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181860700Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co.; and Longman Hurst Rees Horme and Brown 1818. Second Edition. Octavo 12.5cm. Two volumes in contemporary sprinkled calf gilt roll to outer perimeter of boards titled in gilt on green leather spine labels; plain endpapers; I: iii-xxiv5571pp; II: viii550pp; 7 maps 3 folding including a Chart of Zaire not mentioned in the directions to the binders. Nineteenth-century bookplate and shelfmarks of Ditton Park. Bound without half-titles. Sound and tight leather over spine dry and flaking boards lightly rubbed with a stain to front of vol. II and scuffing to rear of vol. I internally with occasional browning and foxing overall Very Good. <br /> <br /> Second edition of the first geographical work by notable Scottish geographer Hugh Murray 1779-1846 best known for his 1834 Encyclopaedia of Geography. This work is an expansion of the 1799 overview of European knowledge of African geography written by John Leyden who never actually visited Africa. Archibald Constable and Co.; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Horme, and Brown unknown
188550241Amsterdam K.N.A.G. 1885. 8vo. In recent paper wrappers with brown title label pasted on the front wrappers. As extracted from "Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap". Vol. II. Very fine and clean. Pp. 213-228. <br/><br/><em>First printing of the first report on the The Berlin Conference of 1884-85 also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference. It sought to regulate European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The General Act of the Berlin Conference can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa and is by far the most severe infringement ever on African sovereignty. The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers while simultaneously eliminating most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance."For at a time when an estimated 80% of Africa remained under traditional and local control the purpose of the Berlin Conference had been for the Great Powers to establish rules amongst themselves for the colonization of Africa and the exploitation of Africa's resources. Including the division of territory the drawing of maps and the establishment of Congo -- as a personal possession of the Belgian King. Not surprisingly no Africans had been invited to the Conference." Calmettes Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa. "Owing to the upsetting of Bismarck's carefully laid balance of power in European politics caused by Leopold's gamble and subsequent European race for colonies Germany felt compelled to act and started launching expeditions of its own which frightened both British and French statesmen. Hoping to quickly soothe this brewing conflict King Leopold II was able to convince France and Germany that common trade in Africa was in the best interests of all three countries. Under support from the British and the initiative of PortugalOtto von Bismarck German Chancellor called on representatives of Austria-Hungary Belgium Denmark France the United Kingdom Italy the Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden-Norway union until 1905 the Ottoman Empire and the United States to take part in the Berlin Conference to work out policy." Ngoyo Federation of the Free States of Africa.The boarders drawn in Africa during the Berlin Conference had devastating consequences for Africa:" "The Berlin Conference was Africa's undoing in more ways than one. The colonial powers superimposed their domains on the African Continent. By the time Africa regained its independence after the late 1950s the realm had acquired a legacy of political fragmentation that could neither be eliminated nor made to operate satisfactorily. The African politico-geographical map is thus a permanent liability that resulted from the three months of ignorant greedy acquisitiveness during a period when Europe's search for minerals and markets had become insatiable." Ibid. See The Mountains of the Moon Mapping African Exploration Princeton University. </em> unknown
65160c.1890. . Two albumen prints. Good tonal range and in good condition.<br /> <br /> [c.1890]. unknown
872561880s. . Albumen print. Title in ink on card. Fine photograph with good tonal range. Dimensions 18.5 x 27.5 cm. <br /> <br /> [1880s]. unknown
193552335London: Frederick Muller Ltd. 1935. 12mo. 303 1 pp. Orange cloth gilt lettering on spine map endpapers slight dustsoiling very slight lean to spine w/ d.j. cover art of river crocodiles in purple turquoise & orange slight chipping head & foot of spine minor edgewear still VG/VG copy. First edition stated of this insightful travel memoir of the people and conditions through Liberia Ashanti Ghana Dahomey Benin Nigeria Togo and Cameroon before and through World War I. Scarce in original dustjacket. Frederick Muller Ltd., hardcover
195113964London: Chatto & Windus 1951. First edition. Red Cloth over Boards. Very good condition but mild ex-library. Cover sunned. Quarto pp. 308. Indexed fold-out map bound in. Chatto & Windus hardcover
193456276London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1934. Tall 8vo. 286 pp. Photo frontisp. 60 photo photo illustrations. Black cloth gilt lettering edgewear soiling bumping to corners textblock w/ d.j. cover art outline map of Africa edgewear creasing minor chipping head of spine couple minor tears to corners still G-/VG- copy. First edition 3rd printing of this adventure memoir of the author’s experiences in the Middle East North Africa and the Belgian Congo training elephants eating pythons and filled with anthropological observations as well as photos of Pygmy and Zulu tribes African magic and a female Zulu Python shaman. Scarce in original dustjacket. Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., hardcover
