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1 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N ) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, Telephone: +61 (0) Ivanhoe, Melbourne, ABN: FAX: +61 (0) Victoria, 3079, Australia. Short List No Africa.

2 1 Africa: AFRICA AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Chamberlin Trimetric Projection. Scale 1:12,000,000 or miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 680 by 750 mm; a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; March, #17694 A$25.00

3 2 Africa: NORTHERN AFRICA. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. John Oliver LaGorce, Editor. Oblique Mercator Projection. Scale 1:7,500,000 or miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 1000 by 665 mm; (some slight silverfishing); a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; December, #17680 A$20.00

4 3 Atlantic: ATLANTIC OCEAN. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. John Oliver LaGorce, Editor. Mercator Projection. Scale 1:20,000,000 or 316 miles to the inch at the Equator. Large folded coloured map, 670 by 960 mm; a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; December, #17821 A$25.00

5 4 Baker, Anne. A QUESTION OF HONOUR. THe Life of Lieutenant General Valentine Baker Pasha. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 180; 3 full-page maps, 8 plates, sources, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Leo Cooper; (1996). ***Disgraced and condemned by Victorian society over a claimed indiscretion in a railway carriage, Baker, with the support of the Prince of Wales, went to serve with the Turkish Army, distinguishing himself greatly and becoming a Pasha, his personal bravery and military prowess becoming legendary. #50350 A$35.00

6 5 Barbot, Jean. BARBOT ON GUINEA. The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa Edited by P. E. H. Hair, Adam Jones and Robin Law. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. 1, pp. cxxviii, 328(last blank); Vol. 2, pp. [ii], x, [329]-916; 1 full-page & 4 double-page maps, 46 plates, 3 full-page illustrations, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index of places and peoples, index of persons, index of authors & index of select subjects; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 175 and 176. #39448 A$85.00

7 6 Beals, Herbert K.; Campbell, R. J.; Savours, Ann & McConnell, Anita; and Bridges, Roy; Edited by. FOUR TRAVEL JOURNALS. The Americas, Antarctica and Africa, Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 404, [2](blank); very numerous maps & illustrations, appendices, bibliography, and index to each narrative; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Published by Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society; ***Series III, Volume 18. Comprising: The 1775 Journal of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (Translated from the Spanish and edited by Herbert K. Beals); The Journal of HMS Beagle in the Strait of Magellan by Pringle Stokes, Commander RN 1827 (Edited by R. J. Campbell); Journal Kept by Midshipman Joseph Henry Kay during the voyage of HMS Chanticleer, (Edited by Ann Savours and Anita McConnell); and A Dangerous and Toilsome Journey. Jacob Wainwright s Diary of the Transportation of Dr Livingstone s Body to the Coast, 4 May February 1874 (Translated from the German and edited by Roy Bridges). #13844 A$165.00

8 7 Boxer, C. R. THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Sao Thome (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), Sao Joao Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa. Edited from the Original Portuguese by C. R. Boxer. First Edition in English; pp. xiv, 298(last blank); 6 folding maps, 6 plates (3 folding), 4 full-page illusts., 5 appendices (incl. glossary), bibliog., index. [with] FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garca (1559), Sao Paulo (1561) and the Misadventures of the Brazil-ship Santo Antonio (1565). Translated and edited from the original Portuguese by C. R. Boxer. First Edition in English; pp. [ii], x, 170, [2](blank); 2 folding maps, 5 plates (incl. folding map), 8 woodcuts in text, bibliog., index. Together, 2 vols., very good copies in original cloth in dustwrappers (spines a little faded). Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vols. 112 & 132. #57451 A$195.00

9 8 Browne, J. Ross. ETCHINGS OF A WHALING CRUISE, with notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief History of the Whale Fishery, its past and present condition. By J. Ross Browne. Illustrated by numerous engravings on steel and wood. New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff Street Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 580, 8(adv.); 8 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece), numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text (including 5 full-page plates), appendix on the European and American whale fisheries and characteristics of various whales; original cloth (spine faded & a little worn; waterstain throughout, mostly in lower & upper inner margins; occasional foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. New York; Harper & Brothers, Publishers; ***Spence 197; Jenkins, page 84 (listing only a London edition of 1846 & a New York one of 1850); not in Forster or Forbes, although the appendix refers to whaling in the Pacific and mentions Honolulu; Hill, 2nd Edn., 197 (London edition of 1846): The narrative provides one of the few accounts we have of what life was like in the whaling fleet of the 1840s written by an intelligent and sensitive observer. #64880 A$

