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Short List No. 152 - 2015.

Africa.

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 152 2015.

1 Adamson, Joy. BORN FREE. A Lioness of Two Worlds. With Extracts from George Adamson’s Letters. Preface by Lord William Percy. Foreword by Captain Charles Pitman. Roy. 8vo, Fifth Impression; pp. 160; sketch map, 7 coloured & 73 b/w. plates; original decorated paperd boards; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Collins & Harvill Press; (1960). #16888 A$25.00


2 Adamson, Joy. LIVING FREE. The Story of Elsa and her Cubs. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 146; endpaper map & 1 full-page map, 8 coloured & 64 b/w. plates (including several double-page), appendix; original colour-printed cloth; (name on half-title); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Collins & Harvill Press; 1961. #47707 A$30.00


3 Adamson, Joy. FOREVER FREE. Elsa’s Pride. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 192; endpaper maps & 1 full-page map, 8 coloured & 64 b/w. plates (including several double-page); original colour-printed cloth; (a few pages slightly soiled); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Collins & Harvill Press; 1962. #36693 A$18.00


4 Africa: AFRICA AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Chamberlin Trimetric Projection. Scale 1:12,000,000 or 189.4 miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 680 by 750 mm; a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; March, 1950. #17694 A$25.00


5 Africa: NORTHERN AFRICA. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. John Oliver LaGorce, Editor. Oblique Mercator Projection. Scale 1:7,500,000 or 118.4 miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 1000 by 665 mm; (some slight silverfishing); a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; December, 1954. #17680 A$20.00


6 Atlantic: ATLANTIC OCEAN. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. John Oliver LaGorce, Editor. Mercator Projection. Scale 1:20,000,000 or 316 miles to the inch at the Equator. Large folded coloured map, 670 by 960 mm; a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; December, 1955. #17821 A$25.00


7 Baker, Anne. A QUESTION OF HONOUR. The Life of Lieutenant General Valentine Baker Pasha. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 180; 3 full-page maps, 8 plates, sources, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Leo Cooper; (1996). ***Disgraced and condemned by Victorian society over a claimed indiscretion in a railway carriage, Baker, with the support of the Prince of Wales, went to serve with the Turkish Army, distinguishing himself greatly and becoming a Pasha, his personal bravery and military prowess becoming legendary. #50350 A$35.00


8 Barbot, Jean. BARBOT ON GUINEA. The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712. Edited by P. E. H. Hair, Adam Jones and Robin Law. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. 1, pp. cxxviii, 328(last blank); Vol. 2, pp. [ii], x, [329]-916; 1 full-page & 4 double-page maps, 46 plates, 3 full-page illustrations, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index of places and peoples, index of persons, index of authors & index of select subjects; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1992. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 175 and 176. #39448 A$85.00


9 Barrett, Louise. BABOONS survivors of the African continent. F’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; numerous coloured illustrations, references, index; original illustrated boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); BBC; (2000). #10088 A$25.00


10 Berggren, Sigvard. FREEDOM FOREST. Translated from the Swedish by Evelyn Ramsden. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 176(last 3 blank); 4 coloured & 16 b/w. plates; original papered boards; a very good copy in badly torn dustwrapper. (London); Hutchinson of London; (1962). ***An account of the raising of a variety of African animals including a lion, rhinoceros, hyena, leopard, cheetah and several monkeys, at Boras in Sweden. #48654 A$25.00


11 Bottriell, Lena Godsall. KING CHEETAH. The Story of the Quest. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 244(last blank); several sketch maps, 2 coloured plates, several b/w. illustrations, bibliography; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Leiden; E. J. Brill; 1987. ***The story of field research by the Author, a Queenslander, and her husband into the King Cheetah, a differently pigmented species. #65171 A$65.00


12 Boxer, C. R. THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA 1589-1622. Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Sao Thome (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), Sao Joao Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa. Edited from the Original Portuguese by C. R. Boxer. First Edition in English; pp. xiv, 298(last blank); 6 folding maps, 6 plates (3 folding), 4 full-page illusts., 5 appendices (incl. glossary), bibliog., index. [with] FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA 1559-1565. Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garca (1559), Sao Paulo (1561) and the Misadventures of the Brazil-ship Santo Antonio (1565). Translated and edited from the original Portuguese by C. R. Boxer. First Edition in English; pp. [ii], x, 170, [2](blank); 2 folding maps, 5 plates (incl. folding map), 8 woodcuts in text, bibliog., index. Together, 2 vols., very good copies in original cloth in dustwrappers (spines a little faded). Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1959-68. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vols. 112 & 132. #57451 A$195.00


