Henry Drummond

Tropical Africa

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1891. Leather. A handsomely bound edition of this travel work with many illustrations and a folding plate by noted Scottish evangelist and biologist. Fourth edition, completing twenty fifth thousand. In a handsome full morocco binding by George Robertson, with binder's stamp to front pastedown. With a folding map of East Central Africa and nine monochrome illustrations as called for. Lacking publisher's advertisements. Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelist, biologist, writer and lecturer. Drummond took up a position with the African Lakes Corporation, which was set up by Scottish businessmen to cooperate with Presbyterian missions in Malawi. The company had commercial and political ambitions including a number of general stores and the transportation of water transport from the lakes and rivers. Tropical Africa is an account of Drummond's time in Africa and includes discussion regarding his work for the African Lakes Corporation as well as political, geographical and medical aspects of the country. In a full morocco binding. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the extremities and the joints. A few light marks to the boards. Prize bookplate from Wesley College, Melbourne to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and handling marks. Folding map is generally smart with a closed tear, approximately two and a half inches in length. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 622K15

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Tropical Africa Henry Drummond George Robertson African Lakes Corporation Henry Drummond Not Stated

Henry Drummond

Tropical Africa

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. Cloth. An illustrated work on the terrain and atmosphere of tropical Africa. Seventh thousand. Illustrated throughout with six folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed narrative on the culture and environment of tropical Africa, with reference to lake country, the heart of Africa, insects, geological sketches, and political warnings. Written by Henry Drummond, a Scottish evangelist, biologist, writer and lecturer. Previously held in the library of David Walter Phillipson, a British archaeologist specializing in African archaeology. Article from The Spectator, dated July 14th 1888, is pinned to the front endpaper. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, sound with minor rubbing and bumping. Marks to the boards and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 855T27

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Tropical Africa Drummond Africa None

Henry Drummond

Tropical Africa

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Drummond's exhaustive guide to 'Tropical Africa', illustrated with colour folding maps. The first edition of Scottish evangelist and biologist Henry Drummond's guide to the African continent.Drummond provides an account of his travels through Africa, with sections dedicated to the Zambesi river, great lakes, and the pathology of heart disease in Africa, among other topics. Illustrated with six folding colour maps, and four plates. Collated, complete.Rebound in cloth, retaining the original endpapers. Retaining the original half title.With an advertisement leaf to the rear. Evidence of bookplate removal to rear pastedown. Rebound in cloth, retaining the original endpapers. Rubbing to back strip head and tail and boards. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Evidence of bookplate removal to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with light handling marks throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 906F41

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Tropical Africa Henry Drummond Zambezi africa Henry Drummond Not Stated

Felix Dubois

Tombouctou la Mysterieuse

Paris , Ernest Flammarion, [1897]. Cloth. French edition of this illustrated travelogue of Mali by Felix Dubois, in the original French. Travelogue of Timbuktu in Mali, north of the Niger River by Felix Dubois, in the original French. Dated from Copac, only early edition of this work published in France by Ernest Flammarion. Sharing observations and  impressions of the city and travels through the region, the descriptive text accompanied with lovely vignettes in text after photographs by the author and M. J. Drillon.Felix Dubois was a French journalist and explorer, his most famous books concern his travels in French West Africa. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, new marbled endpapers. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, spine sunned. Internally, hinges lightly strained to frontispiece, holding firm, volume firmly bound. Pages clean with age toning, as usual with the type of paper used. Illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes in text. Very Good . Ill.: Felix Dubois; M. J. Drilhon. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 818A77

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: mali timbouctou french illustrated books timbouctou Felix Dubois; M. J. Drilhon

A Radclyffe Dugmore

The Vast Sudan

London, Arrowsmith, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition copy of Major Dugmore's recollections of his time in Sudan. This book accompanied his film of the same name. Illustrated with a frontispiece, folding map, and forty-four plates.Collated, complete.With chapters on everyday life in Sudan, the animals, the Religion, and industry, as well as personal anecdotes of his time there. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is faded. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Front hinge is strained but firm after the frontispiece, as is common with this work. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Spotting to the first and last few pages. Otherwise, just the occasional light spots to pages. Good . Ill.: A Radclyffe Dugmore. Good .

