London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. xiv, 174 pp, with principal dates, index. "Here are chiefs, kings, poor scholars and soldiers. Sir Rex Niven writes of them and of their achievements with the humanity and deep understanding bred..... Item #155
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated, c. 1924. 303 pp, indexed, with 57 photographs and 2 folding maps. Publisher's green cloth shows light general wear; bookplate on front pastedown, one plate and one map loose and laid in. Travel narrative of several months' journey on foot through..... Item #13110
London: Frank Cass and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi, 184 pp, with folding map. Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1790. Corners bumped, spine slightly sunned. Binding tight, contents clean. Item #13234
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. 370 pp + [illustrations], with frontispiece, maps, index. "This major document on the history of the United Nations and of Africa is the personal story of the Irish diplomat who resigned from his high..... Item #177
New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Series: Themes in European Expansion: Exploration, Colonization, and the Impact of Empire. 474 pp, indexed. Lists 3089 items. The first attempt to compile a comprehensive bibliography of English and foreign-language pamphlets and books pertaining to British East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika..... Item #13712
New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 316 pp, with frontis portrait, 19 illustrations and 2 maps (1 folding). Green cloth boards with gilt decoration. Spine cocked, brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, else very good. Good served as a Presbyterian missionary in West Africa..... Item #13079
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1972. No Binding. Fine. xxiii, 211 pp, with index, bibliography, maps. One corner bumped, else fine. No dust jacket. Item #13238
Boston: Beacon Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Second edition, enlarged. 214 pp. Clean and tight, with minimal wear to the boards. Dust jacket is edgeworn, chipped at the corners, and has a one inch section missing from the head of the spine. Biography of the..... Item #13676
Philadelphia: Reading and Company, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xv, 278 pp, illustrated with portraits (many of Africans), maps, and a plan. Original dark blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Corners rubbed and bumped, spine ends rubbed. Crease in cloth on front board. Some signatures a bit loose..... Item #11320
London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 298 pp, with 25 photographic illustrations and a folding map. Original blue cloth, sunned at the spine. Binding sound, text unmarked. No dust jacket. Account of the author's travels in West Africa, with detailed and colorful (if not always enthusiastic)..... Item #13666
New York: Fleming R. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated, but Preface dated 1929. 208 pp + illustrations from photographs, map, frontispiece. "This is just a story! It is not a history, or a survey! It is the 'Log of the Lingua,' the Bible Society's motor that tours East and Central..... Item #183
Gregg Press, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes in one, reprints of the 1923 and 1924 Cambridge editions. 176; 205 pp, with folding maps and illustrations; both volumes indexed. Light dust soil to fore edge, else a fine copy in the original green cloth. No dust jacket. Item #13443
Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard Univeristy Press and Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 351 pp, with bibliography, index, information about authors, illustrations, maps. Upper corners are bumped; light soiling to top edge; else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped, with..... Item #52
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 133 pp + ads, with a gruesome frontis photograph of natives being hanged as spies. Original green cloth with decoration in gilt. Slight rubbing to corners, gift inscription on front free endpaper, mild foxing. A fictional account of the occupation..... Item #12358
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 286 pp, plus one-page glossary of terms used in the "Mahogany" district of West Africa. Corners very slightly bumped, else a fine copy in a clean, priced dust jacket with a few small chips..... Item #13441
Hartford, CT: R.W. Bliss and Company, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Subscription edition, two volumes in one, abridged from the original London edition. xiii, [14]-406 pp, plus one leaf of ads; with a map showing the author's route from Benguella to Durban and more than 60 engraved illustrations, including 23 full-page..... Item #12959
New York: G. Lane & P.P. Sandford, 1841. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 317 pp, in original blind-stamped cloth. Spine faded, some edgewear, small wormhole at fore edge, moderate foxing throughout. Binding tight, hinges secure. Shaw arrived in Cape Town in 1816 and soon established the first Wesleyan Mission Station..... Item #13094
Andover: Warren F. Draper, 1857. First Edition. Pamphlet, 24 pp, in original sewn wrappers. Author's name and an old ink stamp on the front wrapper, else clean, with a mild vertical crease and light handling wear. Very good. Shedd (1820-1894) was a distinguished Presbyterian theologian and enthusiastic supporter of colonization..... Item #17948
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 272 pp, illustrated with maps and photographs by the author. Slight wear to boards, tight binding, no markings. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has some chipping and short tears. Skolle traveled extensively in..... Item #12602
East London, South Africa: East London Municipality and the South African Railways and Harbours, 1927. Softcover. Very Good. 5.25 x 8.25 in., 53 pp, with b/w illustrations from photograph, maps, in original illustrated wrappers. Light handling wear, slight dampstain visible on upper spine of wrappers only; very good. Promotes East..... Item #2796
New York: Katanga Press, 1916. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. 311 pp, illustrated with b/w plates. Ex-library, with stamps and bookplates on the endpapers, stamps on top and bottom edge. Old tape repair to title page, otherwise sound, with no markings in the text and minimal wear to boards. Introduction by..... Item #13338
New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. xvii, 551 pp + 16 (Illustrations) + folding map, with frontispiece, index. Top front corner lightly bumped; else fine. No dust jacket. Stanley worked on the Autobiography for many years, but died before it was completed. According to the DNB, "Stanley's..... Item #957
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd., 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. xxiv, 221 pp + [91] (illustrations), with appendix, itinerary, maps (one folding), index. Boards are lightly rubbed and scuffed; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "The 1934-35 British Museum Expedition to East Africa was organized for the purprose of..... Item #133
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 291 pp, with index, illustrations, and folding map. Original pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Corners bumped, inscription partially erased from front endpaper, all else very good. In his Introduction, the author (an American war correspondent) compares Africa to the..... Item #13356
New York; London: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated, likely first American edition, c. 1929. xix, 609 pp + [25] (illustrations), with index, b/w illustrations from photographs. Author photograph tipped in as frontispiece. Foreword by "Dr. Laws of Livingstonia." Ex-library copy with normal markings, stamps, etc, including call number..... Item #55
