BAKER, SAMUEL W.:

Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1875.

. Pp. 542. With two maps (one folding), engraved front portrait and 50 woodcut plates, all protected with tissue guards. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt, with gilt vignette of a camel caravan on the upper cover, spine faded. First American edition (first London 1874). This classic work by a celebrated African explorer is about an expedition in 1869, headed by Baker, with the aim to suppress the slave-trade in Central Africa. Baker was the first Englishman to undertake high office under the Egyptian government. A very good copy. Cf Blackmer 66.

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DU CHAILLU, PAUL BELLONI:

Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa; with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Leopard, Elephant, Hippotamus, and other Animals. London, John Murray, 1861.

. Pp. xviii, 479. With folding frontispiece of a gorilla, one folding map (of Western Equatorial Africa), twenty-seven full page plates and many more illustrations in the text. Occasionally a few small stains to margin, otherwise a crisp and clean copy. Modern half calf, spine richly gilt in compartments with different animals and title labels. First edition of this famous account of the gorilla ("the monstrous and ferocious ape"). Paul Du Chaillu spent four years (1856-59) on his first expedition into Central Africa, to an area previously unexplored by Europeans. He made several important discoveries regarding the rivers of the region, the natives and unusual animals and fauna. He collected a vast number of specimens of birds, animals and fauna. The famous engraving of the gorilla was the first published illustration of the animal. Czech pp. 52-3. Gay 2756. Kainbacher p. 43. Ibrahim-Hilmy i, p. 194.

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DU CHAILLU, PAUL BELLONI:

A Journey to Ashango-land: and Further Penetration into Equatorial Africa. London, John Murray, 1867.

. Large 8vo. Pp. xxiv, 502. With front, one folding map and eighteen plates, and some more illustrations. Later half calf, spine lettered in gilt. First edition. Du Chaillu became famous for his discoveries of the gorilla during his first expedition to Central Africa. This account covers Du Chaillu's second expedition from 1863 to 1865 which took him to the delta of the Ogooue River (today Gabon). He was able to continue his studies of the gorilla with improved scientific instruments and support from the Royal Geographical Society. He also made valuable discoveries of the indigenous people of the area, the Fang people. Hosken p. 63.

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DRUMMOND, H.:

Central-Afrika. Stockholm 1890.

. Small 8vo. Pp. 194. With one coloured large folding map and 8 plates. Old inscriptions on title. Modern half calf. A Swedish translation.

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Book number: 15069

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DUBEN (DÜBEN, DUEBEN), C. VON:

Forskningarna i Central-Afrika. Stockholm 1878.

. Pp.148. With a large folding map (in a pocket). Cloth. A Swedish translation of the English "Science Primers", mainly published for school use.

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Book number: 14216

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DE FILIPPI, FILIPPO (Editor) / PRINCE LUDWIG AMADEUS OF SAVOY:

Der Ruwenzori. Erforschung und erste Ersteigung seiner höchsten Gipfel. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1909.

. Pp. xii, 471. With one folding coloured map, 2 folding panoramas, 25 full page plates and many textual illustrations. Publisher's pictorial cloth. A mint copy of the first German edition. This is a classic mountaineering work of a scientific expedition to the Ruwenzori on the borders of Congo and Uganda in 1906. These snowy mountains drain into the lakes that feed the Nile, making them the true source of the river. Many explorers had tried to ascend these peaks but had never succeded. The Duke's expedition was the first to truly explore and document the range.

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Book number: 32022

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JACKSON, JAMES GREY, esq.:

An Account of the Empire of Marocco, and the District of Suse; Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations made During a Long Residence in, and Various Journies through, these Countries. To which is Added, an Accurate and Interesting Account of Timbuctoo, the Great Emporium of Central Africa. London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1809.gr

. 4to. Pp. xvi, 288. With two maps and eleven aquatint plates by J.C. Stadler. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed and paper boards slightly chipped. Internally fine. First edition of a comprehensive account of Morocco by Jackson who resided for sixteen years in the country. The account is dealing with the geography, zoology, inhabitants, their religion and languages, the plague, and much more. Includes a chapter about commercial relations of Morocco with Timbuktu, and parts of Sudan. The plates depict views, snakes, flora and fauna, etc. Abbey Travel 296. Gay 1248. Playfair 501.

