1. Abu Taleb Tabrizi / Abu Taleb Isfahani / Mirza Abu Taleb Khan.

The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan in Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Written by himself, in the Persian language. [With an Appendix: ‘Author’s Vindication of the Liberties of the Asiatic Women’]. Translated by Charles Stewart, Esq.

First and only Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810. Octavo. Frontispice-Portrait with original tissue-guard, VIII, (8), 320, 418 pages. Hardcover / Beautifully restored bindings by english master binders in stunning modern half-morocco with the original spine-labels applied. Original endpapers and pastedowns with the original bookplates / Exlibris preserved. Excellent condition with some browing and ghosting to the pages, as usual with this set. Name of historical preowner Richard Meade in ink on titlepages. Rare in this very amazing restored condition.

2. Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Africa – The African Continent with Vignettes and illustrations of an Arab family of Algeria, Bosjesman Hottentots Wild Bushmen, St.Helena, Korranna Hottentotts, Bedouin Arabs Encampment.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.4 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. Africa / North Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Egypt and Arabia Petrea – with Vignettes and illustrations of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan / Grand Cairo / Alexandria / Ruins of the Great Temple, Karnac / Great Sphinx, Ghizeh / Gulf of Akaba / Gulf of Suez / Red Sea with Boats / .

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 34.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.3 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

4. Africa / South Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cape Colony with Clan William, Little Namaqua Land, Tulbagh or Karoo, Stellenbosch, The Cape, Zwellendam, George, Zitzikamma, Uitenhage, Beaufort, Graaf Reynet, Albany, Somerset, Victoria, Colesberg, Griquas. With Vignettes and illustrations of Cape Town, Entrance to the Knysna, Graham’s Town.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

5. Angove, John.

In the Early Days – The Reminiscences of Pioneer Life on the South African Diamond Fields.

Kimberley and Johannesburg, Handel House, 1901. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, 212 pages. 21 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with stamped lettering on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on front free endpaper: “To Ernest James Weaver – with best wishes from…27.10.12”. Rare !

6. Baker, Samuel W. Baker.

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. With Illustrations and Maps.

4th Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1871. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 413 pages. 24 illustrations from original sketches by Sir S.W. Baker on indivdual plates. Map of Nile Basin as frontispiece. Fold-out colour map near front showing routes of ‘Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Black tooled borders and design on front board. Deckled top and fore- edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light tanning and occasional minor foxing throughout. Interior unmarked. Binding firm and solid and textblock square and tight.

7. Barrow, John.

Voyage dans la partie meridionale de l’Afrique; fait dans les années 1797 et 1798; par John Barrow, Ex-Secretaire de Lord Macartney…Contenant des observations sur la géologie, la géographie, l’histoire naturelle de ce continent, et une esquisse du caractère physique et moral des diverses races d’habitans qui environnent l’Etablissement du Cap de Bonne-Espérance. / Accompagné: Nouveau Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l’Afrique; Où l’on examine quelle est l’importance du Cap de Bonne-Espérance pour les différentes puissances de l’Europe, considéré comme station militaire et navale; comme boulevart du commerce et de la domination des Anglais dans l’Inde; comme centre des établissemens pour la pêche de la baleine dans les mers Australes; comme acquisition territoriale, et comme entrepôt commercial en tems de paix. Accompagné d’une description statistique de la colonie rédigée sur les documens les plus hautentiques, enrichi de huit belles cartes, contenat celle de la Côte d’Afrique depuis la baie de la Table jusqu’a la baie de Saldanha, des cartes de la baie de Pletenberg, d’Algola, de Mossel et de False bay; du plan militaire de la péninsule du Cap, et de ceux de la baie de la Table et du Knisna. (2 Volumes).

