1. [English History Collection] – Anonymous [Frederick Corbin Lukis] [Naturalist / Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge].

Rambles among the Channel Islands. By a Naturalist.

[First Edition]. London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no year [c. 1855]. 18 cm. Frontispiece – engraving of the Rocks at Moulin Huet (Guernsey), VIII, 386 pages with many illustrations (wood engravings) of Harbour at St.Peter Port, Guernsey / St.Sampson’s Harbour / St.Helier Harbour, Jersey / Rocks at Greve de Lecq, Jersey, St.Brelade’s Bay etc. etc. Hardcover / Original decorative cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed wiith a private giftinscription on endpaper: “To my Darling Agnes on her Birthday from her loving Father [?], 5th August 1869”.

2. Thackeray, William Makepeace.

The Irish Sketchbook of 1842.

Dublin, Nonsuch, 2005. 23 cm. 319 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Scott, Michael (editor).

Hall’s Ireland: Mr & Mrs Hall’s Tour of 1840.

2 Volumes. London and Sydney, Sphere Books Limited. 1984. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 480 pages. Original softcover with original slipcase. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4. Payne, John.

Volume I (of III) of the “Universal Geography” [Including Asia, Africa and Voyages of English Navigators] – formed into a new and entire system; describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; with their subdivisions of Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics: the extent, boundaries, and remarkable appearances of each country; cities, towns, and curiosities of Nature and Art. Also giving a general account of the fossil and vegetable productions of the Earth, and of every species of animal: The History of Man, in all Climates, Regions and Conditions; Customs, Manners, Laws, Governments and Religions: The State of Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures and Knowledge. Sketches of the Ancient and Modern History of each Nation and People to which is added, A Short View of Astronomy, as connected with Geography; of the Planetary System to which the Earth belongs; and of the Universe in General. With a set of Maps, drawn from the best Materials, every one of which is very neatly coloured; and a great Variety of Copper-Plates; descriptive of the most remarkable curiosities in the world. With an Appendix in two Parts, containing I. The History of the Voyages round the World, and toward the North and South Pole, which have been made since the year 1764 by English Navigators and II. A Digested and Geographical Account of the most considerable Islands and Countries which have been either discovered or explored during those Voyages, collected from every writer upon those subjects. Part I on the Appendix includes: 1. The First Voyage round the world, performed by Commodore Byron, in the Dolphin, accompanied by the Tamar Sloop / 2. Captain Wallis’s Voyage round the World, being the Second performed in the Dolphin / 3. Continuation of Captain Carteret’s Voyage round the World in the Swallow / 4. Lieutenant Cook’s Voyage round the World, in the Endeavour Bark (First Voyage, Second Voyage and Third Voyage including a stunning engraving of Cook, together with Portraits of inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, Mangea and Ulietea) / The Appendix Part II contain a Geographical Account and Description of the Islands which have been lately discovered or visited in the South-Sea, proceeding from East to West (Easter Island / The Society Islands / The FRiendly Islands / The New Hebrides, Mallicolo and New Caledonia / New Zealand / New Holland / The Sandwich Islands //

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Zachariah Jackson (Great Ship-Street), 1792. Quarto. XV, 894 pages with a list of subscribers and eight fantastic full-page copper engravings (NO MAPS in this Volume) / Frontispiece (The beautiful Frontispiece-plate is cleanly detached and now comes with this beautifully restored book framed): Plates included are: 1. Frontispiece: Vegetable Productions constituting important Articles of Commerce: Nutmeg Tree / Bohea Tea Plant or Thea Bohea / The Cotton Shrub / The Nutmeg enclosed in the Mace and Nutmeg Kernel / Flower of Tea / The Cotton Shrub – This plate is hand-coloured ! / 2. The Artificial Sphere (Globe) with the Solar System and Divisions of the Earth / 3. [Kamtschatka] – A Kamtscadale Travelling in Winter / An inside View of a Winter-Hut of the Kamtschadales / 4. Animals in the Southern Parts of Africa (The Rhinoceros Bicornis / The Buffalo / The Hippopotamus, called by the Hottentots the Seacow) / 5. The Country contiguous to the Cape of Good Hope – Hottentots and their Huts &c. &c. / 6. Portrait – Collection on one plate of Captain James Cook – Killed on the Island of Owhyhee – 14th of February 1779 (From a painting by Dance in the possession of Sir Joshua Banks) – other portraits on that page include A woman and a man of the Sandwich Islands / A Man of the Magea – Omai or Omia , a Native of Ulietea / 7. Portrait – Collection on one plate of: Poulaho – King of the Friendly Islands / A Man of van Diemen’s Land / A Woman from van Diemen’s Land / A Woman of Prince William’s Sound / A Man of Prince William’s Sound / 8. Portrait-Collection on one plate of: A woman of Otaheite Island (Tahiti) bringing a present / A Woman of Otaheite (Tahiti) dancing / An Otahetian (Tahiti) in the Dress of his Country / A New Zealand Warrior completely armed (Maori) // Hardcover / Professionally restored original 18th-century leather with original gilt ornament and new labels on spine. Binding rubbed but after the masterful restoration in very good condition. Some of the plates slightly loose but not detached. Very few minor wormhole damage to the last 250 pages. Rare with the plates ! From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle, with his original bookplate to the pastedown. One of the early accounts of english Navigation and Discovery.

5. Petherick, John.

Egypt, The Soudan and Central Africa. With Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator Being Sketches from Sixteen Years’ Travel.

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. 15 cm x 23 cm. XII, 482 pages. With large, fold-out ‘Sketch Map of John Petherick’s Travels in the years 1853-1858’. Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Design to front board. One corner stronger bumped. Otherwise in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The map in excellent condition. Very Rare !

6. 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.

7. Morden, William and Irene.

Our African Adventure.

London, Seeley Service & Co., no year (c.1954). 16 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 255 pages. 40 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map of Kenya and Uganda within book’s interior. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. With the beautifully illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent / Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. 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”.

9. 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.

10. Younghusband, Ethel.

Glimpses of East Africa and Zanzibar. With Fifty-eight Illustrations from Photographs and a Map.

London, John Long, Limited, 1910. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 320 pages. 58 illustrations on 36 plates. Fold-out map showing “Uganda Railway and Surrounding Country” (from the East Coast to the Lake Victoria, Nyanza). Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece slightly frayed. Signs of foxing throughout. Otherwise in absolutely excellent condition internally. Especially the Binding very good and firm.

11. [Crawford, Mabel] Anonymous.

Through Algeria.

London, Richard Bentley, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 362 pages. The frontispiece is a colour-lithograph of El Kantara. Attractive hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering and ornamental design on spine. Gilt lettering and richly decorative tooling on front board. Blind tooling on back board also. Pebbled boards. All edges gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cloth frayed at spine head and tail. Slight cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still very good and firm. Some foxing to endpapers. Interior very clean and bright. Some untrimmed pages. Handwritten message on front endpaper reads “A Prize gained by Louisea Mells for Progress in her French studies, Xmas. 1869. Magdalen House.” An extremely rare, rather scarce, early publication by an Irish Woman Traveller in Africa who also lived and helped through the Irish Famine and was not only an early Feminist but also one of the first members of the Suffragette Movement.

