171. Hamburg & Anglo-American Nile Company.

Hamburg & Anglo-American Nile Company. Formerly Known as the Anglo-American Nile Steamer & Hotel Co. and Still Under the Same Management. Season 1913-1914.

English Edition. London, “African World”, 1913-1914. 12 cm x 21 cm. 82 Pages with additional 2 unnumbered pages of publisher’s advertising. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight tearing on upper spine. Slight stains to covers and some pages due to rust in binding.

172. The Daily Telegraph.

Map of Abyssinia. In 6 Colours.

London, George Philip and Son, No Date (c.1935). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Folded colour map. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

173. Solé, Robert / Valbelle, Dominique.

The Rosetta Stone. The Story of the Decoding of Hieroglyphics.

New York, Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 184 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

174. Raven, Susan.

Rome in Africa.

Third Edition. London, Routledge, 1993. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XXXIII, 254 pages. With. c 80 illustrations. Original Hardcover, with original dustjacket. Excellent condition, like new.

175. Gavaghan, Terence.

Of Lions and Dung Beetles – [A Man in the Middle of Colonial Administration in Kenya].

Elms Court / Ilfracombe, Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., 1999. Octavo. III, 322 pages. Illustrated with many photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author on the titlepage. Rare publication !

176. Reynolds-Ball, Eustace A.

The City of the Caliphs – A Popular Study of Cairo and its Environs and the Nile and its Antiquities.

Boston, Dana Estes & Company, 1897. 20.9cm x 15cm. 348 pages with 20 illustrations (photogravures of Cairo and its environs). Original, breathtakingly beautiful, illustrated Hardcover with original slipcase and original cloth-dustjacket. First layer with Frontispiece slightly loosened. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some staining to slipcase and jacket only). Extraordinary beautiful cover with gilt patterns, gilt ornament and lettering. An overall exceptional binding with the rare cloth-dustjacket in original case.

177. Steevens, G.W.

From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War. Edited by Vernon Blackburn.

First edition. Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. 13 x 19.5cm. (8), 180 pages, with a map of the Country round Ladysmith and a large fold-out map at the rear, illustrating the Seat of War in South Africa. Includes a 32 page publisher’s catalogue to rear. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Very good condition. Minor signs of external wear, including bumping to corner and small stain to front board. Front endpaper starting to tear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

178. Arnott, Kathleen.

African Myths and Legends. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

London, Oxford University Press, 1970. 14.5 x 22cm. 211 pages, with illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with original dustjacket and illustrated endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, including small (1cm) tear to dustjacket spine. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. [Oxford Myths and Legends Series].