10 9 Burstein, Stanley M.; Translated and Edited by. AGATHARCHIDES OF CNIDUS ON THE ERYTHRAEAN SEA. First Edition; pp. xii, 204(last 2 blank); full-page map, appendix, concordance, bibliography, 2 indices; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Written in the second century B.C. this work contains the earliest extensive account of the geography and ethnography of the northeast African and western Arabian coasts and the exploration of the Red Sea. Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol #30830 A$45.00

11 10 Byrd, Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn. THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE. [and] COMMANDER BYRD RECEIVES THE HUBBARD GOLD MEDAL. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; 20 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, September, 1926; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; ***Including amongst others, Flying over Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine, with 16 col. plates & 27 b/w. illusts. #23896 A$45.00

12 11 Byrd, Rear Admiral Richard E. ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON ANTARCTICA. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; map, 32 coloured & 8 b/w. photos.; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, August, 1956; complete in original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; ***With amongst others a couple of interesting articles on Africa and its wildlife. #4751 A$30.00

13 12 Caillie, Rene. TRAVELS THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA TO TIMBUCTOO; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the Years vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. x, [v]-viii, 476(last blank); portrait frontispiece (a fine lithographic proof on India paper by Hullmandel); Vol. II, pp. [iv], [xi]-xiv, [ii] (blank), 502(last colophon only); 2 folding maps, 5 plates (including a fine folding aquatint of Timbuctoo by J. Clarke); contemporary full blue calf, finely gilt, with contrasting spine labels; (a little rubbed, but a fine set); rare. London; Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley; ***Not in Abbey. An interesting and detailed account of a remarkable journey of over 4000 miles from Senegal in search of Timbuctoo. Caillie, unable to obtain finance for his explorations scraped together funds for the expedition by selling his possessions, and was the first European to reach Timbuctoo and return alive (he was preceded only months before by Alexander Gordon Laing, however he was killed). The Geographical Society of Paris made him a retrospective award of 10,000 francs. #52981 A$

14 13 Campbell, R. J. LIVINGSTONE. Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, 298(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, 8 maps (1 folding), 10 plates, itinerary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy; scarce. Westport, Connecticut; Greenwood Press, Publishers; (1972). ***First published by Dodd, Mead in #14666 A$65.00

15 14 Chater, Melville. UNDER THE SOUTH AFRICAN UNION. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; double-page map, 24 coloured plates, 97 b/w. illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, April, 1931; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; ***Including, amongst others, Fire-Walking Hindus of Singapore, by L. Elizabeth Lewis, 10 pp., with 12 illusts. #21188 A$30.00

16 15 Coulthard-Clark, C. D. A HERITAGE OF SPIRIT. A Biography of Major-General Sir William Throsby Bridges, K.C.B., C.M.G. First Edition; pp. x, 220, [2](blank); 4 maps, 10 illustrations on 4 plates, references, bibliography, index; original cloth; (first few leaves a little browned from inserted newspaper review); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Carlton); Melbourne University Press; #7995 A$35.00

17 16 [Ettinger, Nathalie; Huxley, Elspeth & Hamilton, Paul]. AFRICA AND ASIA: MAPPING TWO CONTINENTS. A History of Discovery and Exploration. Cr. 4to, First U.K. Collected Edition; pp. 488; 2 double-page, 9 full-page & 16 other maps, very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (many double & full-page), index; (a couple of leaves at start a little creased); original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Aldus Books / Jupiter Books; (1973). ***Part One, The Heartland of Asia; Part Two, The Challenge of Africa; Part Three, Seas of Sand. Issued in the U.S. under the title Exploring Africa and Asia. #18758 A$35.00

18 17 Europe: EUROPE AND THE NEAR EAST. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine, Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Scale 1:6,000,000 or 94.7 miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 950 by 820 mm; (a few minor marks); a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; May, #55911 A$20.00

19 18 Europe: EUROPE. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for National Geographic Magazine. Melville Bell Grosvenor, Editor. James M. Darley, Chief Cartographer. Chamberlin Trimetric Projection. Scale 1:6,000,000 or 94.7 miles to the inch. Large folded coloured map, 700 by 800 mm; (a few minor marks); a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; June, ***Including northern Africa. #17676 A$15.00