12. 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.

13. Peters, Carl.

The Eldorado of the Ancients. With Two Maps and Ninety-Seven Illustrations from Original Drawings from Tennyson Cole and from Photographs.

London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1902. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, X, 447 pages. Includes the large fold-out map “Du Royaume de Congo, du Monomotapa et de la Cafrerie” [Reproduced from a map dated 1719]. Colour fold-out map of “Dr. Carl Peters Zambesi Expeditions” within book. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt embossment to front board also. Top edge gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean. Name and date of preowner in ink on endpaper.

14. Stott, M.D.

The Real Algeria. With 36 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author.

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1914. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece. XVI, 319 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional signs of foxing along edges and on some pages throughout. Interior otherwise bright and unmarked.

15. Vivian, Herbert.

Tunisia and the Modern Barbary Pirates. Illustrated with Photographs and a Map.

London, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1899. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 341 pages. 72 photographic illustrations. One fold-out map of Tunisian region as frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Vignette on front board. Top gilt edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor wear evident at spine ends. Some foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise interior is bright and clean.

16. Schweinfurth, Georg.

The Heart of Africa – Three Years’ Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa. From 1868 to 1871. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. With an Introduction by Winwood Reade. In Two Volumes. With Maps and Woodcut Illustrations.

Reprint of the original edition London, 1873. 2 Volumes (complete set). Farnborough, Gregg International Publishers Ltd., 1969. 14 cm x 22 cm. Volume 1: XVI, 559 pages. 79 illustrations by J.D. Cooper. Fold-out map at front showing “Dr Schweinfurth’s Discoveries in Central Africa”. Volume 2: Frontispiece, X, 521 pages. 45 illustrations by J.D. Cooper. Map at front titled “Sketch Map of Dr Schweinfurth’s Routes, 1868-1871”. Recent Hardcover [publisher’s green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Binding in excellent condition. Tiny blemish to lower spine of Volume two. Otherwise in excellent, close to new condition.

17. Savile, Frank.

The River of the Giraffe – A Chronicle of Desert, Stream, and Forest Shooting in the Southern Sudan.

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1925. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 217 pages. 11 illustration including frontispiece. Frontispiece missing. Missing Sketch map showing locality of the Bahr El Zeraf. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Split on boundary between pastedown and endpaper. Binding still firm and strong. Occasional spotting to interior, otherwise clean and bright. Foxing to edges. One plate cleanly detached. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

18. Drake-Brockman, Ralph E.

British Somaliland. With 74 Illustrations from Photographs on Art Paper, Other Illustrations And a Map.

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1912. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. X, 334 pges, 74 illustrations on 49 plates. Fold-out map at rear showing British Somaliland. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial and patterned design embossed on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight bumps to lower board corners. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown (Newbold’s Bookshop Ltd. – 289 George Street, Dunedin, New Zealand).

19. Dun, Major T. I. / Saad, Nahmia (School of Fine Art, Cairo).

From Cairo to Siwa – Across the Libyan Desert with Amoured Cars [mainly with woodcuts by Nahmia Saad]. A Narrative Followed by Illuminated pages of the History and Customs of the Inhabitants of that Country, A Photographic Brochure, A Map. Foreword by Field Marshall W. R. Birdwood of the XIIth Royal Lancers.

One of 750 copies of a limited edition (overall 1,000 volumes printed). Cairo, Messrs E. & R. Schindler, 1933. 26 cm x 34 cm. Frontispiece, IV, 110 pages. Black and white photographs at rear. Fold-map of the route described in book at rear. Map of Cairo at rear also. Text in black and red. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth]. Label on spine. Elaborately illustrated boards. Bookplate on front pastedown with inscription reading “The Old order changeth, yielding place to New.” Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine with stronger abrasion but the binding overall firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean. Two images with issues: Ugly residue of paper of the preceding page on the tipped-in colour-plate depicting Queen Nefertari and the photograph of the Dunes of Cairo !

20. MacDonald, J.R.L. / [Provenance: Edmund Heathcote Thruston].

Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London and New York, Edward Arnold, 1897. 15 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 333 pages. 12 illustrations, including frontispiece. 8 maps, including fold-out colour map at rear showing “Major MacDonald’s work in British East Africa.” Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Good- condition. Large yellow ’‘Mudie Select Library”– label on front board. Rear board bears remnant of removed label. Minor staining and rubbing to boards. Tears at gutters between pastedowns and endpapers with exposed cloth front and rear. Binding is shaky but bookblock still solid. Front endpaper partially loose. Armorial bookplate of Edmund Heathcote Thruston with latin inscription (Esse Quam Videri) on front pastedown. Names of two previous owners on half-title page. Occassional annotations throughout the book. Occasional foxing throughout. Rare !

21. Shelford, Frederic.

Pioneering. A Series of Four Articles contributed to “The Engineer.”

London / New York, E. & F. N. Spon / Spon & Chamberlain, 1909. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 82 82 pages. With numerous illustrations throughout the text, showing examples of basic equipment, medicines etc. for the pioneer and surveyor [photographs of “A Hammock as commonly used in West Africa” / “Miner’s Dial” / “Instrument Umbrella” (Mosquito Net) / “Edgington’s Aluminium Demi-Johns” / “Doulton’s Traveller Pump Filter” etc.]. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to lower corner boards. Some minor signs of staining to pages 46 and 47, otherwise interior very good. Extremely Rare publication for the Settler and Pioneer in Colonial Africa !

22. Peters, Carl.

Peters, Die Deutsche Emin Pascha-Expedition. Mit 32 Vollbildern und 66 Textabbildungen von Rudolf Hellgrewe in Berlin, dem Portrait des Verfassers nach Franz von Lenbach und einer Karte in Farbendruck.

Zweites Tausend. München und Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg, 1891. 16 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 560 pages. Large fold-out map within sleeve of rear pastedown showing the “Emin Pascha Expedition.” / Mit der grossformatigen Faltkarte in Kartentasche (im hinteren Einbanddeckel). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial on spine. Large pictorial on front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Maroon coloured text-block edges. / Originaler, illustrierter Verlagsleinenband mit sehr dekorativer Einbanddeckel- und Einband-Ruecken-Illustration. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ex libris of Mark Walder on front pastedown. University stamp on p.IV. Discreet bookseller’s label of ‘R. Oldenbourg, München’, at bottom corner of rear pastedown. Some browning to reverse of fold-out map. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Ganz kleiner Einriss am Vorsatzpapier.

23. Ruttledge, Hugh.

Everest 1933.

Second Edition. London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1934. 18 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 390 pages. 59 plates. 4 Maps, including 2 fold-out geological maps at rear showing ‘Drainage Areas of the Arun, Tista, and Ammu Chu’ and `Mount Everest and the group of Chomo Lungma’. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Professionally rebound and strengthened binding. New endpapers. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional faint foxing.

24. Brown, T. Graham.

Brenva.

