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197320293Goettingen: Schwartz 1973. Gebunden. Schwartz unknown
198460495Berlin: Militaerverlag 1984. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Militaerverlag unknown
25846LONDON BOUQUET 1754. FIRST EDITION POLITICAL PAMPHLET 63 PAGES VERY NICELY BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARD. A VERY GOOD COPY WITH THE LAST PAGE PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED. A DEFENCE OF THE FELLOWS AGAINST AN ATTACK BY HUDDESFORD MADE IN A SPEECH ON 8 OCTOBER 1754. LONDON, BOUQUET, 1754 hardcover
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. John C. Nimmo unknown
19600011424London: Duckworth 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 240 pages maroon cloth <br/><br/>Waugh's account of his travel & work in Ethiopia Abyssinia Kenya Uganda & Congo. 7 black & white plates and 2 folding maps Duckworth hardcover
193200001275New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1932 1932. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 8 3-317 1 pp. Yellow cloth with a lion in red on the front board and red lettering on the spine; dark blue topstain and rough-cut fore-edge. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the jacket. Lacks copyright and title page. Second issue of the first American edition. Ahearn APG 007c. Book shows a small lean with a bit of wear to the bottom edges; jacket has two lines underlined on the front flap and moderate toning and edge wear. Farrar & Rinehart [1932] hardcover
1936DEMO008123ILondon & New York: Longmans Green 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 253pp. red cloth rubbed <br/><br/>Chapter 1: "The Intelligent Woman's Guide to the Ethiopian Question" Longmans, Green hardcover
1918123H0763New York: The International News Company 1918. Book. Illus. by Peddie Tom; Prater Ernest. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave part III - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua with great photos; Beyond the Law part III - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak of Labrador the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire article with photo; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram part III - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman with photos; A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905 the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa part IV - a 4000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback
1990179401Cowden: Newton Publishers 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiii 127pp 22p b/w photographs. An excellent copy of a scarce Squadron history. <br/> <br/> Newton Publishers hardcover
198352118New York: American Legacy Press 1983. Gebunden. American Legacy Press unknown
194624090New York: Rinehart & Company 1946. First edition first printing First printing. Hardcover. Very good plus/Near Fine. Fechin Nicolai. A book in the Rivers of America series. Fitzgerald: Rivers Bibliography C10. Publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Includes color plate between pages 164 and 165. 400 pages with illustrations map bibliography and index. Tape ghosts to the front endpapers from the news clippings which are laid in. A very good plus copy in near fine bright dust jacket with just a hint of wear at the spine ends. <br/> <br/> Rinehart & Company hardcover
1968157London: John Murray 1968. First. Hardcover. VG/VG. 267 pp. ill. Early days of Aden and foreign rivalries for power in the area. John Murray hardcover
1933044548New York: Liveright Inc Publishers 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Xvi 339 Pp. Orange Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black The Book Of The Month Club Reprint Is In Brown Cloth In Dj Priced $3.00. Near Fine Book Gilt Brilliant No Wear Or Fading. Dust Jacket Complete Lightly Used Some Fading To Orange Color On Spine Panel Rubbing And 1/2" Split At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge. <br/> <br/> Liveright Inc Publishers hardcover
1962051291Lambarene Gabon: Robert Washer 1962. Original Photograph . No Binding. Fine. Original Color Photograph Taken In 1962 By Robert Washer At Lamarene Printed 1964. <br/> <br/> Robert Washer unknown
194818459Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. 1948. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. DJ with moderate wear and light chipping; An American artist goes to Liberia and is eventually accepted as a peer. An interesting unusual story. Nicely SIGNED by both the artist Jo Dendel and the author Esther Warner on front free endpaper; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages . Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
1977290537Irish Shell Limited in Zusammenarbeit mit der irischen Fremdenverkehrszentrale 1977. Spiralbuch Großformat Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen eine Eintragung hinten. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut berieben. Einband lichtrandig. Irish Shell Limited (in Zusammenarbeit mit der irischen Fremdenverkehrszentrale), unknown
1910053525New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1910. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xvi 330 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in original dark green cloth with titles in gilt and with a small emblem in blind on the front cover. The binding shows light to moderate wear with some fraying at the spine ends. The front inner hinge is starting at the top and running about 4 inches down the gutter. Rear inner hinge is cracking. Early owner's signature on the front flyleaf. The text is clean. Illustrated with photos and drawings. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
19100006183New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Good. photographs sculpture and drawings by Herbert Ward. 8vo; xvi 330 pages green cloth newly rebacked in quarter leather with original spine label new endpapers untrimmed corners worn. <br/><br/>"I entered into the lives of the natives. . They appealed strongly to me by reason of their simplicity and directness their lack of scheming or plotting and by the spontaneity of everything they did. . I became imbued with a profound sympathy for African human nature - Preface." Photographs scuplture and drawings by Herber Ward. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
39194LONDON JONATHAN CAPE 1941. 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE BOARDS. AGE TONING TO THE FRONT AND REAR. SCARCE. FOLD OUT MAP AT THE REAR. LONDON, JONATHAN CAPE, 1941 hardcover
1974241c9929South Africa: C. Struik Publishers 1974. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 204 pages. Index. References. Exhaustively illustrated in black and white with photos and diagrams. "The first comprehensive account of the hand-mills water-mills windmills and horse-mills in South Africa. Traces the history of mill machinery from mid-17th century to today." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon half-title page otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy of this superb reference. C. Struik Publishers Hardcover
188270772Bielefeld: Velhagen Klasing 1882. Gebunden. Velhagen + Klasing unknown
1905152London: Andrew Melrose 1905. Second. Hardcover. VG/VG. 384 pp. Records meeting Sir Richard Burton and many other prominent explorers something about Samuel Baker in E Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Andrew Melrose hardcover
1923123G4363London: George Newnes Ltd. 1923. Book. Illus. by Cleaver Reginald; Campbell John; Wood Stanley L.; Prater E.; Broadhead W. Smithson; Hiley Francis C.; Paxton R.B.M.; Soper G.; Robinson T.H.; Skelton J.R. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. George Newnes, Ltd. Paperback
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. Chatto & Windus unknown
192100220500Thos. Cook & Son UK 1921. 4. Hardcover. Good. Ills 8 folding maps through the text. Fourth Edition Thos. Cook & Son, UK hardcover