13 Brace, Charles L. THE RACES OF THE OLD WORLD. A Manual of Ethnology. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 428, 32(inserted adv.); notes, bibliography, index; original cloth (slightly worn; hinges strengthened), uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1863. ***With a chapter on Oceania including brief mention of Australians; and an account of the antiquity of man. #65452 A$75.00


14 [Bradlow, Frank]. THOMAS BAINES: THE FRONTIER WARS 1851-1853. An art. leather folder, so titled, containing six limited edition coloured prints, reproducing scenes from the so-called Eighth Frontier War painted by Thomas Baines. Each print, in landscape format, measures 375 by 260 mm approx., plus captions and margins to 485 by 355 mm approx. Each print is accompanied by a similar-sized leaf of descriptive text (but this is missing from one of the prints). Four of the prints are present in multiple copies and all are in fine condition except for minor foxing to one of the duplicates and a tiny marginal cut to another duplicate. The paintings are finely reproduced and the edition was limited to 500 numbered copies. Most of the prints are unnumbered, but a few are numbered in pencil. Oblong folio; original art. leather, gilt. [Cape Town]; The Heritage Collection; 1976. ***The prints were apparently produced to accompany a book of the same title by Frank Bradlow, but we have been unable to trace a record of either book or prints offered for sale. Whether there were more prints than six in the edition is unknown to us. The prints offered are as follows: The Rifle Brigade Landing at Algoa Bay 1852 [without text] (3 copies); River crossing by the Rifle Brigade 1852; Bloemfontein 1851; Lt. Gen. Cathcart’s Forces Crossing the Orange River 1852 (3 copies); The 74th and 12th Regiments Coming Out of the Water Kloof (3 copies); The Graaf-Reinet Hottentot Levies in the Amatolas (5 copies). #58407 A$165.00


15 Brewer, Stella. THE FOREST DWELLERS. Preface by Jane Goodall. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 254, [2](blank); endpaper map, 16 plates, a few illustrations, index; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Collins; 1978. ***Chimpanzees. #19284 A$50.00


16 Brown, D[avid] S. FRESHWATER SNAILS OF AFRICA AND THEIR MEDICAL IMPORTANCE. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 488(last blank); 152 figures & maps, references, appendix, taxonomic index, subject index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper; scarce. London; Taylor & Francis Ltd; 1980. #26484 A$135.00


17 Burstein, Stanley M.; Translated and Edited by. AGATH-ARCHIDES OF CNIDUS ON THE ERYTHRAEAN SEA. First Edition; pp. xii, 204(last 2 blank); full-page map, appendix, concordance, bibliography, 2 indices; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1989. ***Written in the second century B.C. this work contains the earliest extensive account of the geography and ethnography of the northeast African and western Arabian coasts and the exploration of the Red Sea. Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 172. #30830 A$45.00


18 Burton, Jane. ANIMALS OF THE AFRICAN YEAR. The Ecology of East Africa. Photographs by Jane Burton. 4to, Second Edition, Australian Issue; pp. 144(incl. endpapers); 2 col. maps, over 200 coloured photos.; bibliography, glossary, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Stanmore); Cassell Australia; (1979). ***Revised from the first edition of 1972. Numerous fine photographs & descriptions of birds and mammals. #38508 A$30.00


19 Caillie, Rene. TRAVELS THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA TO TIMBUCTOO; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the Years 1824--1828. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. x, [v]-viii, 476(last blank); portrait frontispiece (a fine lithographic proof on India paper by Hullmandel); Vol. II, pp. [iv], [xi]-xiv, [ii](blank), 502(last colophon only); 2 folding maps, 5 plates (including a fine folding aquatint of Timbuctoo by J. Clarke); contemporary full blue calf, finely gilt, with contrasting spine labels; (a little rubbed, but a fine set); rare. London; Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley; 1830. ***Not in Abbey. An interesting and detailed account of a remarkable journey of over 4000 miles from Senegal in search of Timbuctoo. Caillie, unable to obtain finance for his explorations scraped together funds for the expedition by selling his possessions, and was the first European to reach Timbuctoo and return alive (he was preceded only months before by Alexander Gordon Laing, however he was killed). The Geographical Society of Paris made him a retrospective award of 10,000 francs. #52981 A$3250.00


20 Campbell, R. J. LIVINGSTONE. Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, 298(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, 8 maps (1 folding), 10 plates, itinerary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy; scarce. Westport, Connecticut; Greenwood Press, Publishers; (1972). ***First published by Dodd, Mead in 1930. #14666 A$65.00