20 19 French Colonies: VOICE OF MAURITIUS. Monthly Newspaper. (Incorporating news from Seychelles, Reunion Island, France, New Caledonia and African continent). No. 1 October 1987 [- No. 3 December 1987]. 3 issues, tabloid, each 8 pp.; several illustrations; in very good condition. [Curtin, ACT; Voice of Mauritius Enterprise]; #62287 A$30.00

21 20 Gertzel, Cherry. PARTY AND LOCALITY IN NORTHERN UGANDA, First Edition; pp. xii, 100; sources, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. London; University of London, Published for the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, The Athlone Press; #21736 A$25.00

22 21 Gibb, H. A. R. THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUTA A.D Translated with revisions and notes from the Arabic text edited by C. Defremery and B. R. Sanguinetti by H. A. R. Gibb. Vol. IV. The translation completed with annotations by C. F. Beckingham. First Edition in English; pp. xviii, (last 3 blank); 5 plates, bibliog. [with] INDEX to Volumes I-IV compiled by A. D. H. Bivar. Volume V [the Final volume]. First Edition; pp. x, 154(last blank). Together, 2 vols., original cloth; fine copies in dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 178 & 190. #64299 A$65.00

23 22 Gordon-Brown, A. MADEIRA AND THE CANARY ISLANDS. A Concise Guide for the Vistor. With Photographs, Maps and Town Plans. Second Edition Cr. 8vo; pp. 144, 56(adv.); 13 maps, 15 plates, subject index, geographical index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale Ltd.; #21038 A$20.00

24 23 Goyau, Georges. DE LA MEDITERRANEE AU DESERT. Les Oeuvres des Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie. Pp. 92(last blank); very numerous sepia illustrations; original stiff wrappers. Lyon; les Editions G. L. Arlaud; (1930). ***French North Africa. #44514 A$30.00

25 24 Graham, R. B. Cunninghame. SUCCESS. And Other Sketches. F cap 8vo, Third Impression; pp. xvi, 196, 8(adv.); original cloth; a very good copy. London; Duckworth; (1927). #19614 A$25.00

26 25 Graham, R. B. Cunninghame. MOGREB-EL-ACKSA. [A Journey in Morocco]. Introduction by Philip Healy. Foreword by Jean Cunninghame Graham. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxiv, 323+[5](adv.); full-page map, 3 appendices; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. London; Century; ***First published by Heinemann in #24636 A$40.00

27 26 Hall, Richard. STANLEY: An Adventurer Explored. Med. 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. 400; endpaper map, 42 illustrations, bibliography, sources; 2 indices; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (London; Purnell Book Services; 1974). ***Identical with the First Edition but for the imprint. #14869 A$50.00

28 27 Hamilton, Genesta. IN THE WAKE OF DA GAMA. The Story of Portuguese Pioneers in East Africa With an Introduction by Elspeth Huxley. 2nd Edition; pp. 176; coloured map frontispiece, 23 b/w. plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; scarce. London; Skeffington and Son Limited; (1955). #34696 A$35.00

29 28 Hibbert, Christopher. AFRICA EXPLORED. Europeans in the Dark Continent, Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 336; 16 maps, 24 plates, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Allen Lane; (1982). #30822 A$85.00

30 29 Howgego, Raymond John. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION 1850 TO The Continental Exploration. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. Thick demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 1048(last blank); numerous bibliogs., index of persons, index of regional articles; original cloth, gilt; multiple marker ribbons; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Potts Point); Hordern House; (2008). ***An ESSENTIAL reference for anyone interested in exploration, this fourth and final volume of this remarkable work contains about 950 major entries and index entries covering nearly 4000 names of persons noted in the text. The articles cover major expeditions, explorations, and travels from 1850 to There is extensive biographical information on the travellers themselves as well as their historical background. The text is fully cross-referenced and in addition, each article contains a bibliography of both primary and secondary sources (in many cases quite extensive). Much of the information is here published for the first time in English and there are numerous entries covering obscure persons and expeditions which would be extremely difficult to research without this invaluable tool. #47500 A$295.00

31 30 James, Wendy; Baumann, Gerd; and Johnson, Douglas H.; Editors. JUAN MARIA SCHUVER S TRAVELS IN NORTH EAST AFRICA First Edition; pp. cviii, 392, [4](blank); portrait frontispiece, 18 figures (maps & illustrations including 2 coloured maps), 8 appendices, bibliography, list of primary & secondary sources, index; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volume 184. #63450 A$65.00