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Book number: 99596

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KITCHING, ARTHUR LEONARD:

On the Backwaters of the Nile. Studies of some child races of Central Africa. London, T. Fischer Unwin, 1912.

. Pp. xxiv, 296. With one map and 56 illustrations from photographs taken by the author. Publisher's cloth stamped in gilt, extremities lightly rubbed. Old ownership signatures on front end paper and title page. First edition. "This book embodies the experiences and observations of ten years spent among the outlying tribes of the Uganda Protectorate" (Foreword).

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Book number: 99600

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LANDOR, ARNOLD HENRY SAVAGE:

Across Widest Africa. An Account of the Country and People of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as seen during a Twelve Months' Journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde. Two volumes. London, Hurst and Blackett Ltd., 1907.

. Large 8vo. Pp. xvi, 396, (4) adv.; xii, 511. With one large folding coloured map and numerous b/w illustrations, mainly made from photographs. Publisher's cloth, printed in gilt. First edition. Landor was an English painter, writer and explorer who travelled the world. With an assignment to paint Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, Landor took the opportunity to make a trip across Africa. The journey took about a year and he covered eight thousand miles. A beautiful copy.

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Book number: 121022

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PARK, MUNGO:

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. With an Appendix containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell. Third edition. London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1799.

. 4to. Pp. iii-xxxviii, 372, (vi) including two pages of music, appendix xcii. Half-title missing and subscriber's list misbound. With engraved portrait, three folding maps and five engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, hinges cracking, rubbed. Published in the same year as the first edition. Mungo Park (1771-1806) was the first European to reach the Niger River. "Until the publication of Park's [first] book in 1799 hardly anything was known of the interior of Africa, apart from the north-east region and the coastal areas. Park's Travels had an immediate success and was translated into most European languages. It has become a classic of travel literature, and its scientific observations on the botany and meteorology of the region, and on the social and domestic life of the negroes, have remained of lasting value". (PMM). Cox I, p. 394. Gay 2788. Ibrahim-Hilmy ii, p. 93. Printing and the Mind of Man 253.

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Book number: 45018

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STANLEY, HENRY MORTON:

Genom de svartes verldsdel eller Nilens källor; kring de stora sjöarne och utför Livingstone-floden till Atlantiska hafvet. Two volumes. Stockholm 1878.

. Pp (iv), 408; (iv), 384. With 2 lithographed portraits, 32 fullpage plates, 8 maps (of which one large folding) and many illustrations in the text. Publisher's pictorial cloth. A Swedish edition of "Through the Dark Continent and the Sources of the Nile ... " (London 1878). During this fatal expedition Stanley explored the African Great Lakes (Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganykia, the Lake Edward), and followed the Lualaba river and the Congo river to the Atlantic coast and finally reached a Portugese outpost Boma at the mouth of the river Congo in August 1877. Cf Ibrahim-Hilmy ii, p.258.

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Book number: 99594

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STANLEY, HENRY MORTON:

Im dunkelsten Afrika. Aufsuchung, Rettung und Rückzug Emin Pascha's, Gouverneurs der Aequatorialprovinz. Two volumes. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1890.

. Pp. xii, 515, (1); viii, 480, (8) adv. With two portraits, one folding facsimile letter, 3 maps, 36 full page plates and many more textual illustrations. Publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt. Small library stamp verso of titles. First German edition, translated from the English by H. von Wobeser. This narrative is from Stanley's last African expedition. He travelled up the Congo River and crossed central Africa in command of a relief expedition for Emin Pasha. He explored the Semliki River and made European discovery of the Ruwenzori Range and completed the journey in Zanzibar in 1889. The facismile letter is only included in the German edition. A great copy. Borst 3873. Kainbacher p. 133.

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Book number: 26044

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