New York: A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1895. Hard Cover.
Minor staining to edges, spine cocked, bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, minor foxing to pages, minor pencil marginalia. No Jacket - Pictorial Cover.
vii, 338 pp. "This book is written especially for boys, in the hope that Mackay's example may lead.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Scratch on rear panel of jacket. Top edge faintly foxed.
401 pp. "A portrait of one of the Victorian Age's most renowned English explorers and one-time Confederate soldier, remembered for locating David Livingstone, charting the Congo river, and campaigning.....
New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1926. Hard Cover.
Special edition limited to 500 copies. Ink gift note on front endpaper. Small abrasion to base of rear board.
x, [2], [895]-996, 1047-1070, [1]-101, [3] pp. William Wisner Chapin produced 130 hand-colored lantern slides of Korea that are housed in the permanent.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A bit musty, ink name & date partially crossed out on front flyleaf.
v, 374, [2] pp. 8vo. A 19th century overview of Morocco and its citizens, with illustrations throughout text.
Rochester, N.Y. The Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover.
xxv, [1], 89, [5] pp. 8vo. A follow-up volume to Eastman's popular account of an African safari, compiled from a collection of letters related to his second trip to Africa in 1928. Foreword by Elias.....
Hartford: Philemon Canfield, 1839. Full-Leather.
Leather rubbed, pencil marks on rear endpapers, pages foxed.
504 pp. Original full leather, gilt titles, rules, & decorations. A guide designed to familiarize readers with foreign cultures, divided into sections on the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Interestingly, included in the section on Asia.....
. J.B. Lippincott Company, 1940. Hard Cover.
Orange cloth spine over boards, not zebra-striped cover. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss, ink stamp on title page.
376 pp. 8 5/8 x 6. 83 illustrations, including photographs featuring George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak, American author Jack London, and film star.....
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First U.S. edition. Page ridges toned and foxed. Jacket lightly toned.
xii, 442 pp. "In this portrait of Doris Lessing's homeland, the author recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989 and 1992, after being banned from the old.....
New York: Permanent Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Page ridges foxed, pages lightly toned. Jacket lightly foxed.
ix, 255 pp. "On the adjustment of a Peace Corps worker in northern Senegal." "...the story of a young American woman who finds herself in a desolate scrap of Moslem.....
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Large Hardcover.
Book club edition (no price on jacket). Endpapers lightly foxed.
247 pp. "In this classic volume, Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully and magically portrays the.....
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1908. McManus, Blanche. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. A very nice copy.
ix, 442 pp. Top page ridge gilt. Color frontispiece by Blanche McManus. With illustrations from drawings and paintings done by Blanche McManus. A travelogue of Mediterranean Africa.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Review laid in. Owner sticker on front endpaper.
vii, 277 pp. 8vo. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal in 1995. Craig Packer takes us into Africa for a journey of fifty-two days in the fall of 1991.....
South Africa: Struik Publishers, 1997. 8th Printing. Soft Cover.
Eighth printing. Spine faintly toned.
160 pp. "Far-reaching political changes in South Africa have re-ignited much interest in Robben Island, particularly as the South African President, Nelson Mandela, was imprisoned there for so long. This is an informative guide to one.....
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. Small tear to jacket spine base, light general wear.
472 pp. Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo - the hard way. Traveling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through.....
New York: Worthington Co., 1888. Graves, G.E. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
3rd printing. Formerly loose gathering now repaired, faint pencil name on front flyleaf, very faint water stains and 1 x 3/4 inch bookseller sticker inside rear board.
287 pp. A presentation of one woman's experience in Africa, with a......
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Ward, Herbert. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Boards a bit rubbed, 1 inch internal split to spine cloth, small dealer plate on front endpaper.
xvi, 330 pp. 8vo. Includes illustrations from photographs, sculpture, and drawings by the author. Ward participated in the.....