51. Morris, Donald, R.

The Washing of the Spears. A History of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879.

New York, Simon and Schuster, no year (c.1965). 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 735 pages. Numerous illustrations and 5 maps within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering on title label on spine. Mapped pastedowns and endpapers. Deckled with orange text block trim at top. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding good and square. Internally, corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression.

52. Morrison, G.R.

Mixed Farming in East Africa. With a foreword by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Francis Scott.

London, East Africa, 1935. 15 cm x 22 cm. 159 pages, X pages of colonial advertising / ads at rear (Kenya Coffee, Advertisement targeting Farmers and Settlers in East Africa etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine. With the very rare, original dust-jacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very occasional foxing. Interior bright and clean. Binding firm and strong and square. The jacket in excellent condition !

53. Mungeam, G.H.

British Rule in Kenya, 1895-1912. The Establishment of Administration in the East Africa Protectorate.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1966. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 329 pages. 5 plates, including frontispiece. 3 maps within. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Fine condition. Interior like new. (Oxford studies in African affairs).

54. Norris-Newman, Charles L.

With the Boers in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State in 1880-1 / With A New Map of the South African Republic and Text of the Convention of 1884. [Including an extensive Appendix with a Glossary of Local Terms used in South Africa – The Transvaal Volksraad – Convention Between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic – Notices of the Boer Leaders etc.].

Second Edition. London, Abbott, Jones & Co., Limited, (1881). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 392 pages. Fold-out map near front showing South African Republic. Hardcover [publisher’s original khaki cloth] with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Blind ruling on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Appendix unopened (uncut). Binding firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on half-title: “Miss McCracken – 19th Dec.1899”.

55. O’Shea, T.J. [Compiler & Editor].

Farming and Planting in British East Africa. A Description of the Leading Agricultural Centres and An Account of Agricultural Conditions and Prospects. Compiled and Edited by T.J.O’Shea.

Nairobi, Newland, Tarlton & Co., 1917. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 162 pages. With numerous, fantastic photographic illustrations by W.D.Young throughout the publication, showing a Sisal-Field [Agave sisalana], Power-Station for a group of Sisal Factories at Thika, Highland-Sheep Farm, Sheep Shearing / Photo of a sheep-herd on Lord Delamere’s Elmenteita Farm / Sheep Bred at Naivasha Government Farm / Wheat Growing at Njoro / A Gala Day at Government House etc. etc. With a large Fold-out map at rear showing ‘East-African Protectorate.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original, illustrated red cloth]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and scuff marks. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright. Pastedowns and endpapers carry advertising for Cattle, Building Materials, Agricultural Machinery and other goods for settlers and farmers from Newland Tarlton and Co. of Nairobi and other companies.

56. 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.

57. 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 !

58. [Rhodes, Cecil] Jourdan, Philip.

Cecil Rhodes – His Private Life by his Private Secretary.

London / New York, John Lane The Bodley Head / John Lane Company, 1911. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 285 pages. 16 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner details on front endpaper.

59. [Rhodes, Cecil] Maurois, André.

Cecil Rhodes. Translated from the French by Rohan Wadham.

London, Collins, 1953. 13 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, 140 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Hint of foxing to fore-edge. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. [Brief Lives – No. 8]

60. Ritchie, Eric Moore.

The Unfinished War. The Drama of the Anglo-German Conflict in Africa in Relation to the Future of the British Empire.

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1940. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 341 pages. 3 illustrations. 8 maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing on edges. Interior bright and clean. Armorial bookplate (‘Nil Sine Deo’) of F. Hamilton Lacey on front pastedown. Private inscription from previous owner on front endpaper.

61. Ross, William McGregor.

Kenya From Within – A Short Political History. With Eight Illustrations from Photographs, And Eighteen Maps and Diagrams.

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1927. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 486 pages. 8 photographic plates including frontispiece. 11 maps, including those of Mombasa Island, Kenya Colony, Localities of Tribes in Kenya, The Insurrectionary Area (1922-1923), within the text. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp on lower front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing. Board corners slightly rubbed and bumped. Binding good and firm. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Errata leaf inserted between p.96-97. Private gift-inscription dated “Christmas 1943” on endpaper by one William Wallace to [Captain] H.G. Gregory Smith [District Officer in Colonial Kenya].

62. [Schreiner, Olive] Buchanan-Gould, Vera.

Not Without Honour – The Life and Writings of Olive Schreiner. With an Introduction by Field Marshal, The Rt. Hon. J.C. Smuts.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1948). 14.5 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 248 pages. 16 illustrations (including frontispiece). Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Preowner details on front endpapers: A.Allan Shearer – 10 Mount St. Wellington – 7-3-51.

63. 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.

64. [Slessor, Mary Mitchell] Livingstone, W.P.

Mary Slessor of Calabar – Pioneer Missionary.

Ninth Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 347 pages. 12 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine and front board with small pictoral. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.

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. Steere, Edward,

A Handbook of the Swahili Language – As Spoken at Zanzibar.

Fourth Edition, Revised. London, The Sheldon Press, 1943. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 184 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Boards are faded. Interior bright and clean.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

70. Symons, N.V.H.

The Story of Government House [Raj Bhavan].

Bengal, Bengal Government Press, 1935. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece (Lord Wellesley as Govenor General, 1800 from a painting by R. Home), 155 pages, XVII. Some black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Good condition with obvious signs of external wear. Book block and binding intact although frontipiece is cleanly detached. Message in ink pen to endpaper “With love to Henry from the Staff 29/5/46”. Covers slightly warped.

71. 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.

72. Tremearne, A.J.N.

The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria – An Account of an Official’s Seven Years’ Experiences in the Northern Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a Description of the Manners, Habits, and Customs of the Native Tribes. With 38 Illustrations & a Map.

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 342 pages. 38 illustrations. Fold-out map near rear showing ‘Northern Nigeria for “The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria.”’ Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and pictorial to front board. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor abrasions to board cloth near spine. Slight tanning throughout. Interior bright and clean. Binding good and firm. Text-block tight and square.

73. [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”.

74. Walsh, Langton Prendergast.

Under the Flag, and Somali Coast Stories.

London, Andrew Melrose, Ltd., no year (c.1910). 16 cm x 23.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 384 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original salmon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and fading. Interior is bright and clean.

75. 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”).

76. [Weston, Frank] Smith, H. Maynard.

Frank Bishop of Zanzibar – Life of Frank Weston, D.D., 1871-1924. With Portraits.

Tenth Thousand. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1926. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI,326 pages. 9 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Rubbed staining to front board. Interior bright and clean. Ocassional spotting to edges. Preowner details on front endpaper.

77. [Weston, Frank] Smith, H. Maynard.

Frank Bishop of Zanzibar – Life of Frank Weston, D.D., 1871-1924. With Portraits.

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1926. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 326 pages. 9 black-and-white photographs. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners. Preowner’s name on front endpaper. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown.

78. 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.

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.