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Rare books and manuscripts concerning Africa, including Egypt, the Nile and its Lakes, Abyssinia, the Congo, Zambezi, and Niger Rivers, Tunisia, the Sahara, and its explorers such as Mungo Park, James Bruce, David Livingstone, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, and Henry Morton Stanley.

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  • The Deluxe issue of the first edition, with the plates hand-coloured, of The Unknown Horn of Africa by Frank Linsly James.
    The Deluxe issue of the first edition, with the plates hand-coloured, of The Unknown Horn of Africa by Frank Linsly James.

    JAMES, F[rank] L[insly].
    The Unknown Horn of Africa: 1888.
    $1,709.00

  • A first edition of The River War by Winston Churchill.
    A first edition of The River War by Winston Churchill.

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
    The River War. 1899.
    $5,127.00

  • First editions of Garstin's 1901 and 1904 Reports on the Irrigation and Basin of the Upper Nile, from the noted collection of Humphrey Winterton, one of the greatest collectors of East Africa in the last quarter of the twentieth century.
    First editions of Garstin's 1901 and 1904 Reports on the Irrigation and Basin of the Upper Nile, from the noted collection of Humphrey Winterton, one of the greatest collectors of East Africa in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

    GARSTIN, Sir William.
    Despatch from His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Cairo, 1901; 1904.
    $3,760.00

  • Rare map showing Stanley's travels on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, only in 2 UK institutions and not in BL.
    Rare map showing Stanley's travels on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, only in 2 UK institutions and not in BL.

    [STANLEY, Henry Morton]; Johnston, W. & A. K.
    New Map of Central Africa 1888.
    $1,709.00

  • The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.
    The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.

    SPEKE, John Hanning.
    Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. 1863.
    $3,418.00

  • First edition of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone, with the rare coloured frontispiece by West.
    First edition of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone, with the rare coloured frontispiece by West.

    LIVINGSTONE, David.
    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; 1857.
    $1,709.00

  • Rare map showing the expeditions of the Royal l Niger Company, one of whose aims was the suppression of the slave trade, and the Benin Expedition
    Rare map showing the expeditions of the Royal l Niger Company, one of whose aims was the suppression of the slave trade, and the Benin Expedition

    JOHNSTON, W. & A. K.
    Special Map to Illustrate the Niger Expeditions in West Africa. 1897.
    $1,299.00

  • First edition of A Search After Sunshine or Algeria in 1871 by Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert, a charming work on Algeria as it was under French occupation in the 1870s.
    First edition of A Search After Sunshine or Algeria in 1871 by Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert, a charming work on Algeria as it was under French occupation in the 1870s.

    HERBERT, Lady [Mary Elizabeth].
    A Search After Sunshine or Algeria in 1871. 1872.
    $274.00

  • First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.
    First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.

    LINDLEY, Captain Augustus F.
    Adamantia. The truth about the South African Diamond Fields: 1873.
    $274.00

  • A valuable ethnographic work. The author had worked in the Ethnological Museum at Berlin which inspired him to begin his own collection.
    A valuable ethnographic work. The author had worked in the Ethnological Museum at Berlin which inspired him to begin his own collection.

    KOLLMANN, Paul.
    The Victoria Nyanza 1899.
    $1,163.00

  • First edition of Scenes in Kafirland by Lumley Graham and Hugh Robinson, containing 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates of views and scenes in the Cape Colony in South Africa.
    First edition of Scenes in Kafirland by Lumley Graham and Hugh Robinson, containing 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates of views and scenes in the Cape Colony in South Africa.

    GRAHAM, Lieut. Lumley; ROBINSON, Lieut. Hugh.
    Scenes in Kafirland, 1854.
    $8,887.00

  • The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.
    The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.

    SPEKE, John Hanning
    Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile 1863.
    $1,709.00

  • full of valuable topographical information as well as containing interesting data on natural history, and the peoples of the region.
    full of valuable topographical information as well as containing interesting data on natural history, and the peoples of the region.