First French Edition. 4 Volumes [complete set of two works with 2 Volumes each]. Paris, Dentu, 1801-1806. 35.5 cm x 55.8 cm. Collation: complete. Pagination: Volume I: XVI, 403, (1) pages / Volume II: 326, (2) pages including Errata-leaf / Volume III: X, 310 pages / Volume IV: 312 pages. Original contemporary red calf with gilt lettering and ornament to lacquer-polished-spine. The Volumes are numbered consecutively, even though these are two separate works. Excellent condition of the binding and interior of this important publication with very minor signs of foxing only ! All the maps in wonderful condition ! First french edition of “Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa” (Barrow’s journey with Lord Macartney in 1797 to the Cape of Good Hope) plus two further Volumes which describe the second journey in 1801 / 1802 to Saldanha Bay [Saldanhabaai] with an early image of Robben Island. The survey of the Dutch colonies was not only a seminal work on South Africa but the beautifully engraved, large folding map of South Africa was a turning point of african cartography and geographical illustration.

8. [Barter, Charlotte/Catherine] A Plain Woman.

Alone Among the Zulus – By a Plain Woman, the Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa.

Second Edition. London / New York, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge / E & J. B. Young & Co., no year [c. 1879]. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, II, 184 pages. With four illustrations (including Frontispiece) plus two examples of melodies transcribed in musical notes. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial design on spine and front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue-guard in good condition. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.

9. Barth, Henry [ed. G.T. Bettany].

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Including Accounts of Tripoli, The Sahara, The Remarkable Kingdom of Bornu, and the Countries Around Lake Chad.

London, New York and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co., 1890. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 608 pages. 8 plates, 98 other illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners of boards very slightly bumped and rubbed. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior is very bright and clean. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books].

10. Battiscombe, E.

A Descriptive Catalogue of Some of the Common Trees and Woody Plants of Kenya Colony.

London, The Crown Agents for the Colonies, (1926). 18.5 cm x23.5 cm. 142 pages with numerous photographic illustrations and an Index of Vernacular Names. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding strong and firm. Front pastedown carries bookplate of the Linnean Society of London – dated February 1922. Tipped into the endpaper is a Pro forma-‘with compliments’ letter to the Linnean Society’s Librarian from The Crown Agents for the Colonies on behalf of the Government of Kenya.

11. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

12. Bell, W.D.M.

Karamojo Safari.

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XI, 298 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original salmon cloth] with lettering on spine / without the dustjacket. Design on front board. Mapped endpapers showing ‘Route of Author’s Safari Through Karamojo.’ Very good- condition. Signs of external wear. Boards and spine show significant fading and discoloration from wear. Binding is still firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean.

13. Bell, W.D.M.

The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter.

Second Edition. London, Neville Spearman & The Holland Press, 1958. 18 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 188 pages. 58 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded. Front board carries faint hint of staining. Some very occasional light spotting to an otherwise bright and clean interior with sharp corners.

14. Bonucci, Anicio / Galibert, Leone.

Storia d’ Algeri [History of Algeria]. Dal Primo Stabilimento De’ Cartaginesi Fino Alle Ultime Guerre Combattutevi Ai Giorni Nostri Dalle Armi di Francia. Con una Introduzione su i Diversi Sistemi di Colonizzazione che Precessero il Conquisto Francese: Di Leone Galibert – Antico Direttore della Rivista Britannica. Volgarizzamento del Sig. Dottore Anicio Bonucci.

Two Volumes (complete set). Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Celli, 1843. 18 cm x 26 cm. Collation: Volume I: 628 pages with 33 hand-coloured plates depicting battle scenes and landscapes / Volume II: 649, (2) pages with 40 (of 44) handcoloured plates and pages 233-240 missing. Hardcover / Volume I in a modern half-buckram with private spine-label / Volume II in its original half-leather binding. Good condition with signs of external wear. One Volume with crack to gutter between front pastedown and gutter. Loose leaf near front. Binding still firm and strong but tender near very front. Interior bright and unmarked with occasional foxing.