Second Edition. London, J.M. Dent & Sons, no year (c.1945). 14.5 cm x 22 cm. XVI, 225 pages. 73 monochrome photographs on plates at rear. Sketch map of Mont Blanc at rear also. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Interior clean and bright with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front free endpaper.

25. Tucci, Giuseppe / [Edwards, Lovett trans.].

Nepal – The Discovery of the Malla. Translated from the Italian by Lovett Edwards.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 96 pages. 60 illustrations. Map near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine. Vignette on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

26. [Pope Pius XI] Ratti, Abate Achille.

Climbs on Alpine Peaks. [with the scarce dustjacket]. Translated By J.E.C. Eaton. With a Foreword By Douglas Freshfield and an Introduction By Rev. L.C. Casartelli.

no place (Great Britain), Burns Oates & Washbourne, no year (c.1923). 10.5 cm x 17 cm. XXX, 128 pages. Hardcover / publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and vatican seal embossed on front board. With the rare dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket faded but overall excellent with only minor wear ans some minor fraying. Interior clean and bright with sharp corners. “Servite Priory Dundee” stamp on front and rear endpapers.

27. Tilman, H.W.

Two Mountains and a River.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1949. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 232 pages. 83 illustrations on 37 plates. 6 maps, including sketch map of the mountainous region of Central Asia dominated by the Hindu Kush, Himalaya and Karakoram ranges Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bump to lower corner of front board. Signs of damp staining to foot of some pages throughout book. Interior otherwise bright and clean and sharp cornered. Summary of book on loose ephemera within book.

28. Sennett, A.R.

Across the Great Saint Bernard – The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man. With original drawings by Harold Percival and Nearly Two Hundred Illustrations

London, Bemrose and Sons, Ltd., 1904. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XVI, 444 pages, with Appendix (100 pages). 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Lettering and vignette on front board. Unusually Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior very bright and clean.

29. Whymper, Edward.

A Guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn. With 79 Illustrations & Maps.

Fourteenth Edition. London, John Murray, 1910. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. XIV, 224 pages. 79 illustrations. One fold-out panormic photograph of Schwarze Glacier at rear. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘The Valley of Zermatt and the Central Pennine Alps.’ Softcover – publisher’s originally illustrated wrappers. Good- condition with stronger signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Rear cover is loosened and repairs have been made to the binding with some sellotape . Binding firm and strong otherwise.

30. Pilley, Dorothy [Mrs I.A. Richards].

Climbing Days.

London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1935. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. XIII, 352 pages. 69 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Good condition only with stronger signs of external wear and staining to boards. Boards rubbed. Wear and rubbing to spine but binding still firm and strong. Occasional spotting to otherwise clean interior. Preowner details on front endpaper. Loose emphemera within: Daily Telegraph obituary of Dorothy dated 2 October 1986.

31. Catlow, Agnes and Maria E.

Sketching Rambles or Nature in the Alps and Apennines. Illustrated by Twenty Views, from Sketches by the Authors.

Volume One (of two volumes). London, James Hogg and Sons, no year (c.1861). 14.5 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 374 pages. 10 illustrations, including colour frontispiece and 9 tinted lithographs. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Deckled edges. Good- condition with significant signs of external wear. Corners of boards rubbed and bumped. Soiling to front boards. Tears to valley between pastedowns and endpapers with cloth exposed. Binding still firm and strong. Dust-darkened edges. Very occasional signs of foxing only to an otherwise clean interior. Tissue guards with plates.

32. Smythe, F.S.

Over Tyrolese Hills. Photographs by the Author.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, no year (c.1937). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 292 pages. 35 other illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing the Tyrolese Alps. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine. Vignette on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to edges. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.

33. Smythe, F.S.

Kamet Conquered.

First edition. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932. 15 cm x 23.5 cm Frontispiece, XVI, 420 pages. 59 additional illustrations. Fold-out trace map at rear showing route of 1920 Kamet Expedition. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to board edges at top and bottom. Some light foxing to title- and halftitle pages and very occasional hints of foxing to an otherwise bright and clean interior.

34. Geddie, John.

The Lake Regions of Central Africa – A Record of Modern Discovery. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 275 pages. 32 wood-engraved illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and lettering and pictorial on front board. Blind stamp on back board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners of boards bumped and rubbed. Binding somewhat cocked but still firm and strong. Occasional spotting. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on endpaper: “William Cox / 91”.

35. Du Chaillu, Paul.

My Apingi Kingdom: With Life in the Great Sahara. And Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich, Hyena, &c. Numerous Engravings.

New York, Harper & Brothers, no year (c.1870). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece with tissueguard, VIII, 254 pages. 33 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Gilt pictoral on front board. Blind stamp to rear board. Coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Tissue guard in very good condition. Preowner details on front endpaper: “James Hill – Westell Farm – Kewell, Read 1916”.

36. Barth, Henry [ed. G.T. Bettany].

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Including Accounts of Tripoli, The Sahara, The Remarkable Kingdom of Bornu, and the Countries Around Lake Chad.

London, New York and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co., 1890. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 608 pages. 8 plates, 98 other illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners of boards very slightly bumped and rubbed. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior is very bright and clean. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books].

37. Moore, A.W. [ E.H. Stevens Ed.].

The Alps in 1864 – A Private Journal. Edited by E.H. Stevens.

Volume II (of Two Volumes). Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1939. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. XI, 524 pages.18 illustrations and Maps on pastedowns and endpapers of the Saas Grat, Turtmann and Bies Glaciers, the Moming Glacier, the Aletschhorn and the Wetterhorner. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Small vignette on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ink stains to top edge. Interior bright and clean. Ex-libris stamps near front. [Blackwell’s Mountaineering Library]

38. [Barter, Charlotte/Catherine] A Plain Woman.

Alone Among the Zulus – By a Plain Woman, the Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa.

Second Edition. London / New York, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge / E & J. B. Young & Co., no year [c. 1879]. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, II, 184 pages. With four illustrations (including Frontispiece) plus two examples of melodies transcribed in musical notes. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial design on spine and front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue-guard in good condition. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.

39. Wilkinson, Mrs. [Annie Margaret] /

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign. Being the African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J. T. Hayes. 1882. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front and rear boards carry pictorials. Richly coloured pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor tear to frontispiece. Tissue guard in good condition. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

40. Smythe, F.S.

Camp Six – An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition.

First edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 307 pages. 36 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding very firm. Interior very bright and clean.

41. [Murray Smith, T.] Wykes, Alan.

Nimrod Smith – A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M.C. Professional Big Game Hunter. [Signed / Inscribed] Illustrated.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 207 pages. 11 illustrations (black-and-white photographs). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Signed and inscribed by Big Game Hunter T. Murray Smith: “Tom Johnson, Wishing you good Hunting – T. Murray Smith – June 1961”. Including Erratum note, identifying Smith as photographer of nearly all included images. Signed copies by Old-Time Professional Hunter T. Murray Smith are extremely scarce !

42. Coudenhove, Hans.

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

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1925. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIV, 245 pages. With 12 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name (R.G.Poole) on front endpaper.

