51. 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.

52. 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 !

53. [Hannington, James] Dawson, E.C.

James Hannington – First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A History of his Life and Work, 1847-1885.

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 392 pages. Fold-out map at rear of “Eastern Central Africa”. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering and blind tooling on spine and front board. Gilt design on front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue guard shows foxing. Interior is bright and clean.

54. [Hannington, James] Michael, Charles D.

James Hannington – The Merchant’s Son Who Was Martyred For Africa.

London and Glagow, Pickering & Inglis, no year (c.1930). 13 cm x 18.7 cm. Frontispiece, 183 pages. 8 additional illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board with design. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Binding is firm and strong.

55. Hardy, Ronald.

The Iron Snake.

London, Collins, 1965. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 318 pages. 11 illustrations on 8 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Mapped endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding tight and square. Preowner’s name on title-page.

56. Hatch, Frederick H. / Chalmers J.A.

The Gold Mines of the Rand – Being a Description of the Mining Industry of Witwatersrand South African Republic. With Maps, Plans and Illustrations.

Second Edition. London and New York, Macmillan and Co, 1895. 18 cm x 26 cm. XVII, 306 pages. 79 in-text illustrations and 14 monochrome photographs. 2 fold-out maps in pocket of rear board showing the South Transvaal and Witwatersrand. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on boards. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with some signs of external wear. Abrasion to cloth at heel of spine. Binding is strong and firm. Interior of book is unmarked but shows some signs of foxing. Name of preowner on titlepage: “Alma Stewart Arnold” (?)

57. Hattersley, Chas. W. / Duta, Henry Wright.

Luganda – Phrases and Idioms. For New Arrivals and Travellers in Uganda.

Second Edition. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1921. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm. 128 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

58. Herbert, Agnes [″The Authoress”].

Two Dianas in Somaliland. A Record of a Shooting Trip by Agnes Herbert / With Twenty-Five Illustrations Reproduced from Photographs.

Second Edition. London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 306 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent version of this rare book in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional spotting but interior otherwise bright and clean. Foxing to edges. Some untrimmed pages throughout.

59. Hill, F.M.

Permanent Way – The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway – Being the Official History of the Development of the Transport System in Kenya and Uganda. Foreword by Sir Reginald Robins, the Commissioner for Transport, East Africa High Commission.

Nairobi / Kenya, East African Railways and Harbours, [1949]. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. XII, 582 pages. 18 plates with fantastic monochrome photographs. 2 beautifully coloured fold-out maps within, showing 1. East Africa in 1892 with the proposed Railway / 2. East Africa in 1949 showing the Principal Land & Water Communications with finished Railways and Railways under construction. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and gilt design on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to front board lower corner. Binding is firm and strong. Foxing and tanning to edges. Some occasional pencil-markings. Interior is otherwise tight, bright and clean.

60. Hill, M.F.

The Dual Policy in Kenya. Being a collection of articles, published in the Kenya Weekly News, between July, 1943, and March, 1944, on the past, the present, and the future of Kenya Colony.

Nakuru, The Kenya Weekly News, no year (c.1944). 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 276 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth]. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Boards are faded. Corners bumped. Boards show smudges and fading. Tears to gutter between pastedowns and endpapers. Binding somewhat shaky but book block intact. Internally clean and bright with sharp corners.

61. Hillegas, Howard C.

Oom Paul’s People – A Narrative Of The British-Boer Troubles in South Africa, with a History of The Boers, The Country, And Its Institutions. Illustrated with Eight Photographs and a Map of South Africa.

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1899. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 308 pages. 8 plates. Map of South Africa at front. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Lettering and pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Preowner’s details on front endpaper.

62. Hobley, C.W.

Kenya – From Chartered Company to Crown Colony, Thirty Years of Exploration and Administration in British East Africa. Illustrated from Photographs. With a Foreword by W.G.A Ormsby Gore M.P (Late Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies).