21 Chater, Melville. UNDER THE SOUTH AFRICAN UNION. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 391-88; double-page map, 24 coloured plates, 97 b/w. illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, April, 1931; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1931. ***Including, amongst others, “Fire-Walking Hindus of Singapore”, by L. Elizabeth Lewis, 10 pp., with 12 illusts. #21188 A$30.00


22 Cottrell, Leonard. THE ANVIL OF CIVILISATION. An Outline of the Birth, Development and Inter-relationship of the Ancient Civilisations of Western Asia and the Mediterranean 4000-400 B.C. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 288; 6 full-page maps, 17 plates, folding chronological table, glossary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (mcmlviii) [1958]. #48035 A$60.00


23 Cottrell, Leonard. ENEMY OF ROME. [The Battles of Hannibal]. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 224; endpaper & several text maps, 17 plates, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Evans Brothers Limited; (1960). #37654 A$65.00


24 Cottrell, Leonard. WONDERS OF ANTIQUITY. First Edition; pp. 162, [2](blank); 12 plates, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1960). #37712 A$35.00


25 Deniker, J. THE RACES OF MAN. An Outline of Anthropology and Ethnology. With 176 illustrations and 2 maps. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [iv](adv.), xxiv, 612(last blank), [20](adv.); frontispiece, 2 full-page maps, 175 figures, index of authors, index of subjects; original cloth, gilt (spotted; rear joint a little worn; some minor soiling); scarce. London; Walter Scott, Limited; 1900. ***The Contemporary Science Series, Edited by Havelock Ellis, Volume XXXVII. Including Australia and the Pacific region. #65848 A$50.00


26 Denis, Michaela. LEOPARD IN MY LAP. Photographs by Armand Denis. First Edition, Fourth Impression; pp. 252, [4](blank); portrait frontispiece, 4 coloured & 48 sepia plates; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; W. H. Allen; 1955. ***Travel and natural history adventures amongst the native peoples of Africa, South America, Australia, and New Guinea. #65169 A$25.00


27 Douglas-Hamilton, Iain. and Oria. AMONG THE ELEPHANTS. Foreword by Niko Tinbergen, F.R.S. Med. 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. 288(last 3 blank); illustrated endpaper, 4 full-page maps, 72 plates (36 coloured), 3 illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Book Club Associates; (1975). ***First published by Collins in the same year and format. #33828 A$25.00


28 Drummond, Henry. TROPICAL AFRICA. With map and illustrations. Fourth Edition, completing Twenty-fifth Thousand. Cr. 8vo, Fourth Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 228, 16(adv.); folding coloured map, 4 full-page illustrations; original cloth (spine faded; sewing a little weak). London; Hodder and Stoughton; MDCCCXCI [1891]. #65900 A$45.00


29 [Ettinger, Nathalie; Huxley, Elspeth & Hamilton, Paul]. A History of Discovery and Exploration. AFRICA AND ASIA: MAPPING TWO CONTINENTS. Cr. 4to, First U.K. Collected Edition; pp. 488; 2 double-page, 9 full-page & 16 other maps, very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (many double & full-page), index; (a couple of leaves at start a little creased); original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Aldus Books / Jupiter Books; (1973). ***Part One, The Heartland of Asia; Part Two, The Challenge of Africa; Part Three, Seas of Sand. Issued in the U.S. under the title “Exploring Africa and Asia”. #18758 A$35.00


30 EUROPE AND THE NEAR EAST. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine, Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Scale 1:6,000,000 or 94.7 miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 950 by 820 mm; (a few minor marks); a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; May, 1940. ***Includes the North African coast. #55911 A$20.00


31 EUROPE. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. Melville Bell Grosvenor, Editor. James M. Darley, Chief Cartographer. Chamberlin Trimetric Projection. Scale 1:6,000,000 or 94.7 miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 700 by 800 mm; (a few minor marks); a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; June, 1957. ***Including northern Africa. #17676 A$15.00


32 Galton, Francis; F.R.S. Cole’s Library of Notable Books. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORER IN TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA. Being and account of a visit to Damaraland in 1851. With a new map, and an appendix, bringing up the history of Damaraland to a recent date. Together with a Biographical Introduction by the Editor. Also Vacation Tours in 1860 and 1861, by Sir George Grove, D.C.L., Francis Galton, F.R.S., and W. G. Clark, M.A. Cr. 8vo, First Australian Edition(?); pp. xx, 214, [8](index, last blank), [215]-320; frontispiece, full-page map, 2 plates & 3 text illustrations plus appendix & index to the Damaraland narrative, 4 plates & 4 text illustrations to the ‘Vacation Tours’; original cloth (spine very worn; sewing weak); scarce. Melbourne; E. W. Cole, Book Arcade; N.D. [c. 1895]. ***First published in 1853, new edition (with additional Preface) 1889, the title-page with the Australian details is a cancel. The ‘Vacation Tours’ include an account of the Eclipse of 1860 in North Spain by Galton. #65680 A$85.00