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Boeknummer: 765L5

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Sudan Africa travels Africa A Radclyffe Dugmore

Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore

The Wonderland of Big Game Being an Account of Two Trips Through Tanganyika and Kenya

London, Arrowsmith, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated travel book. By Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore, Author of 'Camera Adventures in the African Wilds', 'The Romance of the Beaver', 'The Romance of the Caribou', 'The Vast Sudan' etc. With 8 monochrome reproductions of paintings by the author, 52 photographs, and a map. In a red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally, a trifle rubbed. There is a stain to the front board. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN15-C-4

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: travel a radclyffe dugmore africa caribou a radclyffe dugmore Not Stated

A Radclyffe Dugmore

The Wonderland of Big Game: Being an Account of Two Trips Through Tanganyika and Kenya

London, Arrowsmith , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated travel book concerning the hunting of big game. The first edition of this travel work by Arthur R. Dugmore, American naturalist and wildlife photographer. An account of two African trips recounting of the author's experiences and the hunting of big game through Kenya and Tanganyika. Illustrated with fifty-eight full page plates, including a map, eight monochrome reproductions of paintings are by the author. Collated, lacking a plate with two illustrations of zebras.  From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things&apos.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and bumping and chipping to the head and tail of the spine, some soiling to the boards and a minor damp marking to the front board. The cloth is slightly cockled to the front board possibly due to slight damp. Internally, the front hinge is slightly loose to the title page, holding firm. Illustrated with fifty-eight full page plates, including a map, eight monochrome reproductions of paintings are by the author. Collated, lacking a plate with two illustrations of zebras. Frontispiece and two other plates are loose but present. Very Good . Ill.: A Radclyffe Dugmore. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 795A5

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: big game travel books sporting travel books A Radclyffe Dugmore

Emil K Urban [ed.]; C Hilary Fry [ed.]; Stuart Keith [ed.]

The Birds of Africa - Volume II

London, Academic Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The second volume of this enormously significant ornithological work on Africa, illustrated in colour by Martin Woodcock. This is the second volume only, of what went on to become an eight volume series. This volume is titled 'Gamebirds to Pigeons&apos.A first edition, in the original price unclipped dustwrapper. With colour illustrations from artist Martin Woodcock. While many regional guides to African birds exist, this series was the first comprehensive guide to the bird life of the continent as a whole, including North Africa. It is still universally recognized as by far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart. Sunning to dustwrapper spine, with edgewear to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Light finger marks to front and rear endpapers. Pages otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 775F7

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africana Pigeons Gamebirds Pigeons Martin Woodcock; Ian Willis

George Birkbeck Hill (ed)

Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879

London , Macmillan and Co. 1899. Cloth. A fascinating account of travels and experiences of Colonel Gordon in Central Africa, with a folding map. A Macmillan edition of Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879, from original letters and documents that have been edited by George Birkbeck Hill. A third edition copy, with the preface for the third edition. Colonel Gordon's documents and letters from his administration in Central Africa are reproduced within this volume.  With a portrait and three plates, two of which are folding. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with some scattered spots to the first few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 842B61

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879 travels africa travels Not Stated

E. W. Bovill [ed.]

Missions to the Niger

Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society by Cambridge University Press, 1964-1966. Cloth. A comprehensive set by The Hakluyt Society regarding missions to the Niger, in four volumes and in the original unclipped dust wrappers. No. CXXIII for 1964 and nos. CXXVIII-CXXX for 1966, Missions to the Niger by E. W. Bovill. Complete in four volumes containing 'The Journal of Friedrich Hornemann's Travels and the Letters of Alexander Gorgon Laing,' and 'The Bornu Mission' in three parts. The set explores the exploration of the Niger following its discovery by Mungo Park, and offers a comprehensive insight into the exploration through the collation of several primary sources. A well research and comprehensive set on the subject. Illustrated with four plates and six maps to vol. I; thirty-three plates and sixteen maps to 'The Bornu Mission&apos. Collated, complete. From the second series publication of the Hakluyt Society, publishing scholarly editions of primary records of historic voyages and travels. Including early accounts concerning geography, ethnology, and natural history. The second series ran from 1899 to 1998 and comprised one-hundred and ninety volumes.  In the original cloth bindings in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally in lovely condition. Dust wrappers are in excellent condition with minor shelf wear and slight sunning to the spine. Slight creasing to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 829K3

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Hakluyt Society E. W. Bovill Alexander Gordon Laing E. W. Bovill None

Reginald Foskett [ed.]

