5. Abraham, George D.

First Steps to Climbing. With 24 Special Copyright Illustrations by Messrs. G.P. Abraham, Ld., Kerswick.

London, Mills & Boon Limited, 1923. 13 cm x 18.8 cm. 126 pages. 24 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some light foxing occasionally to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

9. Abraham, George D.

The Complete Mountaineer. With Seventy-Five Illustrations.

Third Edition revised. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., no year (c.1923). 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 468 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean.

180. 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.

Fifth Impression. London, Collins & Harvill Press, 1960. Octavo. 160 pages with wonderful photographs in colour and black-and-white. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With two very interesting original newspaper – clippings on Joy Adamson included.

165. [Africa].

Collection of Thirty-Four (34) publications regarding Africa in the Tumultuous Twentieth Century – firsthand accounts of a continent embroiled by decolonisation and Cold-War geo-politics. 1.Charles Allen (editor), Tales from the Dark Continent: Images of British Colonial Africa in the Twentieth Century / 2. William Boyd, Lynda Schuster, Mark Doyle and others, Africa / 3. Miles Bredin, Blood on the Tracks: A Rail Journey from Angola to Mozmabique / 4. Andrew Buckoke, Fishing in Africa: A Guide to War and Corruption / 5. Alex Garland, W.F. Deedes and others, The Weekenders: Travels in the Heart of Africa / 6. Geoffrey Gorer, Africa Dances / 7. Peter Godwin, Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa / 8. Peter Godwin and Ian Hancock, Rhodesians Never Die: The Impact of War and Political Change on White Rhodesia, c.1970-1980 / 9. Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We will be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda / 10. Blaine Harden, Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent / 11. Jeremy Harding, Small Wars, Small Mercies: Journeys in Africa’s Disputed Nations / 12. Aidan Hartley, The Zanzibar Chest / 13. Dan Jacobson, The Electronic Elephant: A Southern African Journey / 14. David Lamb, The Africans / 15. David Lamb, The Africans / 16. Patrick Marnham, Fantastic Invasion: Dispatches from Africa / 17. Pater Marshall, Around Africa: From the Pillars of Hercules to the Strait of Gibraltar / 18. Judith Matloff, Fragments of a Forgotten War / 19. Paul Moorcraft, Guns & Poses: Travels with an Occasional War Correspondent / 20. Chris Munnion, Banana Sunday: Datelines from Africa / 21. Redmond O’Hanlon, Congo Journey / 22. Roland Oliver, In the Realms of Gold: Pioneering in African History / 23. Don Peterson, Revolution in Zanzibar: An American’s Cold War Tale / 24 David Read, Beating about the Bush: Tales from Tanganyika / 25. Keith B. Richburg, Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa / 26. Alec Russell, Big Men, Little People: Encounters in Africa / 27. Alex Shoumatoff, African Madness / 28. Stephen Taylor, Livingstone’s Tribe: A Journey from Zanzibar to the Cape / 29. Laurens Van Der Post, The Heart of the Hunter: A Journey into the Mind and the Spirit of the Bushmen / 30. Per Wästberg, Assignments in Africa / 31. Lyall Watson, Lightning Bird: One Man’s Journey into Africa / 32. Michela Wong, In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz.

32 volumes. London / Johannesburg / New York / and others, Hamish Hamilton / Johnathan Ball Publishing / Penguin / Random House / and others, 1982 – 2004. 12.7 cm x 19.7 cm to 15.8 cm x 24 cm. circa.10,400 pages. Numerous plates and illustrations throughout volumes. 2 original hardcover with dustjackets and 30 original softcovers with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor tanning to otherwise clean and bright interiors.

11. Africa. De L’Isle, Guillaume. (1675 – 1726).

Africa, Concinnata Secundum Observationes Membror Acad. Regal Scientiarum et non nullorum aliorum, et juxta recentissimas annotationes.

Augsburg, Jeremiam Wollf, 1710. Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Plate Size: 57.7 cm x 44.5 cm. Sheet Size: 65.5 cm x 51 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Slight staining barely evident near centre of map. Two minor stains to lower margin of map. Very minor tear to top edge and recto fore edge. Trace of foxing to verso edge.

23. Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Africa – The African Continent with Vignettes and illustrations of an Arab family of Algeria, Bosjesman Hottentots Wild Bushmen, St.Helena, Korranna Hottentotts, Bedouin Arabs Encampment.

London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 32.4 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

167. [Africa – History]

A Collection of Five (5) Publications related to the History of the Continent of Africa. 1. Colin McEvedy: The Penguin Atlas of African History / 2. Roland Oliver and J.D. Fage, A Short History of Africa / 3. Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa / 4. John Reader, Africa: A Biography of the Continent / 5. Mark Strage, Cape to Cairo: Rape of a Continent.

4 volumes. London / New York, Penguin Books / Pelican Books / Abacus / Vintage Books, 1973 – 2005. 12.8 cm x 19.7 cm to 14.7 cm x 21 cm. Circa 2,300 pages with numerous plates. One Hardcover with original dustjacket and 4 softcovers with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

18. Africa / North Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Egypt and Arabia Petrea – with Vignettes and illustrations of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan / Grand Cairo / Alexandria / Ruins of the Great Temple, Karnac / Great Sphinx, Ghizeh / Gulf of Akaba / Gulf of Suez / Red Sea with Boats / .

London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 24.5 cm x 34.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.3 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

22. Africa / South Africa – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Cape Colony with Clan William, Little Namaqua Land, Tulbagh or Karoo, Stellenbosch, The Cape, Zwellendam, George, Zitzikamma, Uitenhage, Beaufort, Graaf Reynet, Albany, Somerset, Victoria, Colesberg, Griquas. With Vignettes and illustrations of Cape Town, Entrance to the Knysna, Graham’s Town.

London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 32 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. Ai [Ai Ogawa / Florence Anthony].

Killing Floor. Poems by Ai.

First Edition. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1979. 15 x 22 cm. 49 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor discolorations to the dustjacket.