43. St. Barbe Baker, Richard.

Sahara Challenge [The Sahara University Expedition 1952-1953] [Including “A map showing the route of the Expedition and the advance of the desert”].

London, Lutterworth Press, 1954. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages including a Bibliography and Index. With 54 illustrations and a map. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

44. Wells, A.W.

South Africa- A Planned Tour of the Country To-Day Describing Its Towns, Its Scenic Beauties, Its Wild and Its Historic Places, and Telling of the Men Who Made Or Discovered Them. With 32 pages of Coloured Maps, 30 Photogravure Illustrations and Reference Sections.

First Edition. London, J.M Dent & Sons Ltd., 1939. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 432 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior very bright and clean. Preowner details on front pastedown (″D.A.Cannon – Durban, June 1941”).

45. 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.

46. Johnson, Martin / [Osa Johnson].

Over African Jungles – The Record from Pen and Camera of a Glorious Adventure over the Big Game Country of Africa, 60,000 Miles by Aeroplane.

London, Harrap, no year (c.1935). 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 250 pages. 100 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded. Binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean, with occasional spotting. Preowner’s name on front pastedown.

47. Herbert, Agnes [″The Authoress”].

Two Dianas in Somaliland. A Record of a Shooting Trip by Agnes Herbert / With Twenty-Five Illustrations Reproduced from Photographs.

Second Edition. London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 306 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent version of this rare book in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional spotting but interior otherwise bright and clean. Foxing to edges. Some untrimmed pages throughout.

48. Knight, E.F.

Letters from the Sudan. By the special correspondent of “The Times”. With Illustrations and Plans. Reprinted from “The Times” of April to October, 1896.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1897. 14.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, 325 pages. Twelve illustrations. Three fold-out maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition with signs of external wear. Corners of board bumped and rubbed. Spine carries library marking. Foxing to deckled edges. Front pastedown carries ex-libris ‘Schola Grammatica Sydneiensis’ of Sydney Grammar School (″Discarded”). Book stamp on half-title page. Ex-libris stamp on title page. Beautiful, tiny little bookshop-sign to endpapper: “Tyrrell’s Bookshop – 328 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest, Australia”.

49. Scobie, Alastair.

Adventurer’s Paradise.

London, The Travel Book Club, 1955. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 249 pages. 12 illustrations. One map near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inked mark and smudges on spine. Interior bright and clean with very minor spotting. Front pastedown carries preowner’s name and reference (empty) card holder.

50. White, Stewart Edward.

The Rediscovered Country. Illustrated from Photographs.

London, New York, Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, no year. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 358 pages. 100 illustrations. Fold-out map of region at rear. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. The fold-out-map with tear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp-cornered.

51. 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.

52. Carnochan, F.G.[Frederic Grosvenor] / Adamson, Hans Christian.

The Empire of Snakes.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1935). 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 256 pages. 26 illustrations. Discreet colour map attached near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Spine and boards faded. Interior bright and clean with occasional spotting. Annotations on pastedowns and throughout the book. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

53. Pearce, F.B.

Zanzibar – The Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa. With Illustrations and Maps.

First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1920. 17.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 421 pages. 50 illustrations. Two maps near front and also including the often missing large fold-out map of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands at rear. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Embossment to front board. A little rough but still in Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to corners of boards. Spine cloth frayed at head and tail. Binding is still firm and strong. Some spotting throughout to an otherwise clean interior. With tissue guard in good condition. New endpapers !

54. Stephens, J.L. / Park, Mungo.

Sammelband with three publications on Travels in Africa: Volume I: J.L. Stephens – Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and The Holy Land / Volume II: Incidents of Travel in Greece Turkey Russia and Poland / Volume III: The Life and Travels of Mungo Park – Comprising An Original Memoir of His Early Life, A Reprint of the ’″Travels in the Interior of Africa,” Written by Himself, And Published in Quarto in 1798, And An Original Narrative of His Second Journey. Also, An Original Account of the Progress of African Discovery from the Death of Park Till the Year 1838. Illustrated by a Map.

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838-1839. 15.5 cm x 25 cm. Volume I: 120 pages / Volume II: 114 pages / Volume III: 88 pages with a full-page-map of Park’s Travels. Hardcover / publisher’s original half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Good+ condition with signs of external wear, sometimes significant. Edges and corners of boards are bumped and rubbed. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still strong and firm. Occasional foxing throughout only.

55. Wilkinson, Mrs (Annie Margaret).

A Lady’s Life and Travels in Zululand and the Transvaal During Cetewayo’s Reign – Being The African Letters and Journals of the Late Mrs Wilkinson.

London, J.T Hayes, 1882. 13 cm x 19 cm. VIII, 264 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Name of preowner on endpaper in ink: “J. Babington Jones – June 1894” [possibly Julian Babington Jones]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

56. Barth, Henry.

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa – Including Accounts of Timbúktu, Sókoto, and The Basins of The Niger and Bénuwé.

London, New York, and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co, 1890. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 548 pages. With 8 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece and a further 44 woodcut engravings throughout the text. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor crack to valley between frontispiece and titlepage. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright. [The Minerva Library of Famous Books – Edited by G.T.Bettany].

57. Bell, W.D.M.

The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter.

Second Edition. London, Neville Spearman & The Holland Press, 1958. 18 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 188 pages. 58 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded. Front board carries faint hint of staining. Some very occasional light spotting to an otherwise bright and clean interior with sharp corners.

58. Johnson, William Percival.

My African Reminiscences, 1875-1895.

Westminster, Universities Mission to Central Africa, no year (1924). 14 cm x 21 xm. Frontispiece, 236 pages. 8 illustrations, including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear of Lake Nyasa. Private Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on black spinelabel. Sprinkled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fold-out map is creased. Interior is tight, bright and clean with new endpapers.

59. Stoneham, C.T.

Big Stuff – African Big Game and its Hunters. With 17 Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Long Limited, 1954. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 191 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth, without the dustjacket] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signs of correction-fluid on front endpaper. Interior clean and bright.

60. Park, Mungo.

Travels in the Interior of Africa.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1893. 14 cm x 18 cm. Frontispiece, XVIII, 392 pages. 5 engraved illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to edges. Internally, tight, bright and clean with sharp corners. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate with message “St Patrick’s School, Salter Street, Prize Awarded to Evan Jenkins for Regular Attendance Year Ending Oct 31st 1895 – 402 out of 422 times.”

61. Johnston, Harry.

Pioneers in West Africa. With Eight Coloured Illustrations By the Author.

London, Glasgow, and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, no year [c. 1912]. 13.5 cm x 19.3 cm. Frontispiece,336 pages. 16 illustrations in total – 8 colour and 8 monochrome. 2 maps within. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with title on spine. Very special combination of an original publisher’s cloth and bespoke, gilt-stamped Mundella School binding (Nottingham). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior bright, tight, clean and sharp cornered. Front pastedown carries presentation-bookplate of Mundella School, Nottingham, awarding prize to “Leonard John Ross – Second Position on Form List III E. First in Geography, Midsummer 1925 R.B. Wright M.A. (Cantab) [HeadMaster]”. [″Pioneer” Library].

