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191252555Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. xvii 1 305 1; folding map with route outlined in red 46 plates showing 80 illustrations; original red cloth gilt-stamped upper cover and spine t.e.g.; Phillips Academy bookplate marked withdrawn traces of pocket removal on rear pastedown small withdrawn stamp on title page and rear pastedown accession label removed from base of spine; lightly rubbed. Czech Africa p. 113: "Using bicycles as a break from the monotony of 'foot slogging' Melland and Cholmeley set out from Kasama with the intention of traveling to the Nile. Passing through German East Africa near the shores of Lake Tanganyika the pair bagged leopard and numerous crocodile . with additional chapters on hunting elephant in the Masindi District in Uganda. An interesting work of travel and sport complete with numerous bicycle breakdowns." <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
189152554London: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1891. First edition 8vo pp. xxvi 2 526; folding color map in rear cover pocket partially split at central fold but no loss 18 plates; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; the binding is quite worn and the extremities rubbed but the book is remarkably sound. <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston & Co hardcover books
192852630London: Stanley Paul & Co 1928. First edition 8vo pp. 285 1; 28 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; upper cover a bit stained light wear at extremities corners bumped; all else very good. Not in Czech although there are chapters on hunting elephant hippopotamus antelope and waterbuck. <br/><br/> Stanley Paul & Co unknown books
195652647London: Chatto & Windus 1956. 2 volumes 8vo pp. lvi 211 1; vi 213-462; color portrait frontispiece 2 folding maps 15 color plates from watercolors by Thomas Baines and Dr. John Kirk and another color plate from a lithograph by T. Picken; fine in original red cloth stamped in gilt dust jackets that on volume I with a small chuck out at the top of the spine. Volume I: Journals. Volume II: Journals continued Letters and Dispatches. Issued as no. 9 in the Central African Archives Oppenheimer Series. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
189812969London: Chapman and Hall 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First English edition. xvi 520 pp with illustrations index folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed mild wear to bottom edge. Hourst explored the Niger from Timbuktu to the sea on behalf of the French government adding much to knowledge of the river and the inhabitants of the surrounding areas. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
188914049New York: Welch Fracker Company 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition in English. 12mo 343 pp illustrated by Benjamin Constant and Aime Marot. Publisher's green cloth with decoration in gilt image of a warrior on horseback on front board. Mild rubbing to extremities a few pages chipped at the upper edge else fine. Loti traveled from Tangiers to Fez in the company of the French minister to Morocco and was most enthusiastic about his experiences delighting in the people and culture. Welch, Fracker Company hardcover books
198513712New York: Garland Publishing 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Series: Themes in European Expansion: Exploration Colonization and the Impact of Empire. 474 pp indexed. Lists 3089 items. The first attempt to compile a comprehensive bibliography of English and foreign-language pamphlets and books pertaining to British East Africa Kenya Uganda Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Includes sections on each country as well as on Exploration Religion East African Campaign 1914-1918 Agriculture Mau Mau Revolt Medicine Slavery Wildlife. As new. Garland Publishing hardcover books
193227198New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1932. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Clothbound 8vo. 317 pp. Second issue of Waugh's famous travel book covering his time in Ethiopia Zanzibar and beyond. A handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Wrapper is lightly soiled and mildly age darkened at spine color. Nice copy. Farrar & Rinehart unknown books
192352645London: Ernest Benn 1923. First edition 8vo pp. 276; 2 folding maps 80 illustrations on 64 plates; original gray cloth stamped in gilt on spine; generally a very good copy. Czech Africa p. 13: "Barns was joined by noted rifle maker Sir Charles Ross on an expedition leaving Mombasa in 1921. The party hunted lion and rhino near the Ngorongoro Crater then traveled to the Lake Kivu region of the eastern Belgian Congo . Included among the photos is a snapshot of a poacher named Bowen with an elephant he bagged sporting a pair of tusks at 173 and 176 lbs." <br/><br/> Ernest Benn hardcover books
188952643New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1889. First American edition 8vo pp. xx 192; 5 chromolithographs 6 etchings 6 wood-engraved plates 2 maps printed in color 1 folding and with a short tear other wood-engravings in the text; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover beveled boards; 2 institutional bookplates pocket removed from rear pastedown accession numbers of spine eradicated; a good copy minimally marked. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover books
189858025London: Chapman and Hall 1898. First English edition pp xvi 520; with illustrations index folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed mild wear to bottom edge very good. Hourst explored the Niger from Timbuktu to the sea on behalf of the French government adding much to knowledge of the river and the inhabitants of the surrounding areas. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
189952559London: Chapman & Hall 1899. Second edition 8vo pp. xiv 365 1; frontispiece portrait and 28 plates 3 maps and plans; some rubbing of the binding but generally very good and sound in original green cloth stamped in gilt and with a red seal on the upper cover. Neufeld was imprisoned for 12 years in Omdurman after the fall of Khartoum. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
188152612Hartford: R. W. Bliss and Co 1881. 8vo pp. xiii 1 15-406 2 ads; wood-engraved frontispiece wood-engravings throughout many full-page; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; front hinge cracked spine ends slightly chipped some spotting and rubbing; a good sound copy. <br/><br/> R. W. Bliss and Co hardcover books
189652558London & New York: Edward Arnold 1896. Fourth edition 8vo pp. xviii 2 636; 2 folding maps printed in color at the back one with a slightly ragged fore-edge gravure frontispiece portrait 21 plates by Talbot Kelly; original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; some wear at the extremities small break in the cloth at the top of the spine; all else very good. <br/><br/> Edward Arnold hardcover books