London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1929. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece. 256 pages. 19 monochrome images on 10 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is slightly sunned. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners. Tissue guard to the frontispiece in near excellent condition.

63. Holmes, F. Ratcliffe.

Through Wildest Africa – A Story of Travel.

London, Geoffrey Bles, no year (c.1925). 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. Frontispiece, 318 pages. 20 photographic illustrations on 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Map of the Kenya Colony on front pastedown and endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean and sharped cornered. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

64. Johnson, Jennifer.

The Battle For Algeria – Sovereignty, Health Care, and Humanitarianism.

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 16 x 24 cm. XIII, 270 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Pennsylvania studies in human rights].

65. Johnson, Martin / [Osa Johnson].

Over African Jungles – The Record from Pen and Camera of a Glorious Adventure over the Big Game Country of Africa, 60,000 Miles by Aeroplane.

London, Harrap, no year (c.1935). 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 250 pages. 100 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean, with occasional spotting. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

66. Johnson, Osa.

Four Years in Paradise.

New York, Garden City Publishing Co. Inc., 1941. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. 345 pages. 54 illustrations on 34 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original faded- green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with clear signs of external wear. Tail of spine lightly frayed / Cover slightly stained. Small abrasions to lower corners of boards. Light damp stains on front and rear boards. Signed and inscribed by the author, Osa Johnson, on half-title: “Best African Wishes – Osa Johnson”.

67. Johnson, Osa / [Mrs. Martin Johnson].

Jungle Friends.

Third Edition. London, The Travel Book Club, 1944. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 189 pages. 32 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

68. Johnson, William Percival.

My African Reminiscences, 1875-1895.

Westminster, Universities Mission to Central Africa, no year (1924). 14 cm x 21 xm. Frontispiece, 236 pages. 8 illustrations, including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear of Lake Nyasa. Private Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on black spinelabel. Sprinkled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fold-out map is creased. Interior is tight, bright and clean with new endpapers.

69. Johnston, Harry.

Britain Across the Seas – Africa, A History and Description of the British Empire in Africa.

London, National Society’s Depository, no year [1910]. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIX, 429 pages. 238 illustrations. 7 maps. [Sketch Map of Kaffraria / Political Map of Africa (in colour) etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Internally exceptionally tight, bright and clean with sharp edges. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate of Leyland Parish Church Sunday School and Bible Classes awarding prize to J. Pickles for regular attendance.

70. Johnston, Harry.

Pioneers in South Africa. With Eight Coloured Illustrations by Wal Paget.

London, Glasgow, Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, no year (c.1915). 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 316 pages. 16 illustrations total – 8 in colour, 8 in black and white. Including three fold-out maps (Central and South Africa / Africa before Livingstone’s Journeys / Africa by discovery or report after Livingstone’s last researches were published 1874). Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with lettering and design on spine and front board. Frontispiece and one illustration cleanly detached but loosely inserted. Otherwise in very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional spotting to edges and foxing throughout. [ “Pioneer” Library ]

71. Johnston, Harry.

Pioneers in West Africa. With Eight Coloured Illustrations By the Author.

London, Glasgow, and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, no year [c. 1912]. 13.5 cm x 19.3 cm. Frontispiece,336 pages. 16 illustrations in total – 8 colour and 8 monochrome. 2 maps within. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with title on spine. Very special combination of an original publisher’s cloth and bespoke, gilt-stamped Mundella School binding (Nottingham). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior bright, tight, clean and sharp cornered. Front pastedown carries presentation-bookplate of Mundella School, Nottingham, awarding prize to “Leonard John Ross – Second Position on Form List III E. First in Geography, Midsummer 1925 R.B. Wright M.A. (Cantab) [HeadMaster]”. [″Pioneer” Library].

72. Johnston, Harry H.

The Story of My Life.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 536 pages. 3 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and blind tooling at front board edges. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very occasional foxing. Interior is otherwise very bright and clean. Binding firm, strong and square.

73. Keane, A.H.

The Gold of Ophir. Whence brought and by Whom ?

