11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Burton, Richard F / [edited by Burton, Isabel].

First Footsteps in East Africa, or An Exploration of Harar. Two Volumes Bound as One.

New York, Dover Publications Inc., no year (c.1987). 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXIV, 485 pages (vol.1, 209 pages / Vol.2, 276 pages). 11 illustrations and 2 maps. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to top edges. Interior bright and clean

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. Camões, Luís Vaz de.

The Lusíads. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Landeg White.

Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. XXVIII, 258 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.