1. [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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. De Ségur, Vicomte J. A.

Les Femmes – Leur Condition et Leur Influence dans L’Ordre Social chez différents peuples anciens et modernes. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée de l’influence des Femmes sous l’Empire, et de notes historiques, par M. Ch. N***.

Edition originale. Paris, Raymond Libraire, 1820. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 474 pages/ 445 pages avec 2 gravures originale. Relié demi-cuir. Excellent condition !! Tome 1 et 2 (complet). Nouvelle Édition. Paris, 1820. 2 gravures. Bel exemplaire. Couverture et tranches de couverture un peu frottées. Intérieur bon état malgré quelques rousseurs éparses. Titre, Auteur et tomaison en dorés sur dos en cuir marron orné de fleurons. Exlibris Franco Crainz.

5. Faguet, Émile.

Le Féminisme.

Paris, Société Francaise d’Imprimerie et de Libraire, 1910. 18 x 12 cm. 380 pages. Hardcover / Relié demi-cuir marron. Bel exemplaire. Couverture défraîchie, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Rousseurs et jaunissement sur tranches. Intérieur bon état malgré le jaunissement des pages. Titre et auteur en dorés sur dos á cinq nerfs orné de fleurons dorés. Belles gardes de papier marbré.

6. 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.

7. Goldberg, Myra.

Rosalind – A Family Romance.

Massachusetts, Zoland Books, 1996. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 241 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by author.

8. Haslett, Caroline / Pares, Bip [Ethel Pares].

The Electrical Handbook for Women. Foreword by Sir John Snell. Edited for the Electrical Association for Women.

London, The English Universities Press Ltd., 1936. 8°. 428 pages. Hardcover with the rare, illustrated Art-Deco-Dustjacket by Bip Pares in protective Mylar. New and revised edition. Minor foxing only. Includes the folding map of the Central Electricity Board of the Grid Transmission Lines of England. Original cloth with original, illustrated dustjacket. The rare jacket, designed by Bip Pares, nearly complete, but torn and with some minor loss of paper to the rear endpaper.

9. 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.

10. 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”.

11. Johnson, Osa / [Mrs. Martin Johnson].

Jungle Friends.

Third Edition. London, The Travel Book Club, 1944. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 189 pages. 32 illustrations. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. [Nagle, Nano] O’Farrell, Sr Mary Pius.

Nano Nagle – Woman of the Gospel.

Cork, Cork Publishing Limited, 1996. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XII. 305 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Very Rare. Signed and inscribed by the author.

15. Nicolson, Nigel / [ Vita Sackville-West].

Portrait of a Marriage [Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson].

New York, Athenaeum, 1973. 14 cm x 24 cm. CI, 250 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Pemberton, A.C. / Harcourt Williamson, Mrs. / Sisley, C.P. / Floyd, Gilbert.

The Complete Cyclist. Illustrated. Edited by B. Fletcher Robinson.

London A.D. Innes & Co. 1897. 13 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages with numerous photographic plates and text-illustrations / humorous woodcuts (the photographs show for example Victorian cyclists in Hyde Park / Photograph of a group of Cyclysts after a “Gymkana” / Professional Cycling Race past the Grand Stand by the Wall Brothers, St.Kilda / Military Cyclist tilting at the Ring, etc.). Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and design on front board. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional minor foxing. Very rare, early publication on cycling in the victorian society ! [The Isthmian Library – No.2]

17. 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.

18. [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.

19. Schreiner, Olive [Iron, Ralph].

The Story of an African Farm. A Novel.

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1896. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 346 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Small embossment to front board. Deckled top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor bumps to board corners. Small cutout (of old name) on halftitle. Interior lightly tanned throughout but bright and clean. Binding is strong, firm and square.

20. [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.