London, Edawrd Stanford, 1901. 14 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 244 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean. Rare !

74. Kirkland, Caroline.

Some African Highways. A Journey of Two American Women to Uganda and the Transvaal. With Illustrations from Photographs and a Map. With an Introduction by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell.

London, Duckworth & Co, 1908. 14.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 345 pages. 46 illustrations. One fold-out map of Mombasa to Victoria (Railway) near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Tooling to front board edges. Embossment to lower corner of rear board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding is solid and square. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

75. Knight, E.F.

Letters from the Sudan. By the special correspondent of “The Times”. With Illustrations and Plans. Reprinted from “The Times” of April to October, 1896.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1897. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 325 pages. Twelve illustrations. Three fold-out maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition with signs of external wear. Corners of board bumped and rubbed. Spine carries library marking. Foxing to deckled edges. Front pastedown carries ex-libris ‘Schola Grammatica Sydneiensis’ of Sydney Grammar School (″Discarded”). Book stamp on half-title page. Ex-libris stamp on title page. Beautiful, tiny little bookshop-sign to endpapper: “Tyrrell’s Bookshop – 328 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest, Australia”.

76. Le Breton, F.H.

Up-Country Swahili Exercises – For the Soldier, Settler, Miner, Mercahnt, and Their Wives. And for All Who Deak With UP-Country Natives Without Interpreters.

Thirteenth Edition. Richmond, R.W. Simpson and Co., (1956). 12 cm x 17.5 cm. 96 pages. Softcover/ publisher’s original. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Upper corner of front board bumped. Name of preowner on pastedown.

77. Lehnert & Landrock [Publishers].

In the Land of the Pharaohs – 40 Artistic [Photographic] Views of Karnak – Luxor – Thebes – Assuan – Kom Ombo – Edfu – Denderah – Abydos [with a very early photograph of the tomb of ‘Tut-Ankh-Amen’ [Tutankhamun] – possibly taken shortly after Carter’s discovery.

Trilingual publication in german – english – french. Cairo, Copyright by Lehnert & Landrock Art-Publishers, no year [c.1922]. Oblong Octavo. 40 pages with original photographs of famous and important tourist locations in early 20th century Egypt. Original Softcover. Small tear to frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

78. [Livingstone, David] Stanley, H.M.

Life and Finding of Dr. Livingstone. With an Account of Dr. Livingstone’s Death and Latest Discoveries.

New and Enlarged Edition. London, Dean & Son, No date (c.1880). 13 cm x 18.5 cm. 332 Pages with several illustrations Original clothbound hardcover with embossed gilt decorations and gilt edges. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Covers detached from binding.

79. 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.

80. Lyne, Robert Nunez.

Zanzibar in Contemporary Times – A Short History of the Southern East in the Nineteenth Century. Illustrated with two coloured maps and numerous photographs.

First edition. London, Hurst and Blackett, 1905. 15 cm x 22.5 cm Frontispiece, XII, 328 pages. 27 illustrations. 2 maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. The rare first edition in Good+ condition only with some strong signs of external wear. Spine nearly detached. Minor bumps and rubs to board corners. Interior very good. Small library stamp to titlepage (cancelled/discarded). [This copy used to belong to the School of Oriental Studies – Finsbury Circus] Deckled edges. Interior bright and clean.

81. MacDonald, J.R.L. / [Provenance: Edmund Heathcote Thruston].

Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London and New York, Edward Arnold, 1897. 15 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 333 pages. 12 illustrations, including frontispiece. 8 maps, including fold-out colour map at rear showing “Major MacDonald’s work in British East Africa.” Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Good- condition. Large yellow ’‘Mudie Select Library”– label on front board. Rear board bears remnant of removed label. Minor staining and rubbing to boards. Tears at gutters between pastedowns and endpapers with exposed cloth front and rear. Binding is shaky but bookblock still solid. Front endpaper partially loose. Armorial bookplate of Edmund Heathcote Thruston with latin inscription (Esse Quam Videri) on front pastedown. Names of two previous owners on half-title page. Occassional annotations throughout the book. Occasional foxing throughout. Rare !