33 Goodall, Jane van Lawick-. IN THE SHADOW OF MAN. Photographs by Hugo van Lawick. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 256; endpaper genealogical diagram, 12 coloured & 48 b/w. plates, several text drawings by David Bygott, 5 appendices, index; original papered boards; (small very slight stain from removal of sticker to title-page); a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Collins; (1971). ***Jane Goodall’s ground-breaking study of chimpanzees in the wild. #9730 A$60.00


34 Goodall, Jane. THROUGH A WINDOW. My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. [xii], 268, [8](all but last blank); map, 8 coloured & 40 b/w. plates, 2 appendices, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Boston; Houghton Mifflin Company; 1990. #16060 A$65.00


35 Graham, R. B. Cunninghame. MOGREB-EL-ACKSA. [A Journey in Morocco]. Introduction by Philip Healy. Foreword by Jean Cunninghame Graham. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxiv, 323+[5](adv.); full-page map, 3 appendices; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. London; Century; 1988. ***First published by Heinemann in 1898. #24636 A$40.00


36 Grzimek, Bernhard and Michael. SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE. With an Introduction by Alan Moorehead. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 344; coloured endpaper maps, 2 other maps, 16 coloured & 57 b/w. plates (including 5 double-page), several figures, index; (some foxing); a very good copy in very worn dustwrapper. London; Hamish Hamilton; (1960). #32901 A$35.00


37 Haddon, A. C. THE RACES OF MAN and their distribution. New Edition. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. viii, 184; 10 plates, 1 fig., bibliography, index; original cloth (spine a little worn; some minor foxing); a very good copy; scarce. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1924. ***First published in 1909, here completely rewritten. #65481 A$65.00


38 Hall, Richard. STANLEY: An Adventurer Explored. Med. 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. 400; endpaper map, 42 illustrations, bibliography, sources; 2 indices; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (London; Purnell Book Services; 1974). ***Identical with the First Edition but for the imprint. #14869 A$50.00


39 Hibbert, Christopher. AFRICA EXPLORED. Europeans in the Dark Continent, 1769-1889. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 336; 16 maps, 24 plates, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Allen Lane; (1982). #30822 A$85.00


40 Howgego, Raymond John. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLOR-ATION 1850 TO 1940. Continental Exploration. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. Thick demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 1048(last blank); numerous bibliogs., index of persons, index of regional articles; original cloth, gilt; multiple marker ribbons; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Potts Point); Hordern House; (2008). ***An ESSENTIAL reference for anyone interested in exploration, this fourth and final volume of this remarkable work contains about 950 major entries and index entries covering nearly 4000 names of persons noted in the text. The articles cover major expeditions, explorations, and travels from 1850 to 1940. There is extensive biographical information on the travellers themselves as well as their historical background. The text is fully cross-referenced and in addition, each article contains a bibliography of both primary and secondary sources (in many cases quite extensive). Much of the information is here published for the first time in English and there are numerous entries covering obscure persons and expeditions which would be extremely difficult to research without this invaluable tool. #47500 A$295.00


41 James, Wendy; Baumann, Gerd; and Johnson, Douglas H.; Editors. JUAN MARIA SCHUVER’S TRAVELS IN NORTH EAST AFRICA 1880-1883. First Edition; pp. cviii, 392, [4](blank); portrait frontispiece, 18 figures (maps & illustrations including 2 coloured maps), 8 appendices, bibliography, list of primary & secondary sources, index; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1996. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volume 184. #63450 A$65.00


42 Jobson, Richard. THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GAMBRA (1623). Edited, with additional material, by David P. Gamble and P. E. H. Hair. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 344(last 3 blank); coloured frontispiece, 4 maps, 8 plates (containing 13 photos.), 1 coloured and 13 b/w. text illustrations, 2 appendices, bibliography, notes, index; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1999. ***Series III, Volume 2, the second of a fine new series in slightly larger format than Series I & II. The additional material in Part II (pp. 239-312) comprises other early sources on the now-called River Gambia. #63374 A$75.00


