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Africa - Exploration/Travel:

Buchanan, Angus . SAHARA
London 1926 John Murray. 301pp., photo illus., map, index. Pictorial cover a bit worn. Good, no dj (a12991)
$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 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)
$50.00Gers, 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)
$390.00Feuilleret, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Furlong, Charles Wellington . THE GATEWAY TO THE SAHARA OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN TRIPOLI
NY 1914 new and enlarged edition Scribner's. Hardcover. Octavo, 363pp., 2 text maps and one foldout map, many monochrome photo illustrations, maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Owner signed. VG. (a83454)
$39.00 Cortier . EXPLORATION AU SAHARA
Paris 1909. Article in French. at pp. 155-165 with one text map in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin. Other articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good plus. (a84329b)
$45.00 Garde, G. . LES REGIONS AU NORD-EST DU TCHAD
Paris 1910. Article in French. at pp. 237-244, one text figure, in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin. Other articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good plus. (a84333a)
$35.00 Courtier, M. . LE PAYS DES TOUAREGS IOULLIMINDEN
Paris 1910. Article in French. at pp. 221-236, one text figure, in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin. Other articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good plus. (a84333b)
$35.00 Gentil, Louis . LE MAROC ET SES RICHESSES NATURELLES
Paris 1910. Article in French. at pp. 301-320, 12 text figures, in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin. Other articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG. cover faded and lightly worn. (a84334)
$33.00Baker, Richard St. Barbe. MEN OF THE TREES IN THE MAHOGANY FORESTS OF KENYA AND NIGERIA
London 1932 first edition (stated). Forward by Malinowski, introduction by Lowell Thomas. 8vo., 285pp., photos. VG, no DJ. Hardcover. (a84979)
$34.00