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Goldmann (C.S.) ATLAS OF THE WITWATERSRAND AND OTHER GOLDFIELDS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (Monumental atlas of the gold mines of the Rand) Com...

Theophil Sigfrid Bayer (1696-1738) HISTORIA OSRHOENA ET EDESSENA EX NUMIS ILLUSTRATAScarce monography of 1734 about the history (until about 1400)...

Baden-Powell: LETTERS FROM COL. BADEN POWELL AND GORDON WILSON TO LADY SARAH WILSON DURING THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING2 individual letters: Each one wri...

Evans (Sebastian) THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAALxvii + 379 pages, frontispiece on India paper printed in red and black, additional title page ...

Burton (Richard F.) LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA:2 volumes: I. xvi, (iv) – 412, II. vi, (iv) – 468 pages, 12 chromoxylographs – one as a frontis...

BARTHOLOMEO DI PASI DA VINETIA TARIFFA DE I PESI E MISURE CORRISPONDENTI DAL LEVANTE AL PONENTEScarce work of 1540 of this early merchants' guide ...

Salvage from the Birkenhead. 1852. Quill case and sealed bottle of mercury from the Birkenhead.The HMS Birkenhead was transporting troops to the E...

Frederick De Wit. Regni Hungariae et regionum: Transilvaniae, Valachiae, Moldaviae, Serviae, Romaniae, Bulgariae, Bessarabiae, Croatiae,...Amsterd...

Arbuckle & Co Arbuckles' Illustrated Atlas of the Fifty Principle Nations of the WorldRare atlas of a series of famous trade cards used to brand s...

Kolbe (Peter) NAAUKEURIGE EN UITVOERIGE BESCHRYVING VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP Behelzende Een zeer omstandig Verhaal van den tegenwoodigen toestan...

Mandela, Nelson LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (Signed De Luxe Edition)Limited Signed De Luxe Edition. 630 pages 1/4 Black leatherwith gilt lettering on spi...

Marre (Jan de) BATAVIABegrepen in zes boeken First edition: 320 + [3] pages, engraved frontispiece, title page vignette, folding plan of Batavia, ...

Nederlandsche Oost Indische Compagnie ZAMENSPRAAK70 pages, rebound in full blind stamped brown leather with a red title label gilt on the spine, i...

Stern (Irma) CONGO (Number 6 of 300 signed copies)50 pages, frontispiece, illustrated throughout with black & white photographs of paintings by Ir...

Chapman (Captain Charles) A VOYAGE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO CAPE TOWN (Presentation Copy) one thousand miles cruise along the coast, two thousand miles...

Chapman (James) TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICAWith journeys across the continent from Natal to Walvisch Bay, and visits to Lake Ngami and...

Dalrymple (Alexander) AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE GROSVENOR INDIAMAN (inferred from the Poruguese description of the coast of Africa to have hap...

Jeppe (F.) MAP OF THE TRANSVAAL OR S.A. REPUBLIC AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES1320 x 1205 mm, dissected and mounted on linen in panels, coloured in ...

Galton (Francis) THE NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORER IN TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA.First edition: xiv + 314 pages, tinted lithographic frontispiece, coloured ...

Harris (Robert) SOUTH AFRICAUnpaginated (4 pages of text and 50 pages of photographs), 104 original photographs laid down on thick card with print...

Holub (Emil) SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA Translated by Ellen E. Frewer with about 200 original illustrations and a map. First Edition: 2 volumes: ...

Lichtenstein (Martin Hinrich Karl) TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICAFirst edition: 2 volumes: 383+(32) & 368+(28) pages, engraved frontispiece portrait o...

Paterson (Lieutenant William) A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRARIAFirst edition: vi, [ix]-xii, 171 pages ...

Ryan (Sydney T.) SKETCH MAP OF SWAZILAND: MINERALS & METAL CONCESSIONS750 x 1025 mm, printed in colours on paper and dissected and mounted on line...

Steedman (Andrew) WANDERINGS AND ADVENTURES IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICAFirst edition. 2 volumes, xii, 330 + 358 pages, lithographic frontis...

Wyld (James) WYLD'S EASTERN SOUTH AFRICA820 x 630 mm, coloured in outline, mounted on linen in panels, folding into paper-covered boards (with a s...

Peter Kolbe (Balthasar Lakeman) Caarte van de Kaap de Goede Hoop [Map of the Cape of Good Hope]This 1727, widely influential map is seldom availab...

Stern (Irma) ZANZIBAR104 pages, full page and other illustrations throughout, grey cloth with illustrated paper title label on upper cover - sligh...

Fitzpatrick (J. Percy) THROUGH MASHONALAND WITH PICK & PEN64 pages, original pictorial yellow paper covered boards, slight chipping of the paper o...

Henry M. Stanley In Darkest Africa2 Volumes. First edition set 1890. The two large fold-out maps are present. Original publishers brick red decora...