15. Bourne, H. R. Fox.

Civilisation in Congoland – A Story of International Wrong-Doing. With a prefatory Note by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke.

London, P.S.King & Son, 1903. Octavo. XVI, 311 pages with large, coloured, folded map of the Congo: “Congo Land or The Conventional Basin of the Congo”. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Endpaper detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faint old library stamp of the “Reichsgericht in Berlin” to titlepage.

16. Brink, J.N.

Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-War at Ceylon.

Amsterdam / Cape Town, Hollansch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1904. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 220 pages. Hardcover [very decorative, original publisher’s green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front board is inlaid with illustration. Rear board is inlaid with coat of arms and flags of the South African (Transvaal) Republic and the Orange Free State. Excellent, actually stunning / Fine condition with only absolutely minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners.

17. Brom, John L.

Twenty Thousand Miles In the African Jungle.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958. 14 cm x 22 cm. 224 pages. 41 black and white photographs by J. L. Brom and S. Skulina. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean. Preowner details on front endpaper.

18. Browne, Major G. St. J. Orde.

The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya – A Description of the Manners & Customs of the Primitive & Interesting Tribes Dwelling on the Vast Southern Slopes of Mount Kenya & Their Fast Disappearing Native Methods of Life. With Many Illustrations & 2 Maps.

London, Seeley, Service & Co., 1925. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 284 pages. 27 monochrome photographs on 17 plates including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear showing “The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya.” Hardcover [publisher’s original amber cloth] with lettering on spine. Embossment to front board. Excellent, bright condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown. Minor foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered.

19. Butt, G.E.

My Travels in North West Rhodesia. Or a Missionary Journey of Sixteen Thousand Miles.

London, E. Dalton, no year. 13 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 283 pages. 48 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some scratching, staining and discoloration to boards. Minor foxing to edges. Some spotting within. Interior is unmarked and sharp cornered. Binding still firm and strong.

20. Cagnolo, Fr. C.

The Akikuyu – Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore. English Translation, With Illustrations and a Map.

Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School, no year (c.1933). 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners.

21. Carnochan, F.G.[Frederic Grosvenor] / Adamson, Hans Christian.

The Empire of Snakes.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1935). 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 256 pages. 26 illustrations. Discreet colour map attached near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Spine and boards faded. Interior bright and clean with occasional spotting. Annotations on pastedowns and throughout the book. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

22. Cloete, Henry / [Cloete, William Brodrick / Montrose Cloete].

The History of the Great Boer Trek – And the Origin of the South African Republics. Edited by his Grandson William Brodrick-Cloete.

London, John Murray, 1899. 13cm x 19 cm. XVI, 196 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on title label on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This being the copy of Montrose Cloete, with his name on front pastedown (together with the mentioning of one H.J.Asquith).

23. Condry, William.

Birds & Wild Africa.

London, Scientific Book Club, 1967. 20 cm. 192 pages with 16 plates, 2 maps. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The jacket with a blemish to the lower spine.

24. Conner, Patrick.

The Inspiration of Egypt. Its Influence on British Artists, Travellers and Designers, 1700-1900.

Brighton, Brighton Borough Council, 1983. 24cm x 16cm. viii, 168 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

25. Coudenhove, Hans.

My African Neighbors – Man, Bird, and Beast in Nyasaland.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1925. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. With 12 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name (R.G.Poole) on front endpaper.

26. Coudenhove, Hans.

My African Neighbors – Man, Bird, and Beast in Nyasaland. Illustrated.

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. 15 cm x 22.7 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. 12 illustrations, including the frontispiece, on 8 plates. Hardcover/ Publisher’s original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cracks to valley between endpaper and half-title. Binding still good and firm. Original, armorial bookplate of Somerset Saunderson(depicting the coat-of-arms with the motto: “Je suis veillant”) on front paste-down. Annotation on pastedown, half-title, table of contents and table of illustrations. Several annotations on rear paste-down.