195663448New York: Rand McNally & Co. 1956. 8vo. 256 pp. Numerous photo illust. maps on endpapers. Orange boards white lettering illustrated map endpapers edgewear scotch tape ghosting on covers endpapers w/ d.j. minor edgewear rubbing still VG-/VG- copy signed by author on half-title. First edition signed of this trek by the author through the Sahara to ancient Timbuktu with Taureg tribesmen on camels. Rand McNally & Co., hardcover
194814150Paris: Arts Et Metiers Graphiqus 1948. First edition. Rebound in library buckram. Very good condition but mild ex-library. quarto. 110 pp. richly illustrated with black and white photographs of sculptures. rebound in library buckram. visually interesting. . Arts Et Metiers Graphiqus hardcover
189813191London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1898. First edition. Gilt Decorated Cloth over Boards no DJ. Good condition but mild ex-library. Octavo pp. 305. Frontispiece portrait of the Sirdar illustrated with 3 maps 1 folding and several b/w photos. Chapman & Hall, Ltd. hardcover
187360623New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1873. 12mo. xii 13-292 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher’s ads. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. numerous woodcut-engraved plates text illustrations vignettes head- & tail-pieces decorated initials. Pictorial plum-coloured publisher’s cloth over beveled boards gilt illust. of gorilla front cover gilt decorated spine minor edgewear rubbing minor wear to corners sunning to spine fore-edges still a G copy w/ signature by Du Chaillu dated Feb. 1873 mounted 2nd flyleaf. Early American edition signed of this first juvenile title by the famed African explorer and naturalist considered the discoverer of the great gorilla and possible inspiration for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan. Born to a French father and mixed-race woman of African-descent kept secret Du Chaillu 1831-1903 lived among the Massangou people in Gabon and the nearby Apingi tribe as well as hunted elephants ostriches hyenas dealt sub-Saharan slave traders and spent decades at the end of his life traveling extensively in Sweden Norway Lapland & Finland researching and writing his books “The Viking Age†and “The Land of the Midnight Sun.†Very scarce in original dustjacket. See: Henry H. Bucher Jr. Canonization by Repetition: Paul Du Chaillu in Historiagraphy Outre-Mers Revue d’histoire 1979 Nos. 242-243 pp. 15-32. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, hardcover
189955326London: Methuen & Co. 36 Essex St. 1899. 8vo.xii 255 1 pp. Photogravure frontisp. 3 maps 1 folding. Red publisher’s cloth cover art of of banners in gilt and gilt lettering on front cover minor sunning to spine slight bumping to corners very slight bowing to covers still VG copy. Second edition of the noted war correspondent’s account of the Second Sudan War following the tragic defeat of Gordon by the Mahdi Army at Khartoum. Bennett details the decisive Battle of Omdurman in which Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi successor to Muhammad Ahmad which resulted in 9700 Dervish dead and over 12000 wounded as well as 5000 prisoners. Bennett protested against the killing of wounded following the battle although an inquiry cleared Kirchener. Bennett’s account was considered the most balanced of the war and was used as standard reading until the 1960s in schools. Methuen & Co., 36 Essex St., hardcover
192762093New York: Harper & Brothers 1927. 8vo. xiii 3 278 pp. Sepia-tinted photo frontisp. numerous sepia-tinted photo plates. Black cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine pictorial map on front endpapers minor shelfwear rubbing minor age toning w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of Timbuctoo scene chipping to foot of spine edgewear backed in thick brown paper still a VG/G copy. First edition stated of this personal memoir by Hall 1883-1957 describing his life in Timbuctoo on the edge of the Sahara desert the many friends and contacts he made with the Arabs Berbers and African Blacks detailing the experiences with dysentery Malaria and observations on the conceptions of race and class. Of particular interest are his analysis of the unwarranted stereotypes against Blacks in the United States largely descended form slaves forcibly sold and settled into the United States. The author is perhaps best remembered for his horror/fantasy novel “Sinister House†considered a classic in the Haunted House genre. Scarce in original dustjacket. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
195460208London: Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd. 1954. 8vo. 249 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Black cloth gilt lettering slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art of Konkomba drummers on the Gold Coast minor shelfwear slight foxing edgewear VG/VG copy. First edition of this informative travelogue of the history and sites of West Africa including accounts of big game hunting ivory trade slavery on the eve of independence for several African colonies. Scarce in original dustjacket. Stanley Paul and Co., Ltd., hardcover
189934804Chicago: R.L. Barber 1899. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with half-tones and photographs taken expressly for this volume and a folding coloured map. Large 8vo publisher's original red cloth lettered and ruled in yellow patterned endleaves. 554 pp. A very good and pleasing copy well preserved the text-block mellowed as is usual with the paper used in printing. FIRST EDITION. A good history and survey of South Africa up to and including the Boer War. At the time Harding had already spent a quarter century as a well-placed journalist He was a correspondent for the New York Herald the New York Times New York World and the Associated Press. He traveled widely for his writing and study. R.L. Barber hardcover
