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1930181New York: Whittlesey House 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xv 320 pp with color frontispiece index illustrations from photos and drawings by the author maps one folding. Short tear in cloth along rear joint at head of spine paper cracked over front hinge occasional penciled lines in the margine; else sound and clean. No dust jacket. Willis was a mining engineer who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey. "In 1929 after attending an IGC conference in South Africa Willis traveled the length of Africa accompanied by his wife and supported by the Carnegie Institution of Washington to study the geologic structure of the deep rift valleys that bisect the East African plateau. His study convinced him that the valleys had not developed because of separation as most geologists thought but were the result of "ramping" caused by compression and vertical movement" ANB. Whittlesey House hardcover books
19362585Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. 351 pp illustrations from photographs map endpapers. Very light shelf wear to boards gift nscription on dedication page; text clean binding sound. Dust jacket is rubbed along the folds has tape reinforcement to inside and some old not especially noticeable water damage. In a new mylar cover. The author and his companion recent college graduates decided to complete their education with a trip around the world. According to the jacket "they became bored with shipboard life and wanted to see what lay behind the mysterious fringe of the West African coast. And because everyone told them it couldn't be done they set out to cross African on motorcycles . They had plenty of hair-raising experiences but vastly more laughs." Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover books
190017161New York: Cassell and Company 1900. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 204 pp with three colored folding maps and 67 illustrations from photographs. Original green cloth with illustration of the authors on the front board. Minor insect damage to front board spine slightly toned some foxing to endpapers else quite sound and clean. The American husband and wife team were wealthy zealous and energetic explorers who together made many expeditions to the Himalayas. Fanny a suffragist as well as a bit of a publicity hound made sure the world knew of her achievements as a pioneering female climber. Among other achievements she held the women's altitude record for 28 years after her conquest of 23000-ft Pinnacle Peak in 1906. Robinson Wayward Women amusingly describes her as having "practically battered the Karakorams into submission first treading them over with her squat hob-nailed figure and then pinning them down on virgin maps and charts to take home for the various Geographical Societies of England and America to fight over." This is the account of their first Himalayan expedition 1898-99 during which they reached the Karakoram Pass and explored the Biafo Glacier Neate W124. Cassell and Company hardcover books
190613722New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons and Everett & Co 1906. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes pp xxix 31-291; x 14-288 appendices and index with 64 plates. Original red cloth with beveled edges gilt titles on spine. Spines lightly sunned minor edgewear to boards. Bindings tight and square contents clean. Penzer 311-312 expressing his disdain for the work; Casada 318 writes that "it is important at least in part for the reasons Penzer found so objectionable. It brings to the forefront Burton's shortcomings and opens up avenues of thought which needed and still need examination." This set comes from the personal collection of bibliographer James Casada. G.P. Putnam's Sons [and] Everett & Co hardcover books
1935303London: Edinburgh House Press 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 144 pp illustrations front photographs bibliography index folding map of Africa. Light shelf wear "Colorado Christian Woman's Missionary Society" written on front pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "An effort has been made to let Africans speak for themselves. They do not all speak with one voice. If through these pages some of their voices sound clearly this small book will not have failed in its purpose" preface. Edinburgh House Press hardcover books
13168London: Lutterworth Press. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated. 190 pp in original orange cloth; no dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped one scuff mark on front board. Internals fine. Foreword by H.S. Keigwin. Chapters on marriage kinship coming of age taboos religious beliefs and practices etc. Lutterworth Press hardcover books
193252563London: Hodder and Stoughton 1932. First edition 8vo pp. 366; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Cromer 1841-1917 was "British controller-general in Egypt during 1879 part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the 1876 Egyptian bankruptcy. He later became the agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907 during the British occupation prompted by the 'Urabi revolt. This position gave Baring de facto control over Egyptian finances and governance" Wikipedia. <br/><br/> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
