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Nyasaland Calling a Travel Guide to the Nyasaland Protectorate.
Nyasaland Advisory Committee On Publicity, 1936. Softcover. Wraps with light rubbing to extremities and two small closed tears. ; A brief guide with photos of present-day Malawi. Including charts and graphs and a rear small map on the country. The last page of the book reads: "Envoi. If this book has but sufficed to interest the traveller in beautiful Nyasaland, then it has served its purpose, and the Director of Publicity and members of the Nyasaland Publicity Committee are satisfied. The Director will welcome criticisms, comments and suggestions. Au revoir." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 83 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20929
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.75 | £UK 99.75 | JP¥ 19603]
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The Travellers' Guide to Kenya and Uganda.
Nairobi: Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours, 1939. Softcover. A detailed guide with b&w photographs, ads, maps, charts. With a large rear fold-out map in color. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 246 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20930
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 140 | £UK 119.75 | JP¥ 23524]
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Tanganyika Guide.
Letchworth, UK: Garden City Press Limited, 1948. Second Edition. Softcover. Beautiful pictorial wraps. A profusely illustrated guide to present-day Tanzania (also called Zanzibar before). Many b&w photographs, ads and a frontispiece of mount Kilimanjaro. Two large fold-out maps in color. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20916
USD 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 210 | £UK 179.5 | JP¥ 35286]
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The South and East African Year Book & Guide for 1929 with Atlas and Diagrams.
London: Sampson Low, 1929. 35th Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight browning to pages, especially the extensive ad section. Front hinge has a bit of play ; Extensive ad section, 64 pages of color maps called the "Union-Castle Atlas" ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; x5, lv, 912, 64, 154 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20976
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 93.25 | £UK 80 | JP¥ 15683]
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By the Equator's Snowy Peak a Record of Medical Missionary Work and Travel in British East Africa.
London: Church Missionary Society, 1913. Hardcover. Light rubbing to spine ends. A very handsome and tight copy with the slightest fading to spine. ; Green cloth boards with lettering in white. Tipped-in b&w photograph on front board. Frontispiece, map and 23 illustrations from b&w photographs. Covers the region of German East Africa and British East Africa. (Present-day Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya. ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20897
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.75 | £UK 99.75 | JP¥ 19603]
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Lake Victoria to Khartoum with Rifle & Camera.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head. Hardcover. Front board with one corner lightly bumped. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate. Very faint foxing to first few pages. Title page and introduction page are a bit smaller due to a binding error. Small closed tear to page xvii. Else a very handsome copy with tight binding. ; With an introduction by Churchill. Numerous illustrations from photographs taken by the author. An adventurous trip to the true source of the River Nile. Lake Victoria is surrounded by present day Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. Nd. [1910]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 189
USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 279.75 | £UK 239.5 | JP¥ 47048]
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Life in Abyssinia [Two Volume Set] Being Notes Collected During Three Years' Residence and Travels in That Country.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. First American Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Light chipping to bottom spines. Former owner's name on title pages. Vol. 1: First few pages with slight discoloration to one corner. A bit of browning to frontispiece and title page initiated by the tissue guard. Very light foxing to last few pages. Vol. 2: Moderate foxing to first few pages and light foxing to last few pages. Front hinge has a bit of play. Else a very handsome copy. ; Mid-19th century adventures in Abyssinia, known today as Ethiopia. "Life in Abyssinia is one of the most literary and idiosyncratic of the nineteenth-century travel narratives of Africa. " Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. Vol. 59, No. 2, Social Stratification in Swahili Society (1989) , pp. 260-262 (3 pages). Dark green boards with blindstamped pattern. Gilt spine lettering and gilt pictorial design of an indigenous soldier on spine. 12 b&w illustrations. Rare, especially in this condition. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 350 [10],355 [4] pages. Very Good+.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20866
USD 425.00 [Appr.: EURO 396.25 | £UK 339.25 | JP¥ 66652]
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Mountains of the Moon an Exhibition to the Equatorial Mountains of Africa.
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd. 1938. Third Edition. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Spine lettering faded. Front hinge with a bit of play. Small hole along front hinge. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. ; Frontispiece and front illustration in color. Including 91 photogravures. Rear fold-out map depicting the area of Ruwenzori and a smaller area map of East Africa, including Kenya, Lake Victoria and Tanganyika Territory. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages. Very Good-.
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USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 56 | £UK 48 | JP¥ 9410]
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Uganda.
London: Humphrey Milford, 1935. Hardcover. DJ a bit browned and with light chipping. Bookplate. ; Published by the authority of the Government of the Uganda Protectorate. Numerous fold-outs, maps, b&w illustrations from photographs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xx, 559 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20838
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 70 | £UK 60 | JP¥ 11762]
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In Coldest Africa Adventures on the Mountains of the Moon.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1931. Second Edition. Hardcover. DJ with small chips and with DJ top spine missing ; The adventures at the source of the Nile river as the head of the Massee expedition, organized by the Geographical Society of Chicago. ; 8vo; 253 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 17930
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 84 | £UK 72 | JP¥ 14114]
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Man and Africa a Ciba Foundation Symposium Jointly with the Haile Salassie I Prize Trust Under the Patronage of His Imerial Majesty Haile Selassie I Emperor of Ethiopia.
London: J. & A. Churchill, Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ with light chipping. ; 8vo; 400 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 18258
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 | £UK 40 | JP¥ 7841]
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