82. Mair, L.P. / [Lucy Philip Mair].

An African People in the Twentieth Century.

Frontispiece, XV, 300 pages. 8 illustrations. Map near front. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1934. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 300 pages with Index. Eight monochrome plates including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front pastedown carries bookplate / Exlibris of Charles P Groves.

83. Malinowski, Bronislaw.

The Dynamics of Cultural Change – An Inquiry into Race Relations in Africa. Edited by Phyllis M. Kaberry.

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1945. 24.2cm x 16.3cm. xiv, (2) 171 pages. Illustrated with several charts: Chart of Witchcraft Criticism / Historical Baganda Land Tenure / Chieftainship Political Constitution under Indirect Rule / etc. Original hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. First edition in excellent condition. Very Rare !

84. [Marriott Mena House Hotel] Bentley, Arthur, J.M. / Griffinhoofe, C.G.

Wintering in Egypt. Part I.: Under the Shadow of the Pyramids. Part II.: Hints to Invalids.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1894. 26.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 188 pages.18 illustrations including a map of the region around the Pyramids of Gizeh Mena Hotel, Bulak. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and gilt embossed pictoral on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lower corner boards slightly bumped. Marking on front paste-down. Valleys between pastedowns and endpapers show tears. Binding a little shaky but overall still firm and strong. Interior is clean and bright. Extremely scarce publication !

85. McKiernan, Gerald / Serton, P. [editor].

The Narrative and Journal of Gerald McKiernan In South West Africa, 1874 – 1879. Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Map, by Dr. P. Serton.

Cape Town, The Van Riebeeck Society, 1954. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 197 pages. 5 illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear detailing McKiernan’s travels in the region. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Van Riebeeck Society Series – 35]

86. Merker, M.

Die Masai [Maasai] – Ethnographische Monographie eines ostafrikanischen Semitenvolkes. Mit 89 Figuren, 6 Tafeln, 61 Abbildungen und einer Uebersichtskarte [Allgemeine Uebersichtskarte der Wohngebiete des Massaivolkes (heutiges Maasai Mara vormals Olbruggo, Loita, Kisongo) /.

Berlin, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1904. Quart. XVI, 421, [2] Seiten plus 6 Tafeln (davon zwei farbige Tafeln und eine farbige Faltkarte) im Anhang. Hardcover / Originales Ganzleinen mit dekorativer und vergoldeter Beschriftung auf dem Einbanddeckel und Ruecken. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Ehemaliges Exemplar des Geographischen Instituts Mannheim. Mit handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk von Otto Hug, Fringa, Deutsch-Ostafrika, Mai 1906.

87. Morden, William and Irene.

Our African Adventure.

London, Seeley Service & Co., no year (c.1954). 16 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 255 pages. 40 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map of Kenya and Uganda within book’s interior. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. With the beautifully illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent / Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

88. Morrison, G.R.

Mixed Farming in East Africa. With a foreword by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Francis Scott.

London, East Africa, 1935. 15 cm x 22 cm. 159 pages, X pages of colonial advertising / ads at rear (Kenya Coffee, Advertisement targeting Farmers and Settlers in East Africa etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine. With the very rare, original dust-jacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very occasional foxing. Interior bright and clean. Binding firm and strong and square. The jacket in excellent condition !

89. [Murray Smith, T.] Wykes, Alan.

Nimrod Smith – A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M.C. Professional Big Game Hunter. [Signed / Inscribed] Illustrated.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 207 pages. 11 illustrations (black-and-white photographs). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Signed and inscribed by Big Game Hunter T. Murray Smith: “Tom Johnson, Wishing you good Hunting – T. Murray Smith – June 1961”. Including Erratum note, identifying Smith as photographer of nearly all included images. Signed copies by Old-Time Professional Hunter T. Murray Smith are extremely scarce !

90. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

In Zululand With The British Throughout the War of 1879.

London, W. H. Allen 1880. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 343 pages. Illustrated throughout with portraits. Includes the vintage photograph of Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (including tissue-guard), 3 fold-out plans. With the often missing large fold-out Military Map of Zulu Land and Adjacent Parts of Natal and Transvaal. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Design on front board. First layer, with frontispiece, slightly detached. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean, with very minor spotting near front. Ink markings to first page of first chapter. Bookplate / Exlibris of Davenport House (Bridgnorth) to front pastedown with the printed motto “Audentes Fortuna Junat”. Extremely rare, rather scarce and even scarcer with the large folding-map included !

91. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in 1880-1 / With A New Map of the South African Republic and Text of the Convention of 1884. [Including an extensive Appendix with a Glossary of Local Terms used in South Africa – The Transvaal Volksraad – Convention Between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic – Notices of the Boer Leaders etc.].

Second Edition. London, Abbott, Jones & Co., Limited, (1881). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 392 pages. Fold-out map near front showing South African Republic. Hardcover [publisher’s original khaki cloth] with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Blind ruling on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Appendix unopened (uncut). Binding firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on half-title: “Miss McCracken – 19th Dec.1899”.

92. O’ Shea, T.J. (ed.)

Farming and Planting in British East Africa – A Description of the Leading Agricultural Centres and an Account of Agricultural Conditions and Prospects.

Nairobi, Newland, Tarlton & Co, 1917. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVII, 162 pages. A large Fold-out map at the rear shows the East Africa Protectorate (excluding northern territory & country east of Tana River). Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth]. Illustrated front board. Pastedowns and endpapers with adverts targeting Colonial Settlers, Farmers and Investors. Good+ condition with minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded and boards carry minor smudges and rubs. Cracked gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Very small tear to front endpaper. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright.

93. O’Shea, T.J. [Compiler & Editor].

Farming and Planting in British East Africa. A Description of the Leading Agricultural Centres and An Account of Agricultural Conditions and Prospects. Compiled and Edited by T.J.O’Shea.

Nairobi, Newland, Tarlton & Co., 1917. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 162 pages. With numerous, fantastic photographic illustrations by W.D.Young throughout the publication, showing a Sisal-Field [Agave sisalana], Power-Station for a group of Sisal Factories at Thika, Highland-Sheep Farm, Sheep Shearing / Photo of a sheep-herd on Lord Delamere’s Elmenteita Farm / Sheep Bred at Naivasha Government Farm / Wheat Growing at Njoro / A Gala Day at Government House etc. etc. With a large Fold-out map at rear showing ‘East-African Protectorate.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original, illustrated red cloth]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and scuff marks. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright. Pastedowns and endpapers carry advertising for Cattle, Building Materials, Agricultural Machinery and other goods for settlers and farmers from Newland Tarlton and Co. of Nairobi and other companies.

94. Park, Mungo.

Travels in the Interior of Africa.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1893. 14 cm x 18 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 392 pages. 5 engraved illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to edges. Internally, tight, bright and clean with sharp corners. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate with message “St Patrick’s School, Salter Street, Prize Awarded to Evan Jenkins for Regular Attendance Year Ending Oct 31st 1895 – 402 out of 422 times.”

95. Park, Mungo.

Travels in the Interior of Africa – Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park, Surgeon. With an Appendix, containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell [The Illustrations and Maps in this copy are all missing – The Frontipiece – Portrait of Mungo Park is included] / [Including a List of Subscribers and “A Vocabulary of the Mandingo Language”].

Second Edition. London, W.Bulmer and Co., 1799. Quato (22 cm x 26 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait by Dickinson, XXVIII, 372, XCII pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative, 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards. Recently, professionally repaired with new endpapers, using 19th century paper. The Volume is in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Even thouh lacking the Illustrations, a solid reading-copy of this famous book, with only minor signs of browning and foxing.Name of several pre-owners on half-title, title and frontispiece [Michael Gleeson and George Roch of Woodbine Hill].

