Zelie Colvile

Round the Black Man&Apos;S Garden

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of Zelie Colvile's travelogue describing her time exploring Africa with her husband, lavishly illustrated throughout. This work describes the author's circumnavigation of Africa and the people encountered there. Her journey was undertaken in 1888 and 1889 across eight months. Written by Zelie Colvile, the aristocratic wife of a prominent British soldier. A first edition, lavishly illustrated with photographs, line drawings, a map in colour, and a map in a pocket to the rear of the work. The cover depicts a cartoon which satirizes the fight for ownership of Africa by European leaders. With a prize bookplate from the Poland Street Institute awarded to Frederick Dawson dated 1898.An excellent copy of this uncommon work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, with slight straining to both hinges. Pages have just the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 801R33

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Round the Black Man's Garden Travel Writing Henry E. Colville Zelie Colville Travel Writing Henry E. Colvile Not Stated

D. C. E. FF. Comyn

Service & Sport in the Sudan: A Record of Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. With Some Intervals of Sport and Travel

London, John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of D. C. E. FF. Comyn's account of his working and hunting experiences in the Sudan. The first edition of this work. An extensive account of D. C. E. FF. Comyn's experiences in the Sudan as an officer in the Black Watch, infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. An African travelogue telling of the author's journey from Cairo to Khartum, along the Nile, to El Obeid, and more, with accounts of hunting. Illustrated with sixteen full page plates and three maps, of which one folding. Collated, complete.With advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, considerable damp marking to the boards. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1916. Additional illustrated magazine cutting tipped in to p. 15. Internally, firmly bound. light spotting tot he occasional leaf, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with sixteen full page plates and three maps, of which one folding. Collated, complete.  Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 802A38

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: first editions sudan travel africa sudan Not Stated

D. C. E. F. Comyn

Service and Sport in the Sudan a Record of Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

London, John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A complete first edition of this account of the author's time working in Sudan, illustrated throughout with plates and folding maps. The first edition of this work.An account of the author's experiences working and hunting in Sudan as an officer in the Black Watch.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, two maps, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.Written by D. C. E. F. Comyn, who was an officer in the Black Watch.Twenty pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some minor marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Rear hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 724P32

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: sudan sport service D. C. E. F. Comyn sport africa sporting Not Stated

F. D. Corfield

The Origins and Growth of Mau Mau: An Historical Survey

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this survey of the origins and growth of Mau Mau. Sessional Paper No. 5 of 1959/60 from the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. A historical survey of the origins and growth of Mau Mau by F. D. Corfield. Printed both symoultaneously as Command Paper no. 1030 and Sessional Paper no. 5; text is identical in every way. Illustrated with folding map to rear. In the original publisher's wraps. Externally sound with shelf wear, minor marks to wraps, inscribed in blue crayon 'MAWR' to front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 848A21

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: first editions mau mau kenya travel mau mau Not Stated

P. H. G. Powell-Cotton

A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia

London, Rowland Ward, Limited, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Powell-Cotton's energetic account of a nine-month hunting trip undertaken through Abyssinia, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A vivid account of a sporting trip taken through Abyssinia, a journey of nine months that travelled from the plains of the Hawah to the snows of Simien.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour folding map, nine plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by Percy Powell-Cotton, an explorer, hunter, and conservationalist.Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is a little faded, with marks to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Folding map with closed tears to the folds. A couple of light marks to the boards. Light spots to the fore edge. Hinges are starting a little but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 764P39

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia abyssinia hunting sports abyssinia percy powell-cotton travel Not Stated

Raymond B. Cowles

Zulu Journal: Field Notes of a Naturalist in South Africa

Berkley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this anthropological study of Zulu customs, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated with a map to the front and thirty-two plates to the centre. Collated complete. An anthropological study of the tribes of South Africa, including details of: hunting, protective coloration, game reserves, bird life, seasons, night and superstition. Written by Raymond Bridgman Cowles, a herpetologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was born in the British colony of Natal in South Africa to American missionary parents, and is remembered as one of America's first ecologists and conservationists. From the library of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset. Raglan"s great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and hero of the Battle at Inkerman and Alma in the Crimean War. He also served as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He died in the Crimea in 1855. The house in which the library was situated, Cefn Tilla Court, was purchased by the Raglan Memorial committee for his descendants. Lord Raglan was a keen collector of anthropology and folklore, with many of the works in his extensive library focusing upon this topic.  In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 847T79

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Zulu Journal Cowles Journal None

Richard Cowling; Dave Richardson

Fynbos: South Africa&Apos;S Uniquely Floral Kingdom

Cape Town, Fernwood Press, 1995. Cloth. A smart early reprint of this detailed botanical work on South Africa's Fynbos heathland. Reprinted the same year as the first edition. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of colour photographs. A detailed study of the Fynbos region in South Africa, a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland located in the Western and Eastern Cape. With chapters on the origins of the area's vegetation, animal life, invading species, and much more. Written by Richard Cowling, a South African Distinguished Professor in the Botany Department at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, and David Richardson, a South African ecologist, particularly known for his work on invasive species. Illustrated by Colin Paterson-Jones, a South African research chemist, natural history photographer and writer. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Colin Pateron-Jones. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 897T29

