McLYNN, Frank. Stanley. The making of an African explorer. (Chelsea): Scarborough House, (1990). First U.S. edition. (so stated). Cloth backed boards, 411pp. Fine in d/w. McLynn focuses on the years 1841-1877, the most dramatic and fascinating years of Stanley's life.
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MIKHELSON, Andre. Kings and Knaves in the Cameroons. London: Putnam, (1938). First edition. Cloth, 335pp. A nice copy.
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$75 | Book Number: 28406 | Order / Enquire |
MILLS, Lady Dorothy. Through Liberia. New York: Stokes, nd. (192-?) Tall 8vo., cloth, 240pp. Sspine a bit darkened with some rubbing o/w very good. Lady Dorothy Mills was the first Englishwoman to enter Timbuktu after a three month journey in 1923. Three years later in 1926 she organized an expedition, "painfully by joyfully trodden" through Liberia before broaching what was then Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bisseau) in 1929. Her last expedition took her up the Orinoco as far as Sanariapo.
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$400 | Book Number: 23303 | Order / Enquire |
MONTEIRO, Joachim John. Angola and The River Congo. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1876. First U.S. edition. (first published London: 1875 in two volumes). 8vo., orig. green cloth with a small pictorial decoration in black on the upper cover, xii, 354, (2)pp.ads. Small stamp on the top of the first page of text, bookplate o/w a near fine copy. "The following description of the country between the River Zaire or Congo, and Mossamedes or Little Fish Bay, comprising ten degrees of latitude, is the result of many years of travel in and exploration of that part of the coast. My aim has been to present an accurate and truthful account of its more striking features and productions, and of the manners and customs of the various tribes which inhabit it......"
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MONTGOMERY, Sy. Walking With The Great Apes. Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas. (Boston): Houghton Mifflin, (1991). Cloth backed boards, 280pp. Fine in d/w. Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas.
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MOORHOUSE, Geoffrey. The Missionaries. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, (1973). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 368pp. Name on pastedown o/w fine in d/w.
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MORRISON, J.H. Streams in the Desert. London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. (192-?) First edition. Cloth, 174pp. Ex-library with stamp on title and e/paper but no other library markings in fact near fine.
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$75 | Book Number: 26679 | Order / Enquire |
$85 | Book Number: 24113 | Order / Enquire |
MURRAY, John A. (editor). Wild Africa. Three Centuries of Nature Writing From Africa. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth backed boards, 318pp. Fine in d/w. "Murray combines a diverse sampling from the rich trove of African nature and travel writing with traditional myths and stories in fashioning a book that brings to life the spirit of the African wilderness."
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$45 | Book Number: 12624 | Order / Enquire |
NORTHCOTT, Cecil. David Livingstone his triumph decline and fall. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, (1973). First edition. Cloth, 140pp. Fine in d/w. An assessment of the career of explorer David Livingstone.
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NORTHCOTT, Cecil. Robert Moffat: Pioneer in Africa 1817-1870. New York: Harper Brothers, (1961). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 357pp. Rubber stamp on e/paper o/w near fine in a worn but still very good d/w. "An exciting and comprehensive biography of the 19th century missionary, Robert Moffat, whose pioneer work helped shape the destiny of modern Africa."
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OGLE, Richard. People of the Sun. London: Pitman, (1955). First edition. Cloth, x, 115pp. Fine in d/w. Travels in Southern Africa.
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OSSENDONWSKI, Edmund. Slaves of the Sun. London: George Allen & Unwin, (1928). First English edition. Cloth, 378pp. Inner hinges cracked o/w good. Travels in French west and central Africa.
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OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdinand. Oasis and Simoon. The Account of a Journey Through Algeria and Tunisia. English Text by Lewis Stanton Palen. New York: Dutton, (1927). First edition in English. Cloth, vii, 306pp. Small mark at the top of the upper cover o/w fine in a d/w with a 1" strip missing across the top of the spine and upper panel. "Wandering through Algeria and Tunisia, the author looked upon strange people, with challenging customs, Oriental superstitions and practices, and an attitude toward the Occident both enigmatic and startling."
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OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdinand. Slaves Of The Sun. Translated from the Polish of..... London: George Allen, (1928). First edition in English. Cloth, 378pp. A good copy only.
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PAKENHAM, Thomas. The Mountains of Rasselas. New York: Reynal, (1959). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 192pp. Name o/w a near fine copy in d/w with some minor wear to the spine ends. Pakenham visits Ethiopia to discover how much truth there was in Dr. Johnson's earlier description of Abyssinia in Rasselas.
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