A bright copy of this personal account of an expedition undertaken by J. C. Ewald Falls (1885-) with his cousin, Kaufmann. The initial aim was to ...

Early photography. An attractive description of the excavations of the long neglected site at Cyrene in Libya between Tripoli and Benghazi, with al...

A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Pal...

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...

This profusely illustrated catalogue with detailed collations and critical notes, offers a fascinating insight into the rich and diverse history o...

Scarce. The author was special correspondent to the Daily News and Daily Telegraph whilst resident in first Jeddah and then Suakin. An Arabic spe...

The Jewish community of the Barbary Coast. An interesting early account of life and customs of the Jewish community of the Barbary Coast.Lancelot A...

A superbly bound example in fine condition.In 1869, Baker, one of the greatest explorers of Africa, was appointed by the Khedive Isma'il to a four...

An early English account of Morocco. Windus was the historian of a mission dispatched by George I in 1720 under Commodore Charles Stewart, to trea...

Richardson was travelling physician to the Earl of Belmore, whose party spent two years in the Mediterranean, mainly in Egypt, Palestine and Syria...

Dr. Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866), an eminent physician was the first to identify the type of lymphoma now known as Hodgkins disease. He travelled t...

Scarce, with only a handful of copies appearing at auction. George Philips (?1599-1696), was employed as secretary to George O'Brien, Second Earl ...

Scarce early account of North Africa. The first book on Africa written by an African. The woodcut illustrations include personifications of Africa...

Blakesley was a clergyman, who, whilst at Cambridge University was a member of the Apostles Club along with Alfred Lord Tennyson. He wintered in A...

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...

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