27. [Crawford, Mabel] Anonymous.

Through Algeria.

London, Richard Bentley, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 362 pages. The frontispiece is a colour-lithograph of El Kantara. Attractive hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering and ornamental design on spine. Gilt lettering and richly decorative tooling on front board. Blind tooling on back board also. Pebbled boards. All edges gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cloth frayed at spine head and tail. Slight cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still very good and firm. Some foxing to endpapers. Interior very clean and bright. Some untrimmed pages. Handwritten message on front endpaper reads “A Prize gained by Louisea Mells for Progress in her French studies, Xmas. 1869. Magdalen House.” An extremely rare, rather scarce, early publication by an Irish Woman Traveller in Africa who also lived and helped through the Irish Famine and was not only an early Feminist but also one of the first members of the Suffragette Movement.

28. Dale, Godfrey.

The Peoples of Zanzibar, Their Customs and Religious Beliefs.

Westminster, The Universities’ Mission to Central Africa, 1920. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 124 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and ornament on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

29. Dennett, R.E.

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo). Illustrated. With an Introduction by Mary H.Kingsley.

London, David Nutt, 1898. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 169 pages. 5 full-page-photographic illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt stamp on front board and decorative tooling to boards. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled edges. Interior bright and clean. [Publications of the Folk-Lore Society – Volume XLI – 1897]

30. Dennett, R.E.[Richard Edward].

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo). With an Introduction by Mary H. Kingsley.

London, The Folk-Lore Society [David Nutt], 1898. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 169 pages. 5 illustrations, including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Emblem of Folk-Lore Society embossed on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue guard in excellent condition. Scarce. Inscribed by the author R.E. Dennett on half-title. Very important early account on the Congo. Dennett later would meet Roger Casement. This inscribded book by him is of extreme value. [Publications of the Folk-Lore Society – Volume XLI – (1897)].

31. Denon, Vivant / Kendal, E.A.

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, During the Campaigns of General Bonaparte. Translated from the French. To which is prefixed, An Historical Account of the Invasion of Egypt by the French. By E.A. Kendal, Esq. Illustrated by Maps, Views &c. &c.

First english language edition of this important work. In two Volumes (complete set with all illustrations). London, Printed by J. Cundee for B. Crosby and Co., 1802. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece, LXX, 264 pages / Volume II: 285 pages plus 42 unnumbered pages of Appendix and Index, also including Errata and one page of advertising for “Books printed for B.Crosby and Co.”. Hardcover / Recently rebacked original 19th-century leather with the new spines bound to style with gilt lettering and ornament. Original boards preserved. Beautifully restored set in firm and excellent condition. Page VII of Volume One loosened. The maps and engravings in unusually excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of each Volume.

32. Drake-Brockman, Ralph E.

British Somaliland. With 74 Illustrations from Photographs on Art Paper, Other Illustrations And a Map.

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1912. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. X, 334 pges, 74 illustrations on 49 plates. Fold-out map at rear showing British Somaliland. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial and patterned design embossed on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight bumps to lower board corners. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown (Newbold’s Bookshop Ltd. – 289 George Street, Dunedin, New Zealand).

33. Drummond, Henry.

Tropical Africa. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 228 pages. 6 maps (on five fold-out-sheets). At front 2 fold-out colour maps of East Central Africa and Equatorial. At rear fold-out colour maps of ‘European Possessions and Claims in Central and Southern Africa’. One fold-out colour map of east central Africa within contents. Hardcover / contemporary half leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. Gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to heel of spine. Binding still firm and strong. Foxing to endpapers. Interior and maps in bright and clean condition.

34. Du Chaillu, Paul.

My Apingi Kingdom: With Life in the Great Sahara. And Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich, Hyena, &c. Numerous Engravings.

