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1932Best.-Nr. 52575London: Hutchinson & Co 1932. First edition 8vo pp. 8 11-285 1 8 ads; frontispiece and 41 photographic illustrations on 19 plates; small scrape on upper cover else near fine in original green cloth gilt-lettered spine. Hutchinson & Co unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 52565New York: D. Appleton and Co 1928. First edition American issue; 8vo pp. xi 1 211 1; frontispiece and 41 photographic illustrations on 35 plates folding table of African languages folding map inside back cover pocket 1 drawing in the text; 2 small pressure stamps on title page else a fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine nearly fine dust jacket. D. Appleton and Co unknown books
1872Best.-Nr. 52516London: Tinsley Brothers 1872. First edition first issue binding 2 volumes 8vo pp. xii 2 503 1; vi 2 519 1; folding map highlighted in blue 11 wood-engraved plates including 2 frontispieces 4 full-p. sketch maps; original chocolate brown cloth gilt vignette on upper covers both volumes neatly rebacked with original spines laid down; previous owners' bookplates pertinent newspaper clippings tipped into both volumes at endpaper and half-title; a good sound copy. Zanzibar is Burton's account of the country and its natural history and Burton's and Speke's various journeys 1857-59 in the lake regions of east Africa including the discoveries of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika. The final chapter is Burton's memorial of Speke with whom he had many points of divergence regarding the geographical discoveries at Victoria and the Nile basin. Spink Catalogue no. 49; Penzer pp. 88-89; Casada 72: "It is in my opinion among the most important of his African-related studies. Tinsley Brothers unknown books
1886Best.-Nr. 52566London: Kegan Paul Trench and Co 1886. First edition 8vo pp. xxviii 338; xv 1 572 36 ads; gravure frontispiece portrait wood-engraved vignette title page 6 maps 2 folding some in color 14 plates numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original pictorial red cloth stamped in black white and gilt on upper cover and spine; the spine is a mess: old long cracks chipped at extremities and sunned but the book is surprisingly sound clean and the covers quite bright. Not a common book. Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co unknown books
1913Best.-Nr. 52528London: Macmillan and Co 1913. First edition 8vo pp. xv 1 379 1 6 ads; folding table giving particulars of 25 felled elephants 27 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; some rubbing at the extremities otherwise a very good copy in original red cloth gilt-lettered spine. Czech Africa p. 156: "A pre-eminent elephant hunting title this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa North Eastern Rhodesia Nyasaland and the Lado Enclave. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1873Best.-Nr. 52572London: John Murrary for the Royal Geographic Society 1873. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 271 1; large folding frontispiece map without tears and fine; original blue cloth gilt-stamped spine; perforated stamp in title page accession numbers on spine lightly rubbed else very good and sound. Burton's portion of the book ends on p. 164. Penzer p. 89 noting that Burton had also written two appendices which because of their controversial and critical nature were rejected by the R.G.S. "These appendices together with a preface were published privately at Trieste in July of the same year." Casada 85; Mendelssohn I p. 234. Have 2 copies. John Murrary [for the] Royal Geographic Society unknown books
1893Best.-Nr. 52561Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons 1893. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xix 1 563 1; gravure frontispiece portrait 13 maps 9 in color 5 folding 2 in cover pockets 2 other maps in the text 54 plates 75 illustrations in the text; Geography Prize bookplate in vol. I dated Dec. 19 1900; original pictorial red cloth stamped in black and gilt; spines rather sunned and spine extremities a bit rubbed but the bindings are sound with no cracked hinges. William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 52544New York & Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell n.d. 1898. First American edition 8vo pp. xxx 3-299 1; 100 photographic illustrations throughout many full-page; original decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt; lightly rubbed very good. Czech Africa p. 29: "A former English army officer Burrows was hired by the Belgian government as district commander of the Upper Well-Mobanghi region of the Congo. Thomas Y. Crowell, n.d. unknown books
1893Best.-Nr. 52542London: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1893. First edition 8vo pp. iii-viii 335 1 30 2 ads; 46 wood-engraved illustrations a number full-page; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt white and green; cloth a little bubbled rear free endpaper excised spine a little soiled; in all a good copy or better. Sampson Low, Marston, & Co unknown books
1853Best.-Nr. 52524London: John Murray 1853. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xv 1 425 1; iv 432; folding map with route outlined in red 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages both frontispieces a bit dampstained but overall a fine-looking copy. John Murray unknown books
1868Best.-Nr. 52527London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1868. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 397 1 2 ads; 8 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding a bit soiled and small cracks at the spine extremities but generally a good sound copy or better. Henry Aaron Stern 1820-1885 was an Anglican missionary and captive in Abyssinia. "In August 1842 he was admitted into the Hebrew College of the London Jews' Society with the ultimate intention of becoming a missionary to the Jews." He was sent first to Jerusalem then Baghdad and Istanbul where he stayed for nearly six years. "The London Jews' Society then directed Stern to travel to Ethiopia to preach to the Beta Israel Jews arriving on March 10 1860. Tewodros II of Ethiopia initially welcomed Stern and Stern fixed his headquarters at Gondar. "Following various slights by Lord John Russell of the British Foreign Office and others the Ethiopian emperor's attitude to the British changed. Stern was summoned to appear before the emperor at Gondar in October 1863 where Stern was beaten and imprisoned together with a Mr. Rosenthal his LJS assistant. By the time they were transferred to prison at Amba Magdala in November 1864 they were joined by the British consul Charles Cameron and other Europeans. Stern's situation was made more difficult by the fact that the emperor was made aware of uncomplimentary material in Stern's book - including having stated that the emperor's mother was a vendor of kosso - in Wanderings among the Falashas in Abyssinia: together with a description of the Country and its various Inhabitants 1862" Wikipedia. This lead to the British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia under the command of Robert Napier who captured the Ethiopian capital and rescued the prisoners. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin unknown books