62. [Wakefield, Thomas] Wakefield, E.S.

Thomas Wakefield – Missionary and Geographical Pioneer in East Equatorial Africa. [With an Appendix listing Plans of East Tropical Africa and Mombasa, forwarded by Rev. Thomas Wakefield to Kew Gardens in 1880 / 1884 and classified by Professor Oliver]. With Portrait and Eight Illustrations.

Second Edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, 1904. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 285 pages. 9 illustrations on 9 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. Interior bright, tight and clean with sharp corners. Front endpaper carries message reading “Presented to Louise Stephens by the United Methodist Missionary Society 1916”.

63. Drummond, Henry.

Tropical Africa. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 228 pages. 6 maps (on five fold-out-sheets). At front 2 fold-out colour maps of East Central Africa and Equatorial. At rear fold-out colour maps of ‘European Possessions and Claims in Central and Southern Africa’. One fold-out colour map of east central Africa within contents. Hardcover / contemporary half leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. Gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to heel of spine. Binding still firm and strong. Foxing to endpapers. Interior and maps in bright and clean condition.

64. [Hannington, James] Dawson, E.C.

James Hannington – First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A History of his Life and Work, 1847-1885.

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 392 pages. Fold-out map at rear of “Eastern Central Africa”. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering and blind tooling on spine and front board. Gilt design on front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue guard shows foxing. Interior is bright and clean.

65. Smiles, Paul

The Land of the Black Buffalo.

London, Faber & Faber, 1961. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 164 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original yellow cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front pastedown and endpaper.

66. Bell, W.D.M.

Karamojo Safari.

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XI, 298 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original salmon cloth] with lettering on spine / without the dustjacket. Design on front board. Mapped endpapers showing ‘Route of Author’s Safari Through Karamojo.’ Very good- condition. Signs of external wear. Boards and spine show significant fading and discoloration from wear. Binding is still firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean.

67. Stoneham, C.T.

Wanderings in Wild Africa. Illustrated.

Third Impression. London, Hutchinson & Co, 1932. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 286 pages. 34 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original slamon cloth] with lettering on spine. Tooling to spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some stronger signs of foxing.

68. Brom, John L.

Twenty Thousand Miles In the African Jungle.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958. 14 cm x 22 cm. 224 pages. 41 black and white photographs by J. L. Brom and S. Skulina. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean. Preowner details on front endpaper.

69. Hardy, Ronald.

The Iron Snake.

London, Collins, 1965. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 318 pages. 11 illustrations on 8 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Mapped endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding tight and square. Preowner’s name on title-page.

70. Johnston, Harry H.

The Story of My Life.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 536 pages. 3 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and blind tooling at front board edges. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very occasional foxing. Interior is otherwise very bright and clean. Binding firm, strong and square.

71. Gehrts, M. / [Major Hans Schomburgk].

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland. The Adventures, Observations and Experiences of a Cinematograph Actress in West African Forests Whilst Collecting Films Depicting Native Life and When Posing as the White Woman in Anglo-African Cinematograph Dramas. With an Introduction by Major H.Schomburgk.

Philadelphia / London, J. B. Lippincott Co / Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1915. 15.2 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 315 pages. 41 illustrations including frontis. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. One illustration slightly detached only. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong. Rare in this very good condition. Tiny bookstamp from Chas.E. Lauriat Co. in Washington Street, Boston.

72. 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.

73. Kirkland, Caroline.

Some African Highways. A Journey of Two American Women to Uganda and the Transvaal. With Illustrations from Photographs and a Map. With an Introduction by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell.

London, Duckworth & Co, 1908. 14.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 345 pages. 46 illustrations. One fold-out map of Mombasa to Victoria (Railway) near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Tooling to front board edges. Embossment to lower corner of rear board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding is solid and square. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

74. Roome, Wm. J.W.

Through Central Africa for the Bible. [Inscribed – Signed / Including a map showing the Journeys of William J.W.Roome].

London and Edinburgh, Marshall, Morgan & Scott Ltd, [1929]. 14 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 208 pages. 10 plates with black and white photographs. Map in front of Frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Occasional foxing. Interior bright and clean with sharp corners. Binding is solid and square. Front endpaper carries signed inscription from author, “To my friend, W. H. Rowdon – With the Author’s good wishes, Wm. J.W. Roome, Feb. 5. 36.”

75. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

76. [Glaciologie / Glaciology] Gaurier, Ludovic / Ministère de l’Agriculture.

Service des Grandes Forces Hydrauliques. [Region des Alpes / Glacier de Gébroulaz / Observations Glaciaires dans les Pyrénées / Renseignements Historiques sur les Glaciers: Le Massif du Mont-Blanc etc. / Glacier de la Breche de Roland / Glaciers de Gavarnie etc.]

18 volumes. [Paris], Ministère de l’Agriculture, 1911-1920. 19 cm x 29 cm. 1746 pages. Nombreuses cartes dépliantes, graphiques, tableaux et graphiques / Numerous fold-out maps, charts, tables and graphs. Hardcovers and softcovers [publisher’s original] green cloth boards with gilt lettering on title label on spine. Slip-case with lettering to both boards and spine. / Reliure originale. Bon etat / Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interiors sunned but otherwise bright and clean.

77. Dugmore, A. Radclyffe,

The Vast Sudan [With Notes on the Distribution, Appearance, Peculiarities and Habits of the Game of the Sudan (Water-buck, Black Rhinoceros, Buffalo, Reedbuck, Hartebeest etc.) / With a List of the More important Animals found in the Sudan – Some of the More Important Birds Found in the Sudan].

London, Arrowsmith, 1924. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, 312 pages. 19 excellent photographic illustrations including frontispiece. One fold-out map showing ‘Anglo-Egyptian Sudan’. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling and design to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only one of two fold-out-maps present (the small Africa-Map-missing). Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Binding firm and strong.

78. Pearse, Henry H.S.

The History of Lumsden’s Horse – A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment. With Many Portraits and Other Illustrations and a Map.

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 506 pages. 79 illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘Part of South Africa showing the routes taken by Lumsden’s Horse.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original red buckram] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Some staining to cover but overall in very good condition but with signs of external wear and fading. Binding still strong and firm. Interior bright and clean. Errata leaf inserted near front.

79. Wilson-Haffenden, J.R.

The Red Men of Nigeria – An Account of a Lengthy Residence Among The Fulani, Or ‘Red Men’ & Other Pagan Tribes Of Central Nigeria, With A Description Of their Headhunting, Pastoral & Other Customs, Habits & Religion. With Illustrations & Map.

London, Seelet, Service & Co. Limited, 1930. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 318 pages. 22 illustrations, including frontispiece. Map for “The Red Men of Nigeria” at rear. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to front board edges. Maroon text-block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

80. 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 !

81. Svenska Turistföreningen / [ edited by Boheman, Mauritz / Melander, Richard / Berg, Gustaf Ruben Gustafsson / Boheman, Ezaline / Fries, Carl].