James P. Boyd Stanley in Africa. The Wonderful Discoveries and Thrilling Adventures of the Great African Explorer. (1889)'Stanley in Africa. The W...

Geo. C. Henderson Sir George Grey - Pioneer of Empire in Southern Lands (1907)Biography of the renowned British colonial administrator Sir George ...

Rev. John H. Weeks Congo Life and Folklore (1911)Publisher's green pictorial cloth binding. 28 black & white photographic illustrations. xxii (int...

Major A. J. N. Tremearne The Tailed Head Hunters of Nigeria (1912)"An account of an official seven years' experiences in the Northern Nigerian Pag...

J. H. Driberg The Lango - A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda (1923)Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gold lettering. Binding tight and square, contents...

SAMUEL BROADBENT A NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE BAROLONG TRIBE OF BECHUANAS SOUTH AFRICAFirst edition of 1865 o...

Cassini Giovanni Maria (1745-1824) Parte Meridionale dell'Africa che comprende la Bassa Guinea la Cafreria coll'Isola di MadagascarOriginal map of...

Antonio Zatta L'Africa divisa ne' suoi principali stati di Nuova ProjezioneOriginal map of 1776 featuring Africa edited by the prestigious italian...

Thomas Salmon (1679-1767) LA CITTA DI BENIN CAPITALE DEL REGNO DELLO STESSO NOME SULLA COSTA DELLA GUINEA NELLƒ??AFRICAVery nice animated view of ...

AA VV COUTUMES MOEURS & HABILLEMENS DES PEUPLES QUI HABITENT AUX ENVIRONS DU CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCEBig engraving of 1708 featuring people and anim...

Francois Stroobant EL DEIR PETRAAnimated view of El Deir or the monastery in the antique city of Petra, located in present day Jordan. Established...

Charles Somerville Latrobe Bateman THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE KASA?1 volume. Scarce first [U.K.] edition 1889. Half-brown leather over marbled board...

George Eastman Chronicles of an African Trip1 volume. First edition, privately printed 1927. Beige cloth-backed boards with paper spine label. End...

W. D. M. Bell Karamojo Safari1 volume. Scarce first [London] edition 1949. Green cloth covers. Red title to spine. 288 pages. Name on inside endpa...

Radclyffe, Captain C. R. E. Big Game Shooting In AlaskaBIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA by Captain C. R. E. Radclyffe features chapters on hunting brow...

Curtis, Charles P., Jr. and Richard C. Curtis Hunting In Africa East And WestWith Philip Percival as their professional hunter, the Curtis’s embar...

Chalmers, Patrick R. H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales Sport And Travel In East Africa (in dust jacket)His Royal Highness hunted elephant near Kigoya, wi...

Mosse, Captain A. H. E. My Somali BookWhile stationed at Aden, the author ventured on two hunting trips to Somaliland, particularly in the Haud re...

Seneca Seneca's MoralsSeneca's Morals. London: 1685. Third Edition. 8vo Leather. Very Good / Very Good. Preciosa cubierta en piel de la época, man...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art 18th Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of ArtIn Folio. Very nice edition. Illustrated jacket. 288...

A. Schultens Thomae Erpenii Grammatica arabica cum Fabulis Locman.Arabica grammar. 640 × 480 Thomae Erpenii Grammatica arabica cum Fabulis Locmann...

Lyons McLeod TRAVELS IN EASTERN AFRICA2 volumes. First edition 1860. Scarce.  Contains a detailed and frank account of the slave trade. Publishers...

Charles New LIFE, WANDERINGS, AND LABOURS IN EASTERN AFRICA1 volume. Second edition 1874. Scarce title. A very lovely copy. Re-backed in red calf ...

Burton, Du Chaillu et.al Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume IX, 1865.2 volumes. First editions 1865 & 1872. Scarce. Number 1. P...

Joseph Edward Hughes EIGHTEEN YEARS ON LAKE BANGWEULU1 volume. First edition ca.1933. Very scarce title. Brown cloth board with gilt title to spin...

J. G. Millais Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O.1 volume. First edition 1918. "Biography of F. C. Selous, which describes his life as a fa...

Major Evan M. Jack ON THE CONGO FRONTIER1 volume. First edition 1914. Very scarce title. Publishers blue cover with gilt tile and gilt vignette. S...

Denis D. Lyell AFRICAN ADVENTURE1 volume. First edition 1935.  Publishers green cloth cover. Title to spine. xv, 270 pages. Frontispiece portrait ...

Cellarius Hellas siue Graecia PropriaMap of the southern part of Greece in Antiquity with a decorative cartouche showing citizens of Athens in a m...

Salvage from Queen of the Thames 1871. Ship's Bell of Queen of the Thames.Queen of the Thames was a Iron Screw Steamer with three masts, (2617 ton...