13125Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c. 1843. From the tenth London edition revised and corrected. xii 392 pp 10 pp publisher's ads. Text printed in double columns. Quarter red leather over marbled boards. Leather scuffed rubbed through at corners. Owner's signature dated 1850 on front free endpaper. Binding solid minor foxing else clean. Account of the British diplomatic mission led by Harris to establish relations with the ancient Christian kingdom of Shoa in the highlands of Ethiopia. They succeeded in negotiating a commercial treaty and also collected considerable scientific data during the journey. Harris was knighted for his services in 1844. T.B. Peterson hardcover books
1947TB29395Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1947. First Edition. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area with two small chips at the upper corners of the same. Signed by the author on the second free end page. The first volume in The American Trails Series by Bobbs-Merrill. It is fitting that this book examines the first trail opened to begin the settlement of the west through what is now Virgina Tennessee and Kentucky. A very handsome tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
1947TB29393Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1947. First Edition. Near fine in gilt decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping & map end papers. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a 1 inch closed tear at the lower edge of the spine area and with light wear and rubbing across the top edge of the spine area and nicks over the tips of the boards. Signed by the author on a tipped in page. The second volume in The American Trails Series which followed The Wilderness Road. Three volumes were published by Bobbs-Merrill before the series was continued by McGraw-Hill. 331 pages w/ index. Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
1976TB27246New York: McGraw-Hill 1976. First Edition. First printing Near fine in red and blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine shows very minor rubbing and with two faint coffee stains to the fore edge of the text block. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with shallow "v" shaped narrow chips from the ends of the spine area and nicks to the fore corners of the panels. The 14th volume in The American Trails Series and the most difficult title in the series to locate. 341 pages with index and bibliography. A very tight crisp and clean copy with no marks dates or prior owner's names or book plates. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1925230650London: Arrowsmith 1925. First edition. With 8 monochrome reproductions of paintings by the author map and 52 photographic illustrations. 288 pp. 1 vols. 4vo. Original maroon cloth. Spine lightly faded and rubbed faint foxing throughout else Near Fine. Previous owner's signature on ffep. First edition. With 8 monochrome reproductions of paintings by the author map and 52 photographic illustrations. 288 pp. 1 vols. 4vo. Arrowsmith unknown books
190913051New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xvi 368 pp with two maps one folding and many illustrations from photographs. Original red cloth boards stamped in gilt and black. Spine slant slight sunning to upper board previous owner's name on front free endpaper else clean and sound. Decima Moore 1871-1964 was a successful stage actress and singer in London before marrying Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg an officer in the Royal Engineers. He was appointed director of surveys in the Gold Coast in 1905 and upon returning from their travels three years later the couple recounted their experiences in alternating chapters. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1976TB18560New York: McGraw-Hill 1976. First Edition. First printing Near fine in red and blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. The cloth at the heel of the spine shows very minor rubbing; otherwise the book is in fine condition. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a 1/8" chip at the upper fore corner of the front panel and with two short 1/4" closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area with minor related creasing. The 14th volume in The American Trails Series and the most difficult title in the series to locate. 341 pages with index and bibliography. A very tight crisp and clean copy with no marks dates or prior owner's names or book plates. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
189811853London: Methuen & Company 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxvii 319 pp illustrations 4 maps two folding. Introduction by George T. Goldie. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and vignette of soldiers on front board. Former mercantile library copy with bookplate on front pastedown and a few stamps. No external library markings. Corners lightly bumped some chipping/short tears to cloth at spine ends. One of the folding maps is quite delicate and has numerous tears partially mended on the verso with archival tape with some minor loss. Vandeleur a highly decorated officer in the Scots Guards participated in the Unyoro Expedition in 1895 the Niger Expedition in 1897 and served with the Egyptian Army in the Soudan expedition of 1898. He was awarded a grant from the Royal Geographical Society for his valuable work surveying more than 2000 miles of territory in East Africa and the Niger district. He was killed in 1901 when 250 Boers fired on his train. Methuen & Company hardcover books
1927318085London: Witherby 1927. First edition. Illus. 280pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarter mottled calf and marbled boards Fine. First edition. Illus. 280pp. 8vo. Witherby unknown books
188052581New York: Atkin & Prout 1880. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 500; frontispiece the tissue guard for which is torn large folding map of North Eastern Africa; original green cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine a little spotted else very good and sound. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 201-04. <br/><br/> Atkin & Prout hardcover books
189352542London: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1893. First edition 8vo pp. iii-viii 335 1 30 2 ads; 46 wood-engraved illustrations a number full-page; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt white and green; cloth a little bubbled rear free endpaper excised spine a little soiled; in all a good copy or better. <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, & Co hardcover books