    ROWLEY, Henry.
    The story of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 1866.
    $547.00

  • First English edition of New Light on Dark Africa by Carl Peters, inscribed by the translator, Henry William Dulcken, to a member of the Negreponte family dated 1891.
    First English edition of New Light on Dark Africa by Carl Peters, inscribed by the translator, Henry William Dulcken, to a member of the Negreponte family dated 1891.

    PETERS, Carl; DULCKEN, H.W. (translator).
    New Light on Dark Africa: 1891.
    $3,077.00

  • Owen accurately charted the Arabian Peninsula the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of South Africa and also began the scientific exploration of the Zambezi.
    Owen accurately charted the Arabian Peninsula the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of South Africa and also began the scientific exploration of the Zambezi.

    OWEN, William Fitzwilliam.
    Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; 1833.
    $3,760.00

  • New Light on Dark Africa:
    New Light on Dark Africa:

    PETERS, Carl.
    New Light on Dark Africa: 1891.
    $1,368.00

  • The rare first edition. Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa.
    The rare first edition. Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa.

    THOMSON, Joseph.
    Through Masai Land: 1885.
    $3,760.00

  • Patterson revisits the infamous sites of Tsavo, then treks into the Nyika,... there is also a feverish encounter with a rogue elephant
    Patterson revisits the infamous sites of Tsavo, then treks into the Nyika,... there is also a feverish encounter with a rogue elephant

    PATTERSON, Lieut.-Col. John Henry.
    In the grip of the Nyika 1909.
    $479.00

  • The story of the Anglo-American expedition to Central Africa, commanded by Stanley and undertaken between 1874 and 1877.
    The story of the Anglo-American expedition to Central Africa, commanded by Stanley and undertaken between 1874 and 1877.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    Through the Dark Continent. 1878.
    $3,418.00

  • First edition of Samuel Crowther's Journal of an Expedition up the Niger and Tshadda Rivers, his account of the 1854 expedition of the Pleiad up the Niger by Baikie.
    First edition of Samuel Crowther's Journal of an Expedition up the Niger and Tshadda Rivers, his account of the 1854 expedition of the Pleiad up the Niger by Baikie.

    CROWTHER, Rev. Samuel.
    Journal of an Expedition up the Niger and Tshadda Rivers, 1855.
    $752.00

  • First edition of James Jackson's Account of the Empire of Marocco in a lovely contemporary binding, being the standard treatise on Marocco and Jackson's major work.
    First edition of James Jackson's Account of the Empire of Marocco in a lovely contemporary binding, being the standard treatise on Marocco and Jackson's major work.

    JACKSON, James Grey.
    Account of the Empire of Marocco, 1809.
    $2,051.00

  • First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.
    First edition of Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert by George Hoskins, an account of his journey to the Great Oasis to the west of Thebes and other oases in the Libyan Desert.

    HOSKINS, G[eorge] A[lexander].
    Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; 1837.
    $2,051.00

  • A first edition of Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration by Sir Richard Burton, collated and edited by N. M. Penzer.
    A first edition of Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration by Sir Richard Burton, collated and edited by N. M. Penzer.

    PENZER, N[icholas].M.
    Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration by Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G. 1924.
    $616.00

  • L'Affrica Francese by Pierre Christian, containing 66 hand-coloured lithograph plates.
    L'Affrica Francese by Pierre Christian, containing 66 hand-coloured lithograph plates.

    CHRISTIAN, Pierre.
    L'Affrica Francese, L'Impero del Marocco e i Deserti di Sahara; 1851; 1849.
    $3,418.00

  • A Prisoner of the Khaleefa by Charles Neufeld, his account of twelve years captivity by the Mahdist forces in Sudan before being liberated by the British in 1898.
    A Prisoner of the Khaleefa by Charles Neufeld, his account of twelve years captivity by the Mahdist forces in Sudan before being liberated by the British in 1898.

