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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
196713023London: Frank Cass and Co. Ltd 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition a reprint of the 1877 edition with a new introduction by A.G. Hopkins. xxii 355 pp. Boards are bumped at the corners and slightly sunned at the edges top edge is dust soiled. Binding is tight and square text unmarked. Dust jacket is chipped at the corners and has a few short tears. Whitford an English trader visited and wrote about nearly all the major commercial centers in West Africa. Frank Cass and Co., Ltd hardcover books
19911859Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. cxxxii 296 pp folding map with illustrations bibliography index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1902 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. X. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint hardcover books
195413169London: Paternoster Press 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Uniform edition Number 4 in the Jungle Doctor series. 121 pp with 30 illustrations by Harry Swain. Edges of text block dust soiled otherwise minimal wear. Dust jacket is price-clipped chipped at the corners. Paternoster Press 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
189052618London: John C. Nimmo 1890. First edition 8vo pp. xvii 1 378 32 ads dated January 1890; frontispiece portrait 32 plates and 1 color folding map with a short tear no loss; publisher's green cloth with gilt vignette of the "Stanley" steamship on front cover and gilt title on spine; very good sound copy. <br/><br/> John C. Nimmo hardcover books
19911853Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. lxvi 104 pp folding map folding illustration with index. Name written on front pastedown underlining and annotations to preface; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1899 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. III. Includes versions of this voyage by Capt. Wyatt Robert Dudley and Abram Kendall. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint Limited hardcover books
194552652London: Chatto & Windus 1945. 8vo pp. xxxiii 1 268 2; folding map 2 portraits; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine and a rather chipped dust jacket. Issued as no. 2 in the Central African Archives Oppenheimer Series. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover 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
19281268London: Longmans Green & Co 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii 623 pp with 12 maps 2 colored select bibliography index. Very light general wear to boards some offsetting and previous owner's label on endpapers contents clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on Dutch occupation colonization Parliament and Volksraad unification and other topics. Longmans, Green, & Co hardcover books
192113243Richmond VA: Presbyterian Committee of Publication 1921. Soft cover. Very Good. 201 pp with illustrations and map in original printed wrappers. Spine is sunned and has one chip in the paper at the head of the spine. Binding solid text unmarked. McCutchan was sent as a missionary to the Congo Free State in 1897 where he was soon outraged by the treatment of the natives he observed. He became one of the most vocal opponents of King Leopold's regime. Presbyterian Committee of Publication paperback 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
180120702London: John Stockdale 1801. Hardcover. Near fine. First octavo edition and second edition overall. Six volumes uniformly bound in recent quarter leather and marbled boards complete with two large folding maps/charts and 17 folding plates; 2 pages of ads at the end of Volume VI. Occasional light foxing a couple small splits/tears to maps else fine. Signature of Alfred Fowler on the front free endpaper of Volume I and the rear pastedown of Volume II. Vancouver sailed by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Australia then to New Zealand Hawaii and the northwest coast of America -- discovering previously unknown geographical features in each locale. In three seasons' work Vancouver surveyed the coast of California with remarkable accuracy visited a number of the Spanish settlements in Alta California investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca circumnavigated Vancouver island and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and Hudson Bay. In all Vancouver's party sailed about 55000 miles in what Hill 1753 calls "one of the most important voyages ever made in the interests of geographic knowledge." Howgego I V13; Howes V-23; Sabin 98443. John Stockdale hardcover books
196252578New York: American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters 1962. 4to pp.46 2; photographically illustrated throughout some gruesome; this copy marked "Press Proof" on the first page of text; very good in original black printed wrappers. Atrocities in Katanga a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from the Republic of Congo-Léopoldville on 11 July 1960 under Moise Tshombe leader of the local Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga CONAKAT political party Federation of Kata. <br/><br/> American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters unknown books
1976025814New York: United Nations 1976. 274 38 4 7p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers quarto format United Nations. E/CN.14/HUS/16. United Nations unknown books
197025406Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Population Programme Centre 1970. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; decorative staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue and black; mixed pagination; illus. text printed from typescript. Some wear from handling else Very Good and sound. Initially published as a quarterly newsletter aimed at disseminating information on population problems in Africa between governments and voluntary agencies. This first issue includes forewords by R.K.A. Gardiner Executive Secretary of the Commision; Paul G. Hoffman Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; and Milos Macura Director of the United Nations Population Division. Population Programme Centre unknown books
195532530Pretoria: The Government Printer 1955. 28th volume in the series covering the years 1954-55. Thick octavo; printed paper-covered boards; xvi 866pp. Covers tanned at board edges; mild external rubbing; very slight age-toning to text paper; a solid Very Good copy. Official statistics structure of government diary of laws descriptions of geography natural resources etc. A well-preserved copy uncommon thus. The Government Printer unknown books
190852577London: Edward Arnold 1908. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 359 1; xii 388 16 ads; 2 frontispieces 1 gravure one in color folding map printed in color 59 photographic plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spine; some spotting of the covers otherwise very good and sound. <br/><br/> Edward Arnold hardcover books
189852651London: Methuen & Co 1898. First edition issued in the publisher's Colonial Library series small 8vo pp. vi 238 2; large folding map 4 plates; extra illustration mounted on front pastedown; original maroon cloth gilt-stamped spine extra cloth label 'Africa' also on spine; fine copy. <br/><br/> Methuen & Co hardcover books