Winstanley was a British officer of the Queen's Own Hussars who entered Ethiopia from the west around 1880. Travelling from the frontier market to...

Inscribed presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to 'Albert Hutton Esq., from his affectionate friend, G Melly' on the upper...

Ensor was engaged in the survey of Wady Milkh or the Inalienable Valley for the proposed line of a railway to Darfoor. Since the reign of Achmat B...

Mockler-Ferryman's account of the expedition led by Major MacDonald in 1889 to investigate complaints about the Royal Nigerian Company. Includes a...

3 volumes, large octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, armorial illustrations to front boards in gilt.

Junker charted the course of the Congo and its tributaries during his decade in Central Africa. Born of German parents in Moscow, he was influence...

Rare and attractive commemorative printing.Trifold (19 x 9.3 cm approx) extending to 19 x 27 cm., engraved title, partly coloured map, a fine exam...

Scarce. Natal Colony, Durban, and the Umgeni and Umvoti Rivers.First edition. 8vo., [viii], 40 pp., original tan printed wrappers, spine defective...

Werne (1822-1874), a German adventurer, took part in the second European exploratory mission to discover the source of the White Nile, under the l...

Scarce. An account of a three month stay in South Africa in 1825. Much information on the native people and Graham's Town.First edition. 8vo, xvi,...

"At the Universities of Heidelberg and Munich, Schweinfurth specialized in geology and botany. An 1862 specimen-collecting trip up the Nile River ...

Illustrated with fine hand-coloured plates. Scarce. 'An early eyewitness description of the territories of the western coast of Africa promoting gr...

"Perhaps the most famous of all African exploration books, this recounts Dr. Livingstone's travels through South Africa, with the discovery of Lak...

Watercolour over graphite, on wove paper. Signed ch. Pierron lower right. 28 x 62 cm.(11 x 24 1/4 in)

Robert Adams was an American seaman, the son of a New York sail maker and an Afro-American mother. His real name was Benjamin Rose. Having set sai...

Remarkable relic of Britain's Imperial past. Printed entirely on vellum and bound in the finest morocco, a magnificent tribute to the participants ...

Waddington and Hanbury, both Cambridge fellows, decided to embark on an antiquarian tour of Egypt. They were received by the Governor, Mohammed A...

Gelatine silver print (25 x 20 cm). Ink stamp with photographer's signature, printed title pasted on reverse; corners creased.

"It is the pride of the young women of the Ibos in Nigeria to wear their legs encased in brass wire, which is wielded and arranged spiral fashion...