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1925346H5249New York: The International News Company 1925. Book. Illus. by Wood Stanley L.; Hiley F.E. Vedder S.H.; Brock R.H.; Eyles D.C.; De Walton John; Brock H.M.; Holmes Fred; Brightwell L.R.; Nicholson W.C.; Goss G.W.; Crozier Frank. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon manager of the Pacific Marine Airways a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland Africa where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney the bullies of the battalion were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback
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
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
1948346H2554London: George Newnes Ltd. 1948. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 18 ads 251-312 pages. Features: The Strange Case of Herman Crowell - the life of a senior insurance official turns to mystery and romance; The Stolen Mine-Dump - a Gold Coast mine story; Among the Skolt Lapps - photo-illustrated article; The Bundoo Mask - was it responsible for a run of misfortune in Sierra Leone; On the Edge of the World part II - further adventures of Richard Brenton in Tierra del Fuego; Two Black Outlaws - two Australian aboriginals go criminal and give Queensland police much trouble; My Pet Elephant - an amusing tale from Mashonaland Southern Rhodesia; Looking for Trouble - tragedy strikes when 20-year-old Henrietta Schmerler goes to live with and study the Apache Indians; Kite-Fishing in the Solomons; The Runaway Train; Four of a Kind - a Nigerian District officer tells a story related to "leopard" and "lion-men" atrocities in Africa; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. George Newnes Ltd. Paperback
1926146721926. Gebunden. unknown
193632991Washington DC: Government Printing Office GPO 1936. First edition First printing. Printed wrappers. Near Fine. 74th Congress 2nd Session Senate Document 199. Reese: Six Score 112. Adams: Rampaging Herd 2363. 620 pages with maps charts and illustrations. Bound in original green stiff paper covers. Light wear along spine. Tiny tear along spine and only a hint of wear. A near fine copy. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office, [GPO] unknown
31814LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY 1849. FIRST EDITION THREE VOLUMES. SMALL OCTAVO FINE CALF BINDINGS WITH MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINES RED AND BLACK LABELS. EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIGHT. WITH A MAP OF THE USA TO VOLUME 1. MAP OF CALIFORNIA ABSENT. LONDON, RICHARD BENTLEY, 1849 unknown
19103928London: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 1910. Extracts. Hardcover. Very Good. Notes on the Tribes inhabiting the Baringo District; East Africa Protectorate with plates xv-xvii pp 49-72 2 plates; the Wawanga and other tribes of the Elgon District British East Africa pp 19-75. Two lengthy extracts issued in hard covered format. Top corners bumped lower spine shows wear. VG. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute hardcover
194262235Washington D.C.: n.p. ca. 1942. 4to. 2 147 1 leaves typescript mimeograph on onion-skin paper. With 34 copy photos and silver print run-off paper diagrams folding charts from the original all either mounted or bound within the report. Contemporary black Accopress split-pin slide binder rounded corners creasing to first few leaves of onion skin paper minor rusting to the slide Acco fastener still VG- copy. First edition thus of this English translation of Pontecorvo’s 1937 original “Il Problema dell’acqua†on the scarcity of Water the ongoing efforts to increase supplies of the vital resource in North Africa especially to advance economic and military development. Prepared after the Italian invasion of North Africa prior to World War II when in the aftermath of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War Mussolini’s government controlled Libya and Italian Somaliland Eritrea and the occupied Ethiopian Empire were merged into Italian East Africa. The study focuses on ancient aquifers precipitation methods of discovering untapped water geophysical characteristics of North Africa and inally developing wells cisterns aqueducts and tapping atmospheric water with wind traps. This translation prepared during World War II possibly for reference use by US Army Corps of Engineers and construction battalion units during the Allied North Africa Campaigns from 1940-May 1943. No similar copies in Worldcat. n.p., unknown
005897New York New York U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster 1965. 655pp 76 b&w photos & illus. maps notes on Zulu orthography sources bibliography index Stated - 1st Printing. "The Washing of the Spears" is the definitive account of the bloody and tragic story of the rise of the Zulu nation under the great ruler Shaka and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu War of 1879. For over a century after the European landing at Capetown in the 17th century the Boers advanced unopposed into the vast interior of Africa. It was not until 1824 that Europeans came face to face with another expanding and imperial power the Zulus -- the most formidable nation in black Africa. That confrontation ignited a prolonged struggle which culminated in a bitter war the last despairing effort of Africans to stem the tide of white civilization. The result was a dramatic legendary and bloody defeat at Isandhlwana for the British; the aftermath was the defeat and fall of the remarkable Zulu nation.~ The Zulus challenged the might of Victorian England and armed only with their spears their rawhide shields and their incredible courage they inflicted upon the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of savages. The record of that war is studded with tales of unparalleled drama. Stated First Printing. Clean . 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Simon & Schuster hardcover
