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193052156Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1930. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper of first volume: "Mr. Malcolm B. Stone / with much appreciation of his interest in the work in tropical medicine / from Richard P. Strong" dated in year of publication. First printings. Two large octavo volumes 27cm; publisher's maroon cloth boards lettered in gilt on spines and front covers; xxvi1-568; ix569-1064pp; illus. Mild lean to text block of second volume else a tight Near Fine set lacking the dustwrappers. A major work in the history of public medicine. Strong 1872-1948 was the first professor of Tropical Medicine at Harvard and the foremost American authority on the subject. This important two-year expedition to Liberia and the Congo led by Strong in the company of seven fellow Harvard scientists was the first full-scale attempt to document the etiology of a variety of tropical diseases as well as documenting existing sanitary conditions in Liberia and colonial West Africa. The mission also collected a wealth of zoological and anthropological data that would inform various fields of Africa Studies for decades. Harvard University Press unknown 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
18572926New York: D. Appleton & Co 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. viii 415 pp 8 publisher's catalogue with frontispiece illustrations. Original brown cloth with gilt spine. Spine dulled one horizontal tear in spine cloth and additional splits along both front and rear joints. Internals sound and clean. Contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper. Perry's expedition was sent to Japan to induce the Japanese government to enter into diplomatic relations with the United States which Perry believed he could accomplish through a display of superior naval force. Hill 1332: "After his entry into Araga Harbor on July 8 1853 the Japanese were eventually compelled to accept a treaty.opening the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda. The most significant result however was that Perry's visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the subsequent modernization of Japan." This is Hill 1333 "a compact abridgement of the Perry expedition narrative." D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
55New York; London: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated likely first American edition c. 1929. xix 609 pp 25 illustrations with index b/w illustrations from photographs. Author photograph tipped in as frontispiece. Foreword by "Dr. Laws of Livingstonia." Ex-library copy with normal markings stamps etc including call number label on spine. Binding is sound text is clean and bright. An account of Dan Crawford's life from his birth in Scotland through his 37 years in Africa. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Fleming H. Revell Company 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
191213356New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 291 pp with index illustrations and folding map. Original pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Corners bumped inscription partially erased from front endpaper all else very good. In his Introduction the author an American war correspondent compares Africa to the nineteenth century American West praising the "pioneers of the desert the jungle and the veldt" who are engaged in "the conquest of a continent by men with levels and transits drills and dynamite ploughs and spades with courage daring resource and tenacity unsurpassed in history." Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1979110073London: The British Academy at the Royal Geographical Society 1979. 10p. including covers 5.5x8 inches economic reports and balance sheets very good in original stapled wraps. The British Academy at the Royal Geographical Society unknown books
19911861Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. l 577 pp illustrations 1 folding with illustrations maps index. Very lightly bumped bottom corners name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. III Part I Only. Reprint of the 1919 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XLV. Includes travels in England Western India Achin Macao and the Canton River 1634-1638. 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
19911846Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. lxxix 437 pp illustrations 3 folding maps with bibliography index. Minimal wear to corners name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. II only. Reprint of the 1914 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XXXV. Includes Mundy's travels in Surat Agra Koil Patna and other locations. 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
1938133London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. xxiv 221 pp 91 illustrations with appendix itinerary maps one folding index. Boards are lightly rubbed and scuffed; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "The 1934-35 British Museum Expedition to East Africa was organized for the purprose of studying the flora and fauna of the equatorial mountains in relation to their peculiar environment" preface. Lindsay Drummond Ltd hardcover books
191352528London: Macmillan and Co 1913. First edition 8vo pp. xv 1 379 1 6 ads; folding table giving particulars of 25 felled elephants 27 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; some rubbing at the extremities otherwise a very good copy in original red cloth gilt-lettered spine. Czech Africa p. 156: "A pre-eminent elephant hunting title this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa North Eastern Rhodesia Nyasaland and the Lado Enclave." <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1962TB24327New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1962. Tenth Printing. Very good in ivory cloth covered boards with gilt text and red decorations on the spine and on the front board. In a very good price clipped dust jacket. 339 pages including an index. Illustrated with maps and line drawings. The fourth volume in The American Trails Series which deal with the various wagon roads to California from Council Bluffs St. Joseph and Indpendence. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
186852527London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1868. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 397 1 2 ads; 8 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding a bit soiled and small cracks at the spine extremities but generally a very good sound copy. <br/><br/> Cassell, Petter, and Galpin hardcover books
1964TB19144New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1964. First Edition. in second state dust jacket Fine in purple cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with only a hint of fading at the heel of the spine. More often than not this title is found with fairly typical fading of the board's edges as the purple cloth is very prone to fading. In a very good unclipped second state dust jacket with a slightly tanned spine area which is also lightly rubbed at its upper edge. The sixth volume in The American Trails Series and one of the fifteen in the series produced by McGraw-Hill. The story of the Mormon Trail. 331 pages including an index bibliography text and a section of illustrations of reproductions of contemporary art. A very handsome and collectable copy. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