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Fynbos South Africa Floral Kingdom South Africa Paterson-Jones Richardson Colin Pateron-Jones

D. Crawford

Thinking Black 22 Years without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa

London , Morgan and Scott Ltd. 1914. Cloth. A copy of Thinking Black by D. Crawford. Second Edition (24th Thousand). With numerous illustrations. D. Crawford was a missionary who spent 22 years in Africa spreading the Gospel. This work covers his experiences during that time. In a decorative green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Corners are bumped. Internally, binding is loosening in places. Front hinge is tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN27-E-8

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa Missionary Central Africa Missionary None

J. F. Cunningham

Uganda and Its Peoples

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this highly illustrated study on the native people of Uganda, illustrated throughout with portraits. The first edition of this work.Hard to find in this condition. An insightful study into the anthropology of Uganda and its people, deeply looking into the Indigenous races of the country. A fascinating study written with immense detail and accuracy.Cunningham discusses each tribe, detailing their culture unique to each group. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one map, seventy-six full-page illustrations, and in-text illustrations throughout.Collated, complete.The photographs of this volume show beautiful portraits of the natives of Uganda, illustrating the text in great detail.Written by J. F. CunninghamWith a preface by Sir Harry Johnston.Six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.Half-title is present. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges are starting a little but remain firm. Scattered spots to the fore edge and endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd handling marks. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 761P34

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Uganda and its Peoples Uganda africa j. f. cunningham Uganda anthropology travel Not Stated

Alexander Cury

Cairo: How to See It

London, Luzac & Co. 1932. Paperback. The thirteenth edition of this scarce travel guide to the city of Cairo, with illustrations and maps. Thirteenth edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ninety in-text diagrams and photographs, with a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed travel guide to the city of Cairo with chapters on the history, the Great Pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, the Egyptian Library, the zoological garden, the Nile, money, scarabs and antiques, social life, the Giza Sphinx, churches, trams, shopping, tariffs, and postal information. Written by Alexander Cury, a British travel writer. In the original pictorial paper wraps. Externally, worn with rubbing and chipping to the extremities. The odd crease and the odd small closed tear. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. A 4" closed tear to the folding map at the rear. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 895T58

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Cairo How See Cury How Not Stated

Ivan R. Dale; P. J. Greenaway

Kenya Trees & Shrubs

Nairobi, Buchanan's Kenya Estates Limited, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this botanical work exploring the trees and plants of Kenya, lavishly illustrated and with colour plates. This work provides an in-depth record of the indigenous trees of Kenya.Written by Ivan R. Dale and P. J. Greenaway. Illustrated with over thirty plates in colour by Joy Adamson, eighty plates in black and white, and over one hundred drawings, as well as a folding map to the rear. The first edition of this work, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper.With a gift inscription reading, 'In memory of your stay in Kenya, with love from us both. Anthony&apos. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with just a touch of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with chipping to the head and tail. A small tear to the front board slightly affecting the title. Edges are worn. Gift inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with foredges a little spotted. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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Boeknummer: 802R9

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Kenya Botany Trees and Shrubs Ivan R. Dale Botany None

Archibald Dalzel

The History of Dahomy (Dahomey) an Inland Kingdom of Africa Compiled from Authentic Memoirs

London, T Spilsbury and Son; G and W Nicol, 1793. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Archibald Dalzel's memoirs of his time in Dahomy, Africa. A noted defence of the slave trade, this association copy has been signed from the author's son to his friend William Shaw. An important association copy, with the inscription 'William Shaw from his friend George Dalzel Dec 1833&apos. Dalzel was the son of the author and William Shaw was George Dalzel's brother-in-law. Beneath this is the inscription 'Given to John Archibald Shaw by his uncle William Shaw June 1859&apos. John Archibald Shaw was the author's grandson through his daughter Margaret Charles Shaw. He was therefore also the nephew of the original inscriber to this work, George Dalzel. Pasted to the front pastedown are two articles, the first being the obituary of Elizabeth Dickson, the author's daughter, who raised awareness of Christian white slaves held by the Barbary Slave Trade. Below this is the obituary of her son, Sir Joseph Ritchie Lyon Dickson. With the book is a selection of important carte de visite, articles and hand-written family trees regarding the Dalzel, Shaw and Dickson families. These three families are all linked back to the author of this work, Archibald Dalzel. One particularly interesting photograph is of Charles H Dickson addressed in his hand to his cousin Miss Lucy Shaw taken during the Crimean War. A fascinating copy with significant family association. Illustrated, with six engraved plates, including the folding map. As called for. The plates to this work are beautifully detailed and well produced. The map was produced by Mr Norris. With a portrait of Archibald Dalzel loosely inserted to the rear of the work. Collated, complete. Archibald Dalzel was a Governor of the Gold Coast and was an adventurer. He originally travelled to Africa as a surgeon though soon started trading slaves for monetary gain. He was a surgeon during the Seven Years War but failed at entering private practice in England post-war. This was the motivation behind his departure to Africa. This work is his personal defence of the slave trade, citing that by raiding the Dahomean villages he was saving the individuals from being human sacrifices. He spent four years as the Governor of Whydah before returning to England in 1770. This work is formed from Dalzel's memoirs during his time in Africa. He speaks in the preface how difficult it is to produce a historical work on Africa, due to the nature of oral history and therefore 'themselves have no records&apos. He discusses the customs, language and mannerisms of the indigenous people and received praise for its accuracy. He discusses his time in Dahomey/Dahomy which is in the area of present-day Benin. For the eighteenth and nineteeth centuries the Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional state and power which had significant trade with the Europeans. The An important association copy of this famous nineteenth century account of Dahomy with a small Author's family archive. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, sound with heavy rubbing to the spine, joints and extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Obituary extracts pasted to the front pastedown. Gift inscriptions to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Chips to the edges of the folding map frontispiece. Closed tears to A1-A3 from the gutter, not affecting any text. Contemporary ink spills to A4. Tape repair to O2. Light tidemarks to the head of pages R2 to the end affecting the margins only. The odd spots to pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 660L3