43 Kearney, Yuilleen. RUFUS THE RHINO. As told by Joan Vyvyan. [Introduction by Bernhard Grzimek]. F’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. 158, [2](blank); 16 plates; original papered boards (lacking front endpaper); a very good copy. London; Collins; 1965. ***The story of the raising of a baby rhinoceros to adulthood. #46421 A$20.00


44 La Fleur, J. D.; Translator and Editor. PIETER VAN DEN BROECKE’S JOURNAL OF VOYAGES TO CAPE VERDE, GUINEA AND ANGOLA (1605-1612). Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 144(last 5 blank); coloured frontispiece, 7 full-page maps, full-page b/w. illust, 3 appendices, bibliography, 3 indices; original cloth; gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 2000. ***Another fine production from the Hakluyt Society in the handsome new livery of the Third Series of which this is Volume 5. #64323 A$85.00


45 Landor, A. Henry Savage-. EVERYWHERE. The Memoirs of an Explorer. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 588(last blank); 8 maps & diagrams,, 22 plates, index; original cloth (a little shaken); a very good copy; scarce. London; T. Fisher Unwin Ltd; (1924). ***Africa, Tibet, Japan, China, Australia, Europe during the first World War, etc. #36502 A$250.00


46 Leakey, Richard and Lewin, Roger. PEOPLE OF THE LAKE. Mankind & Its Beginnings. F’cap 8vo, Paperback Edition; pp. 252, [4](adv.); 16 plates, index; original wrappers. (New York); Avon, Publishers of Bard, Camelot and Discus Books; (1979). #65889 A$12.00


47 Lefevre, Andre. RACE AND LANGUAGE. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], [iv](adv.), [iii]-viii, 424; original cloth (a little marked); uncut; a nice copy; scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd.; 1894. ***The International Scientific Series, Vol. LXXVI. #56674 A$100.00


48 Lennox, Cuthbert. HENRY DRUMMOND. A Biographical Sketch (with Bibliography). Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 244; 3 plates, appendix, index; original cloth, uncut; (covers waterstained; some wrinkling or pale waterstaining internally; new front endpaper). London; Andrew Melrose; [1901]. ***Including reference to Australia and Australian Colleges, and to the New Hebrides, as well as Central Africa. #65906 A$25.00


49 Livingstone, David: THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. Carefully Compiled from Reliable Sources. 4to; pp. viii, 632; fine chromolitho. frontispiece & chromolitho. (additional) title, 19 tinted litho. plates; contemporary half leather (a few minor marks); a very good copy; scarce. London; Adam & Co.; N.D. [c. 1875]. ***Without the map present in some copies. #49286 A$85.00


50 Livingstone, David. THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, IN CENTRAL AFRICA, from 1865 to his death. Continued by a Narrative of his Last Moments and Sufferings, obtained from his faithful Servants Chuma and Susi. By Horace Waller, F.R.G.S., Rector of Twywell, Northampton. Tenth Thousand. In Two Volumes.--Vol. I [ONLY]. Pp. xx, 360; very large folding map in pocket at end, 7 plates, 18 text illustrations; original cloth; uncut; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1880. ***Volume I only, but complete in itself, including the large map. #14476 A$145.00


51 Livingstone, David. MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA. With Notes by Frederick Stanley Arnot. Cr. 8vo; pp. 468, [36](adv.); folding map, 35 illustrations (many full-page); original cloth (half-title foxed); a very good copy. London; John Murray; 1912. #15822 A$65.00


52 McEwan, P. J. M.; Editor. AFRICA FROM EARLY TIMES TO 1800. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 436; 14 maps, chronological table, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1968. #7065 A$75.00


53 Mackay, A. M.: A. M. MACKAY. Pioneer Missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda. By His Sister. With Etched Portrait by H. Manesse. First Edition; pp. viii, 488; portrait frontispiece, folding coloured map, index; original cloth (slightly rubbed); a very good copy. London; Hodder and Stoughton; MDCCCXC [1890]. #15715 A$75.00


54 Mackay, Mercedes. THE INDOMITABLE SERVANT. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 332(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, endpaper map, 16 plates, 3 appendices, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Rex Collings; 1978. ***Richard Lander, explorer of West Africa. #17245 A$95.00


55 Mason, Michael. THE WILD ASS FREE. First Edition; pp. xii, 180; 14 plates, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; John Murray; (1959). ***A book on the safari undertaken by the author largely in quest of three of the world’s rare animals - the blue goat of Idaho, the wild ass of the Red Sea hills, and the red buffalo of the Azande country in the southern Sudan. #50905 A$25.00


