Back, Captain [Sir George] / [Morgan, Captain Richard – Royal Navy].

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of The Great Fish River and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. Illustrated By a Map and Plates.

London, John Murray, 1836. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, X, 663 pages. 14 (of 15) very rare lithographic plates (one plate missing). Fold-out map at rear missing. Hardcover / half leather with marbled boards. Gilt lettering on red title label, gilt stamps and blind tooling to spine compartments. Top-stain. Binding in poor condition with stronger signs of wear and the spine with stain but intact. Cracks to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still firm and tight. Occasional foxing to some plates. Damp-stains to preliminary pages. Interior mostly bright and clean otherwise. Text block is solid and square. Name of pre-owner on front endpaper. From the library of Royal Navy Captain Richard Morgan with his bookplate carrying the motto “Dum Spiro Spero” to front pastedown.

154. 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.

66. 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].

64. 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”.

116. Johnston, Harry.

Pioneers in South Africa. With Eight Coloured Illustrations by Wal Paget.

London, Glasgow, Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, no year (c.1915). 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 316 pages. 16 illustrations total – 8 in colour, 8 in black and white. Including three fold-out maps (Central and South Africa / Africa before Livingstone’s Journeys / Africa by discovery or report after Livingstone’s last researches were published 1874). Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with lettering and design on spine and front board. Frontispiece and one illustration cleanly detached but loosely inserted. Otherwise in very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional spotting to edges and foxing throughout. [ “Pioneer” Library ]

8. 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 !

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.

[Schäffer Warren, Mary T.S./ Bridgman, Herbert Lawrence / Hyde, Walter Woodburn / Tower, Walter S. / Jefferson, Mark / Bryant, Henry G./ Worcester, Elwood and many others].

The Bulletin of The Geographical Society of Philadelphia. [including articles like: Professor Emory R. Johnson – ‘The Conservation Movement’ or on “The Oxford School of Geography” and Mary T.S. Schäffer’s early photographic travels through the Canadian Rocky Mountans: “The Valleys of the Saskatchewan with Horse and Camera” and many other articles].

Eight volumes (bound in five). Philadelphia, The Geographical Society of Philadelphia, 1907-1914. 19 cm x 25.5 cm. Vol.5-6 (1907-1908) 423 pages; Vol.7-8 (1909-1910), 349 pages; Vol.9-10 (1911-1912) 474 pages; Vol.11 (1913) 250 pages.; Vol.12 (1914) 349 pages. Numerous monochrome illustrations and many fold-out maps throughout the periodical. Hardcover / Buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt Insignia of The Alpine Club on lower spine. [Original wrappers bound within]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Text-block edges dust-toned with age. Interiors bright and clean.

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.

7. 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.