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: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. First printing. 225 pp, maps on endpapers/ Tight binding, no markings, minimal wear. Newspaper review of the book laid in. Account of Matthiessen's travels and work with wildlife in Senegal, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Zaire, and the Congo Basin. Item #12415
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
London: Falcon Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 280 pp, with index and 2 folding color maps, one a facsimile of that published in Baker's The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the other showing Baker's routes and the stations he established. One magic marker line on the copyright page... Item #12635
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
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. xi, 180 pp, with index and bibliography. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Boards very slightly bowed, else fine. Studies in Religion in Africa No. I. "The aim of this study is to clarify the Ghanaian image of the missionary as... Item #13071
New York: Robert Carter, 1843. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Third edition. xii, 406 p, in original cloth backed boards with mounted spine lanel. Cloth chipped at head of spine and along rear joint, boards worn. Binding sound, contents unmarked, other than owner's signature on title page. Some foxing. Item #13337
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xvi, 368 pp, with two maps (one folding) and many illustrations from photographs. Original red cloth boards stamped in gilt and black. Spine slant, slight sunning to upper board, previous owner's name on front... Item #13051
London: Frank Cass & Co., 1968. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Second edition, reprinting the 1902 edition with a new introduction by Kenneth Dike Nworah, as well as the original introduction by Mary Kingsley. A fine copy in a clean dust jacket with mild edgewear. Morel's first... Item #13083
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. xliii, 135 pp + [2] (illustrations), with index, maps, illustrations from photographs. Clean with little visible wear. Dust jacket has general wear including minor chips, tears, and staining. Light soiling to edges; else clean and... Item #54
New York: Neale Publishing Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 708 pp, with 2 maps and many illustrations from photographs. Publisher's blue cloth. Spine toned but legible; clean and tight. In addition to being a Presbyterian missionary, the author was an accomplished linguist and... Item #13055
New York: Abercrombie & Fitch, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Abercrombie & Fitch Library. xix, 455 pp + folding map, with illustrations, index. Very light wear to edges; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1898 Rowland Ward edition. This volume is "the account of an ivory-hunting expedition in the... Item #2107
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
London: Hutchinson, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 371 pp + illustrations from photographs, with frontispiece, maps, index. Lower corners very lightly bumped, else a fine copy. Dust jacket slightly edgeworn. "This major document on the history of the United Nations and of Africa... Item #15693
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
London: Chatto and Windus, 1964. Hardcover. Very good in a very good- dust jacket. Reprint (first published 1957). 368 pp, with index, illustrations, maps. Corners lightly bumped. Binding tight and square, no markings. Dust jacket has chipping, short tears. Item #13919
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. 489 pp, illustrated, indexed, 5 maps. Black boards stamped in gilt. Spine lettering faded but legible. No dust jacket. Binding sound, text unmarked. Translated from the Polish. Item #13669
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
London: Geoge C. Harrap and Company LTD, 1948. Hardcover. Good +. 232 pp + 31 plates in half tone and two maps, index. "While his war service as a scout was outstanding, and his story in this connexion is both interesting and deserving of close attention, most interest will be... Item #296
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