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Dalzel Africa Association Copy Travel Africa Dahomy Not Stated

Frederick Christian Damberger

Travels in the Interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco, from the Years 1781 to 1797; Through Caffraria, the Kingdoms of Mataman, Angola, Massi, Moncemugi, Muscgako, &C. Likewise Across the Great Desert of Sahara and the Northern Parts of Barbary

Dublin, P Wogan, 1801. First edition. Leather. One of the first editions in English of the incredible fabricated African travel narratives from the gentleman known as Zacharias Taurinius. A scarce Dublin imprint. In Two Volumes, Complete. Bound as One. With a fold-out map of Africa. With two engraved frontispieces. One of the first English editions, translated from the German. "One of the cleverest volumes of fabricated travels ever produced. The details are so circumstantial, and the mixture of fact and fiction is accomplished with so much skill, that it is not uncommon to find people who do not know that the account of the travels is nothing more than a well-contrived literary deception" -Mendelssohn. "Christian Friedrich Damberger, whose real name was possibly Zacharias Taurinius, is the pseudonymous author of, or collaborator on, three cleverly contrived hoax narratives of travel, the first published under the name of Joseph Schrodter, the second under the name of Taurinius, and the third under the name of Damberger" -Schrodter (Shoe-Maker), Taurinius (Printer), Damberger (Cabinet-Maker) - One Author, Three Travel Books by Raymond John Howgego In a full calf binding, recently rebacked. Externally, some edgewear to the original boards. Internally, firmly bound, bright, with scattered foxing and some marks. Wth the occasional marginal professional repairs. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH16-E-6

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa Zacharias Dublin Zacharias Taurinius Zacharias None

Maxime Lefebvre-Despeaux

Croquis D&Apos;Afrique Voyages, Chasses, Peches

London, Emile Hazan, 1946. Paperback. An extremely scarce work about African travel, hunting and fishing, inscribed by the author. In French. One of fifty hand numbered copies, of which this is number 11. Author's inscription reads: 'With hope that our old friendship and our common taste for hunting and fishing will find in that book a new reason to be. With also my gratitude for my stay&apos. With a colour portrait frontispiece and numerous black and white photographic plates throughout. Includes a map depicting the route of the author's expeditions in Africa from the year 1928 to 1939. Mounted photo of the author tipped-in to front free-endpaper. Caption beneath states: Maxime Lefebvre-Despeaux and Francois d'Ivernois (cousin of Cherry Metcalfe) with Michael Moir in background&apos. Watermarks of BFK RIVES to several pages. In original paper wraps with remnants of protective cover. Externally worn, with loss to the paper wraps. Internally, generally firmly bound, strained in places. Bright and clean with a few odd spots. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: FGN10-G-8

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa Travel Hunting FIshing Travel None

Norman Douglas

Fountains in the Sand: Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia

London , Martin Secker, [1912]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Norman Douglas' Tunisian travelogue, complete with 15 photographic illustrations A first edition of this travelogue of Tunisia, with 15 illustrations, collated and complete. Alongside captivating descriptions of Tunisian scenery, this 1912 travelogue also offers a window into colonial and imperial mindsets. Best known for his 1917 novel South Wind, British writer Norman Douglas was often involved in scandals and frequently fled Britain to escape prosecution for the various allegations of pederasty and sexual assault. Between 1916 and 1917, the British police charged Douglas for the sexual assault of 3 boys. According to Cecil Woolf's bibliography of Douglas there are 4 different bindings to the first edition. This is variant iii. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with a little rubbing to the boards. Spine a little discoloured and bumped, with some small tears to the head of the spine and a little loss to the tail. Minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 842N15

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Fountains in the Sand Norman Douglas travel literature tunisia Norman Douglas Not stated