32 31 Jobson, Richard. THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GAMBRA (1623). Edited, with additional material, by David P. Gamble and P. E. H. Hair. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 344(last 3 blank); coloured frontispiece, 4 maps, 8 plates (containing 13 photos.), 1 coloured and 13 b/w. text illustrations, 2 appendices, bibliography, notes, index; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Series III, Volume 2, the second of a fine new series in slightly larger format than Series I & II. The additional material in Part II (pp ) comprises other early sources on the now-called River Gambia. #63374 A$75.00

33 32 La Fleur, J. D.; Translator and Editor. PIETER VAN DEN BROECKE S JOURNAL OF VOYAGES TO CAPE VERDE, GUINEA AND ANGOLA ( ). Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 144(last 5 blank); coloured frontispiece, 7 full-page maps, full-page b/w. illust, 3 appendices, bibliography, 3 indices; original cloth; gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Another fine production from the Hakluyt Society in the handsome new livery of the Third Series of which this is Volume 5. #64323 A$85.00

34 33 Landor, A. Henry Savage-. EVERYWHERE. The Memoirs of an Explorer. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 588(last blank); 8 maps & diagrams,, 22 plates, index; original cloth (a little shaken); a very good copy; scarce. London; T. Fisher Unwin Ltd; (1924). ***Africa, Tibet, Japan, China, Australia, Europe during the first World War, etc. #36502 A$250.00

35 34 Livingstone, David: THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. Carefully Compiled from Reliable Sources. 4to; pp. viii, 632; fine chromolitho. frontispiece & chromolitho. (additional) title, 19 tinted litho. plates; contemporary half leather (a few minor marks); a very good copy; scarce. London; Adam & Co.; N.D. [c. 1875]. ***Without the map present in some copies. #49286 A$110.00

36 35 Livingstone, David. THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, IN CENTRAL AFRICA, from 1865 to his death. Continued by a Narrative of his Last Moments and Sufferings, obtained from his faithful Servants Chuma and Susi. By Horace Waller, F.R.G.S., Rector of Twywell, Northampton. Tenth Thousand. In Two Volumes.--Vol. I [ONLY]. Pp. xx, 360; very large folding map in pocket at end, 7 plates, 18 text illustrations; original cloth; uncut; very scarce. London; John Murray; ***Volume I only, but complete in itself, including the large map. #14476 A$145.00

37 36 Livingstone, David. MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA. With Notes by Frederick Stanley Arnot. Cr. 8vo; pp. 468, [36](adv.); folding map, 35 illustrations (many full-page); original cloth (half-title foxed); a very good copy. London; John Murray; #15822 A$65.00

38 37 McEwan, P. J. M.; Editor. AFRICA FROM EARLY TIMES TO First Edition; pp. xxiv, 436; 14 maps, chronological table, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; #7065 A$75.00

39 38 Mackay, A. M.: A. M. MACKAY. Pioneer Missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda. By His Sister. With Etched Portrait by H. Manesse. First Edition; pp. viii, 488; portrait frontispiece, folding coloured map, index; original cloth (slightly rubbed); a very good copy. London; Hodder and Stoughton; MDCCCXC [1890]. #15715 A$75.00

40 39 Mackay, Mercedes. THE INDOMITABLE SERVANT. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 332(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, endpaper map, 16 plates, 3 appendices, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Rex Collings; ***Richard Lander, explorer of West Africa. #17245 A$95.00

41 40 Meyer, Dr. Hans. ACROSS EAST AFRICAN GLACIERS. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro. Translated from the German by E. H. S. Calder. With Forty Illustrations and Three Maps. The frontispiece and eight photographs printed in Germany, Super roy. 8vo, First [and only] Edition in English; pp. xx, 404; 3 folding coloured maps, magnificent mounted coloured frontispiece, 20 plates (including 8 mounted photographs), 19 text illustrations, 11 appendices (including geology, natural history, cartography & bibliography), index; original pictorial cloth, gilt; (recased, with new matching front endpaper; slight tears to foot of spine neatly repaired; minor tape-marks in inner margin of a very few leaves); overall, a very good, clean, and attractive copy; top edge gilt, others uncut; very rare, especially in original binding. London; George Philip & Son; ***Neate M92. A very important account of three expeditions to Kilimanjaro, including detailed observations of the country, its people and productions. Meyer and his companion accompanied by a guide were the first to make an undisputed climb of Kibo, the higher of the twin peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point on the African continent. A notably rare work (both in English and in the original German) of exploration and a mountaineering classic, this is only the second copy we have had in over 30 years and is the same copy formerly sold by us about 35 years ago. #17112 A$