1908Best.-Nr. 52594New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Co 1908. Second edition 8vo pp. 4 9-380 4 ads; 17 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; fine in original green pictorial cloth stamped in orange black and gilt. Fleming H. Revell Co unknown books
1890Best.-Nr. 52606London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington n.d. 1890. 2 volumes small 8vo pp. xiii 1 298 2; viii 308; folding map with route outlined in color; 16 wood-engraved plates by J. D. Cooper plus other wood engravings in the text; small breaks in the cloth at the spine ends spines lightly sunned else near fine in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black on upper covers and in gilt on spine. First published in English in 1873. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, n.d. unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 52563London: Hodder and Stoughton 1932. First edition 8vo pp. 366; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Cromer 1841-1917 was "British controller-general in Egypt during 1879 part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the 1876 Egyptian bankruptcy. He later became the agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907 during the British occupation prompted by the 'Urabi revolt. This position gave Baring de facto control over Egyptian finances and governance" Wikipedia. Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
1891Best.-Nr. 52605London & New York: Frederick Warne 1891. 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxi 1 376; xv 1 347 1; 4 folding color maps 3 printed in color inside back cover pockets 60 photographic or wood-engraved plates some tinted a few in color; original pictorial maroon crocodile-patterned cloth stamped in gilt silver and black; contemporary prize label Camden Road Collegiate School Cambridge on front pastedown of volume I; small breaks in the cloth at the top of both spines rear hinge on volume II starting; all else very good bright and sound. Frederick Warne unknown books
1890Best.-Nr. 52548Philadelphia: Reading and Co 1890. First edition 8vo pp. iii-xv 1 278; frontispiece portrait 64 plates 1 in color and 2 maps; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; slight wear else near fine. The author is described on the title page as the late secretary of the Gabon and Corsico Mission and acting commercial agent for the U.S. "All the scenes and incidents portrayed in this book are true the only fiction consisting in making these the experiences of the Ogowe Band instead of the author. All the descriptions of scenery were copied from diaries written upon the spot and are as accurate as it is possible to make them" preface. Reading and Co unknown books
1880Best.-Nr. 52581New York: Atkin & Prout 1880. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 500; frontispiece the tissue guard for which is torn large folding map of North Eastern Africa; original green cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine a little spotted else very good and sound. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 201-04. Atkin & Prout unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 52568New York: Macmillan Co 1933. First American edition 8vo pp. ix 1 393 1; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in brown on upper cover and spine near fine dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine. A novel concerning the "imaginary principality in the center of Africa untouched by Europe except for slight contact with a movie company" jacket blurb. Macmillan Co unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 52559London: Chapman & Hall 1899. Second edition 8vo pp. xiv 365 1; frontispiece portrait and 28 plates 3 maps and plans; some rubbing of the binding but generally very good and sound in original green cloth stamped in gilt and with a red seal on the upper cover. Neufeld was imprisoned for 12 years in Omdurman after the fall of Khartoum. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 52567New York: Books Inc. distributed by E.P. Dutton n.d. 1942. 8vo pp. iii-xi 3 499 1; 101 maps in the text; fine copy in original orange cloth gilt-stamped spine in a near fine dust jacket with one shallow chip. Books, Inc., distributed by E.P. Dutton, n.d. unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 52555Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. xvii 1 305 1; folding map with route outlined in red 46 plates showing 80 illustrations; original red cloth gilt-stamped upper cover and spine t.e.g.; Phillips Academy bookplate marked withdrawn traces of pocket removal on rear pastedown small withdrawn stamp on title page and rear pastedown accession label removed from base of spine; lightly rubbed. Czech Africa p. 113: "Using bicycles as a break from the monotony of 'foot slogging' Melland and Cholmeley set out from Kasama with the intention of traveling to the Nile. Passing through German East Africa near the shores of Lake Tanganyika the pair bagged leopard and numerous crocodile . with additional chapters on hunting elephant in the Masindi District in Uganda. An interesting work of travel and sport complete with numerous bicycle breakdowns. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1914Best.-Nr. 52552London: Seeley Service & Co 1914. Second edition 8vo pp. 317 1 2 ads; folding map printed in color 1 other full-page map in the text 32 plates; a near fine copy in original pictorial green cloth stamped in green. Czech Africa p. 51: "Dracopoli explored the region from Kismayu on the coast then westward to the Lorian Swamp in British East Africa. In the Joreh district he bagged oryx gerenuk hartebeest zebra and topi. Upon reaching the Lorian district the author collected waterbuck and gazelle. His descriptions of the terrain and climate are especially interesting. Seeley, Service & Co unknown books
1921Best.-Nr. 52576London: Seeley Service & Co 1921. First edition 8vo pp. 479 1; 20 plates 44 diagrams in the text including a double-p. map and 5 maps 4 folding original pictorial black cloth stamped in green on upper cover and spine; covers spotted especially along the fore-edge of the upper cover and the extremities are worn Nairobi owner's signature on flyleaf else a good sound copy. Seeley, Service & Co unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 52521New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. 6 ix-xxiv 295 1; folding map and 56 photographic illustrations on 48 plates; light wear at the extremities especially the lower corners and very slight cracking at the top of the spine; original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; very good. Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin unknown books
1905Best.-Nr. 52574New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1905. First edition 8vo pp. x 364; portrait frontispiece folding map and 100 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 44 plates; original green cloth stamped in blue gilt and green on upper cover and spine; very good. This copy inscribed "To Mr. K. B. Coulter with the good greetings of the scribe Wm. Edgar Geil Clifton Springs NY Nov. AD 1906. Dodd, Mead & Co unknown books
