141. Thomas, Hugh.

Cuba, or The Pursuit of Freedom.

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1971. 24cm x 16.5cm. XXIV, 1696 pages. Original Hardcover With Original Dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket torn.

142. Stevenson, Robert Louis.

A Foot Note to History. Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1892. 19cm x 12.5cm. viii, (2) 322 (12) pages. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine (slightly faded) and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscription (pencil and ink) on end paper. Minor inscription (pencil) on rear paste down.

143. Van Der Post, Laurens.

Venture to the Interior.

First Edition. London, Hogarth Press and The Book Society, 1952. 20.4cm x 13.2cm. XIII 240 (3) pages. Frontispiece photograph of the author. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

144. Brown, Hilton.

Parry’s of Madras. A Story of British Enterprise in India.

First Edition. Madras, Parry & Co. Ltd., 1954. 22cm x 14cm. xi, 347 (2) pages. With illustrations. Map on endpapers and pastedown of Parry India. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Parry in 1806. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

145. Gilman, Arthur.

The Saracens – From the Earliest Times to the Fall of Bagdad. With maps, many illustrations, a chronological table and a list of books treating the subject.

Rare and sought after Third Edition. Great Britain, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. 14 x 21 cm. xiv, 493 pages. Maps and Illustrations. Original Hardcover. Cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

146. Brownlee, Charles.

Reminiscences of Kafir Life & History and Other Papers. [Natal and Zululand Fifty Years Ago / Pondos – Xesibes and the Colonial Government / Superstitions and Customs Among the Native Races / Witchcraft / A Chapter on the Basuto War / Present State and Future Prospects of the Kafirs / A Kafir Betrothal Ceremony / Sandile / Xoxo / Tola and Eno / Life of Tyala by R.W.Rose-Innes / Death of Tyala / Lament of Tyala ]. With a brief Memoir by Mrs. Brownlee and other articles.

Second Edition. South Africa, Lovedale Mission Press, 1916. 14.5 x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, vi, 384 pages. With eight illustrations including Frontispiece. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some annotation and underlining.

147. Moorhead, Alan.

Cooper’s Creek.

London, The Reprint Society, 1965. 14 x 21 cm. x, 223 pages. Maps and 38 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing.

148. Wannan, Bill.

Bill Wannan Selects Riverboat Stories of Old Australia.

First Edition. Melbourne, Sun Books, 1978. 13.5 x 21 cm. 148 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

149. Fowler, Frank.

Southern Lights and Shadows. With an Introduction by R.G.Geering.

Facsimile Edition. Sydney, Sydney University Press, 1975. 12 x 19 cm. 132 pages with an Introduction by R. G. Geering. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

150. Pratt, Ambrose.

The Lore of the Lyrebird. With a foreword by the late Honourable A.A. Dunstan.

Eighth Edition. Melbourne, Robertson & Mullens, 1951. 14 x 22.5 cm. 79 pages with 20 illustrations. Frontispiece illustration: ‘James’ by F.Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed on front endpaper by preowner. Rare in the dustjacket !

151. Maddock, Shirley.

Islands Of The Gulf.

First edition. Auckland, Collins, 1966. 15.5 x 22 cm. 286 pages with 80 black and white and 20 coloured photographs by Don Whyte. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Maps on pastedows and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

152. [Malaysia] Alhady, Alwi Bin Sheikh.

Malay Customs and Traditions.

First Edition. Singapore, Eastern Universities Press Ltd, 1962. 12.5 x 18.5 cm. xv, 128 pages and 13 plates. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

153. [Quine, Willard Van Orman] Cherry, P. P.

The Western Reserve and Early Ohio.

Ohio, R. L. Fouse, 1921. 14 x 20 cm. 332 pages with 40 illustrations. Original blue cloth covered Hardcover-edition. Gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of logician Willard Van Orman Quine – with his ownership-stamp to the front free endpaper.

154. [New York] Hall, Edward Hagaman.

A Guide to the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in the City of New York.

Tenth Edition. New York, The Laymen Club of the Cathedral, 1931. 12 x 17 cm. 142 pages with 42 illustrations. Frontispiece photograph of North Elevation of the Cathedral. Original softcover with illustrated front cover. Binding a little shaky with some pages loosened / Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by preowner on front endpaper.

155. Benton, Peggie.

One Man Against The Drylands – Struggle and Achievement in Brazil.

First Edition. London, Collins and Harvill Press, 1972. 14 x 21.5 cm. 223 pages with 15 illustrations and a map. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the dustjacket.

156. Hare, Augustus J. C.

Sketches in Holland And Scandinavia.

First Edition. London, George Allen, 1884. 13 x 19.5 cm. 134 pages with illustrations. Original cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration on front cover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Halftitle signed and dated by preowner.

157. [Sudan] Ribière, Jean- Pierre.

Le Soudan au fils des jours.

Paris, EDIFRA, 1990. 31 x 25 cm. 116 pages with a map and several photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

158. Ladurie, Le Roy Emmanuel.

Carnival in Romans.

First Edition. New York, George Braziller, Inc., 1979. 16 x 23.5 cm. xvi, 426 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

159. [English History Collection] – Stokes, Edward.

Innocents Abroad. The Story of British child evacuees in Australia, 1940-45.

First Edition. London, BCA, 1994. 18 x 24 cm. XIII, 230 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

160. Cohen-Portheim, Paul.

England – The Unknown Isle.

First Edition. Sydney, Angus and Robertson Limited, 1935. 19 x 130 cm. 259 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.