Svenska Turistföreningens Årsskrift. [Nature perception and tourist life / Tourism and its Influence on Environment and many other topics on Ecology, Nature, Climate and Environmental Impacts in Sweden].

43 volumes. Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1889, 1891-2, 1893-1914, 1916-1923, 1929-1940. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Circa 17,500 pages. (1889) 256 pages; (1891-2) 403 pages; (1893) 304 pages; (1894-5) 169 pages;(1894) 387 pages; (1895) 474 pages; (1896) 309 pages; (1897) 368 pages; (1898) 444 pages; (1899) 443 pages; (1900) 422 pages; (1901) 461 pages; (1902) 447 pages; (1903) 447 pages; (1904) 463 pages; (1905) 439 pages; (1906) 402 pages; (1907) 446 pages; (1908) 438 pages; (1909) 493 pages; (1910) 462 pages; (1911) 415 pages; (1912) 407 pages; (1913) 404 pages; (1914) 441 pages; (1916) 450 pages; (1917) 382 pages; (1918) 381 pages; (1919) 341 pages; (1920-21) 783 pages; (1922) 397 pages; (1923) 398 pages; (1929) 354 pages; (1930) 366 pages; (1931) 366 pages; (1932) 376 pages; (1933) 387 pages; (1934) 407 pages; (1935) 438 pages; (1936) 395 pages; (1938) 399 pages; (1939) 383 pages; (1940) 395 pages. Numerous monochrome photographs throughout. 32 volumes in original Hardcover [Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine]. Gilt embossment of Alpine Club Insignia on spine / Also: 12 of the volumes are original Softcovers with decoratively illustrated wrappers. Gilt top edge to the Volume covering the year 1900. Very good condition generally with only minor signs of external wear. Hardcovers- Externally, very smart with occasional very minor rubbing to the head and tail. Text block with dust-toned edges. Interior crisp and sharp cornered for the most part. Occasional foxing and some tanning throughout. Interiors unmarked. Volume for 1894-5 shows significant darkening to interior. Volumes for 1907 and 1917 show damp staining and damage to interior. Softcovers – Externally, very smart with occasional very minor rubbing to the head and tail and to corners. Interiors clean and bright. 1929 Volume, open tear to top corner of front board. Volumes for 1935 and 1937 show slight tears to spine but binding still firm and strong. Volume for1937 has detached front board and loose leaves near front. Former library copies – volumes carry subtle stamp of the Alpine Club on the preliminary pages.

82. Società Rododendro.

Bollettino della Società Rododendro [ogni numero compresa una sezione / each issue including a section: “Sezione Automobilistica” / Compreso il numero unico “Paganella” per l’anno 1905 / With the extra number for 1905 “Paganella”].

Five Volumes (bound in 2). Trento, Società Rododendro / Scotoni & Viiti, 1904-1908. 21 cm x 30 cm. Vol.1-2, 200 pages / Vol.3-5, 240 pages. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout both volumes. Beautifully illustrated coloured paper issue covers in Vol.1-2. Fold-out map of ‘Val Nambino, Val Agola e Val Dalgone’ in Vol.3-5. Hardcover / Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine / Illustrazione delle copertine [Art Nouveau] di Tevini e Vitti / [Original, beautifully decorative wrappers with art nouveau cover-art by Tevini and Vitti bound within]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some occasional abrasions to the brochure – covers bound within. Interior unmarked. Binding strong and firm. Alpine Club stamps throughout. / Includes many pages with advertising on early car travel / Advertising for “Puch”, “Adler” and “Neckarsulmer” Motociclette / Local Advertising for tourism in the italian Trento [Trient / Alto Adige / Suedtirol] /

83. Société De Géographie.

Bulletin de la Société de Géographie. rédigé avec le concours de la section de publication par les Secrétaires de la Commission Centrale.

12 Volumes. Paris, Société De Géographie, 1888 – 1899. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm / 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Circa. 6,850 pages. Vol.IX (1888), 672 pages / Vol.X (1889), 602 pages / Vol.XI (1890), 612 pages / Vol. XII (1891), 646 pages / Vol.XIII (1892), 529 pages / Vol.XIV (1893), 548 pages / Vol. XV (1894), 618 pages / Vol. XVI (1895), 560 pages / Vol. XVII (1896), 554 pages / Vol. XVIII (1897), 518 pages / Vol. XIX (1898), 506 pages / Vol. XX (1899), 490 pages. With numerous monochrome and colour fold-out maps throughout. Hardcover [original buckram] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt insignia of The Alpine Club on lower spine. Gilt top edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is clean and bright.

84. Kittl, Ernst.

Mittheilungen der Section für Naturkunde des Österreichischen Touristen-Club.

8 volumes in 4. Wien, Steyrermühl, 1889 – 1895. 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm / 22.5 cm x 30 cm Circa 700 pages. Vol.I, 100 / Vol. II-III & V-VI, 352 pages / Vol.IV, 92 pages / Vol.VII-VIII, 172 pages. Numerous monochrome illustrations. Hardcover / Halbleder. With gilt lettering on spine. 2 green marbled boards and 2 dark coloured boards. Vol.IV and Vol.VII-VIII in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bindings firm and strong. Interiors clean and unmarked. Slight tanning throughout. Spines of Vol.I and Vol. II-III & V-VI in poor condition but overall still firm. Backstrip missing. Board corners rubbed. Interior clean. Tanning throughout.

85. Tourista.

Tourista – Revue pratique de Voyages. [Incl.: “La Motocyclette et Le Grand Tourisme”].

13 issues in one Volume (complete annual 1903). Paris, Prieur et Dubois, 1903. Octavo. 221 pages. Numerous monochrome illustrations throughout the Volume. Hardcover [contemporary buckram] with gilt lettering on spine / Original, decorative wrappers bound within / Alpine Club gilt insignia on lower spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding firm and strong. Interior bright and clean. Former library copy of the world-famous “Alpine Club” with thier subtle library stamp evident throughout.

86. [Rickmer Rickmers, Willi] Jäger, Gustav (Herausgeber).

Der Tourist – Organ für Natur- und Alpenfreunde [plus einige Jahrgaenge der Beilagen “Das Alpenhorn” und “Bei Nebel und Regen” beigebunden]. 27 Bände in 20 / Es fehlen die No.39 und 40 im Jahrgang 1869 (dies sind die Seiten 609-640 und es fehlen die Jahrgaenge 1893 bis 1896) . Einige Jahrgaenge sind in zwei Baenden erschienen und hier immer in einem Band gebunden. Diese wurden von uns aber bei der Gesamtzahl von 27 Baenden nicht doppelt gezaehlt und immer als “ein Band” gewertet. / 27 volumes of a consecutive run from 1869 bound in 20 volumes with only four annuals (1893-1896) as well as two numbers missing [No.39 and 40 in Volume 1 (year 1869)]. [Als weitere Zugabe: Dublette des Jahrgangsband 1876-1877 vom “Alpine-Club” (London) mit einer beigebundenen Ausgabe: Gustav Jaeger – “Der Fuehrer auf der Kronprinz Rudolfbahn von der Donau bis Laibach enthaltend: Die Beschreibung der Kunstbauten und Eisenbahnfahrten auf der Hauptlinie und den Seitenfluegeln, sowie die Schilderung der Ortschaften und Ausfluege von saemtlichen Bahnstationen in Nieder- und Oberoesterreich, Steiermark, Kaernten und Krain. Wien, 1876. 213 (6) Seiten].

