)
$100.00 Kamil, Murad . DAS LAND DES NEGUS
Innsbruck 1953 Inn-Verlag. In German. 8vo., 116pp., photo illustrations, index., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a37984)
$22.00 McClure, W. Don . RED-HEADED, RASH AND RELIGIOUS THE STORY OF A PIONEER MISSIONARY
Piuttsburgh 1954. 8vo., 142pp., photo illus. Missionary in Sudan and Ethiopia. Inscribed and signed by McClure on the front free blank. VG in VG DJ. (a36973)
$45.00 Hodgson, W. B. . REMARKS ON THE RECENT TRAVELS OF DR. BARTH IN CENTRAL AFRICA OR SOUDAN
NY 1858. A paper read before the Ethnological Society of NY, Nov 1858. 8vo., 18pp. Library stamp on title. New wraps. (a29844)
$65.00 David, Charles Wendell . ANRRATIO DE ITINERE PEREGRINORUM HIEROSOLYMAN TENDENTIUM ET SILVIAM CAPIENTUM, A.S. 1189
Philadelphia 1935. The Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 81 No. 5, pp.591-676, text maps, index, wraps. Text in Latin and in English. VG, small pen number on margin of front. (a28941)
$50.00 de Labrouhe, O. . UNE FEMME CHEZ LES PYGMEES
Niort 1946 Nicolas. In French. 12mo., 188pp., 3 dessins et 11 photo illustrations, wraps. Inscribed and signed by Labrouhe. Near Good, cover chipped on edges and soiled. (a28473)
$34.00 Lithgow, William . DISCOURSE OF A PEREGRINATION IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICKE
NY 1971. Johnson reprint of original London 1614 edition. The English Experience No. 399. From Scotland to ...Italy, Sycilia, Dalmatia, Ilyria, Epire, Peloponnesus, Macedonia, Thessalia, ...Greece, Creta, Rhodes...Cyprus , Phoenicia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Arabia Petrea, ...Egypt, ...Jerusalem. 8vo., about 200pp., red cloth with blue label. Fine, no DJ. (a28364)
$150.00 Romanelli, Samuel . TRAVAIL IN AN ARAB LAND
Tuscaloosa 1989. Translated from Hebrew with introduction and notes by Yedida Stillman and Norman Stillman. True story of authors 4 years of adventure in Morocco in 1786. 8vo., 222pp., index, hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a28147)
$25.00 Chapman, F. Spencer . LIGHTEST AFRICA
London 1955 1st. 8vo., 288pp., phot illus., index. VG in VG DJ. (a26260)
$25.00 Shoemaker, M. M. . ISLAM LANDS NUBIA, THE SUDAN, TUNISIA, ALGERIA
NY 1910 1st Putnam. 251pp., 44 photo illus., index. Pictorial cloth. Ex-library. VG, no DJ. (a26153)
$30.00 McLaurin, Hamish . WHAT ABOUT NORTH AFRICA? TRAVEL IN MOROCCO, ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
NY 1927 1st Scribners. Sm.8vo., 362pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Good plus, light cover soiling and wear, no DJ. (a26113)
$30.00 Vernon, Paul E. . MOTORING IN NORTH AFRICA
NY 1923 1st Author. 72pp., numerous photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. VG plus, slight cover wear, in Fine later glassine removable jacket. (a26102)
$75.00 Chilvers, Hedley A. . THE SEVEN WONDERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Johannesburg 1929 South Africa Railways and Harbors. 8vo., 386pp., 18 colored plates, many monochrome photo illustrations, index, printed hardcover. Good, cover worn, spine slightly browned. (a25216y)
$25.00 Ommanney, F.D. . ISLE OF CLOVES
London 1955 1st (stated). Travel in Zanzibar by wellknown marine biologist. 8vo., 230pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG in near VG DJ, some minor chipping. (a25085)
$35.00 Baker, Richard St. Barbe . MEN OF THE TREES IN THE MAHOGANY FORESTS OF KENYA AND NIGERIA (signed)
London 1932 1st (stated). Forward by Malinowski, introduction by Lowell Thomas. Hardcover. Octavo, 285pp., photo illustrations, cloth. **Longg signed inscription from Baker to Julia Goldman. VG, in Near Good DJ, chipped and worn. (a22773)
$60.00 Mountmorres, Viscount . THE CONGO INDEPENDENT STATE A REPORT ON A VOYAGE OF ENQUIRY
