Hobley, C.W.

Bantu Beliefs and Magic. With a Particular Reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba Tribes of Kenya Colony; Together with some Reflections on East Africa After the War.

London, H. F. G. Witherby, 1922. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece with guard, 312 pages. 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and blind stamp on spine. Blind ruling to front board. Deckled fore and tail-edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. This being the copy of Charles Marsh Beadnell, with his name on the front endpaper.

Holmes, F. Ratcliffe.

Through Wildest Africa – A Story of Travel.

London, Geoffrey Bles, no year (c.1925). 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. Frontispiece, 318 pages. 20 photographic illustrations on 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Map of the Kenya Colony on front pastedown and endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean and sharped cornered. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

Hotchkiss, Willis.

Then and Now in Kenya Colony. [SIGNED / INSCRIBED by Willis R. Hotchkiss]. Forty Adventurous Years in East Africa.

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1937. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 160 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Edge stained but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Sharp cornered interior bright and clean. Signed / Inscribed by the author on titlepage: “Yours in this great game – Willis R. Hotchkiss”.

Johnson, Osa.

Four Years in Paradise.

New York, Garden City Publishing Co. Inc., 1941. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. 345 pages. 54 illustrations on 34 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original faded- green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with clear signs of external wear. Tail of spine lightly frayed / Cover slightly stained. Small abrasions to lower corners of boards. Light damp stains on front and rear boards. Signed and inscribed by the author, Osa Johnson, on half-title: “Best African Wishes – Osa Johnson”.

Kollmann, Paul [trans. Nesbitt, H.A. / Hole, Hugh Marshall ].

The Victoria Nyanza – The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of some of the Dialects. With a Map and 372 Illustrations from Native Objects in the Author’s Own Collections.

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1899. 17 cm x 24 cm. IX, 254 pages. Large fold-out map of region near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt design and blind tooling to front board. Deckled edges. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some signs of foxing to edges and throughout. Binding strong and firm. Interior unmarked. From the library of Hugh Marshall Hole, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Hole’s name also in form of a name-stamp on front endpaper and titlepage. Rare ! But rather scarce in this excellent condition !

Krige, Eileen Jensen.

The Social System of the Zulus. With Illustrations and Maps.

Pietermaritzburg, Shuter & Shooter, no year (c.1950). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 420 pages. 12 illustrations. 2 maps near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Krist, Gustav.

Alone Through the Forbidden Land – Journeys in Disguise through Soviet Central Asia. translated by E.O. Lorimer.

No place (London), Readers’ Union (by arrangement with Faber & Faber Limted), no year (c.1939). 13.5 cm x 22 cm. 271 pages. 46 illustrations on 32 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original light-brown cloth] with printed lettering on spine. Printed lettering and vignette on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing along spine. Interior very bright and clean.

Lloyd, A.B.

In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country a Record of Travel and Discovery in Central Africa. 146 Illustrations and Maps.

Second Popular Impression (Limited to 1500 copies). London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. 15 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XXIV, 385 pages. One fold-out map of Toro and Aruwimi districts within interior. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral and lettering on front board. Good+ condition. Signs of external wear. Bumps to corners. Some staining to front board with small cloth tear evident also. Spine ends rubbed. Valley between front pastedown and endpaper slightly cracked. Binding overall a little shaky but still firm and strong. Roughness to cut edges. Slight tears at edge of fold-out map. Some untrimmed pages. Interior mostly bright and clean.

Mair, L.P. / [Lucy Philip Mair].

An African People in the Twentieth Century.

Frontispiece, XV, 300 pages. 8 illustrations. Map near front. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1934. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 300 pages with Index. Eight monochrome plates including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front pastedown carries bookplate / Exlibris of Charles P Groves.

[Marriott Mena House Hotel] Bentley, Arthur, J.M. / Griffinhoofe, C.G.

Wintering in Egypt. Part I.: Under the Shadow of the Pyramids. Part II.: Hints to Invalids.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1894. 26.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 188 pages.18 illustrations including a map of the region around the Pyramids of Gizeh Mena Hotel, Bulak. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and gilt embossed pictoral on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lower corner boards slightly bumped. Marking on front paste-down. Valleys between pastedowns and endpapers show tears. Binding a little shaky but overall still firm and strong. Interior is clean and bright. Extremely scarce publication !