NY: Burt Franklin, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Being some record of the relations between them from the beginning of the XVIIth century to the death of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich ad 1602-1767. Rendered mainly in the form of narratives dictation or written by the envoys sent by the Russian Tsars of their... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 4to volumes. Vol 1: 272 pp, ill, 2 fold out maps. Vol 2: 318 pp, ill, 1 fold out map in front and another in rear. Most ill. appear to be photogravures. Other maps, most folding, also in text. For almost... More
Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1912. First. Cloth. combined with three other offprints from the same publication. Notes on the falls of the Tsang-Po (Feb 1914), Exploration of the Tsang-Po or upper Brahmaputra with folding map (November 1914), and In Russian Turkestan under the Bolsheviks (April 1921). At the top of each... More
Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Sketched on the spot. 1969 Rhodesia. Facsimile reprint of 1865 orig. ed. with new biographical and bibliographical information. Imperial folio 15x 23 inches. Reproductions of Baines' splendid paintings of the Victoria Falls. Although this reprint is not limited, it is estimated that only... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Trade Ed. Reprint Trade Ed. Full Leather. with a new intro by J. Casada. 606 pp, ill, fold out map. Classic on African hunting and exploration. Important work in the Briar Patch African collection series. All edges gilt. Adventures among elephants, lion, rhino, hippo... More
New York: A L Burt. Hardcover. 426 pp, + pub ads in rear. Baker's popular fiction story dedicated to young boys. VG. More
London and New York: Longmans Green, 1895. New Edition. Hardcover. 376 pp, ill. Baker spent 8 years living on the island. More natural history than hunting but includes a fair amount of hunting for elephant and hunting wild boar and sambur. VG+ in orig. maroon cloth with silver stamping. All... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. First. Hardcover. Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier. 376 pp, ill (some colored), 3 large folding maps in front. VG in orig green blindstamped cloth. Some wear at corners and spine tips professionally (and obscurely) strengthened. More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1953. First. Hardcover. Two volumes totalling 1,525 pp., 54 full page plates incl. 30 in color and 433 text figures. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. First. Hardcover. the Dalai Lama's fight for Tibet. 235 pp, end paper maps. More
Philadelphia: Bradley & C0, 1865. American. Hardcover. in North and Central Africa being the journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of HBM's government in the years 849-1855. 538 pp, ill. Barth was a German explorer who went to Africa to try to open up relations with European countries... More
United Kingdom: New Orchard Editions, 1986. Second. Hardcover. A pictorial history of the area from 1839 to 1947. 184 pp. Profuse b/w photographic ill. More
London: John Murray, 1939. First. Hardcover. 308 pp, ill. VG+ copy with small stamp on front free end paper stating withdrawn from RCS library, 1931. No other markings. More
Miadstone, Natal, South Africa: Tongaat Group Limited, 1979. Saunders, K. First. Hardcover. 343 pp. Ill. in b/w & color. Botanical and biographical notes and explanations. More
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1961. Hakluyt. Hardcover. true relation of the lands of Prester John being the narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Ethiopia in 1510 written by Father Alvares. 2 volumes totally 617 pp, ill. VG+ set in like jackets. More
London: James Madden & Co, 1860. First. Orig Cloth. being a general survey of the basin of that river and of its head-streams with the history of Nilotic discovery. 156 pp, ill. Large folding map in front. Orig pub. blindstamped cloth. LACKS FRONT FREE END PAPER. Wear at spine tips... More
Brussels: Belgian Congo and Ruanda Urundi Information and Public Relations Office, 1959. First. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 547 and 187 pp. Monumental work on the Belgian Congo. The country and the people from before the arrival of the Belgians and into modern times. 13 folding maps: 12 in the rear of... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First American. Hardcover. 198 pp. Near fine but inside front flap of jacket has been pasted (neatly) to front free end paper. More
London: Kegan Paul, 1911. New Edition. Hardcover. 218 pp. Life of one of the earliest and noted Chinese travellers. More
Lahore: Rai Sahib M Gulab Singh, 1901. First. Hardcover. on a new and improved system, combing brevity with practical utility and including exercises and dialogues intended to facilitate the acquisition of the coloquial. 155 pp. Original cloth. Slight bubbling of cloth on front/rear and some wear at corners. Very small... More
London: Self Published, 1974. Limited Ed #55. Hardcover. including Beluch. 59 examples with photos and bibliography. #55 of an unspecified limited edition. Fine. More
Bostob: Ticknor and Company, 1887. First. Hardcover. 507 pp, profuse text ill. Author was the first minister of the US to Persia. Covers his travels through Persia (especially what is now Iran and much on Teheran) and the Middle East. Considered one of the basic, and best, accounts of post-1900... More
Cape Town, South Africa: Don Nelson, 1987. Second Edition. Soft Covers. Introductory overview to the history of the Bantu speaking peoples of Southern Africa. 81 pp. Profuse illustrations. More
NY: James A McCann, 1921. First. Hardcover. An anthropological exploration. 264 pp, ill. Wanyika, Wakamba, Wakikuyu and Masai tribes. Includes one tribal lion hunt.. VG+ in orig. cloth. More
New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1975. Fourth Ed, Revised. Original Cloth. Lists Africa in general, then by geographic area, and finally by individual countries. More
