London: Chapman and Hall, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First English edition. xvi, 520 pp with illustrations, index, folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed, mild wear to bottom edge. Hourst explored the Niger from Timbuktu to the sea on behalf of the French..... Item #12969
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, 488 pp. with four hand-colored plates and two folding maps; lacking free endpapers. Original blue paper-covered front board, spine and rear board skillfully replaced to match, with new paper label on spine. Internals sound and clean..... Item #18860
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 345 pp + numerous b/w illustrations from photographs, index, illustrated endpapers. Original giraffe-patterned cloth boards, sunned at the spine and with moderate shelfwear. Text clean, binding sound. No dust jacket. Inscribed on the half-title page "to M.S. Slocum with..... Item #20072
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Toronto: Star Printing and Publishing, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Original blue cloth puckered in spots, rubbed through at corners and spine ends. Binding sound, contents clean. 353 pp, with 51 gravure plates, but lacking the folding map. The author traversed the Marotse..... Item #13102
Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, [13]-560 pp, with 66 illustrations (many full page). Publisher's dark red cloth decorated in black and gilt. Corners rubbed, some fraying at foot of spine, small hole in cloth at rear joint. Internals fine. Kingston authored many tales..... Item #13040
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. 90 pp text + index, bibliography and 96 b/w plates; several plans in the text. Publisher's brown cloth w/gilt lettering on spine. As new, in a clean dust jacket with just a touch of shelf wear..... Item #16324
London: Frank Cass, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 edition. 564 pp, indexed, bound in red cloth. Light dust soil to top edge, else fine. Dust jacket has light soiling at the edges and chipping to the corners and head of spine..... Item #13332
Cleveland Heights, OH: Protea Press, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Collector's edition. 94 pp, illustrated with photographs and drawings. Bibliography. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page. Bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise unmarked, with minor cover wear. Signed by Author(s). Item #12663
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 313 pp, indexed, with illustrations and maps. Mild dust soiling to page edges, some foxing to endpapers. Binding tight and square, contents unmarked. Dust jacket has minor chipping to corners and spine ends..... Item #12641
London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 320 pp, with references, index, map. Offsetting from dust jacket to front endpaper, else a fine copy. Dust jacket is price clipped; rear panel lightly soiled. "David Livingstone's letters are the most important source..... Item #142
New York: Welch, Fracker Company, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition in English. 12mo, 343 pp, illustrated by Benjamin Constant and Aime Marot. Publisher's green cloth with decoration in gilt, image of a warrior on horseback on front board. Mild rubbing to extremities, a few pages chipped at..... Item #14049
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a Very Good dust jacket. 257 pp, with author's note. "This book tells the story of the people of South West Africa - a people who have been too long the wards of the international community and who..... Item #185
Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. 84 pp, extensively illustrated, with a lengthy introduction describing the collections. One of 2500 copies printed. Very slight rubbing to the covers. Tightly bound and unmarked. Item #12668
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. 212 pp + illustrations, with map endpapers, index. Light dust soiling to top edge, previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. Dust jacket edgeworn, with a few chips and tears. The..... Item #293
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 352 pp, with 31 illustrations and a colored map. Original burgundy cloth. Endpapers somewhat brittle; occasional foxing, but overall clean and sound. Offers a historical survey of European exploration, trade, and colonization, as well as an assessment of the..... Item #13095
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. 182 pp + illustrations from photographs. Light general wear to boards; dust soiling to top edge; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "I hope these young people will like to read about the black boys and girls and their..... Item #297
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 270 pp, in original brown and red cloth. No dust jacket. Name stamped on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, with minimal wear. Binding tight and square. A collection of essays based on "material gathered during a sojourn of many years in..... Item #13735
New York: American Tract Society, 1907. Hardcover. Good. 484 pp, with index, illustrations from photographs, and large folding map. Ex-library, with a call number in black on the spine and a card pocket at rear. No other library markings. Boards have some old insect damage, text has some foxing. Binding..... Item #13742
London: Hakluyt Society, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. xvi, 365 pp + maps (one folding) + illustrations, with index, errata slip tipped in on half-title, editor's compliments sheet laid in. Lightly bumped corners, else fine. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, with two small (less..... Item #1903
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a good dust jacket. 299 pp. Lightly bumped corners, offsetting from tape to endpapers, ownership signature on half-title; text clean. Dust jacket shows shelf wear, with chips to corners and spine ends and a few internal repairs, and..... Item #2663
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one: 179; 198 pp, plus publisher's ads. Frontispiece of a hippo bathing in the Nile. Original green cloth, with blind-stamped decoration and faded gilt lettering on the spine. Corners and spine ends rubbed, evidence of a bookplate..... Item #13668
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London: Frank Cass and Co., Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint of the first edition of 1788. Bound in red cloth with black spine label, with clear protective cover as issued. 183 pp, with one folding map and one folding plate. Mild sunning to upper front board, else fine. Item #12996
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 295 pp, with 10 illustrations. Publisher's illustrated cloth boards w/gilt lettering. Boards lightly soiled, spine toned, Sunday School stamp on front pastedown, front hinge cracked. Binding otherwise sound, text unmarked. The author was a "Taylor missionary" who traveled to Liberia..... Item #12990
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 244 pp, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Some dust soil to top edge, otherwise clean, tight, unmarked. Dust jacket is price-clipped; else minimal wear. In 1946, the author acted as spokesperson for the Tekyiman..... Item #13307
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. Very good. Undated, copyright 1908. Second Edition. 380 pp + [16] (illustrations), with publisher's catalogue. Light general wear to boards; some small tears (1/4") on a few pages; else clean and sound. Inscribed (but not signed) "Compliments of the author" on the front..... Item #143
