"A charming Nubian woman who affects a most original form of the fringe... it is made of tiny butter plaits" (description on reverse). Gelatine si...

one of the great African narratives completing the navigaton of the river niger.Richard Lander accompanied Hugh Clapperton as his manservant on h...

A fine letter providing technical advice, written towards the end of Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition. At the time of writing, Livingstone was wai...

Scarce. Although a missionary work, the book is full of valuable topographical information as well as containing interesting data on natural histo...

Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Major Peddie (who died of fever) and Captain Campbell (who also died on his arrival at the c...

Scarce. Important first hand work on the Slave Trade at the time of Sierra Leone and Liberia signing the Anti-Slavery Trade Treaty.First edition. ...

Very scarce. Printed for subscription only to raise money for Fawckner who had fallen on hard times. An account of the author's travels in West Af...

Rare privately printed journal of Davidson's attempt to cross the Western Sahara from Tangier to Timbuktoo which ended with his murder in November...

A rare survival announcing the appointment of Young as Lieutenant governor of the Eastern Districts, at a time when it was the urgent wish of the ...

An uncommon account. M'Queen, the owner of plantations in Grenada in the West Indies, collected extensive information, principally from slaves but...

The great traveller and explorer of the Nile at the very beginning of his career abroad. In 1763 Bruce was appointed the British Consul at Algiers...

Particularly scarce hand-coloured as here. Rare first edition with hand-coloured illustrations depicting the river Niger.A scarce book in any forma...

The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with James Grant.Their purpose was to explore the Victoria Ny...

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

Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good condition. Photographer's credit, title, and number in negative.

Adelphoi Zangaki (the Zangaki Brothers) (active 1870s –1890s) were two Greek photographers who specialised in historic or ancient Egyptian scenes,...

Albumen print (22 x 28 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

Albumen print (22 x 28.5 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographers credit, title and number in negative.

Albumen print (22 x 27.5 cm). Good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

Albumen print (22 x 28.5 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographers credit, title and number in negative.

Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' Egypt and Nubia. Some spotting...

Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' Egypt and Nubia. light foxing ...