New York, Harper & Brothers, no year (c.1870). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece with tissueguard, VIII, 254 pages. 33 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Gilt pictoral on front board. Blind stamp to rear board. Coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Tissue guard in very good condition. Preowner details on front endpaper: “James Hill – Westell Farm – Kewell, Read 1916”.

35. Dugmore, A. Radclyffe,

The Vast Sudan [With Notes on the Distribution, Appearance, Peculiarities and Habits of the Game of the Sudan (Water-buck, Black Rhinoceros, Buffalo, Reedbuck, Hartebeest etc.) / With a List of the More important Animals found in the Sudan – Some of the More Important Birds Found in the Sudan].

London, Arrowsmith, 1924. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, 312 pages. 19 excellent photographic illustrations including frontispiece. One fold-out map showing ‘Anglo-Egyptian Sudan’. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling and design to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only one of two fold-out-maps present (the small Africa-Map-missing). Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Binding firm and strong.

36. Dun, Major T. I. / Saad, Nahmia (School of Fine Art, Cairo).

From Cairo to Siwa – Across the Libyan Desert with Amoured Cars [mainly with woodcuts by Nahmia Saad]. A Narrative Followed by Illuminated pages of the History and Customs of the Inhabitants of that Country, A Photographic Brochure, A Map. Foreword by Field Marshall W. R. Birdwood of the XIIth Royal Lancers.

One of 750 copies of a limited edition (overall 1,000 volumes printed). Cairo, Messrs E. & R. Schindler, 1933. 26 cm x 34 cm. Frontispiece, IV, 110 pages. Black and white photographs at rear. Fold-map of the route described in book at rear. Map of Cairo at rear also. Text in black and red. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth]. Label on spine. Elaborately illustrated boards. Bookplate on front pastedown with inscription reading “The Old order changeth, yielding place to New.” Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine with stronger abrasion but the binding overall firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean. Two images with issues: Ugly residue of paper of the preceding page on the tipped-in colour-plate depicting Queen Nefertari and the photograph of the Dunes of Cairo !

37. Dutton, E.A.T. [Eric Aldhelm Torlogh].

Kenya Mountain. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc.

Second Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. 18 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 219 pages. 55 illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear detailing Mount Kenya topography and Durron and Melhuish’s route in 1926. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light Foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean. Inscribed and signed by the author Eric Dutton on the front free endpaper in Lusaka on 14th November, 1935.

38. Edwards, Neville.

The Transvaal in War and Peace. With Numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, H. Virtue and Company, 1900. 221.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 384 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Large gilt lettering and image of mounted trooper on front board. All edges gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corner boards only slightly bumped. Interior bright and clean. Prize bookplate of Tonbridge Castle School (dated April 1900) on front pastedown.

39. Eggeling, W.J.

The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate. With a Foreword by Sir Arthur Hill, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Entebbe, Uganda, The Government Printer, 1940. 21 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXII, 296 pages. 43 full-page-photographs, numerous line drawings. Colour map of Uganda Protectorate’s annual rainfall tipped-in on front endpaper showing Uganda’s Protectorate with its Average Rainfall. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Tree-like design to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some soiling to front board near head of spine. Interior bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong.

40. Elliott, W.A.

Gold From the Quartz. With Seventy-Five Illustrations and Two Maps.

London, London Missionary Society, 1910. 17 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 223 pages. 77 illustrations including frontispiece. 2 maps of region within book. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial image on front board Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean.

41. Elmslie, W.A.

Among The Wild Ngoni – Being Some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa.

Edinburgh and London, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 319 pages. 14 illustrations including frontispiece. Folded Map at rear showing ‘Livingstonia Mission.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial illustration on spine and board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

42. Father James.

African Adventure.

Dublin, The Father Mathew Record Office, 1936. Octavo. Portrait Frontispiece of Father Matthews in Livingstone, 201 pages wihth several photographs and plus folded map of Father Matthews’ Travels from Capetwon, South Africa, to Kimberley, Mafeking, Bulawayo in S. Rhodesia, Livingstone, Mongu Barotseland in North Rhodesia to Angola. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

43. Fitzpatrick, Percy.

Jock of the Bushveld. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.

