London: H. F. & G. Witherby, [1929]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 256; 10 plates showing 19 illustrations from photographs; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; spine a bit sunned and front cover rather spotted; all else very good and sound. 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..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1898. First English edition, pp xvi, 520; with illustrations, index, folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed, mild wear to bottom edge, very good. Hourst explored the Niger from Timbuktu to the sea on behalf of the French government, adding much..... More
Brussels: INCIDI, [1949]. 8vo, pp. [8], 326, [2]; text in French with some portions in parallel English text; green paper wrappers; wrappers sunned with a few stains, corner bumped, clean and sound, very good. Previously the International Colonial Institute, the INCIDI was a collection of independent "distinguished citizens" to "facilitate..... More
London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1930. First edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xv, [1], 399, [1]; 16 plates and a folding map; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; extremities rubbed, a few spots to the covers, all else very good and sound. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1842. Stereotyped edition, 12mo, pp. 359, [1]; folding map, wood-engraved half-title, 9 wood-engraved plates and maps, plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; near fine. Issued as no. 16 in the Harper's Family Library series. 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..... More
[London]: Longmans, [1966]. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 136; fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Introduction by Colin M. Morris. This copy inscribed by Kaunda "To Wayne Fredericks in grateful thanks for this long-standing firm relationship. K. 6/4/67." Kaunda was the leader of the Northern Rhodesia's United..... More
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1997. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 552; xii, [2], 555-1041, [1]; decorative laminate boards; fine. "The goal of this publication is to provide a summary of what is currently known about the phonology of selected Asian and African languages ... in an informative..... 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..... More
New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1926. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 369, [1]; pictorial endpapers, frontispiece and 42 plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; near fine throughout. Lacking the map which apparently is not found in all..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], ix-xxiv, 295, [1]; folding map and 56 photographic illustrations on 48 plates; light wear at the extremities, especially the lower corners and very slight cracking at the top of the spine; original blue pictorial cloth..... More
Pretoria: J. L. Van Schaik, 1968. Tenth edition, 8vo, pp. 1340; text in two columns; green cloth gilt; light bumping and edgewear, text clean and sound, very good. More
London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1924. First edition, 8vo, pp. 409, [1], [4] Hogarth Press ads; frontispiece map; original terracotta cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine slightly sunned, else very good and sound. Woolmer 48. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 541, [1], 6 (ads); portrait frontispiece, double-page color map, large folding color map in back cover pocket, 20 wood-engraved plates, 25 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; lightly..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 330, [6] ads; frontispiece, folding map hand-colored in outline, 8 wood-engraved plates, other wood engravings in the text; fine copy in original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Ibrahim-Hilmy, p. 391 for..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xx, 435, [1]; xii, 397, [1]; 2 large folding color maps (both with short tears near the stubs, the second incorporating 3 inset maps), 179 illustrations in the text, a number full-page; contemporary full red polished calf, gilt..... More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1893. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 563, [1]; gravure frontispiece portrait, 13 maps, 9 in color (5 folding, 2 in cover pockets), 2 other maps in the text, 54 plates, 75 illustrations in the text; Geography Prize bookplate in vol..... More
Cairo: Government Press, 1920. 2 volumes, folio, pp. ix, [7], 262; volume II is a portfolio containing 16 loose folding plates, plans, surveys and maps (some in color); folding color frontispiece map in volume I, 7 tables (6 folding), numerous tables and graphs in the text; original printed green paper-covered..... More
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London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d., [1853]. First edition, 4to, pp. 11, [1], 208; text printed in double column, engraved portrait frontispiece of Sir Ralph Abercrombie by W. Finden after Hoppner; 4 double-page Tallis maps hand-colored in outline with vignette illustrations, of Cape Colony; Natal and Kaffraria; western..... More
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1926. 4to, pp. [1], 436 535, [2]; text illustrations and four plates, text in German. An offprint from Erich Kaiser, Die diamantenwuste sudwestafrikas Bd. II, S. 436-490. Printed paper wrappers; wrappers soiled and chipped on spine and ends, light crease to plates, text clean and sound. Martin's..... 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]: Andre Deutsch, [1963]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 271, [1]; frontispiece, plus 10 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 4 plates; light spotting on frontispiece and title page, else a fine copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. This copy inscribed by Mboya "To Mr. J. Wayne Fredericks..... More
New York: Chartwell Books, [2001]. First American edition, 4to, pp. 171, [5]; illustrated throughout; fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. More