96. Payne, John.

Volume I (of III) of the “Universal Geography” [Including Asia, Africa and Voyages of English Navigators] – formed into a new and entire system; describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; with their subdivisions of Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics: the extent, boundaries, and remarkable appearances of each country; cities, towns, and curiosities of Nature and Art. Also giving a general account of the fossil and vegetable productions of the Earth, and of every species of animal: The History of Man, in all Climates, Regions and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments and Religions: The State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures and Knowledge. Sketches of the Ancient and Modern History of each Nation and People to which is added, A Short View of Astronomy, as connected with Geography; of the Planetary System to which the Earth belongs; and of the Universe in General. With a set of Maps, drawn from the best Materials, every one of which is very neatly coloured; and a great Variety of Copper-Plates; descriptive of the most remarkable curiosities in the world. With an Appendix in two Parts, containing I. The History of the Voyages round the World, and toward the North and South Pole, which have been made since the year 1764 by English Navigators and II. A Digested and Geographical Account of the most considerable Islands and Countries which have been either discovered or explored during those Voyages, collected from every writer upon those subjects. Part I on the Appendix includes: 1. The First Voyage round the world, performed by Commodore Byron, in the Dolphin, accompanied by the Tamar Sloop / 2. Captain Wallis’s Voyage round the World, being the Second performed in the Dolphin / 3. Continuation of Captain Carteret’s Voyage round the World in the Swallow / 4. Lieutenant Cook’s Voyage round the World, in the Endeavour Bark (First Voyage, Second Voyage and Third Voyage including a stunning engraving of Cook, together with Portraits of inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, Mangea and Ulietea) / The Appendix Part II contain a Geographical Account and Description of the Islands which have been lately discovered or visited in the South-Sea, proceeding from East to West (Easter Island / The Society Islands / The FRiendly Islands / The New Hebrides, Mallicolo and New Caledonia / New Zealand / New Holland / The Sandwich Islands //

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Zachariah Jackson (Great Ship-Street), 1792. Quarto. XV, 894 pages with a list of subscribers and eight fantastic full-page copper engravings (NO MAPS in this Volume) / Frontispiece (The beautiful Frontispiece-plate is cleanly detached and now comes with this beautifully restored book framed): Plates included are: 1. Frontispiece: Vegetable Productions constituting important Articles of Commerce: Nutmeg Tree / Bohea Tea Plant or Thea Bohea / The Cotton Shrub / The Nutmeg enclosed in the Mace and Nutmeg Kernel / Flower of Tea / The Cotton Shrub – This plate is hand-coloured ! / 2. The Artificial Sphere (Globe) with the Solar System and Divisions of the Earth / 3. [Kamtschatka] – A Kamtscadale Travelling in Winter / An inside View of a Winter-Hut of the Kamtschadales / 4. Animals in the Southern Parts of Africa (The Rhinoceros Bicornis / The Buffalo / The Hippopotamus, called by the Hottentots the Seacow) / 5. The Country contiguous to the Cape of Good Hope – Hottentots and their Huts &c. &c. / 6. Portrait – Collection on one plate of Captain James Cook – Killed on the Island of Owhyhee – 14th of February 1779 (From a painting by Dance in the possession of Sir Joshua Banks) – other portraits on that page include A woman and a man of the Sandwich Islands / A Man of the Magea – Omai or Omia , a Native of Ulietea / 7. Portrait – Collection on one plate of: Poulaho – King of the Friendly Islands / A Man of van Diemen’s Land / A Woman from van Diemen’s Land / A Woman of Prince William’s Sound / A Man of Prince William’s Sound / 8. Portrait-Collection on one plate of: A woman of Otaheite Island (Tahiti) bringing a present / A Woman of Otaheite (Tahiti) dancing / An Otahetian (Tahiti) in the Dress of his Country / A New Zealand Warrior completely armed (Maori) // Hardcover / Professionally restored original 18th-century leather with original gilt ornament and new labels on spine. Binding rubbed but after the masterful restoration in very good condition. Some of the plates slightly loose but not detached. Very few minor wormhole damage to the last 250 pages. Rare with the plates ! From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, with his original bookplate to the pastedown. One of the early accounts of english Navigation and Discovery.

