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CUMMING, Duncan. The Gentleman Savage. The Life of Mansfield Parkyns 1823-1894. London: Century, (1987). First edition. Cloth, 176pp. Fine in d/w. Mansfield Parkyns came from a landed gentry background in the East Midlands. As a young man he was sent down from Cambridge and decided to travel in Egypt and Abyssinia, where he intended to discover the source of the White Nile. He became part of a village community, married a local girl and took part on raids on other villages. He travelled by a route no European had previously taken to Khartoum and then tried to cross Africa to the Atlantic but was thwarted by civil war.
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DE GRAMONT, Sanche. The Strong Brown God. The Story of the Niger River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First edition. Cloth, 350pp. Fine in d/w. Story of the European explorers who tried, first to find the fabled river and then, to reach its mysterious mouth. A fascinating book.
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DIOLE, Philippe. Sahara Adventure. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. New York: Messner, (1956). First edition in English. Cloth, 185pp. A nice copy in a nice d/w. A record of Dioles' trip to the South Fezzen region of the Sahara, the cave paintings he found there.
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DRUMMOND, Henry. Tropical Africa. New York: John B. Alden, 1890. Later edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, 132pp. Fine. Includes chapters on the white ant, the mimicry of African insects, the Zambeis and Shire Rivers, etc.
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Du BOIS, W.E. Burghardt. The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870. New York: The Social Science Press, 1954. New edition. Cloth, 339pp. Fine in d/w with a long closed tear in the front panel. The author traces the role, history of the growth of the slave trade and the work for its suppression had on American and its politics until 1860.
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$100 | Book Number: 23711 | Order / Enquire |
FARSON, Negley. Last Chance In Africa. London: Gollancz, 1952. Sixth impression. Cloth, 384pp. A nice copy in a chipped and worn d/w.
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FLAVIN, Martin. Black and White: From the Cape to the Congo. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1950.) First U.S. edition. Cloth, 332pp. A nice copy in a d/w with chips to the spine ends. An American writers first work of non-ficition; an account of his travels in South Africa, Bechuanaland (Botswana) and the Congo.
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