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Africa - Exploration:

de Labrouhe, O. . UNE FEMME CHEZ LES PYGMEES (signed)
Niort 1946 Nicolas. In French. 12mo., 188pp., 3 dessins et 11 photo illustrations, wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Labrouhe. Fair, cover chipped on edges and soiled. Text toned and faintly rippled. (a28473)
$29.00 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 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 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., all maps present, illustrations, index, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good, cover worn, a few tiny snags along outer hinge, corners bumped. (a38123)
$65.00 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)
$165.00Gers, Jose. TERRE MOZABITE RHAPSODIE SAHARIENNE (signed)
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. Uncut. Fine in VG DJ, foxed on the front and rear panels. Very scarce. (a41468)
$390.00 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 first edition. Remington. 2 hardcover volumes. octavo., 347pp., 314pp., foldout map at end, boards. Good, boards a bit rubbed and lightly soiled, hinges tender and just beginning to crack inside; outer hinges fine. 2 volumes (complete). Binding secure; no ownership marks. (a41490)
$465.00Feuilleret, 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. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracking, lightly foxed throughout, a few spots of soiling of text. (a42317)
$29.00 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 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)
$45.00 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 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 first edition Hurst and Blackett. Hardcover. 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 with dark blue picture of a donkey-man, gilt lettering on spine. Faint residue of numbers at heel of spine, institution booklate and stamp on title page. Good plus, corners and spine ends a bit worn. Text clean and binding secure. Scarce mountaineering book. (a61677)
$480.00 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. Hardcover. Title continues "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 board edges, outer hinges just beginning to crack. (a64847)
$350.00Arkwright, Robert ; Edward C.Tabler (editor). SPORT AND SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE DIARY OF LIEUTENANT ROBERT ARKWRIGHT 1843 - 1846
Original typescript of book published in Capetown in 1971. Final Draft, edited by Edward C. Tabler. Original typescript. 4to., 135 leaves (rectos only), in student folder. VG. (a68128)
$50.00(travel). INSCRIPTIONS LEFT BY EARLY EUROPEAN NAVIGATORS ON THEIR WAY TO THE EAST
Cape Town 1950 3rd South African Museum. Octavo, 47pp., photo illustrations, origina; wraps. Good. (a69760)
$23.00 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 first edition Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 509pp., (6), illustrations, 3 foldout maps (one is cyclone chart), original green cloth. Faint blind stamp of club on title page. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear on corners and spine ends, spine faded, small stain on cover. (a69960)
$85.00 Oliver, Captain Pasfield (editor) . THE VOYAGE OF FRANCOIS LEGUAT OF BRESSE TO RODRIQUEZ, MAURITIUS, JAVA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Two volumes. Hardcovers. Octavo, 433pp., 5 large folding maps, 6 illustrations (one foldout); 13 illustrations, 2 foldout maps, blue grey cloth. Fine. 2 volumes. (a70693)
$250.00 (Pellegrino Matteucci) . PELLEGRINO MATTEUCCI, RITORNO, MORTE E ONORANZE FUNEBRI
1881. Article in Italian at pp. 727-756, removed from Bollettino della Societa Geografica Italiana and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a71019)
$55.00 Porena, F . LE EXPLORAZONI DI E HOLUB NELL'AFRICA MERIDIONALE (1)
1881. Article in Italian at pp. 760-773, removed from Bollettino della Societa Geografica Italiana and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a71020)
$35.00 Bourg de Bozas, Vicomte du . VOYAGE AU PAYS DES AROUSSI (ETHIOPIE MERIDIONALE)
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 401-430, large color foldout map, sept figures et une carte hors texte, removed from La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74392)
$75.00 Weisgerber, Docteur F. . EXPLORATIONS AU MAROC: 1. L'OUM ER-REBIA ii. LES THERMS DES ENVIRONS DE FAS
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 321-339, 2 maps, 4 photo illustrations, removed from La Geographie Bulletin de la societe de Geographie Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74394)
$65.00 Hoffman, Bernard G. . ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE CONDUCTED IN 1529 TO THE NEW WORLD, AFRICA, MADAGASCAR AND SUMATRA, TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN WITH NOTES AND COMMENTS
1963. Article at pp.1-79 a single issue of Ethnohistory. Several additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, original wraps. VG. (a76740)
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