97. Payne, John / Hardie, James / Provenance I: Signature of J.J. Westervelt [Jacobus James Westervelt (1755 – 1826) – Schraalenberg and Provenance II: Charles Sydney Clark (1925) presented this set to Johnson Free Public Library at Hackensack, New Jersey].

A New and Complete System of Universal Geography [Complete with all 20 maps / illustrations] ; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe and America; with their Subdivisions of Republics, States, Empires and Kingdoms : The Extent, Boundaries and Remarkable Appearances of each Country; Cities, Towns and Curiosities of Nature and Art. Also giving a general account of The Fossil and Vegetable Productions [with hand-coloured plates] of the Earth. The History of Man, In all Climates, Regions and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments and Religions: The State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures and Knowledge. Sketches of the Ancient and Modern History of each Nation and People to the present time. To which is added, A View of Astronomy, As connected with Geography; Of the Planetary System to which the Earth belongs; And of the Universe in General. With a copious Index annexed to each Volume. Being a Large and Comprehensive Abridgement of Universal Geography. By John Payne. With additions, corrections and Improvements from the latest and best authors by James Hardie – Author of “The Principles of Latin Grammar”, “The American Remembrancer” and “Universal Tablet of Memory” &c. In Four Volumes.

First Abridged Edition. Volumes I [Asia] and II [Africa] (of IV). New York, Printed for and Sold by John Low, Book-Seller at The Shakespeare – Head, No.332 Water-Street, 1798 – 1799. Octavo – Edition. Pagination: Volume I [Asia]: Folded Frontispiece (Map of the World), XLVIII, 518 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index and one additional page with Directions for the Bookbinder for placing the maps and illustrations as well as Errata. Volume I includes all 10 Maps / Engravings as called for / Volume II [Africa]: Folded Frontispiece (Map of Africa), 578 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of an Index plus one additional page with Directions for the Bookbinder for placing the maps and illustrations as well as Errata. Volume II includes all 10 Maps / Engravings as called for. Hardcover / Modern Library – Binding with the original 18th century – work bound in. Former library copy of Bergen County Historical Society (cancelled) and Johnson Free Public Library in Hackensack, New Jersey, with a very boring, modern library binding and library cards applied to the endpapers only, leaving the bookblock with text and maps and illustrations entirely untouched from any library-signs. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

98. Pearce, F.B.

Zanzibar – The Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa. With Illustrations and Maps.

First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1920. 17.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 421 pages. 50 illustrations. Two maps near front and also including the often missing large fold-out map of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands at rear. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Embossment to front board. A little rough but still in Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to corners of boards. Spine cloth frayed at head and tail. Binding is still firm and strong. Some spotting throughout to an otherwise clean interior. With tissue guard in good condition. New endpapers !

99. Pearse, Henry H.S.

The History of Lumsden’s Horse – A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment. With Many Portraits and Other Illustrations and a Map.

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 506 pages. 79 illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘Part of South Africa showing the routes taken by Lumsden’s Horse.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original red buckram] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Some staining to cover but overall in very good condition but with signs of external wear and fading. Binding still strong and firm. Interior bright and clean. Errata leaf inserted near front.

100. Pemberton, H.M. [Hilda Mary]. (1871 – 1957)

Blaawberg Strand [Bloubergstrand] (with shipwreck) and Hermanus.

Two original etchings, signed and titled in pencil. [South Africa], no year [c. 1915]. Beautifully framed. The frames with the etchings measure: 39 cm x 34.5 cm. The etchings themselves measure: c. 26 cm x 24 cm. Excellent condition but with some foxing. Frames with minimal signs of wear.