1. 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.

2. Anonymous / [Synge, Mary / Carr, Dr.D.W. and others] .

Mercy and Truth – A record of C.M.S. Medical Missions – Volume IV. [for the year 1900 – with essays on: Women Patients Rich and Poor – by Mary Synge about a fishing Village called Sang Sua / A Week in the Kyber (Khyber Pass visit by three workers of the C.M.S. during their time at Peshawar / The Opening of the New Mengo Hospital – by Mrs. Albert Cook (with images) / Medical Staff at Hang-chow (Dr. Kember, Dr. Main, Dr. Tsang), Some Men and Women in Hakodate (North Japan) / A Day of Medical Work in a Persian Town (by Henry White) / In Touch with the sick in Oyo (Yoruba) – with support from the Royal irish Constabulary / Moslem Fatalism (by L. Cropper in April 1899) / Photograph of a Temporary Hospital in Onitsha, West Africa / An Acquaintance with sickness in Central Africa [with a diagram that shows how many and what kind of operations were done (Teeth Extractions, Gynaecological Cases etc.) and how the natives paid for the treatment with Shells !!] / Dr. L.G. Hill of Pakhol – Overcoming Obstacles in China / Photograph of “Serai at Lundi Kotal – C.M.S. Dispensary in the Corner / etc. etc.

London, Church Missionary Society, 1900. Slim Quarto. 300 pages with numerous photographs and Index. Hardcover, light blue publisher’s cloth with red lettering to spine and cover. Binding a little stained and rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition ! Rare !! Name of Patience Conner on title.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. [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.

6. Lloyd, A.B.

In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country a Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. 146 Illustrations and Maps.

Second Popular Impression (Limited to 1500 copies). London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. 15 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XXIV, 385 pages. One fold-out map of Toro and Aruwimi districts within interior. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral and lettering on front board. Good+ condition. Signs of external wear. Bumps to corners. Some staining to front board with small cloth tear evident also. Spine ends rubbed. Valley between front pastedown and endpaper slightly cracked. Binding overall a little shaky but still firm and strong. Roughness to cut edges. Slight tears at edge of fold-out map. Some untrimmed pages. Interior mostly bright and clean.

7. 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.

8. [Wakefield, Thomas] Wakefield, E.S.

Thomas Wakefield – Missionary and Geographical Pioneer in East Equatorial Africa. [With an Appendix listing Plans of East Tropical Africa and Mombasa, forwarded by Rev. Thomas Wakefield to Kew Gardens in 1880 / 1884 and classified by Professor Oliver]. With Portrait and Eight Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1904. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 285 pages. 9 illustrations on 9 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. Interior bright, tight and clean with sharp corners. Front endpaper carries message reading “Presented to Louise Stephens by the United Methodist Missionary Society 1916”.

9. 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.

10. 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.