The Tree Where Man Was Born
NY: E P Dutton, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. The African Experience. 247 pp, ill. From the upper Nile through the Sudan to Lake Rduolph with the great naturalist & photographer. Fine in near fine dj. More
Travel & Exploration
Under the Mountain Wall
NY: Viking Press, 1962. First. Hardcover. A chronicle of two seasons in the stone age. 256 pp, ill, end paper map in front and mountain wall endpaper scene in rear, + photos on coated stock in rear, glossary of personal names, useful index. Fine in vg+ dj. More
De Rebus Africanis
London: W H Allen, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. The claims of Portugal to the Congo and adjacent littoral, with remarks on the French annexation. 63 pp, large folding map in front. Portuguese claims and English responses and a modern guide to the southwest coast of Africa and the river Congo..... More
The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them
London: Longmans Green, 1876. First. Hardcover. by a Lady Pioneer. 612 pp, 10 chromolithgraphed plates and a folding map.All edges gilt. Authoress was the first woman to make such a long journey through the Himalayas. An interesting travelgoue of a journey that was beset with problems from the start but..... More
The Exploration of New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs, 1940. First. Hardcover. 202 pp, ill. Fascinating history of the exploration of New Zealand both along the coastline and inland. NOTE: the table of contents and list of ill does not call for any folding maps, nor does the book have any. The..... More
The South African Drawings of William J Burchell
Johannesburg, South Africa: Witwatersrand Univ Press, 1952. Burchell, W. First Limited to 300 Copies. Hardcover. Volume Two - complete in itself LANDSCAPE SKETCHES - collotype reproductions with descriptive text. Twenty two magnificent FOLDING plates with text and introduction by the editor. Burchell visited South Africa in 1810-1815. His book, Travels..... More
Birds of Arabia
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1954. Lodge, G., Henry, D. First Edition. Hardcover. 624 pp, pull out colored folding map in rear pocket. An account of the Arabian peninsula and desert regions of Sinai, Palestine, Syria, trans Jordan and Iraq. Thisk, heavy book. The book is vg+ only because inside the..... More
Nicoll's Birds of Egypt
London: Hugh Rees, 1930. Lodge, Green, Gronveld. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 large format volumes 348 & 349 pp. Frontis, 31 plates (colored), 6 photogravures, 3 colored folding maps, text ill. Meinertzhagen and Nicoll (who was Asst Director of Egypt's zoological gardens) intended to produce a complete volume on the birds..... More
Kenya Diary 1902-1906
Edinburg: Oliver & Boyd, 1957. First. Hardcover. 347 pp, ill. A vivid picture of the life of a young officer in Kenya at a time when settlers were just beginning to arrive in the country that was still inhabited by primitive tribes and wild animals. Col. Meinertzhagen servied with the..... More
South African Bibliopgrahy
London: Holland Press, 1968. Second. Hardcover. Two enormous volumes, each over 1,000 pages. The most comprehensive listing of published material relating to South Africa. The best thing about this, however, is the extensiive annotations so you can see all the bibliographic details as well as get an in depth book..... More
Land, Lanlords and the British Raj
Berkeley: Univ of Calif Press, 1979. First. Hardcover. 436 pp. Northern India in the Nineteenth century. Fine in like jacket. More
On Top of the World
NY: Paddington Press, 1976. First American. Hardcover. Five women explorers in Tibet. 222 pp, ill, index, end paper maps. Nina Mazuchelli, Anne Taylor, Isabella Bird Bishop, Fanny Bullock Workman, and Alexandra David-Neel. Fine in like jacket. More
The Great Chinese Travellers
London: Unwin Brothers, 1965. First. Hardcover. 309 pp, text map. The last three thousand years and the travellers that first discovered China. VG+ in vg dj. More
Handbook of Tanganyika
Dar Es Salaam: Government of Tanganyika, 1958. First. Hardcover. 703 pp. Many text folding maps. Large colored folding map in rear pocket. In depth look at the country and history on a region by region basis. Extensive index. VG+ (one tiny closed tear at top of spine). More
Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures
Cambridge UK: Deighton Bell, 1860. Second Edition. Hardcover. together with a prefatory letter by the Rev Professor Sedgwick. 380 pp, 2 folding maps. The second edition contains much more information than the first of two years earlier. VG in orig blue stamped cloth. WH Smith raised blindstamp on front free..... More
Sven Hedin as Artist
Stockholm: States Etnografiska Museum, 1964. First in English. Hardcover. 241 pp, ill. Illustrations from Hedin's Sketches of a Life-Time (sic) with new text. Issued for the centenary celebration of Hedin's borthday. Absolutely magical drawings from most of the places to which the great explorer travelled. All captioned and dated. The..... More
General Report on the Observations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India during 1870-1871
Dehra Dun: Superintendent of the G T Survey, 1871. First Edition. Orig Printed Wrappers. Prepared for submission to the government of India. 25 pp, ill, lengthy appendix on extracts from the narrative reports on the executive offers in charge of the survey parties and operations. Numerous fold out maps accompany..... More
Across Asia's Snows and Deserts
New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 413 pp, ill. Photo end papers. Intro by Roy Chapman Andrews. Morden and Andrews hunted for over a year throughout Central Asia. Once he saw over 100 Ovis poli in one group. Much on sheep (argali and ovis ammon) and ibex..... More
Journey of Carey and Dalgleish in Chinese Turkistan & Northern Tibet
London: Royal Geographical Society. First. Marbled Boards. and General Prejevalsky on the Orography of Northern Tibet. 15 + 85 pp, ill, large folding map to accompany second offprint. Two very early offprints of the RGS regarding discoveries reported in Central Asia by English explorers. Nicely bound in marbled boards with..... More
Notes on the Recent Geography of Central Asia from Russian Sources
London: Royal Geographical Society. First. Half Leather. pp 202-263 + large folding map. Entire lengthy article. Bound with: Broadfoot, J Reports on Parts of the Ghilzi COuntry and on some of the tribes in the Neighbourhood of Ghanzi and on the route from Ghanzi to Dera Ismail Khan by the..... More
Living with Lepchas
London: William Heinemann, 1938. First. Hardcover. 312 pp, ill w author's photos, end paper maps. History of the area, geography, the people and their family life, customs etc., bibliography and index. VG in original cloth. More
The Caucasus and Its People
London: David Nutt, 1856. First. Hardcover. with a brief history of their wars and a sketch of the achievements of the renowned chief, Schamyl. The book also describes the third ascent (the first by Englishmen) of Mount Ararat. 203 pp. Author spent much of his free time in the region..... More
A Handbook of Nyasaland
Zomba, Nyasaland Protectorate: Government of Nyasaland, 1932. First. Hardcover. 436 pp, ill, colored folding map, ads front and rear. Geology, historial information, tribal settlements, warfare, natives, government, southern and northern provinces, animal and bird life, education, the King's Agrican Rifles (KAR), & miscellaneous information. Internally okay, externally the binding is..... More
History of the War in Afghanistan
London: Thomas Brooks, 1843. First. Hardcover. from its commencement to its close including a general skets of the policy and the various circumstances which induced the British government to interfere in the affairs of Afghanistan from the journals and letters of an officer high in rank and who has served..... More