1. Baden-Powell, Lord [Robert] / [Chief Scout].

More Sketches of Kenya.

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1940. 15.5 cm x 20 cm. 151 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Board corners bumped. Foxing to interior, but otherwise bright and clean. Binding is strong and firm and square.

2. Brink, J.N.

Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-War at Ceylon.

Amsterdam / Cape Town, Hollansch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1904. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 220 pages. Hardcover [very decorative, original publisher’s green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front board is inlaid with illustration. Rear board is inlaid with coat of arms and flags of the South African (Transvaal) Republic and the Orange Free State. Excellent, actually stunning / Fine condition with only absolutely minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners.

3. Condon, Eddie.

We Called It Music – A Generation of Jazz. Narration by Thomas Sugrue.

Fourth Printing of the first edition. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1970. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 341 pages. Eight pages of black and white photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (yellow cloth) / No dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with occasional pencil markings.

4. Coudenhove, Hans.

My African Neighbors – Man, Bird, and Beast in Nyasaland. Illustrated.

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. 15 cm x 22.7 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. 12 illustrations, including the frontispiece, on 8 plates. Hardcover/ Publisher’s original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cracks to valley between endpaper and half-title. Binding still good and firm. Original, armorial bookplate of Somerset Saunderson(depicting the coat-of-arms with the motto: “Je suis veillant”) on front paste-down. Annotation on pastedown, half-title, table of contents and table of illustrations. Several annotations on rear paste-down.

5. D’Aponte, Lorenzo / De La Chavanne, M.C.D.

Mémoires De Lorenzo D’Aponte. Poète vénitien et collaborateur de Mozart.

Paris, Pagnerre, 1860. 13.3 cm x 21.9 cm. XXVII, 356 pages. Original Hardcover. With quarter leather and marbled boards. Raised bands on spine with gilt title. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners, spine and boards rubbed. Moderate foxing to edges and pages throughout. Front pastedown contains small sticker: “Kenneth Mummery Books and Music Bournemouth, England”. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6. De Bourdeille, Messire Pierre.

Memoires De Messire Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantome, Contenans Les Vies de Dames Galantes de fon temps.

Volume I et II en un volume. Amsterdam, Chez Jean de la Tourterelle, M.DC.LXXXIX [1689]. 8,5 cm x 14 cm. 358 pages, 408 pages. Hardcover / Original vellum. A tear to bottom of spine, some foxing to page edges, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookplate to pastedown.

7. Driscoll, Charles B.

Kansas Irish.

London and Glasgow, Art and Educational Publishers Ltd, 1946. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 320 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Signed name of preowner on front endpaper.

8. Du Maurier, Daphne.

Gerald- A Portrait.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1934. 14.1 cm x 22.2 cm. 317 pages. Black and white Frontispiece-Portrait. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and discoloration to spine. Moderate foxing to edges, half-title page and endpapers. Front endpaper missing. Pages lightly tanned.

9. Elmslie, W.A.

Among The Wild Ngoni – Being Some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa.

Edinburgh and London, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 319 pages. 14 illustrations including frontispiece. Folded Map at rear showing ‘Livingstonia Mission.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial illustration on spine and board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

10. [English History Collection] – Jasper, A.S. / Boswell, James (drawings)

A Hoxton Childhood.

London, Centerprise Publications, 1969. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

11. Fitzpatrick, Percy.

Jock of the Bushveld. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.

5th Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1908. 16 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 475 pages. 23 illustrations on 23 plpates, including colour frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name and date on front pastedown: ‘Adeline G. Bowen – July 13th, 1909’. A very desirable copy in the original publisher’s binding. Extremely Rare in this very excellent condition.

12. Fleming, Lionel.

Head or Harp.

London, Barrie and Rockliff, 1965. 14.5 cm x 22cm. 187 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare book partially set in Timoleague, West Cork.

13. [Frame, Janet], Alley, Elizabeth

The Inward Sun – Celebrating the Life and Work of Janet Frame. Selected and Edited by Elizabeth Alley.

Wellington, New Zealand, Daphe Brasell Associates Press, 1994. 14 cm x 22 cm. 214 pages. One black and white portrait photograph of Janet Frame by Jane Ussher on frontispiece. Softcover. Designed by Margaret Cochran. Edited by Ruth Munro. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! Out-of-Print !

14. [Golding, William] Carey, John.

William Golding, The Man and his Books, A Tribute on his 75th Birthday.

London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1986. 14 cm x 22.5 cm 191 pages. Dustjacket with a photograph by Phil Sayer and eight further photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with a short inscription and date in ink by the previous owner on the front free endpaper.

15. [Haugaard, Erik] Andersen, Hans Christian.

Danish Journal. Special Issue Edition. 1805.1875.1975.

Copenhagen, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1975. 21.3 cm x 30.2 cm. 45 pages. With many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in illustrated dustjacket. The illustrations on the front and back covers and the title vignettes are reproductions of paper cuts by Hans Christian Andersen. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to inside of dustjacket and some fraying to edges of dustjacket. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.

16. Hickam, Homer H., Jr.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday, 1998. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

17. Hunter, J.A.

Hunter.

Seventh Impression. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1954. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. XIII, 242 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with several small tears and fold-creases on the dustjacket, and an inscription by the pre-owner.

18. 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”.

19. King, Alexander.

May This House Be Safe From Tigers.

First Edition. Kingswood, Surrey, The Windmill Press Ltd., 1960. 15cm x 22cm. VIII, 374 pages. 23 illustrations by the author. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjucket in protective Mylar. Foxing to the edges. Minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket and a ball pen mark on the front of the DJ. Otherwise in very good condition. Especially the rare dustjacket in excellent condition !

20. Lanckoronska, Karolina.

Those Who Trespass Against Us. One Woman’s War Against the Nazis. Translated by Noel Clark. Preface by Norman Davies.

First English Edition. London, Pimlico, 2005. 15.2 cm x 23.2 cm. 341(xxiv) pages. 20 monochrome photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor spots on endpaper and edge.