Wien, Carl Finsterbeck, 1869 – 1892 & 1897-1898. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm / 24.5 cm x 30.5 cm / 25 cm x 32.5 cm. 23.5 cm x 31.5 cm ca. 9800 Seiten (siehe Paginierung im englischen Teil der Beschreibung). [Mit der farbigen Lithographie “Der Sonnblick” im Maltathal in Band 1 (1869 / eingebunden nach Seite 202) sowie der zweiten Lithographie “″Glokner” (eingebunden nach Seite 728)/ Lithographie in Band 2 (1870) fehlt [Allerdings haben wir der Ausgabe den 2. Jahrgangsband 1870 als Dublette beigelegt und die Dublette fuer 1870 enthaelt die seltene Lithographie “Der Blaue Tumpf im Maltathale (Kaernten)” [siehe die Photos]. Die Reihe enthaelt ausserdem das wunderbare, grosse Panorama vom “Hochwechsel” / Circa. 9,200 pages – Vol.I (1869), 768 pages with both Lithographs as called for (pages 609-640 missing) plus “Das Alpenhorn” (Nummern 29 – 48 des 1.Jahrgangs) / Vol.II (1870), 696 pages with the Lithograph missing – Angebunden: “Das Alpenhorn” – Kompletter II.Jahrgang [Als Zugabe: Band 2 liegt hier bei mit der Lithographie] / Vol.III (1871), 726 pages plus “Das Alpenhorn” Teil des III.Jahrgangs / Vol.IV (1872), 552 pages plus der komplette IV. Jahrgang “Das Alpenhorn” / Vol.V (1873), 436 pages plu Jahrgang V of “Das Alpenhorn” / Vol.VI (1874), 442 pages plus Jahrgang VI of “Das Alpenhorn” / VII. (1875), 412 pages mit “Das Alpenhorn” Jahrgang VII. / Vol.VIII (1876) – 2 Volumes in 1: 228 pages & 244 pages plus “Das Alpenhorn” Jahrgang VIII / Vol.IX (1877) – 2 Volumes in 1: 204 & 236 pages plus 48 pages “Bei Nebel und Regen” & “Das Alpenhorn” IX.Jahrgang / Vol.X (1878)-2 Volumes: 234 & 242 pages plus einige Nummern von “Bei Nebel und Regen” & “Das Alpenhorn” / Vol.XI-XII (1879-80) c.416 pages / Vol.XIII-XIV (1881-82), c.384 pages / Vol. XV-XVI (1883-84), c.384 pages / Vol.XVII-XVIII (1885-1886), c.384 pages/ Vol.XIX-XX (1887-88), c.384 pages / Vol.XXI-XXII (1889-90), c.384 pages / Vol.XXIII-XXIV (1891-92), c.384 pages / Vol.14 (1897), 458 pages / Vol.15 (1898), 586 pages / Vol.16 (1899), 668 pages. / In addition the periodical includes a duplicate of Volume II (Annual for 1870) and this Duplicate includes the rare original Lithograph. Originale Halbleinenbaende des 19.Jahrhunderts mit Rueckenvergoldung. / Hardcover. Contemporary cloth with gilt lettering on spine / [2 with marbled boards, the remainder with dark cloth boards]. 3 volumes with navy cloth boards. Zehn Baende in Gross-Quart, die anderen in Oktav-Format. Sehr guter Zustand dieser seltenen, korrespondierenden Reihe mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an den Bindungen. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor abrasions to cloth for volumes 1872 and 1875. Baende fuer die Jahre 1872 und 1875 mit kleinen Einrissen am Ruecken. Periodikum aus der Bibliothek von Wilhelm Gustav Rickmer Rickmers, mit seinem Exlibris in nahezu allen Baenden / Minor rubbing only to head and heel of spines and board corners. Interiors clean and bright for the most part. Slight tanning throughout. Former copies from the library of Wilhelm Gustav Rickmer Rickmers, with his large, beautiful and artistic bookplate “Bibliotheka Rickmersiana” [designed and monogrammed by Otto Barth] in most of the Volumes. Also Bookplate of Bibliothek Central-Ausschuss Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein. Library stamp on front endpaper / The collection subsequently was part of the library of the Alpine Club in London.

87. Menzies, Mrs. Stephen [editor].

The Traveller’s Guide from Death to Life.

London / Liverpool, S.W. Partridge & Co. / British Gospel Book Association, no year (c.1880). 18.5 cm x 25 cm. 160 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red pebbled-finished cloth]. Gilt stamped device with title and black tooled borders on front board. Blind border tooling to rear board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Faded cloth at spine. Binding still firm and solid. Sharp cornered interior clean and bright. Tricoloured Bookplate carrying “Sin, Subsitution, Salvation” and similiarly themed quotes. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. Loosely inserted ephemera: Maroon-coloured Recognition card of ‘Mrs Mary Maynard’ for the Young Women’s Christian Association with Biblical quotes dated ‘July 1885’.

88. Gray, Andrew.

A Pilgrimage to Bible Lands. Historical Notes and Reflections on Scenes and Places Visited.

London / New York, Skeffington & Son / Edwin S. Gorham, 1903. 13 cm x 19 cm. VIII, 178 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and on front board. Blind stamp to front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of O.N.Ogilvie.

89. Baker, Samuel W. Baker.

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. With Illustrations and Maps.

4th Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1871. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIX, 413 pages. 24 illustrations from original sketches by Sir S.W. Baker on indivdual plates. Map of Nile Basin as frontispiece. Fold-out colour map near front showing routes of ‘Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine. Black tooled borders and design on front board. Deckled top and fore- edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light tanning and occasional minor foxing throughout. Interior unmarked. Binding firm and solid and textblock square and tight.

90. Mecredy, R.J.

Mecredy’s Road Book of Ireland.

4th edition. Revised and Enlarged. Vol.1 (Southern Section) Dublin, R.J. Mecredy & Co. Limited. no year 9 cm x 13.5 cm. 200 pages. Numerous railway maps within volume. Softcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with illustrated paper boards. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some staining to front board. Coners of front board are rubbed. Edges dust-toned from ages. Binding firm and strong. Interior clean and bright apart from very occasional foxing. Private signatures of B. Cashel and T. Stoney on title page.

91. Jäger, Gustav (Herausgeber) / Rabl, Josef / Matzak, Franz Johann.

Der Tourist – Organ für Natur- und Alpenfreunde.