56 Meyer, Dr. Hans. ACROSS EAST AFRICAN GLACIERS. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro. Translated from the German by E. H. S. Calder. With Forty Illustrations and Three Maps. The frontispiece and eight photographs printed in Germany, Super roy. 8vo, First [and only] Edition in English; pp. xx, 404; 3 folding coloured maps, magnificent mounted coloured frontispiece, 20 plates (including 8 mounted photographs), 19 text illustrations, 11 appendices (including geology, natural history, cartography & bibliography), index; original pictorial cloth, gilt; (recased, with new matching front endpaper; slight tears to foot of spine neatly repaired; minor tape-marks in inner margin of a very few leaves); overall, a very good, clean, and attractive copy; top edge gilt, others uncut; very rare, especially in original binding. London; George Philip & Son; 1891. ***Neate M92. A very important account of three expeditions to Kilimanjaro, including detailed observations of the country, its people and productions. Meyer and his companion accompanied by a guide were the first to make an undisputed climb of Kibo, the higher of the twin peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point on the African continent. A notably rare work (both in English and in the original German) of exploration and a mountaineering classic, this is only the second copy we have had in over 30 years and is the same copy formerly sold by us about 35 years ago. #17112 A$7500.00


57 Ministry of Information: DESTRUCTION OF AN ARMY. The First Campaign in Libya: Sept. 1940 - Feb. 1941. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 64; numerous illustrations, 3 maps; original wrappers (a little worn). (London; His Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1941). #35254 A$25.00


58 Moore, Patrick and Collins, Pete. THE ASTRONOMY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; numerous illustrations (several coloured), index; original papered boards; a very good copy in rubbed dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale & Company; (1977). ***An excellent history since 1658. #64926 A$35.00


59 Morris, James. [THE PAX BRITANNICA TRILOGY]. 3 vols., roy. 8vo, comprising: [Vol. I]. HEAVEN’S COMMAND. An Imperial Progress. Pp. xviii, 470; several text maps, 32 plates, index. Vol. II. PAX BRITANNICA. The Climax of an Empire. Pp. xiv, 410(last 2 blank); 32 plates, index. Vol. III. FAREWELL THE TRUMPETS. An Imperial Retreat. Pp. xiv, 482; several text maps, 32 plates, index; original gilt-decorated cloth, coloured illust. endpapers; a fine set in pictorial slipcase. London; The Folio Society; 1992 (3rd Impr. 1993). ***With a revised introduction for this edition. Covering all parts of the Empire including Australia. #47189 A$95.00


60 Murray, Marischal. UNION-CASTLE CHRONICLE 1853-1953. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 392; 4 fine photogravure portrait plates, 6 coloured plates, 138 illustrations on 82 b/w. plates, appendix, chronology, index; original buckram (a little marked; internally fine and clean); a nice copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green and Co; (1953). ***An attractive production: centenary history of the South African shipping line. #29693 A$85.00


61 Nicohosoff, A. GENERAL MAP OF EGYPT. Scale 1:500 000. With Communications, Roads (in Kilometers) of the Lower and Upper Egypt. Attractive nicely printed coloured map 585 by 880 mm approx. in original printed folder; a fine copy. Alexandria; A. Nicohosoff; N.D. [c. 1960?]. #23503 A$30.00


62 Park, Mungo. TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA: Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. With an Account of a Subsequent Mission to that Country in 1805. By Mungo Park, Surgeon. To which is added An Account of the Life of Mr. Park. A New Edition. In two volumes. Vol. I. TRAVELS IN 1795, 1796, AND 1797. With an Appendix, containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa. By Major Rennell. London: Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, by William Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row. 1816. 4to, Second Edition (of this complete version); pp. [iii]-xx(lacking half-title), 360, [2](Postscript - A Negro Song, followed by double-sided plate of music), [363]-458(Major Rennell’s Appendix); portrait, 3 folding maps, 5 plates, vocabulary, etc.; half calf, with marbled sides (spine faded); top edge gilt, others uncut; (stamp on title-page & verso of first map); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1816. [with]