19649415New York: Harvest House 1964. Small quarto in comb binding 25.5 x 18 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated. Index. FIRST EDITION. A cookbook of regional African recipes by Bea Sandler restaurant consultant and food magazine editor. An expanded edition was released in 1970 by World Publishing Co. with the contracted title African Cookbook and re-issued again in 1993. The introduction to the 1993 edition notes that “The first publication of this book was . the first volume on African cooking to appear in this country or anywhere outside of Africa.†The second half of that statement was incorrect but it was indeed the first published in the U.S. The cookbook originated with Sandler’s role in planning the menu for The Tree Houses Restaurant at the African Pavilion of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. Sandler writes in the preface that after being given this task “to our amazement we could not find an African cook book published in America†though they were able to turn up a couple of volumes published in Africa after which “we embarked on a long and complex testing program. We invited people who had been in Africa to participate in the testings and to advise us on the final selection of menu items.†Each chapter of the book “is designed to give you a complete luncheon or dinner as you would get it at the African Pavilion.†For instance one chapter provides a complete “Couscous Menu†consisting of Groundnut Soup Couscous Mauritania a salad and Mango-Banana Sundae. Other recipes in the book include “Tree House†Chutney Curry of Beef Kenya Chicken Moamba Foo-Foo and Nigerian Pancakes as well as six recipes for alcoholic cocktails including Paw-Paw Paradise and Tanganika Tonic. The lower portion of each page prints a description of one of the countries featured at the pavilion. Sandler went on to travel extensively around Africa compiling recipes for her 1970 edition of this cookbook. This original World's Fair publication is very uncommon. One small pencil annotation to margin otherwise internally clean and sound. Photographically illustrated covers are lightly rubbed and with some bumping to corners otherwise fine. Not in Tipton-Martin's The Jemima Code. Harvest House unknown
189459978London: Longmans Green and Co. 1894. Two. vols. xvi 453 1; x 443 1 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Frontisp. both vols. illustrated title pages plates text illustrations photo illustrations throughout both vols. Pictorial brown publisher’s cloth white & black lettering front covers & spines gilt illust. on spines of lion & moose some minor soiling rubbing minor bumping to a few corners slight fraying head & foot of spines still VG- set from the library of Joseph Anderton w/ armorial bookplate on front pastedowns Non Flectimus. First editions of these volumes in The Badminton Library featuring extensive hunts in South Africa and East Africa in vol. I with chapters on elephant buffalo lion rhinoceros hippopotamus ostriches giraffes lion and musk ox; while vol. II details hunting in the Arctic the Caucasus Alps and substantial portion for hunting in India. Longmans, Green, and Co., hardcover
193162097New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1931. Tall 8vo. 288 pp. Photo frontisp. 45 photos on plates 1 map. Orange publisher’s cloth black lettering front cover & spine very minor shelfwear slight foxing at fore-edges w/ d.j. striking Art Deco cover art of Lioness on front cover minor chipping head & foot of spine wear at corners couple minor nicks & closed tears old tape repairs on verso still NF/G copy. First American edition stated of this well-written narrative devoted primarily to the hunting of African Elephants spears and firearms Hippo’s lion hunting along with chapters on African Witchcraft the Dinka peoples Sudan and night photography. The pair are perhaps best-known for their 1927 Cape to Cairo automobile travel memoir by Stella Court Treatt who with her then husband Major Chaplin Court Treatt headed the Court Treatt Expedition the first to drive a motor vehicle from Cape Town South Africa to Cairo Egypt. Traveling in two Royal Flying Corps surplus Crossley BGT1 Light Trucks from Sept. 13 1924 to Jan. 24 1926 they covered 12732 miles in sixteen months across the African continent through South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Kenya Uganda Sudan and Egypt. Scarce in original dustjacket. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., hardcover
195559604New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. 8vo. xxviii 354 pp. Numerous photo illust. Half-green cloth over white boards w/ d.j. cover art of tusked elephants by Paul Bacon couple minor closed tears slight scuffing edgewear still NF/VG copy. First edition 1st printing of this biography of Taylor professional big-game hunter and one of the last ivory hunters on the African continent. Simon and Schuster, hardcover
193862095London: Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd. 1938. Tall 8vo. 287 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates with 56 photo illustrations. Scarlet-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear minor bumping to couple corners slight foxing to fore-edges 1 sunned spot from d.j. tear on spine w/ d.j. cover art of tribesman hunting with bow & arrow by R.W. Bellmer edgewear minor tear to spine lower fore-edge front cover minor creasing still VG-/G copy from the library of J.R. Brocklebank The United Africa Co. Ltd. and was member of the Royal African Society with printed card laid-in. First edition of this rousing anthology of reminiscences from the prolific author on his hunts and travels through South Africa West Africa and Zanzibar. Included here are sections on lion hunting in Northern Rhodesia diamond hunting on the Vaal River driving across the Kalahari and more. Uncommon in dustjacket. Stanley Paul and Co., Ltd., hardcover
