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Africa - Exploration / Travel:

Prime, William C. . BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA
NY 1857 first edition Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 498pp., illustrations, brown cloth. Fairly Good, spine tearing, cover edges worn, spine end worn down. Binding secure; text clean. no ownership marks. (a12053)
$34.00 Buchanan, Angus . SAHARA
London 1926 John Murray. 301pp., photo illus., map, index. Pictorial cover a bit worn. Good, no dj (a12991)
$75.00 Mountmorres, Viscount . THE CONGO INDEPENDENT STATE A REPORT ON A VOYAGE OF ENQUIRY
London 1906 first edition. Williams and Norgate. Hardcover. Roy8vo.166pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. Good, cover worn and lightly soiled. (a19766)
$48.00 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 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 Chapman, F. Spencer . LIGHTEST AFRICA
London 1955 1st. 8vo., 288pp., phot illus., index. VG in VG DJ. (a26260)
$25.00 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 Kamil, Murad . DAS LAND DES NEGUS
Innsbruck 1953 Inn-Verlag. In German. 8vo., 116pp., photo illustrations, index., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a37984)
$22.00 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 (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 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)
$465.00Pichat, 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)
$29.00 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)
$25.00Feuilleret, 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 Betham-Edwards, Miss . IN FRENCH-AFRICA SCENES AND MEMORIES
Chicago no date (late 19thc?) McClurg. 8vo., 324pp., hardcover. Institution blind stamp on titlepage and small circulation note tipped to titlepage. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, backstrip and head of spine a bit worn, rear outer hinge splitting. (a42785)
$23.00 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 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)
$45.00 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 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. Good, inner hinges cracked, one inch closed tear along one fold of map on lower edge, light cover wear and light cover soiling. (a51009)
$100.00 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 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 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 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 (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 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 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)
$350.00 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. Fair to Good, spine quite toned; spine ends chipped and worn down; cover tips rounded; hospital library name and stamp on end paper (no other library marks); rear inner hinge cracked. Top edge gilt. Text slightly toned; binding secure. (a65478)
$200.00 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 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. Good, inner hinges cracked, light fading of backstrip, light wear on corners. Text clean and bright. Focus is on ethnology, including pygmy tribes. (a6795)
$80.00 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)
$140.00Arkwright, 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 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(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 Phillips, Mrs. Lionel . SOME SOUTH AFRICAN RECOLLECTIONS
London 1899 first edition Longmans, Green. Hardcover. Octavo, 183pp., photo illustrations, lime green cloth. Good, tiny owner name label on end paper, cover rubbed and faded. Binding secure and text clean. (a6985)
$22.00 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 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 Kemp, Rev. Dennis . NINE YEARS AT THE GOLD COAST
London 1898 1st Macmillan. Hardcover.Octavo, 279pp., frontis map, photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear, cover unevenly faded, tiny chip on spine, spine ends lightly frayed. (a70335)
$60.00 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 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. no marks. (a70797)
$28.00 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 (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 Hawker, George . THE LIFE OF GEORGE GRENFELL , CONGO MISSIONARY AND EXPLORER
NY 1909 1st Revell. Hardcover. Octavo, 587pp., frontis portrait, photo illustrations, maps, green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. VG, no DJ. (a71606)
$70.00 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 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. Good, inner hinges cracked; no dj. (a72246)
$28.00 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 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 (zanzibar) . GUIDE TO ZANZIBAR
Zanzibar 1949 Government Printer. 12mo., 109pp., photo illustrations, 3 maps, one foldout, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7602)
$25.00