Park, Mungo. THE JOURNAL OF A MISSION TO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA in the Year 1805. By Mungo Park. Together with other Documents, Official and Private, relating to the same Mission. To which is prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park. The Second Edition, Revised and Corrected, with Additions. London: Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James’s. 1815. 4to, Second Edition; pp. [iii]-[xx], 374(last blank); folding map, 6 appendices; half calf, with marbled sides (spine faded); top edge gilt, others uncut; (library stamp on title-page & verso of map; a small marginal defect to the map just affecting border); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1815. ***The first volume was first published in 1799, the second in 1815 (this being the revised and corrected edition of the same year). The two volumes together, although mixed editions, comprise the complete work, and are not uncommonly found thus. This set is uniformly bound and notwithstanding the slight defects noted, is an attractive, complete set, with the signature of W. R. Crocker, Australian ambassador, in the front of each volume. #15240 A$2250.00


63 Perrett, Bryan. DESERT WARFARE. From its Roman origins to the Gulf conflict. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 224; 16 maps, several illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Patrick Stephens Limited; (1988). #31674 A$25.00


64 Postma, Johannes Menne. THE DUTCH IN THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE 1600-1815. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 428, [4](blank); several maps, several tables, 25 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; (tiny stamp on title-page); a nice copy in faded dustwrapper with repaired cut. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; (1990). #29667 A$85.00


65 Priest, Captain Cecil D. THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. [Volumes II to IV ONLY, of four]. 3 vols., super roy. 8vo; First Edition; Vol. II, pp. viii, 554(last blank), [2](adv.); 10 coloured plates, 172 text illustrations, index; Vol. III, pp. [ii], x, 356(last blank); 10 coloured plates, 170 text illustrations, 3 appendices, index; Vol. IV, pp. [ii], x, 420; 10 coloured plates, 122 text illustrations, appendix, index; original buckram (rather marked; spines faded; Volume III in defective dustwrapper; some occasional foxing & minor soiling, but good, sound copies); scarce. London; Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited; 1934-35-36. ***A classic and authoritative work. All volumes inscribed from Barbara and/or Cecil Priest. #38518 A$95.00


66 Primitive Art: EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF PRIMITIVE ART of the National Museum of Victoria, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Ethnographical Collection of the University of Melbourne, and private collections. Held on the occasion of the thirty-first Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne 17-24 August, 1955. To be opened by Professor George W. Paton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne at the McAllan Gallery in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, on Thursday, 18 August, 1955, at 2.30 p.m. 8vo; pp. 24; 2 plates; a fine copy in original wrappers. Melbourne; National Gallery of Victoria; 1955. ***Melanesia, Polynesia, North America, Africa. #8867 A$20.00


67 Prutky, Remedius: PRUTKY’S TRAVELS IN ETHIOPIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. Translated and edited by J. H. Arrowsmith-Brown and annotated by Richard Pankhurst. First Edition; pp. xxviii, 546, [2](blank); 4 full-page maps, 2 full-page illustrations; appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1991. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 174. #41631 A$50.00


68 Ravenstein, E. G.; Editor. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions. Reprinted from “Purchas his Pilgrimes.” Edited, with Notes and a Concise History of Kongo and Angola. Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, 210, [2](blank); 2 folding maps, 5 appendices, glossary and index; original cloth; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechenstein; Kraus Reprint Limited; 1967. ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1901, Second Series No. VI. #29569 A$85.00


69 Royal Colonial Institute: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE. Edited by the Secretary. Volume XXXIII 1901-1902. Pp. xii, 488(last 2 blank); frontispiece, index to papers & authors and general index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; The Institute; 1902. ***Including substantial papers on Rhodesia, Its Present and Future, by Frank Johnston; The Water Supply of Australia, by W. Gibbons Cox; The French Canadians, by Howard Angus Kennedy; The High Plateaus of Natal, their Climate and Resources, by Emile McMaster; British Columbia of To-day, by Hon J. H. Turner; Notes on Queensland, by Right Hon. Lord Lamington; Colonial Administration, by Sir Hubert E. H. Jerningham; The Progress of Civil Administration in the Orange River Colony, by H. A. Broome; The Recent Royal Tour, by Canon Dalton; The Klondike - A Four Years’ Retrospect, by F. C. Wade; and Our Future Colonial Policy, by A. R. Colquhoun. #64798 A$45.00


70 Rubenson, Sven; Edited by. Acta Aethiopica. Volume I. CORRESPONDENCE AND TREATIES 1800-1854. Co-editors Getatchew Haile, Ethiopian Languages [and] John Hunwick, Arabic. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxxii, 264(last blank); large folding coloured plate, folding b/w. plate, 1 coloured & numerous b/w. illustrations, 190 documents illustrated and translated, glossary, indexes to persons and geographical and ethnical; original cloth; a fine copy. (Evanston, Illinois); Northwestern University Press (and) Addis Ababa University Press; (1987). #65346 A$60.00


