1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Brehm, Alfred Edmund.

Reisen im Sudan 1847 bis 1852. Herausgegeben, bearbeitet und eingeleitet von Helmut Arndt. Mit 50 zeitgenössischen Darstellungen und 1 Karte.

München / Zürich, Droemer Knaur, 1981. 11,5 x 18cm. 411 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. [Knaur, Band 3654].

4. 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.

5. Johnson, Peter / Bannister, Anthony / Bond, Creina.

Okavango: Meer im Land, Land im Wasser. Text von Creina Bond.

Sechste Auflage. Cape Town, Struik Publishers, 1988. 25 x 31cm. 202 Seiten, mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen. Original Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand.

6. Konzelmann, Gerhard.

Der Nil: Heiliger Strom unter Sonnenbarke, Kreuz und Halbmond.

5. Auflage. München, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1987. 12,5 x 19cm. 519 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. Namenseintrag im Vorsatz.

7. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Natal and Kaffraria (Eastern Cape of Africa) with Umzimvoobu, Ingali, Umbezana, Umzimkuli, Maritzburg, Durban, Umyoti, Drakenberg, Quathlamba or Drakenberg Range, Upper Tukula, Umzinyati, Zulu Country. With Vignettes and a beautiful, large illustration of the entrace to Port Natal and Port Natal and the town of Durban.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.