190761083London: John Murray 1907. Reprint. Octavo 23cm. Green cloth stamped in gilt on front and spine; plain endpapers; xii280pp; 9 folding maps and 2 halftone plates. A tight copy lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners browning to free endpapers but generally Very Good. German Official Account of the War in South Africa October 1899 to February 1900. See MENDELSSOHN II p.590. John Murray unknown
1957305316Longmans Green and Co 1957. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 5x0x9. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover
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. American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters unknown
1964300564Longmans 1964. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall Octavo 8vo. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Longmans hardcover
2001241G1913Cape Town South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 161 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Lane a born Ulsterman a burgher of the South African Republic but still loyal to the British cause a storekeeper in the hamlet of Hartbeesfontein in the Western Transvaal faced dire penalties if he did not go to war with his commando. Refusing to bear arms against his mother country he was placed in charge of the ammunition in the main laager of General Piet Cronje Deputy Commandant General of the Republic. Not only was he opposed to Kruger and Krugerism but he was incensed at being commandeered. He criticizes much of what he sees and hears about Cronje. This viewpoint makes the work unique and unmatched by any other diarist in the camps of the Boers." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp atop front free endpaper otherwise clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Van Riebeeck Society Hardcover
41547TEDDINGTON RICHMOND 1931. A LIMITED EDITION FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION N.D. 1931. QUARTO BOUND IN FULL RED MOROCCO ALL EDGES GILT GILT LETTERING TO THE FRONT COVER FOLIATE ROLLED DENTELLES MARBLED ENDPAPERS 95 PAGES 26 CAPTIONED SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS A TWO-PAGE MAP. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A VERY GOOD COPY. VERY SCARCE. TEDDINGTON, RICHMOND, [1931] hardcover
42120EDINBURGH NIMMO 1899. EDITED WITH NOTES BY D LAING PURVES. A NEAR FINE COPY IN FULL CALF ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINE A PRIZE BINDING PROBABLY FROM ST. PETER'S SCHOOL YORK THEIR CREST TO THE FRONT BOARD. EDINBURGH, NIMMO, 1899 unknown
188619664London: MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1886. Hardcover. Bound in green pebble grained cloth gilt titles and decoration previous owners signature a lovely clean tight copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 413 pages . MacMillan hardcover
1986028180U.S.A.: Editions Limited 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed and dated by the author with no inscription. Filled with historic Waikiki photos. Clean and tight. Bright leatherette covers with sharp spine gilting. Rubbing at lower spine and little bump at upper corner. Jacket with ruffling and a few little tears at edges. Heavy and oversized. <br/> <br/> Editions Limited hardcover
19522191Northern Rhodesia: Relics. 1952. Softcover. Very Good. Covers a bit worn and browned. Spine nicely tape repaired. Internally VG ; 4 color plates 32 b&w illustrations from photographs 4 line drawings and 2 maps. Bound-in errata slip. SIGNED by the illustrator Barbara Tyrrell; 8vo; 160 pages . Relics paperback
29569LONDON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1965. REPRINT QUARTO VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WORN DUSTWRAPPER. 598 PAGES ILLUS. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS CHARTS AND MAPS. POSTAGE AT COST. WEIGHS 3.5 kG. LONDON, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1965 hardcover
1974121148Chamber of Mines of South Africa 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 in- 9 in Tall. Ex-library. Hard cover no dust jacket good condition. Libraryy narkings <br/> <br/> Chamber of Mines of South Africa hardcover
1925BOOKS052840ILondon: J. B. Lippincott Company 1925. HC. good light brownish cloth hardcover EX-LIB w/minimal marks. B&W illustrations maps. A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE PRIMITIVE & INTERESTING TRIBES DWELLING ON THE VAST SOUTHERN SLOPES OF MOUNT KENYA & THEIR FAST DISAPPEARING NATIVE METHODS OF LIFE. Ex-lib from a small county library and checked out only once. 284pp map. J. B. Lippincott Company unknown
189638266San Francisco: Wheeler Publishing Co. 1896. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Extended title reads "With Portraits of Representative Men that Advocate California's Progress and Industrial Suprmacy." A history of the development of competing transportation to the giant Southern Pacific Railroad. Photographs taken by Tabor of San Francisco and Spooner of Stockton. 224 pages the majority of which pertain to the SF & SJV RW with listing of subscribers and stockholders with number of shares purchased maps and contents pages. Numerous photographs of stockholders subscribers and officers and scenes along the San Juaquin Valley. The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway existed from 1895 to 1901 when it was incorporated into the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Bound in original three quarter brown leather over brown cloth boards with lettering and rule in gilt. All text block edges in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Name stamp and owner's signature on the preliminary page. Name stamp on the top of several pages. Mild damp stain to the lower portion of the covers pages not affected. A very good copy. <br/> <br/> Wheeler Publishing Co. hardcover
197378919Ibadan: Univ. Press 1973. Gebunden. Univ. Press unknown