London 1906 Williams and Norgate. Roy8vo.166pp., photos. Good-VG, cover worn and lightly soiled. (a19766)
$85.00 Knox, Thomas W. . THE BOY TRAVELLERS ON THE CONGO
NY 1887 Harper. Good, cover worn, text lightly evenly browned, spine ends frayed. (a18497)
$65.00 Rathe, Gerard . MUD AND MOSAICS AN AFRICAN MISSIONARY JOURNEY FROM THE NIGER TO THE COPPER BELT
Westminster 1960 Newman Press. Catholic missionary in Africa. Sm.8vo., 191pp, hardcover. Good, rear hinge cracking, no DJ. (a17815)
$22.00 Watson, Charles . SORROW AND HOPE OF THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN
Philadelphia 1913 Board of Foreign Missions. A survey of missionary conditions and methods of work in the Egyptian Sudan. Sm.8vo., 233pp., triple foldout frontispiece, photo illustrations, pictorial boards. Owner name stamp. VG. (a15779)
$35.00 Reyher, Rebecca . THE FON AND HIS HUNDRED WIVES
NY 1952 1st Doubleday. Adventures and experiences in one of the last strongholds of polygamy, Cameroon. Hardcover. Octavo, 318pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Fine in Good DJ. (a13514)
$25.00 Buchanan, Angus . SAHARA
London 1926 John Murray. 301pp., photo illus., map, index. Pictorial cover a bit worn. Good, no dj (a12991)
$75.00 Prime, William C. . BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA
NY 1857 1st Harper. 8vo., 498pp., illustrations, cloth. Good, backstrip tearing, cover edges worn, spine end worn down. (a12053)
$60.00 Powell, E. Alexander . IN BARBARY TUNISIA, ALGERIA, MOROCCO AND THE SAHARA
NY 1926 Century. 483pp., index. G-VG in Fair DJ, worn, stained and chipped. (a11574)
$35.00 Magnus, Philip . KITCHENER PORTRAIT OF AN IMPERIALIST
NY 1959 1st Dutton. 8vo., 140pp., photo illus., index. Fine in Fine DJ. (a7822)
$28.00 (zanzibar) . GUIDE TO ZANZIBAR
Zanzibar 1949 Government Printer. 12mo., 109pp., photo illustrations, 3 maps, one foldout, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7602)
$25.00 Waterfield, Gordon . MORNING WILL COME
London 1944 John Murray.Travel in Africa, especially Somalia, and in India and Burma during WWII. 8vo., 198pp., photo illustrations (many by Cecil Beaton), index, cloth. Maps on end papers. VG, no DJ. (a7498)
$20.00 Long, Col. C. Chaille . CENTRAL AFRICA NAKED TRUTHS OF NAKED PEOPLE
NY 1877 (1876) Harper. An account of expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam -Niam, west of the Bahr-el-Abiad (White Nile.) Octavo, 330pp., illustrations, hardcover. Good, new end papers, cover faded and spine browned. (a7484)
$69.00 Wyndham, Richard . GENTLE SAVAGE A SUDANESE JOURNEY IN THE PROVINCE OF BAHR-EL-GHAZAL, COMMONLY CALLED THE BOG
London 1936 3rd Cassell. Octavo, 245pp., color frontis, photo illustrations, map, hardcover. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a7350)
$28.00 Barnes, James . THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA FROM COAST TO COAST
NY 1915 First edition. Appleton. Hardcover. Lg.8vo., 283pp., color frontis, monochrome photo illustrations by Cherry Kearton. Gilt-trimed green cloth. VG, new endpapers, light fading of backstrip, light wear on corners. Excellent condition. Text clean and bright. Focus is on ethnology, including pygmy tribes. (a6795)
$95.00 Bodley, R.V.C. . WIND IN THE SAHARA
NY 1944 4th Creative Age. True story of a man who leaves life in the West to live as an Arab on the Sahara desert. Interesting reading. Hardcover. Octavo, 224pp., cloth.. Good in Good DJ. (a6039)
$22.00 Grant, Cyril Fletcher . AFRICAN SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
NY 1912 McBride, Nast. Mainly on Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Hardcover. Large octavo, 504pp., photo illustrations, folding map, index, boards. VG in new glassine cover. Nice book. (a4685)
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