London: Heinemann, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pp, ill. True first edition. Story of the men and women who settled Kenya from 1896-1920. This raw and wild land, mainly without roads, saw a hardy and heady group of people come to her lands. A fascinating story by a noted scholar..... More
Cape Town, South Africa: Struik, 1988. First. Hardcover. More
Oxford: George Ronald, 1953. First. Hardcover. 272 pp, ill, end paper maps. Foreword by E Grogan. Author opened up the Angola hinterlands for a proposed railroad and in so doing was the first to hunt in many new gamelands. Two antelope are named after Varian:l as a subspecie of giant..... More
London: RH Porter, 1885. First. Orig Pictorial Cloth. Not paginated but collated complete with list of subscribers. A history of the Nile expedition of 1884-5 taken from author's diary sketch book Each sketch is accompanied by a description of the events leading up to that sketch. The illustrations are lovely..... More
London: Andrew Melrose, 1905. Second. Hardcover. 384 pp. Records meeting Sir Richard Burton and many other prominent explorers (something about Samuel Baker) in E Africa and the Indian subcontinent. More
Cambridge, England: Oleander Press, 1987. First. Hardcover. 571 pp. More
London: John Murray, 1968. First. Hardcover. 267 pp. ill. Early days of Aden and foreign rivalries for power in the area. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First American. Hardcover. A study of native proverbs. 448 pp. The eminent anthropoligt writes his third book based on research into the customs and manners of the Moors. Incl index with Arabic text of the proverbs. More
London: John Murray, 1908. First. Hardcover. A Naturalist's Journey across Africa. 315 pp, ill, folding map in rear. East Africa, Uganda, Ruwenzori, Lake Albert, Mfumbiro Volcanoes, Lake Kivu, Tanganyika, Congo and notes on the Congo Free State. VG in orig. cloth, worn at corners through to boards, wear at spine..... More
London: Sampson Low, 1899. First. Orig. Gilt Cloth. Discovery, population, rsources, and present administration of the territory of the Nyassa Company. with a review of the Portuguese Rule on the East Coast of Africa. 295 pp. ill. Very large pull out folding map in original rear pocket. Unobtrusive Wendell Harris..... More
NY/London: Putnam's/Everett, 1906. First American. Hardcover. 2 volumes: 292 & 292 pp. One of the more detailed biographies. Penzer pp 213-332. Penzer spends more time on this on this title than any other, but considering the amount of criticism, it is likely because he was jealous. A lovely set in..... More
