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London, Heath Cranton Limited, 1923, First edition. . original blue cloth with gilt spine title lettering, spine a little faded but lettering clear, a clean fine copy. . thick 8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; 397 pp, 71 illustrations on 49 photos plates including frontis, plus 11 plates of face marks, 5 illustrations of wall drawings, map showing route in red, tables, index. . Work p. 85. A narrative of the author's two journeys across Africa, the first from the Cameroons, Gaboon and following the equator to Lake Victoria to Mombassa, the second somewhat further south through Tanganyika to the River Congo on the Atlantic, to study ethnology and natural history. The author was a well regarded expert on African languages and provided extensive language specimens and relationships of tribes based on language in the appendix. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Chicago, The John C. Winston Company, [1931], First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth with gilt lettering spine, gilt on front cover slightly rubbed, small inkstamp of Dr. Eugene Erikson on blank endpaper, else near fine, clean throughout. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xii, 469 pp, color frontis and 143 illustrations from photos, glossary of African words, list animals, map endpapers, showing route in blue, index. . The author traveled extensively through central Africa (including Nigeria, Lake Chad, Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, etc) when it was still largely wild, describing the native peoples and wildlife especially the larger mammals. He also produced a film in part based on these travels. The author admits to taking some liberties in making the film, although the book is stated to be more factual. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1931, First edition. . original cloth, spine bit faded, internally fine in a very good cover. . large 8vo [24.5 x 17 cm]; viii, [i], 478 pp, frontis, photo plates, index. . A well written account based on the author's travels to East Africa and Belgian Congo with perceptive description of the land, peoples, tsetse fly, nature, sports, geography, education of the people, Uganda, etc. A nice production with very large margins. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1978, . . original cloth, dj, fine. . roy 4to;299pp, well-illustrated including in color, maps. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1930, First Edition. . orig crimson cloth, gilt lettering, dust jackets (rubbed, chipped with one having large section missing), else a fine clean set, with a presentation inscription on the author's card, signed by author to Horace Binney, paperclipped to title with rust mark. 4to [27 x 20 cm]; 2 volumes, xxvi, 568; ix, 569 - 1064 pp, 476 illustrations (some color printed plates) text figures, 9 maps. . A most interesting survey of Liberia and Belgian Congo related to medical and natural conditions. Much of the travel was by foot across Africa. The first volume deals mainly with social and medical conditions, and especially of the little known inhabitants of tribal Liberia and their living conditions but also covers geology, flora, zoology. The second volume is a comprehensive survey of the natural history, with emphasis on birds, mammal, insects and reptiles. Very well illustrated. Not often found with both dust jackets and author's signature.… Read More

Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913, First edition. . original blue cloth, title lettering, spine faded but lettering still visible, light shelf wear, signature on endpaper, overall very good, but interior is clean and near fine. . 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; xiii, 378 pp, frontis of author's trophy room, numerous illustration on photo plates. . A narrative of the author's travels in east Africa including Mombassa, the Shimba Hills, Kenya, Nairobi, description of an ostrich farm at Machakos, Bondoni, Tsavo River, Likipia, Guaso Nyero, with descriptions of the peoples, nature, customs, hunting, etc, with an account of his 22 month hunting safari. Czech 172. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Collins, 1956, First British edition. . original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light wear on rear panel, very good, interior is quite clean. . 8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; 448 pp, frontis from drwg, numerous photo plates, maps, map endpapers showing author's route, index. . Based on the author's extensive travels with his wife including west, central, east and southern Africa. The appendix gives the tribal oaths of the Mau Mau. Conover 29: 'Report on a year of travel covering all Africa south of the Sahara, by a well-known South African novelist'. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Hutchinson, [1954], First edition. . original cloth, spine title lettering and decorations, lower front cover with light small stain, dj (worn, chipped, repair, price clipped), interior is clean and fine in very good cover, in fair jacket. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xix, [i], 17 -288 pp, frontis (portrait), map endpapers, tables, index. . The author, who was governor of Uganda and Kenya, describes the last 40 years, the impact of modern industrial expansion, the troubles in Kenya, causes of violence, politics, etc, with useful statistical tables on demographics and trade, showing changes over time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Exposition Press, [1973], First edition. . original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (wear at edges, not price clipped), signature on endpaper, marginal note, very good overall. . 12mo [21 x 14 cm]; 128 pp, illus, bibliog, index. . A study of the Akamba people of central highlands of Kenya, which were disappearing at the time. Included is a book review appearing in the American Anthropologist, inserted loosely. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Longman, Brown, Green Longmans & Roberts, 1858, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering clear, erasure on spine, bookplate removed from endpaper, few very light library blind-stamps, very good copy. . 8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; xii, 163 pp, 4 tinted lithographed plates including frontis view of Algiers, half title page. . The author describes the people, conditions, customs including markets, Turks and Moors, medical men, Jews of Algiers, religion, officials, baths, hunting, horse-racing, travels in colony, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913, First American edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, top edge gilted, spine faded, very good, internally clean. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 352 pp, frontis and numerous plates from photos, folding color map at rear, index. . Work p. 64. A detailed and interesting work. The appendices are on bread-making, Boloki language, counting and kinship, native diseases, health of white men on the Congo. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Seely, Service & Co., 1926, First edition. . original orange pictorial cloth, spine lightly faded, very slight soiling on cover but interior very clean and bright, fine. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 272, [xxiv, ads with illus] pp, frontis, plates from photos, folding map. . Work 52. Conover 1724. The author spent from 1885 to 1924 in the area, dying before the book was published. The anthropologist A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, in the introduction, pays the author tribute as collecting, 'by far the greatest part of the information about native life that we now possess'. With chapters on the totem, family life, kinship, marriage laws and customs, burial customs, childhood, religion, the Badimo, demi-gods, priest craft, ceremonies, sacrifice, folklore, proverbs, history, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914, First American edition, published same year as first English edition. . original red pictorial gilt cloth (with picture of native in Buffalo disguise), top edge gilted, with gilt lettering on spine, light foxing, a very bright, unworn cover, fine copy. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 318 pp, frontis, 40 illus, including full-page from photos, folding detailed map, partly in color, index. . Work 64. The author describes the people of the Lower Congo and his extensive travels in the area, with sections on court etiquette, language and proverbs, native foods and drinks, social life, Congo women and their ways, native amusements, curses, fetishes, warfare, hunting, black magic and white magic, religion, etc. An appendix lists native diseases and their remedies. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Edinburgh and London, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1899, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed and soiled at edges, very good copy. . 12mo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; 320 pp, 14 photo plates including frontis portrait, folding color map (with short tear), index. . Work 55. Hess & Conger 4560. The author wrote several works on the language of the Ngoni or Zulu people. The book has good photos of the west side of Lake Nyasa and of the local people. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Trubner & Co., 1886, First edition. . contemporary red half morocco, gilt spine title lettering, marbled boards, front joint cracking but firm, very slightly foxed on few outer edges but interior clean and fine in very good cover. . 8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 335 pp, frontis map, folding map, folding tinted plate, other plates and illus, 13 pages of musical notation, songs with separate decorated title page, tables. . A detailed description of these islands including early voyages to them, Atlantis, The Formigas, The Dollabarets, light-houses, San Miguel, earthquakes, volcanoes, Ponta Delgada, agriculture, climate, emigration, commerce, fish, flora, gardens, people, religion, topography, villages, mineral waters, goats, the baths, ancient pottery, prisons, activities, etc. Royal Geographical Society Catalogue p. 494. No copies were traced at auction in the last 25 years. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Jonathan Cape, [1923], First edition. . original blue cloth with gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, library bookplate on endpaper and inkstamps, good complete and sound copy. . 8vo [23.5 x 16.5 cm]; 132 pp, colored frontis from painting with tissue guard, plates from photos, map, other illus, bibliog, index. . Based on the author's travels in South Africa, he describes the country, history, Bushman, Bantu, Basuto, the people, their life, family circle, women, hospitality, superstition, folk-tales with appendices on the battle of Berea, administration and statistics. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Capetown, Johannesburg, etc, J. C. Juta & Co., [1898], First edition, with ad on verso half-title. . original brown cloth, gilt spine title lettering, lightly foxed on outer edge of text block, very good. . 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; x, [ii], 294 pp. . A tale of Trek-Boer life, Bushmen in Namaqualand in South Africa, with the tale Noquala's Cattle, in the Transkei. Good, included at the end in 6 further chapters. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Mansfield Centre, Martino Fine Books, nd [1998], . . original red cloth with gilted spine title lettering, clean, quite fine, as new. . 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; [viii], 312 pp, detailed indexes. . A useful reference covering about 3,700 works appearing in all languages on Northern Africa and Arabia, and including all aspects such as travel, exploration, geography and philosophy. The work gives detailed information on illustrations, size, collation of the book, editions, description of book, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Mansfield Centre, Martino Fine Books, nd (1998, limited edition facsimile reprint of the original 1928 edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine, clean and unused, as new condition. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxiii, 698 pp, index. . A massive reference covering Africa, United States, West Indies and Latin America, with a detailed table of contents by subject areas, including history, customs, languages, music, culture, colonization, slavery, religion, economic, education, literature, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1924, First edition. . original blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, edges rubbed, neat tape repair in margin of page 195, front hinge cracking but firm, small chip on rear cover, clean very good copy. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xxxi, 313 pp, frontis, 122 illustrations from photos on plates, folding colored map (short tear at stub), index. . The introductory chapter is by Sir Harry H. Johnston, who provides a good historica perspective and some interesting comments on the natural history of Central Africa. 'Dr Christy has been a persistent and successful hunter but it has been mainly in the cause of science. The Belgian museums, the British and perchance the Americans have been the richer for his prowess'. The author travelled extensively in the region over a 25 year period and describes the Ituri Forest of the Congo in detail in this work with much on the Ituri Pygmies, the Okapi, elephants, rhinoceros, buffalo, the forest hog,… Read More