5th Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1908. 16 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 475 pages. 23 illustrations on 23 plpates, including colour frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name and date on front pastedown: ‘Adeline G. Bowen – July 13th, 1909’. A very desirable copy in the original publisher’s binding. Extremely Rare in this very excellent condition.

44. Foran, W. Robert.

A Cuckoo in Kenya – The Reminiscences of a [Irish] Pioneer Police Officer in British East Africa. Illustrated with Photographs by the Author and Others.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1936). 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. Frontispiece, 360 pages. 119 monochrome photographs on 47 plates, including frontispiece. Maps of Kenya on pastedowns and endpapers. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Slightly bumped and rubbed. Very minor staining to front board. Binding still firm and strong. Minor foxing to edges. Interior very bright and clean. Very Rare, rather scarce publication !

45. Gann, L.H.

A History of Southern Rhodesia – Early Days to 1934.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1965. 16 cm x 24 cm. X, 354 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Originnal dust jacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean. Dust jacket very good.

46. 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 !

47. Geddie, John.

The Lake Regions of Central Africa – A Record of Modern Discovery. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 275 pages. 32 wood-engraved illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and lettering and pictorial on front board. Blind stamp on back board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners of boards bumped and rubbed. Binding somewhat cocked but still firm and strong. Occasional spotting. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on endpaper: “William Cox / 91”.

48. Gehrts, M. / [Major Hans Schomburgk].

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland. The Adventures, Observations and Experiences of a Cinematograph Actress in West African Forests Whilst Collecting Films Depicting Native Life and When Posing as the White Woman in Anglo-African Cinematograph Dramas. With an Introduction by Major H.Schomburgk.

Philadelphia / London, J. B. Lippincott Co / Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1915. 15.2 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 315 pages. 41 illustrations including frontis. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. One illustration slightly detached only. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong. Rare in this very good condition. Tiny bookstamp from Chas.E. Lauriat Co. in Washington Street, Boston.

49. George Philip & Son.

Philips’ Special Map of the Nile Valley and the Approaches to Khartum. Showing the Entire Course of the Nile from the Great Lakes to the Sea, and the Approaches to Khartum from the East Coast to Illustrate the British & Italian Operations in the Eastern Sudan & Red Sea Littoral.

London, George Philip & Son, 1896. 13 cm x 20 cm. Folded colour map in addressed enveloppe. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Binding of protective covers of map detached.

50. Griffith, Sir William Brandforth.

Ordinances of the Gold Coast Colony, and the Rules and Orders Thereunder in Force 31st March, 1903; An Appendix Containg the Letters Patent; The Imperial Orders in Council, And Various Acts of Parliament in Force in the Colony, And an Index. Also The Ordinances, & c., In Force in Ashanti and the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. Prepared under the Authority of “The Reprint of the Statutes Ordinance, 1903” by Sir William Brandford Griffith, Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony.

Original / First Edition. 2 Volumes (complete set). London, Stevens & Sons, Limited, 1903. 15.5 cm x 24.5 cm Volume 1: XLVI, 878 pages. Volume 2: 907 pages. Interleaved with blank pages throughout for later annotations / notes. Hardcover/ Original, brown half-leather with gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Massive, stunning set in overall very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (Leather-corner missing from front board bottom corner of Volume I). Minor gutter-split between front endpaper and half title of Volume I but binding still firm and strong. Binding of Volume II is very firm and strong. Boards are faded and carry minor stains. Board of Volume II has minor worming. Volume I carries occasional annotations. Some staining to edges of Volume I. Occasional inkstains and spotting to interiors but both volumes are sharp cornered, bright and for the most part clean. Very Rare, rather scarce original edition !