The United States Experience in South Africa 1784-1870
Cape Town/Rotterdam: Balkema, 1976. First. Hardcover. Intellectual beginnings of American enterprise in South Africa. 236 pp. Part of the SA Biographical and Historical Series. More
Travel & Exploration
Central Asian Questions
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1885. First. Hardcover. Essays on Afghanistan, China, Central Asia. 457 pp, large folding map in rear, other text maps and ill, some folding. pub ads in rear. A very nice, pretty copy in original cloth. Tight and firm. Probably better than VG+ but not quite near fine. More
Missions to the Niger
Cambridge, England: Hakluyt Society, 1964. Hakluyt-Second Series. Original Cloth. 1:Hornemann's travels from Cairo to Murzuk 1824/6, letters of Laing 1824/6 406 pp. ill. text maps & folding map. 2. Bornu Mission part 1 1822-25. 306 pp. ill. text and folding maps. 3. Bornu Mission part 2 1822/25. 285 pp. illl... More
Tribes of the Sahara
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1960. First. Orig Cloth. 295 pp. Index. Covers major tribes of the area. More
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile
Edinburgh: University Press, 1964. First Thus. Hardcover. by James Bruce. 281 pp, large foldout map in rear. Profuse ill. An abridged version of Bruce's monumental Travels originally published in 1790. Beckingham has done a superb job of editing the work to eliminate a lot of the weary preliminaries in order... More
Observations and Inquiries Relating to Various Parts of Ancient History
Cambridge, England: J. Archdeacon, 1767. First. Full Leather. containing dissertations ...together with an account of Ancient Egypt in its most early state and of the Shepherd Kings....324 pp. + errata page. 5 engraved folding maps, 1 engraved folding plate. Text and maps are clean. Rear board detached. End papers are... More
Trail of the Copper King
Couth Africa: Howard Timmins, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 239 pp, Drawings. End paper maps. Story of the colorful companies of prospectors who changed the destiny of Southern Africa and mainly of the boy who found t he great cooper mine in Northern Rhodesia. Former owner's unobtrusive blindstamp (can only be... More
Arabic Proverbs
London: Darf, 1990. New Impression. Hardcover. Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo. Translated and explained by Burckhardt. 283 pp. Reprint of 1830 orig. ed. More
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia
London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1819. Extract. Paper Boards. 32 pp extract from The Calcutta Journal describing the travels of the noted explorer. Part of spine of paper covers missing. Paper cover label (recent) present. Conents are very good. More
The Indian Field Shikar Book
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1928. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 656 pp, two game registers inserted in rear pocket (one with a few entries, the other clean). Intended to be a small encyclopedia to help sportsmen identify and hunt game in India. Includes large and small game with section on equipment, rifles, ammunition... More
Narrative of a Visit to the Court of Sinde
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1831. First. Hardcover. A sketch of the history of Cutch from its first connexion (sic) with the British Government of India till the conclusion of the treaty of 1819 and some remarks on the medical topography of Bhooj. 253 pp, 2 large folding maps and one folding... More
A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet
Calcutta: Govt of India/Superintendent of Govt Printing India, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 303 pp + plates bound in groups. This was originally issued in parts. This copy has the plates bound in with each part as issued. Original paper wrapper from Part I bound in at rear. Plate L (50)... More
Catalogue of Maps Published by the Survey of India
Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Corrected up to 1 January 1915. 121 pp, large format, many maps some folding). Burrard was surveyor general for this mapping of India. Contents describe the maps shown, , atlas sheets, provincial, divisions, district and administrations maps etc. On some of... More
A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. Memorial. Orig gilt Pict Cloth. Two volumes. 246 & 305 pp, frontis both volumes. with notices of the so-called amazons, the grand customs, the yearly customs, the human sacrifices, the present state of the slave trade and the negro's place in nature. Minor foxing but... More
Sir Richard Burton's Wife
NY: Knopf, 1941. Hardcover. 365 pp, ill, index, bibliography. "I wish I were a man, if I were I would be Richard Burton. But being only a woman, I would be Richard Burton's wife." Story of the woman who traveled nearly everywhere with her amazing husband. Near fine in vg dj. More
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Benares: Kamashastra Society, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 16 volumes. Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private subscribers only. A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments now entituled (sic) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night together with the supplemental Nights original edition. 1885 and 1886-1888... More
Etruscan Bologna
London: Smith Elder, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. First ed (with decorative border running scross entire front cover). 275 pp, 1 folding plate, 27 text ill. All edges gilt. Beveled boards. Penzer p 92, 93. Bound in grey cloth, black decorative border top/bottom on front cover enclosing design of Temple of... More
Explorations of the Highlands of Brazil
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. with a full account of the gold and diamond mines, also canoeing down 1,500 miles of the great river Sao Francisco from Sabara to the sea. First ed. Penzer pp 78-80. Two volumes: 443 & 478 pp. Plate & ill. in both volumes... More
Falconry in the Valley of the Indus
London: Jon Van Voorst, 1852. First Edition - only 500 copies printed. Hardcover. First ed. 107 pp, 4 lithographed plates. Only 500 copies printed. Penzer p 41. After 10 years 257 copies remained for sale so the publisher recommended scrapping them and preparing a second edition. Thus the book is... More
A Glance at the Passion Play
London: W H Harrison, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. 168 pp. Penzer p 106. Becoming scarce. Burton traveled to Bavaria to see if there was any connection between the survival of "Christian Mystery" (the great religious drama in the highlands of Bavaria) and the living scenes at Ek-Islam and Meccah. Publisher's... More
Goa and the Blue Mountains
London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. or, six months of sick leave. First ed, first issue. 368 pp, frontis, 3 plates on tinted paper, 1 folding map. Penzer p 37, 38. Bound in light fawn cloth with blind ornamental border on both covers, gold lettering on back. Burton's first... More
The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities
London: Kegan Paul, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. A fortnight's tour in northwestern Arabia. First ed. 398 pp. Folding map at end. Penzer p 95,96. Burton traveled to the empty quarter of the Arabian peninsula in quest of native towns where King Solomon found gold. Bound in red silky cloth, beveled... More
The Kasidah (Couplets)
CA: Book Club of California, 1919. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Hardcover. pf Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, a Lay of the Higher Law. 51 pages, Large format. Deckle edged (rough cut) paper. A philosophical poem painting the colors of the desert and the walking caravan at dawn. Fine, almost as new... More
The Lands of Cazembe
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798. Translated and annotated by Capt. R.F. Burton. Penzer pp 89,90. 271 pp, 1 folding map in front. Together with the description of another trip by Amaro Jose across Africa from Angola to Tete on the Zambeze... More
Letters from the Battle-Fields of Paraguay
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. with map and illustrations. FIrst ed. 481 pp. Engraved frontis, vignette on title page. Burton resigned from his work in Brazil because of sickness but rather than return to London right away, he decided to visit Paraguay which was then in a border... More