187352572London: John Murrary for the Royal Geographic Society 1873. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 271 1; large folding frontispiece map without tears and fine; original blue cloth gilt-stamped spine; perforated stamp in title page accession numbers on spine lightly rubbed else very good and sound. Burton's portion of the book ends on p. 164. Penzer p. 89 noting that Burton had also written two appendices which because of their controversial and critical nature were rejected by the R.G.S. "These appendices together with a preface were published privately at Trieste in July of the same year." Casada 85; Mendelssohn I p. 234. Have 2 copies. John Murrary [for the] Royal Geographic Society unknown
186352654London: Tinsley Bros 1863. First edition 2 volumes in 1 small 8vo pp. iii-viii 2 303 1; 4 295 1; frontispiece and a folding map; bound without the half-titles in contemporary half tan calf gilt-lettered spine; moderately rubbed else very good. Penzer pp. 71-2; Casada 70. Tinsley Bros unknown
186352623London: Tinsley Bros 1863. First edition 2 volumes small 8vo pp. viii 2 303; 6 295; folding map frontispiece in volume II; very slight rubbing but still a fine bright copy largely unopened in original purple-brown cloth author's name and title gilt-lettered direct on spine. This is the second state of the binding with Burton's name on the spine. Penzer pp. 71-2; Casada 70. Tinsley Bros unknown
186732920New York: G.P. Putnam & Co. 1867. Early Edition Revised. With and engraved frontispiece engraved title and textual illustrations by the author throughout. A map is called for but appears not to have been bound into this copy. 8vo handsomely bound in contemporary brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards edges and endleaves marbled the spine with raised bands separating the compartments lettered in gilt in two compartments decorated in the remaining compartments with gilt panels and central ornamental devices gilt. 522 pp. A very good copy indeed handsome and well preserved. Early printing in binding of Taylor's famous travelogue of Central Africa. Bayard Taylor was an American poet literary critic translator travel author and diplomat. As a poet he was very popular with a crowd of more than 4000 attending a poetry reading once which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the United States and Great Britain. He served in diplomatic posts in Russia and Prussia. <br> In 1851 he traveled to Egypt where he followed the Nile River as far as 12° 30' N. He also traveled in Palestine and Mediterranean countries writing poetry based on his experiences. Toward the end of 1852 he sailed from England to Calcutta and then to China where he joined the expedition of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry to Japan. The results of these journeys were published as A Journey to Central Africa; or Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile 1854; The Lands of the Saracen; or Pictures of Palestine Asia Minor Sicily and Spain 1854; and A Visit to India China and Japan in the Year 1853 1855.<br> He returned to the U.S. on December 20 1853 and undertook a successful public lecturer tour that extended from Maine to Wisconsin. After two years he went to northern Europe to study Swedish life language and literature. The trip inspired his long narrative poem Lars. His series of articles Swedish Letters to the Tribune were republished as Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures 1857. G.P. Putnam & Co. hardcover
185433044New York: G.P. Putnam & Co. 1854. Early Printing probably the first with added slug to the title-page. With and engraved frontispiece and textual illustrations by the author throughout. A large folding map is included at the rear of the volume. 8vo publisher's original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt pictorial vignette to the upper cover. 522 pp. An honest copy the hinges strong and tight the text-block mellowed as expected some old library markings internally the map with a closed tear. Early printing in issuance year of Taylor's famous travelogue of Central Africa. Bayard Taylor was an American poet literary critic translator travel author and diplomat. As a poet he was very popular with a crowd of more than 4000 attending a poetry reading once which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the United States and Great Britain. He served in diplomatic posts in Russia and Prussia. <br> In 1851 he traveled to Egypt where he followed the Nile River as far as 12° 30' N. He also traveled in Palestine and Mediterranean countries writing poetry based on his experiences. Toward the end of 1852 he sailed from England to Calcutta and then to China where he joined the expedition of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry to Japan. The results of these journeys were published as A Journey to Central Africa; or Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile 1854; The Lands of the Saracen; or Pictures of Palestine Asia Minor Sicily and Spain 1854; and A Visit to India China and Japan in the Year 1853 1855.<br> He returned to the U.S. on December 20 1853 and undertook a successful public lecturer tour that extended from Maine to Wisconsin. After two years he went to northern Europe to study Swedish life language and literature. The trip inspired his long narrative poem Lars. His series of articles Swedish Letters to the Tribune were republished as Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures 1857. G.P. Putnam & Co. hardcover