42 41 Ministry of Information: DESTRUCTION OF AN ARMY. The First Campaign in Libya: Sept Feb Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 64; numerous illustrations, 3 maps; original wrappers (a little worn). (London; His Majesty s Stationery Office; 1941). #35254 A$25.00

43 42 Morris, James. [THE PAX BRITANNICA TRILOGY]. 3 vols., roy. 8vo, comprising: [Vol. I]. HEAVEN S COMMAND. An Imperial Progress. Pp. xviii, 470; several text maps, 32 plates, index. Vol. II. PAX BRITANNICA. The Climax of an Empire. Pp. xiv, 410(last 2 blank); 32 plates, index. Vol. III. FAREWELL THE TRUMPETS. An Imperial Retreat. Pp. xiv, 482; several text maps, 32 plates, index; original gilt-decorated cloth, coloured illust. endpapers; a fine set in pictorial slipcase. London; The Folio Society; 1992 (3rd Impr. 1993). ***With a revised introduction for this edition. Covering all parts of the Empire including Australia. #47189 A$125.00

44 43 Murray, Marischal. UNION-CASTLE CHRONICLE Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 392; 4 fine photogravure portrait plates, 6 coloured plates, 138 illustrations on 82 b/w. plates, appendix, chronology, index; original buckram (a little marked; internally fine and clean); a nice copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green and Co; (1953). ***An attractive production: centenary history of the South African shipping line. #29693 A$85.00

45 44 Nicohosoff, A. GENERAL MAP OF EGYPT. Scale 1: With Communications, Roads (in Kilometers) of the Lower and Upper Egypt. Attractive nicely printed coloured map 585 by 880 mm approx. in original printed folder; a fine copy. Alexandria; A. Nicohosoff; N.D. [c. 1960?]. #23503 A$30.00

46 45 Park, Mungo. TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA: Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and With an Account of a Subsequent Mission to that Country in By Mungo Park, Surgeon. To which is added An Account of the Life of Mr. Park. A New Edition. In two volumes. Vol. I. TRAVELS IN 1795, 1796, AND With an Appendix, containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa. By Major Rennell. London: Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, by William Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row to, Second Edition (of this complete version); pp. [iii]-xx(lacking half-title), 360, [2](Postscript - A Negro Song, followed by double-sided plate of music), [363]-458(Major Rennell s Appendix); portrait, 3 folding maps, 5 plates, vocabulary, etc.; half calf, with marbled sides (spine faded); top edge gilt, others uncut; (stamp on title-page & verso of first map); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; [with] Park, Mungo. THE JOURNAL OF A MISSION TO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA in the Year By Mungo Park. Together with other Documents, Official and Private, relating to the same Mission. To which is prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park. The Second Edition, Revised and Corrected, with Additions. London: Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James s to, Second Edition; pp. [iii]-[xx], 374(last blank); folding map, 6 appendices; half calf, with marbled sides (spine faded); top edge gilt, others uncut; (library stamp on title-page & verso of map; a small marginal defect to the map just affecting border); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; ***The first volume was first published in 1799, the second in 1815 (this being the revised and corrected edition of the same year). The two volumes together, although mixed editions, comprise the complete work, and are not uncommonly found thus. This set is uniformly bound and notwithstanding the slight defects noted is an attractive, complete set, with the signature of W. R. Crocker, Australian ambassador, in the front of each volume. #15240 A$

47 46 Perham, Margery & Simmons, J. AFRICAN DISCOVERY. An Anthology of Exploration. 3rd Edition (?); pp. 280; 11 maps, 16 plates, list of books, index; original wrappers. London; Faber and Faber; (1963). #11004 A$25.00

48 47 Perrett, Bryan. DESERT WARFARE. From its Roman origins to the Gulf conflict. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 224; 16 maps, several illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Patrick Stephens Limited; (1988). #31674 A$25.00

49 48 Postma, Johannes Menne. THE DUTCH IN THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 428, [4](blank); several maps, several tables, 25 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; (tiny stamp on title-page); a nice copy in faded dustwrapper with repaired cut. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; (1990). #29667 A$85.00

50 49 Primitive Art: EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF PRIMITIVE ART of the National Museum of Victoria, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Ethnographical Collection of the University of Melbourne, and private collections. Held on the occasion of the thirty-first Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne August, To be opened by Professor George W. Paton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne at the McAllan Gallery in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, on Thursday, 18 August, 1955, at 2.30 p.m. 8vo; pp. 24; 2 plates; a fine copy in original wrappers. Melbourne; National Gallery of Victoria; ***Melanesia, Polynesia, North America, Africa. #8867 A$20.00