    NEUFELD, Charles.
    A Prisoner of the Khaleefa. 1899.
    $445.00

  • First edition of Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia by Thomas Boteler, a scarce account of the voyage by Owen to Southern Arabia and East Africa.
    First edition of Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia by Thomas Boteler, a scarce account of the voyage by Owen to Southern Arabia and East Africa.

    BOTELER, Thomas.
    Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, 1835.
    $3,077.00

  • Scarce first edition of Three Months in the Soudan by Ernestine Sartorius, a scarce account of travel through Egypt and the Sudan.
    Scarce first edition of Three Months in the Soudan by Ernestine Sartorius, a scarce account of travel through Egypt and the Sudan.

    SARTORIUS, Ernestine.
    Three Months in the Soudan. 1885.
    $889.00

  • First edition of Count Gleichen's The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, scarce official survey of Egypt under British Rule, only 1500 printed of vol 1 and only 1000 of vol 2.
    First edition of Count Gleichen's The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, scarce official survey of Egypt under British Rule, only 1500 printed of vol 1 and only 1000 of vol 2.

    GLEICHEN, Count [Albert Edward Wilfred] (editor).
    The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: 1905.
    $1,368.00

  • Hall's work is the earliest utopia set in Terra Australis and provided Swift for many ideas for 'Gullivery's Travels'.
    Hall's work is the earliest utopia set in Terra Australis and provided Swift for many ideas for 'Gullivery's Travels'.

    HALL, Joseph.
    Mundus Alter et Idem... Authore Mercurio Britannico... 1643.
    $8,887.00

  • Rare presentation copy of James Grant's Walk across Africa, inscribed to the author's daughter 'To my dear little good "Mary Augusta" with her father's fondest love.
    Rare presentation copy of James Grant's Walk across Africa, inscribed to the author's daughter 'To my dear little good "Mary Augusta" with her father's fondest love.

    GRANT, James Augustus.
    A Walk Across Africa 1864.
    $10,254.00

  • Neumann's Elephant Hunting is one of the most important, and also one of the scarcest, books on elephants.
    Neumann's Elephant Hunting is one of the most important, and also one of the scarcest, books on elephants.

    NEUMANN, Arthur H.
    Elephant-Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. 1898.
    $2,051.00

  • First edition of Samuel Baker's The Albert N'Yanza, in which Samuel Baker discovered the third great Nile lake, the Albert N'Yanza, but only after most of his men had deserted him.
    First edition of Samuel Baker's The Albert N'Yanza, in which Samuel Baker discovered the third great Nile lake, the Albert N'Yanza, but only after most of his men had deserted him.

    BAKER, Samuel White.
    The Albert N'Yanza, 1866.
    $1,368.00

  • First edition of Earl of Cromer's Modern Egypt, this sweeping work og British and Egypt relations from 1876 to 1907.
    First edition of Earl of Cromer's Modern Egypt, this sweeping work og British and Egypt relations from 1876 to 1907.

    CROMER, Earl of.
    Modern Egypt. 1908.
    $411.00

  • First edition of Major Herbert Austin's With Macdonald in Uganda, a scarce work on Uganda.
    First edition of Major Herbert Austin's With Macdonald in Uganda, a scarce work on Uganda.

    AUSTIN, Major Herbert H.
    With Macdonald in Uganda. 1903.
    $684.00

  • A smartly bound set of James Grant's History of the War in the Soudan, recounting the events of the Mahdist War up to and including the Siege of Khartoum in 1885.
    A smartly bound set of James Grant's History of the War in the Soudan, recounting the events of the Mahdist War up to and including the Siege of Khartoum in 1885.

    GRANT, James.
    Cassell's History of the War in the Soudan. [c.1886].
    $1,163.00

  • First edition of The Far Interior by Walter Montagu Kerr, a classic of African travel through South Africa to the Zambesi.
    First edition of The Far Interior by Walter Montagu Kerr, a classic of African travel through South Africa to the Zambesi.

    KERR, Walter Montagu.
    The Far Interior: 1886.
    $1,163.00

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