Africa
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1908 Tunis Kaorouan & CarthageLondon: 1908A smart first edition copy of this travel work, with colour illustrations.
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1906 2 Vols Carthage and Tunis The Old and New Gates of the OrientLondon : 1906Two wonderful volumes exploring Carthage and Tunis, with colour plates.
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1934 An African People in the Twentieth CenturyLondon: 1934An illustrated first edition of this study of twentieth century Africa, its people and cultures.
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1891 2 Vols Africa and its Explorations as Told by its ExplorersLondon : 1891Two richly illustrated volumes of explorations in Africa.
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1911 Alone in West AfricaLondon: 1911The uncommon first edition of this densely illustrated exploration book with photographs.
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1924 In the Footsteps of Livingstone: Being the Diaries and Travel Notes Made by Alfred DolmanLondon: 1924A charmingly illustrated first edition of this exciting travel diary from Alfred Dolman.
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1922 The Wonderland of the Eastern CongoLondon & New York: 1922The uncommon first edition of this densely illustrated exploration book with photographs.
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1912 Boyd Alexander's Last JourneyLondon: 1912The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last journey through Africa, illustrated throughout and including a memoir by his brother, Herbert Alexander.
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1898 The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptLondon and Cairo: 1898A guide to the Nile by Egyptologist E. a. Wallis Budge.
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1939 Sheba's Daughters: Being a Record of Travel in Southern ArabiaLondon: 1939The first edition of this illustrated travelogue detailing St John Philby's early twentieth-century travels to Southern Arabia and the Middle East.
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1902 The Sacred Beetle: A Popular Treatise on Egyptian Scarabs in Art and HistoryLondon: 1902A bright copy of the first edition of John Ward's study of the role of the scarab in Egyptian art and history.
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1909 Handbook of Egyptian Gods and AmuletsCairo: 1909A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of R. H. Blanchard, illustrated with images of fifty-four specimens. -
1913 2vol Across Unknown South AmericaBoston: 1913The superb first U.S. edition of Savage-Landor's work exploring his travels in South America, complete with colour plates and folding maps.
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1928 My Two African JourneysLondon: 1928Scarce first edition of this travelogue of Africa by Frank Gray, with numerous illustrations and two maps.
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1926 People of the VeilLondon: 1926Scarce first edition of this study of the history of the wandering Tuareg tribes by Francis Rennell Rodd.
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1929 Dan CrawfordLondon: [1929]Scarce first edition of this biographical study of Dan Crawford by George Edwin Tilsley.
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1968 Die Erde in Vorstellungswelt und Kultprakiken der Sudanischen VolkerBerlin : 1968First edition of this German study of spiritual and cultural practices of the people of Sudan by Jurgen Zwernemann, complete with dust wrapper.
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1893 Travel and Adventure in South-East AfricaLondon : 1893Frederick Courteney Selous recounts eleven years of hunting game and gathering fauna specimens in this first edition of 'Travel and Adventure in South East Africa'
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1912 Fountains in the SandLondon : [1912]A first edition of Norman Douglas' Tunisian travelogue, complete with 15 photographic illustrations
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1889 The Minerva Library of Famous BooksLondon: 1889-90Two volumes of African travels in the 'Minerva Library of Famous Books' edited by G. T. Bettany.
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1881 The Lake Regions of Central AfricaLondon: 1881A first edition travel work of Central Africa by John Geddie.
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1907 Uganda to KhartoumLondon: 1907The uncommon second impression of this travel journal from the early twentieth century.
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1933 Blazing Trails in BantulandLondon : [1933]A very scarce work on the Bantu people of Africa written by missionary and amateur ethnologist Dugald Campbell
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1905 Missionary Travels and Researches in South AfricaLondon: 1905New edition of David Livingstone's first expedition in Africa, illustrated throughout.
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1929 Africa's Dome of MysteryLondon and Edinburgh : 1929A smart and interesting account of the Wachagga people of Kilimanjaro, with illustrations.
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1889 The Land of An African SultanLondon: 1889The very scarce first trade edition of this travel work about Morocco from the late nineteenth century.
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1891 The Arab and the African Experiences in Eastern Equatorial Africa During a Residence of Three YearsLondon : 1891A smart illustrated volume of experiences in eastern Africa in the late 1800s.
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1899 Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879London : 1899A fascinating account of travels and experiences of Colonel Gordon in Central Africa, with a folding map.
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1907 Great Zimbabwe Mashonaland, RhodesiaLondon: 1907The second edition of this densely illustrated journal of examination work in Rhodesia.
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1928 The Man-Eaters of TsavoLondon: 1928A lovely reprint pocket size edition of this travel journal about East Africa with illustrations.
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1924 Deserts IdleLondon: 1924Bright advance copy of this travel work dedicated to Africa by Michael H. Mason, the first edition.
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1933 Black MistLondon: 1933The first edition of this scarce travelogue of Africa by Italian explorer Attilio Gatti.
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1929 Where Lion ReignLondon: 1929The scarce first edition of this exploration and hunting book in Abyssinia in the early twentieth century.
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1914 On the Congo FrontierLondon and Leipsic: 1914The scarce first edition of this illustrated exploration book of Congo from the early twentieth century.
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1860 Travels in The Interior of AfricaEdinburgh : 1860An illustrated copy of Mungo Park's fascinating Travels in The Interior of Africa.
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1911 A Resident's Wife in NigeriaLondon : 1911A bright illustrated copy of this record of Constance Larymore's time in Nigeria.