Africa
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Reconnoitring in Abyssinia:
WILKINS, H. St. Clair.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00| /Wilkins (1828-1896), 'commanded the Royal Engineers throughout the Abyssinian expedition of 1868, where the difficult terrain required engineering...
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South African sketches:
BUTLER, Henry.Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /A beautiful visual record of sport of the era and rare' (Czech). An attractive example of Butler's South African Sketches, an 'illustrated descript...
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The new world of Central Africa
GUINNESS, Fanny Emma (Mrs H. Grattan Guinness).Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /An evangelical missionary, Fanny Guinness believed that it was important to know more about Central Africa in order to better understand it, and h...
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A Masai Youth, Kenya.
HOPPE, Emil Otto.Original price £175.00 - Original price £175.00Original price £0.00£175.00£175.00 - £175.00Current price £175.00| /Gelatine silver print (17 x 13 cm). Label with James Carr signature, manuscript title on reverse.
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Six years in Seychelles;
ESTRIDGE, H. Watley.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00| /Inscribed by the author. Rare. Estridge was collector of taxes in the British colonial administration in the early 1880's, serving as Collector of ...
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa;
LIVINGSTONE, David.Original price £500.00 - Original price £500.00Original price £0.00£500.00£500.00 - £500.00Current price £500.00| /First of Livingstone's three major expeditions in which he followed the Zambezi, discovering Victoria Falls in the process, as well as the Shire a...
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Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi
LIVINGSTONE, David; Charles Livingstone.Original price £500.00 - Original price £500.00Original price £0.00£500.00£500.00 - £500.00Current price £500.00| /Livingstone's second book describes his expedition to expose the Portuguese slave traders and to find a way to establish a settlement for missions...
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How I Found Livingstone.
STANLEY, Henry Morton.Original price £1,750.00 - Original price £1,750.00Original price £0.00£1,750.00£1,750.00 - £1,750.00Current price £1,750.00| /Inscribed copy. Inscribed copy of 'One of the most famous books in the broad spectrum of African exploration, this title acquainted many a nineteen...
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Travels,
SHAW, Thomas.Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /A valuable work. A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited E...
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The American testimonial banquet to Henry M. Stanley.
[STANLEY, Henry Morton].Original price £2,750.00 - Original price £2,750.00Original price £2,750.00£2,750.00£2,750.00 - £2,750.00Current price £2,750.00| /A scarce memorial of Stanley's last expedition. Following the printed title, the text consists of a list of the Committee and honorary Stewards, e...
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Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar;
OWEN, William Fitzwilliam.Original price £2,750.00 - Original price £2,750.00Original price £0.00£2,750.00£2,750.00 - £2,750.00Current price £2,750.00| /Family copy of crew member with letters. Lt. Henry Gibbons served on H.M.S. Leven and died on December 26th 1822 from fever. The same fate was to b...
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Sport in Somaliland,
POTOCKI, Count Joseph.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £7,500.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00| /One of the rarest of big-game books and certainly one of the most luxuriously produced. Potocki (1862-1922), was a renowned big-game hunter and br...
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A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome.
BURTON, Richard Francis.Original price £1,850.00 - Original price £1,850.00Original price £0.00£1,850.00£1,850.00 - £1,850.00Current price £1,850.00| /One of Burton's more sensational books. Dahomey had the reputation of being the most bloodthirsty land in Africa. Burton had wished to visit whils...
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A new history of Ethiopia.
LUDOLF, Hiob.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £0.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00| /The father of modern Ethiopian studies. Scarce English edition. Ludolf (1624-1704), is regarded as the father of modern Ethiopian studies. 'A work ...
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Portico of the Temple of Dendera.
ROBERTS, David.Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £0.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /In the 1830s tourism in the Holy Land was increasing as the Pasha of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, consolidated his authority and promoted the research int...
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The present state of the Empire of Morocco,
SAINT OLON, François Pidou de.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /The late seventeenth century saw Morocco at the peak of its power, first under Emperor Al Rashid, who had united the ancient kingdoms of Fez and M...
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Through the Dark Continent
STANLEY, Henry Morton.Original price £2,000.00 - Original price £2,000.00Original price £2,000.00£2,000.00£2,000.00 - £2,000.00Current price £2,000.00| /The story of the Anglo-American expedition to Central Africa, commanded by Stanley and undertaken between 1874 and 1877. The discovery of the cour...
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My second journey through Equatorial Africa
WISSMAN, Hermann vonOriginal price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £950.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00| /"[The author] travelled through the Belgian Congo, then on through both British and German East Africa. His narrative recounts the difficulties of...
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Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls,
OATES, Frank.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Fine copy. An exceptionally well preserved example. Oates was one of the first Europeans to see the Victoria Falls in full flood, having travelled ...
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Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile.
SPEKE, John Hanning.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £0.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00| /Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with his friend ...
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Africana. A distant journey into unknown lands.
SCHEYBEYLER, Catherine.Original price £100.00 - Original price £100.00Original price £0.00£100.00£100.00 - £100.00Current price £100.00| /This profusely illustrated catalogue with detailed collations and critical notes, offers a fascinating insight into the rich and diverse history o...
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Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa,
LAIRD, Macgregor; OLDFIELD, R.A.K.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /Laird was a member of the famous shipbuilding family and the Alburkah, built by his yard, was the first iron vessel to make an ocean voyage. The ...
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The Great Rift Valley,
GREGORY, J[ohn] W[alter].Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /Highland regions of Mount Kenya. Important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconde...
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New light on dark Africa:
PETERS, Carl.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00| /A German counterpart to Stanley's In Darkest Africa. 'A German counterpart to Stanley's In Darkest Africa, this represents Peter's journey to find ...
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