London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, n.d. [ca. 1890]. 2 volumes, small 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 298, [2]; viii, 308; folding map with route outlined in color; 16 wood-engraved plates by J. D. Cooper plus other wood engravings in the text; smll breaks in the cloth at the spine... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1873. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xviii, 509, [3], 4 (ads); wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette title-p., 4 folding maps printed in colors, 14 wood-engraved plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; small cracks at... More
New York: The Macmillan Co. 1909. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 389, [1], [4] ads; better than 100 illustrations in the text plus 9 maps; obituary of the author tipped to front free endpaper; a near fine copy in original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxiii, [1], 583; extensively illustrated through with more than 200 photographic illustrations by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip R. Goodwin; front hinge starting, rear hinge cracked; the binding remains fairly firm; good... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston, 1887-86. Second edition of volume I, first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 316; viii, [2], 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn, folding map printed in color, 20 wood-engraved plates, plus other wood-engravings in the text;... More
New York [et al.]: Fleming H. Revell Co. [1908]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 9-380, [4] ads; 17 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; fine in original green pictorial cloth stamped in orange, black and gilt. More
London: Edward Stanford, 1895. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xvi, 639, [1]; xvi, 671, [1] ads; frontispiece in each volume, 20 folding color maps and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, many full-page; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in black and gilt on upper covers and spines; labels removed from base... More
Nairobi: East African Railways and Harbours, n.d. [1949]. First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 582; 2 folding color maps, 14 plates showing 20 portraits and illustrations; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; small hole in cloth at top of spine, else a very good copy. More
New York: Ward Lock Longmans, Green, & Co. 1906. First edition, published the same day in the UK as Benita; 8vo, pp. [8], 329, [1], [16] ads; 8 plates by by Gordon Browne; original pictorial olive cloth stamped in gilt, blue and maroon on upper cover and spine; fine copy. Scott 47a. More
London: Ward Lock & Co. 1905. First edition, 8vo, pp. 384; 32 plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen; original decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; fine copy. Wolff 2842.; Scott 45. More
New York, London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, & Co. 1900. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 246; 105, [3], [20] ads; 13 plates by F. H. Townsend and C. H. M. Kerr, original pictorial blue-gray cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in dark blue, green, white and gilt; near fine and... More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co. 1894. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], ii, [vii]-viii, 343, [1], 24 (Sept. '94 ads); 16 wood-engraved plates by Arthur Layard; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; near fine and bright. Wolff 2877; Sadleir 1091; Scott 21. More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co. 1889. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 336, 16 (August 1889 ads); publisher's slip tipped in at Illustrations page; 29 wood-engraved plates; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; some wear at the spine ends but overall very good and bright. Wolff 2849; Sadleir 1083; Scott 13. More
London & New York: Warn, Lock, & Co. 1891. First edition in English, large 8vo, pp. xviii, 597, [1]; folding map in back cover pocket, gravure frontispiece portrait, 32 plates, 50 illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt, white and black; spine ends chipped, small break... More
New York: American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters, 1962. 4to, pp.46, [2]; photographically illustratedthroughout (some gruesome); this copy marked "Press Proof" on the first page of text; very good in original black printed wrappers. Atrocities in Katanga, a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from the Republic of... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1908. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xvi, 359, [1]; xii, 388, 16 (ads); 2 frontispieces (1 gravure, one in color), folding map printed in color, 59 photographic plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spine; some spotting of the covers, otherwise very good and sound. More
London, New York [et al.]: Cassell and Co., Ltd. 1915. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 283, [1]; ex-Mechanics' Institure library, with bookplate marked 'discarded,' perforated stamp in the top margin of the frontispiece, rubberstamp on the verso of the folding map, and on the verso of some, but not all... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 342;x, [2], 342, [2], 20 (ads); gravure frontispiece in each volume, 4 plates, 1 facsimile; original red cloth, gilt-lettered spines; covers a little spotted, else very good and sound. Rhodes (1853-1902) "was a British businessman, mining magnate and... More
London: Constable & Co. 1912. First edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xvi, 197, [1], [2] ads; folding map, frontispiece, 46 illustrations from photographs on 26 plates; small break at the top of the spine, else a very good, sound copy in original blindstamped green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Czech, Africa, p. 120: "A... More
New York: Macmillan Co. 1933. First American edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1],393, [1]; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in brown on upper cover and spine, near fine dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine. A novel concerning the "imaginary principality in the center of Africa, untouched by Europe... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 1886. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxviii, 338; xv, [1], 572, 36 (ads); gravure frontispiece portrait,wood-engraved vignette title page, 6 maps (2 folding, some in color), 14 plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original pictorial red cloth stamped in black, white and gilt on... More
New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1928. First edition, American issue; 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 211, [1]; frontispiece and 41 photographic illustrations on 35 plates, folding table of African languages, folding map inside back cover pocket, 1 drawing in the text; 2 small pressure stamps on title page, else a.... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. First British edition, 8vo, pp. 335, [1]; color map endpapers, double-page map, 78 illustrations on rectos an versos of 32 plates; 5 diagrams in the text; fine copy in original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine, dust jacket with a handful of shallow chips. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. First edition, 8vo, pp. 366; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Cromer (1841-1917) was "British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the 1876 Egyptian bankruptcy. He... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1953. First edition, 8vo, pp. xlii, 601, [1]; portrait frontispiece, 4 maps (1 folding), 36 illustrations on rectos and versos of 9 plates; near fine, sound copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine. More