The Zambesi Journal and Letters of Dr John Kirk 1858-63

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd , 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the journals and letters of explorer Dr John Kirk in two volumes. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. With unclipped dust wrapper. Featuring frontispieces and nineteen plates. Collated, complete. Providing a day to day account of the progress of the Government Expedition to the Zambesi 1858-63, led by David Livingstone, which explored the rivers leading to the interior from the East Coast of Africa and discovered Lake Nyasa. Written by Sir John Kirk, physician and naturalist, British administrator in Zanzibar, where he was instrumental in ending the slave trade. He was the companion to explorer David Livingstone. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally very smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Dust wrapper unclipped with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 855A65

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: first editions zambosi travel explore zambosi Not Stated

J. P. R. Wallis [ed.]

The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone

London, Chatto & Windus Limited, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A well presented set of the journals and letters of David Livingstone, with particular relation to his notable expedition to the Zambezi. The first edition of the work, complete in two volumes.In publisher's original cloth binding. Lacking the original dust wrappers. With fifteen colour plates and two folding maps. Collated complete. Central Africa Archives Oppenheimer Series Number Nine.An informative set regarding Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition which took place between 1858 and 1863. The work contains the journals of Livingstone, along with his letters and dispatches. Edited by J. P. R. Wallis, a South African biographer and historian. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally in lovely condition with just marginal shelf wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Evidence of bookplate removal to front paste downs. Marginal age toning due to paper used. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 888K10

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Zambezi African Exploration Livingstone African Exploration None

E. C. Hope-Edwardes

Eau-de-Nil a Chronicle

London , Richard Bentley and Son. 1882. Cloth. A charming and scarce journal of travels in Egypt. A charming and scarce copy of travels in Egypt. Confessing to the watery nature of the writing, Hope-Edwardes links this to the title which refers to the pale blue green water of the Nile.Th is book details the authors experiences in Egypt after having travelled their with her brother and maid, writing a journal whilst there. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn. Fading to the boards and spine. With marks to the boards. Further fading to the extremities and bumping to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with the odd scatter spot throughout. Good . Ill.: none. Good .

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Boeknummer: 817B38

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: E.C. Hope-Edwardes Eau-De-Nil travels in Egypt travel writing Eau-De-Nil none

Charles Edwardes

Rides and Studies in the Canary Islands

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. Cloth. An uncommon work of travel writing from the late nineteenth century by the noted writer Charles Edwardes. Profusely illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding, this is a desirable work of travel writing from the 19th century. This uncommon work is written by Charles Edwardes, in which the author recount his experience of travelling in the Canary Islands. Edwardes describes this work as a book 'written for the entertainment both of these who visit the Canary Islands and those who do not', and so is designed more as a work of entertainment than a travel guide. Illustrated with 20 full page plates, with 8 in-text illustrations. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with small splits to the cloth. Rubbing to the front and rear joints, with a small hole to the head of the front joint. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Unamed. Good .

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Boeknummer: 641C40

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Charles Edwardes Illustrated Uncommon Illustrated Unamed

Sir Charles Eliot

The East Africa Protectorate

London, Edward Arnold, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work by Sir Charles Eliot, describing the British territories in East Africa. The first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt lettering. With a frontispiece, sixteen pages of photograph plates, and two folding maps to the rear of the book. Collated complete. An account of the British territories in East Africa, intended as a guide for prospective colonisers, and future developers. Topics discussed include the physical geography, native peoples such as the Swahilis, the Masai, Somalis, and Nandi, vegetations and animals, slavery, the Uganda railway and more. Sir Charles Eliot was a British colonial administrator and commissioner for the Protectorate of British East Africa, now Kenya. He wrote several publications intended to encourage colonisation, and was a leading diplomat in the initiation of the white supremacy policy in British East Africa. The half title page is present, alongside sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the edges. Fading and bumping to the spine. Marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but still firm. Rear hinge is strained but still attached. Internally, binding strained but still generally firm. Pages age-toned but otherwise generally bright and clean. Ink mark to page 210. The odd handling mark throughout. Scattered spots throughout. One closed tear of about an inch and another of about 4 inches to the final folding map at the rear. Spotting to the fore-edge. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 848G19

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: kenya east africa colonisation colonialism east africa Not Stated