1969TB04190not stated: American West Publ. 1969. First Edition. First printing Near fine In a very good dust jacket worn at the top edges of the spine and with closed tears at the rear corners; but very clean and neat. Written by T. H. Watkins with a forward by Wallace Stegner and a contribution from his book Beyond the Hundredth Meridian and contributions from many others. Accompanied with many color and black and white photos drawings and woodcuts. American West Publ. unknown books
1969957New York: Greenwood Press 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. xvii 551 pp 16 Illustrations folding map with frontispiece index. Top front corner lightly bumped; else fine. No dust jacket. Stanley worked on the Autobiography for many years but died before it was completed. According to the DNB "Stanley's contribution to the history of African exploration remains a matter of contention. On the one hand he is generally acknowledged to have settled many of the long-running controversies over the sources of the Nile and the geography of the great lakes. On the other hand the style of his expedition-making marked a new phase in the history of exploration virtually erasing the distinction between geography and warfare.Throughout his life Stanley was in every way a masterful story-teller.His enormous drive won him notoriety as well as fame though he defended his life's record to the very last: 'I was not sent into this world to be happy nor to search for happiness. I was sent for a special work'." Greenwood Press 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
188552532New York: Harper & Bros 1885. First American edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxvii 1 528; x 483 1 12 ads; 2 large color folding maps in cover pockets 3 folding maps 44 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt black red and white on upper covers and spines; spines a little soiled and the extremities lightly rubbed but in all a very good sound copy without any cracking at all of the hinges. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
1861WRCAM49581ACape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Original publisher's gilt cloth rebacked with most of original spine laid down. Corners lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Light foxing and toning heavier in some places. Most images clean though one or two with some light foxing at the edges. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well- received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others do capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of the African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center of the image dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> 1 Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> 2 "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> 3 "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> 4 "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> 5 "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> 6 "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> 7 "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon hardcover books
1861WRCAM49581Cape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Light scattered foxing occasional faint offsetting from images. Photographs generally clean. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was produced to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. It was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon hardcover books
194826521Johannesburg: Rostra Printers n.d. ca. 1948. First Edition. 12mo 17.25cm.; original white printed staplebound card wrappers; 15pp. Extremities sunned textblock uniformly toned and brittle due to poor paperstock tiny loss to lower fore-edge corner of first few leaves and upper wrapper. Still Very Good. Anti-apartheid policy of South Africa's leading political party from 1934 to 1948 when it was supplanted by the National Party. Only a handful of copies located in OCLC; Boston U. only in the United States as of May 2015. Rostra Printers unknown books
176347346Paris: Ches Guillyn 1763. First edition. 3 figures and a folding map. xxxvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Quarter modern vellum gilt spine uncut. Fine. First edition. 3 figures and a folding map. xxxvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Nicolas Louis De La Caille 1713-62 an eminent French mathematician and astronomer arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on March 30 1751 and began a study of the parallax of the moon. In this diary he gives descriptions of Rio Janeiro the Cape Bourbon and Ascension. De La Caille's account of the Hottentot and other customs and societies dissented from and superseded Kolbe's narrative although he made almost as great errors as his predecessor. However after the publication of this journal by De La Caille Kolbe was no longer considered a standard author on the topic. See Theal History of South Africa 1691-1795. Mendelssohn I p. 434; for de la Caille: Dictionary of Scientific Biography VII pp. 542-545 Ches Guillyn unknown books
189436380London: Richard Bentley and Son 1894. Third Edition. Illustrations by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Spine sunned else fine. Third Edition. Illustrations by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 1 vols. 8vo. The Second European to Reach the Falls of the Zambesi. "Mr. Baldwin's experiences are written in a simple and unostentatious manner but he went through more adventures than almost all of the great South Afriican travellers and hunters." Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn I 73-74 for 1863 second ed. Richard Bentley and Son unknown books
197034884London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1970. Second Edition. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; vi66pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities and light dust-soil to rear wrapper else Near Fine. "Apartheid - or the system of "separate development" as the South African authorities prefer to call it - is not self-enforcing. It is maintained by an elaborate system of penal laws backed up by the powerful weaponry of a modern state. This study deals with the special character of law enforcement in a society where race distinction lies at the root of government policy" from introduction. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
196648284New York: Alexander Defense Committee 1966. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; stapled wrappers; 43pp; illus. Light wear to extremities modest toning to rear wrapper with two small faint stains to upper front wrapper; contents clean; Very Good or better. Expose of state-sponsored apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia. With several photographic illustrations halftones. The author was Executive Secretary of the Alexander Defense Committee organized in 1965 to advocate on behalf of the "Alexander Eleven" a group of anti-apartheid activists headed by Neville Alexander who were imprisoned under South Africa's "Sabotage Act" in 1963. Alexander Defense Committee unknown books