71 Sapolsky, Robert M. A PRIMATE’S MEMOIR. [A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons]. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 304; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Scribner; (2001). #27530 A$35.00


72 Smith, George Adam. THE LIFE OF HENRY DRUMMOND. Third Edition, Completing Eighteenth Thousand. Third Edition; pp. [ii]-xiv(lacking half-title), 506, [2](blank); index; original cloth, (lacking front endpaper & half-title). London; Hodder and Stoughton; 1899. ***Including references to Australia and Australian Colleges, and to the New Hebrides. #65905 A$30.00


73 Stanley, Henry M. IN DARKEST AFRICA, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. With Two Steel Engravings, and One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps. 2 vols., First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii](blank), xiv, 550(last 3 blank; portrait frontispiece, large folding coloured map & typeset letter (in pocket), 17 full-page illustrations, 57 text illustrations, appendix; Vol. II, pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 540, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps (1 large & coloured) in pocket, 1 full-page coloured plate, 26 full-page illustrations, 46 text illustrations, 4 appendices, index; original gilt pictorial cloth (slightly rubbed; hinges cracked, but sound); a very good set; scarce. New York; Charles Scribner’s Sons; 1890. #18023 A$650.00


74 Starcke, C. N. THE PRIMITIVE FAMILY in its Origin and Development. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xii, 316(last blank); 10 tables (1 folding); bibliography, index; original red cloth, decorated in gilt & blind (boards a little creased & marked); a very good copy. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; 1896. ***The International Scientific Series, Vol. LXVI. #65813 A$60.00


75 Taylor, F. W. A FULANI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 244(last blank); original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1932. ***A language of Nigeria possibly derived from ancient Egypt. #65387 A$95.00


76 Taylor, F. W. A GRAMMAR OF THE ADAMAWA DIALECT OF THE FULANI LANGUAGE (FULFULDE). Second Edition. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 124; original cloth (a little flecked); a very good copy; scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1953. ***First published in 1921. A language of Nigeria possibly derived from ancient Egypt. #56447 A$65.00


77 Thomson, Joseph. TRAVELS IN THE ATLAS AND SOUTHERN MOROCCO. A Narrative of Exploration. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 488, [8](adv.); 2 folding coloured maps, 4 text maps, , 31 plates, 37 text illustrations, index; original cloth (faded & a little worn; some foxing; name on half-title); a very good copy; very scarce. London; George Philip & Son; 1889. ***Important English explorations in northern Africa. #28791 A$650.00


78 Turnbull, Colin M. THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE. First Paperback Edition; pp. 265(last 3 adv.); portrait, a few maps, 8 plates, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers. (London); Picador, Published by Pan Books Limited; (1974). ***The Ik people of East Africa. #65455 A$20.00


79 Turnbull, Colin M. THE FOREST PEOPLE. Paperback Edition; pp. 265; portrait, 4 maps, 8 plates, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers. (London); Picador, published by Pan Books Limited; (1976). ***The pygmies of the Ituri Forest in the Congo. First published by Jonathan Cape in 1961. #65461 A$18.00


80 Turner, Kay. SERENGETI HOME. With a foreword by Professor Bernhard Grzimek. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. x, 214; endpaper & 1 other map, 8 coloured plates, 16 b/w. plates, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; George Allen & Unwin; (1977). ***Including big cats. #65157 A$30.00


81 Tyson, Edward. A PHILOLOGICAL ESSAY CONCERN-ING THE PYGMIES OF THE ANCIENTS. By Edward Tyson, M.D., F.R.S., A.D. 1699. Now Edited, with an Introduction Treating of Pigmy Races and Fairy Tales, by Bertram T. A. Windle, D.Sc., M.D., M.A., Trinity College Dublin; Dean of the Medical Faculty and Professor of Anatomy, Mason College, Birmingham. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. civ, 104(last blank); type-facsimile of title-page of original work; original stiff wrappers (joints neatly strengthened), uncut; a nice copy; scarce. London; Published by David Nutt in the Strand; MDCCCXCIV [1894]. ***Tyson’s work, first published in 1699, and very rare, was the first major work to compare the anatomy and morphology of human and non-human primates. This edition was limited to 550 copies. #65490 A$185.00


82 Weber, Bill & Vedder, Amy. IN THE KINGDOM OF GORILLAS. The Quest to save Rwanda’s Mountain Gorillas. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 384; frontispiece, 3 full-page maps, 16 coloured & 16 b/w. plates, full-page illust., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Aurum Press; (2002). #39383 A$35.00

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