51 50 Prutky, Remedius: PRUTKY S TRAVELS IN ETHIOPIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. Translated and edited by J. H. Arrowsmith- Brown and annotated by Richard Pankhurst. First Edition; pp. xxviii, 546, [2](blank); 4 full-page maps, 2 full-page illustrations; appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol #41631 A$50.00

52 51 Ravenstein, E. G.; Editor. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions. Reprinted from Purchas his Pilgrimes. Edited, with Notes and a Concise History of Kongo and Angola. Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, 210, [2](blank); 2 folding maps, 5 appendices, glossary and index; original cloth; a fine copy. Nendeln/Liechenstein; Kraus Reprint Limited; ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in 1901, Second Series No. VI. #29569 A$85.00

53 52 Romilly, Hugh Hastings. LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND MASHONALAND By Hugh H. Romilly, C.M.G., Deputy Commissioner for the Western Pacific, and sometime Acting Commissioner of New Guinea. Edited with a Memoir by his Brother Samuel H. Romilly. Introduction by Lord Stanmore, G.C.M.G. With seventeen illustrations. First Edition; pp. xii, 384; 17 plates; original cloth; entirely uncut and unopened; a fine copy; scarce. London; David Nutt; ***Ferguson 15063a. #35945 A$550.00

54 53 Royal Colonial Institute: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE. Edited by the Secretary. Volume XXXIII Pp. xii, 488(last 2 blank); frontispiece, index to papers & authors and general index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; The Institute; ***Including substantial papers on Rhodesia, Its Present and Future, by Frank Johnston; The Water Supply of Australia, by W. Gibbons Cox; The French Canadians, by Howard Angus Kennedy; The High Plateaus of Natal, their Climate and Resources, by Emile McMaster; British Columbia of To-day, by Hon J. H. Turner; Notes on Queensland, by Right Hon. Lord Lamington; Colonial Administration, by Sir Hubert E. H. Jerningham; The Progress of Civil Administration in the Orange River Colony, by H. A. Broome; The Recent Royal Tour, by Canon Dalton; The Klondike - A Four Years Retrospect, by F. C. Wade; and Our Future Colonial Policy, by A. R. Colquhoun. #64798 A$45.00

55 54 Stanley, Henry M. IN DARKEST AFRICA, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria. With Two Steel Engravings, and One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations and Maps. 2 vols., First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii](blank), xiv, 550(last 3 blank; portrait frontispiece, large folding coloured map & typeset letter (in pocket), 17 full-page illustrations, 57 text illustrations, appendix; Vol. II, pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 540, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps (1 large & coloured) in pocket, 1 full-page coloured plate, 26 fullpage illustrations, 46 text illustrations, 4 appendices, index; original gilt pictorial cloth (slightly rubbed; hinges cracked, but sound); a very good set; scarce. New York; Charles Scribner s Sons; #18023 A$750.00

56 55 Stewart, Desmond. T. E. LAWRENCE. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 356(last 4 blank); 5 maps (1 double-page), 12 plates, notes incorporating bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good ex-library copy in dustwrapper with the usual markings on endpaper & title-page & stamps at the foot of two pages. London; Hamish Hamilton; (1977). #29507 A$25.00

57 56 Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall. THE HARMLESS PEOPLE. Book Club Edition; pp. 240(including endpapers); double-page map, 2 genealogical charts, 8 plates; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; Readers Union, Secker & Warburg; ***The African Bushmen. #61887 A$20.00

58 57 Thomson, Joseph. TRAVELS IN THE ATLAS AND SOUTHERN MOROCCO. A Narrative of Exploration. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 488, [8](adv.); 2 folding coloured maps, 4 text maps,, 31 plates, 37 text illustrations, index; original cloth (faded & a little worn; some foxing; name on half-title); a very good copy; very scarce. London; George Philip & Son; ***Important English explorations in northern Africa. #28791 A$650.00

59 58 Weber, Bill & Vedder, Amy. IN THE KINGDOM OF GORILLAS. The Quest to save Rwanda s Mountain Gorillas. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 384; frontispiece, 3 full-page maps, 16 coloured & 16 b/w. plates, full-page illust., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Aurum Press; (2001). #39383 A$35.00

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