9 Baende. Wien, Verlag des Redakteurs Carl Finsterbeck, 1869 – 1877. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Siehe Paginierung im englischen Teil der Beschreibung / Mit der farbigen Lithographie “Der Sonnblick” im Maltathal in Band 1 (1869) und ausserdem in Band 1 die Lithographie: “Glokner [sic] – Front gegen Sued-West” (Glockner) eingebunden vor Seite 190. Vorhanden in Band 2 ist ausserdem die seltene und oft fehlende Lithographie “Der Blaue Tumpf im Maltathale (Kaernten)”. Die Reihe enthaelt ausserdem in Band 5 (Jahrgang 1873) das wunderbare, grossformatige Falt-Panorama vom “Hochwechsel” und eine darauffolgende Faltkarte./ Vol.I (1869), 768 pages with both Lithographs / Vol.II (1870), 696 pages with the Lithograph / Vol.III (1871), 726 pages with bookplate: “The Property of the Climbers’ Club” / Vol.IV (1872), 552 pages mit Faltkarte des Kanalthales / Vol.V (1873), 436 pages . Mit einer Karte des Wechsel-Gebietes und einem Panorama vom Hochwechsel / Vol.VI (1874), 442 pages plus No.1 – 24 (kompletter Jahrgang 1874) of “Das Alpenhorn” als Beilage des Tourist mit eingebunden / Vol.VII (1875), 412 pages plus No.1-18 plus No.21 of “Das Alpenhorn” for the year 1875 – [This Volume also includes the announcement of the editors Gustav Jaeger’s death] / Vol.VIII (1876): 2 volumes in 1: Volume 1 counts 228 pages plus 52 pages “Das Alpenhorn” and Volume 2 counts 244 pages plus 54 pages “Das Alpenhorn” [VIII.Jahrgang for 1876] / Vol.IX (1877) – Redigiert von J.Karl Beer in zwei Baenden. Volume 1: 204 pages / Volume 2: 236 pages plus 48 pages “Bei Nebel und Regen” – Blaetter belletristischen Inhaltes mit Beruecksichtigung der engeren Heimatskunde mit Original-Beitraegen. Redigiert von Franz Johann Matzak // Originale Halbleinenbaende des 19.Jahrhunderts mit Rueckenvergoldung. / Hardcover. Contemporary cloth with gilt lettering on spine / [2 with marbled boards, the remainder with dark cloth boards]. 3 volumes with navy cloth boards. Zehn Baende in Gross-Quart, die anderen in Oktav-Format. Sehr guter Zustand dieser seltenen, korrespondierenden Reihe mit nur wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an den Bindungen. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor abrasions to cloth for volumes 1872 and 1875. Baende fuer die Jahre 1872 und 1875 mit kleinen Einrissen am Ruecken. Periodikum aus der Bibliothek von Wilhelm Gustav Rickmer Rickmers, mit seinem Exlibris in nahezu allen Baenden / Minor rubbing only to head and heel of spines and board corners. Interiors clean and bright for the most part. Slight tanning throughout. Former copies from the library of Wilhelm Gustav Rickmer Rickmers, with his large, beautiful and artistic bookplate “Bibliotheka Rickmersiana” [designed and monogrammed by Otto Barth] in most of the Volumes. Also Bookplate of Bibliothek Central-Ausschuss Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein. Library stamp on front endpaper / The collection subsequently was part of the library of the Alpine Club in London.

92. Anrick, Carl-Julius (editor) / Anrick Calla (editor)

Svenska Turistföreningens Tidning.

8 volumes. Stockholm, Carl-Julius Anrick, 1933 – 1958 21.5 cm x 29 cm. Circa. 4367 pages. Vol.1933-34, 379 pages / Vol.1935-36, 410 pages / Vol.1937-38, 446 pages / Vol.1939, 255 pages / Vol.1940-45, 1183 pages / Vol.1946-50, 955 pages / Vol.1951-54, 764 pages / Vol. 1955-58, 764 pages. Hardcover. 7 volumes with green cloth with gilt lettering on title label on spine. One volume with brown cloth and gilt lettering on spine. Gilt roundel of the Alpine Club on all spines. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some tanning to otherwise clean and bright interior. All binding good and firm and square.

93. Stancer, G. Herbert / Shaw, Reginald / Way, John.

The C.T.C Gazette – The Official Organ of the Cyclists’ Touring Club. 11 volumes in total. 10 Volumes of ‘The C.T.C. Gazette’ and one volume for 1974 called ‘Cycle Touring’.

11 volumes. London, The Cyclists’ Touring Club, 1942 – 1974. 16.3 cm x 22.7 cm – 18.5 cm x 25 cm. Circa 3,500 pages. 10 volumes of the C.T.C Gazette total circa 3,300 pages and 244 pages for the single volume of the Cycletouring Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on either spine or front boards. Some minor staining to a few pages in the volume for 1944. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interiors lightly tanned and clean throughout. All bindings firm and square.

94. Burton, Richard F / [edited by Burton, Isabel].

First Footsteps in East Africa, or An Exploration of Harar. Two Volumes Bound as One.

New York, Dover Publications Inc., no year (c.1987). 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXIV, 485 pages (vol.1, 209 pages / Vol.2, 276 pages). 11 illustrations and 2 maps. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to top edges. Interior bright and clean

95. [Stanley, Henry Morton] McLynn, Frank.

Stanley: Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1992. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 499 pages. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some tanning to page edges of an otherwise bright and clean interior. Binding good and firm and square.

96. Sattin, Anthony.

The Gates of Africa – Death, Discovery and the Search for Timbuktu.

London, Harper Perennial, 2003. 12.7 cm x 19.6 cm. XVII, 382 pages. 28 illustrations and 13 maps. Softcover [publisher’s original] with illustrated boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Binding and bookblock is frim and solid.

97. Madden, Thomas More.

The Spas and Their Use – Medical Hand-Book of the Principal Watering Places on the Continent – Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.

Third edition. London, T.C. Newby, 1874. 14.8 cm x 19.8 cm XI, 369 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and elaborate ornamentation to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Firm binding with bookblock tight and square. With protective Mylar. Discreet bookseller’s label on lower front pastedown.

98. Kennan, Georg.

Zeltleben in Sibirien und Abenteuer bei den Korjäken und anderen Stämmen Kamtschatkas und Nordasiens. Aus dem Englischen übetragen von D.Haek.

Leipzig, Reclam, ca.1900. Kl.-8°. 323 Seiten. Softcover. Originale, dekorative Broschur. Guter bis sehr guter Zustand. 1 Lage minimal gelöst. [Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 2795-2797. 60 Pfennig].

99. Pearson, Michael.

Imagined Places – Journeys Into Literary America. With photographs by John Lawrence and Joel Mednick.

Jackson (Mississippi), London, University of Mississippi, 1991. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XIX, 323 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Front cover of dustjacket: detail from ‘Breaks the Blank Day’, a painting by Lynn Green Root. Author photo by Bob Firek. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

100. Hedin, Sven V.

Abenteuer in Tibet.

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1908. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 414 pages. Generously illustrated with colour plates, black-and-white images and with fold-out map on back pastedown. Original Hardcover (yellow ochre cloth with colour illustration, embossed gilt decoration and title on front and embossed gilt lettering on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Half-title, frontispiece and title page detached from book block.