Sold2023Africa.- Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, 2 vol., first edition, originalAfrica.- Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting and Trading, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf in each volume, wood-engraved frontispiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Barrow (John) Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., second edition, withAfrica.- Barrow (John) Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., second edition, half-title in vol.2 only (as issued), 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue guards, 9 folding engraveSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Caillié (René) Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and Across the GreatAfrica.- Caillié (René) Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and Across the Great Desert to Morocco, 2 vol., first English edition, mounted portrait frontispiece on india paper, foldSee Sold Price
Sold2022Park, Mungo Travels in the Interior Districts of AfricaPark, Mungo Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa London: W. Bulmer and Co. for the author, 1799. First edition, 4to (28.2 x 22cm), 20th-century half calf, edges untrimmed, engraved portrait froSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of SouthNO RESERVE Africa.- Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa, 2 vol., half-titles, frontispiece, additional vignette titles, plates, scattered spottiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 1890.NO RESERVE Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 4 maps (3 folding), folding table at end vol. 2., occasional light spottinSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 1873.Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 2 maps, of which 1 folding, errata bound into vol. 1, vol. 2 partially unopened,See Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake RegionsAfrica.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, half-titles, 12 chromoxylograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, folding map at end oSee Sold Price
Sold2021Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa,Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., first America edition, woodcut frontispieces and plates, 1 tinted lithograph, illustrations, 2 maps (1 folding), advertisements at end, pSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Selous (Frederick Courteney) Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, first edition,Africa.- Selous (Frederick Courteney) Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 21 plates, 1 with short marginal tear, illustrations, folding colourSee Sold Price
Sold2020Holub (Emil) Seven Years in South AfricaHolub (Emil) Seven Years in South Africa, 2 vol., translated by Ellen E Frewer from the German original published a year earlier, wood-engraved frontispieces and numerous illustrations, coloured foldiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Elderkin, From Tripoli To Marrakesh, 1stEd. 1944, Photos, Africa Travel"From Tripoli To Marrakesh" by Kate McK. Elderkin, published by The Pond-Ekberg Company, 1944. First Edition. Hard boards, original royal blue cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine [a litSee Sold Price
Sold2020Africa.- Tuckey (Captain J. K.) Narrative of anAfrica.- Tuckey (Capt. James Kingston) Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, first edition, lacking half-title, with folding engravSee Sold Price
Sold2024South America.- Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2South America.- Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispiece to vol. 1 only, 4 maps (3 folding), 33 plates, illustSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Stanley (H.M.) Through the Dark Continent, first edition, 1878; and another related, 8vo,Africa.- Stanley (H.M.) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed portrait frontispieces, 7 maps, (mostly colour) including 2 large folding, 41 engraved plates and numerous illusSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Explorer.- Oswell (W.Edward) William Cotton Oswell: Hunter and Explorer, 2 vol., firstAfrica.- Explorer.- Oswell (W.Edward) William Cotton Oswell: Hunter and Explorer, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, frontispiece for vol. 1 provided in modern facsimile, platSee Sold Price
Sold20202 Volumes of Books on African MusicTHE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE NATIVE RACES OF SOUTH AFRICA BY PERCIVAL KIRBY 1953 HARD COVER - SONG FROM THE FOREST BY SARNO 1993 FIRST EDITION SOFT COVER - USED, IMPERFECTIONSSee Sold Price
Sold2022Ancient Medicine.- Breasted (James Henry) The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, 2 vol. including Atlas,Ancient Medicine.- Breasted (James Henry) The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, plates, light foxing to title of text vol., original buckram-backed cloth, a little rSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Pathfinder in South Central AfricaA STORY OF PIONEER MISSIONARY WORK AND ADVENTURE. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by Photographs taken by the Author. Publishers original green cloth with gilt title and tipped-in photograph. Gilt title toSee Sold Price
Sold2023[SPORT AND TRAVEL] LOT OF 2 VOLS SOLD TOGETHERSPORT AND TRAVEL. A lot of 2 volumes sold together. Generally very good condition, various imperfections. Including: Selous, Frederick Courteney. TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN SOUTH-EAST AFRICA...With NumerSee Sold Price
SoldCOOK (JAMES) A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, FIRST EDITION, W. Strahan and...COOK (JAMES) A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure... In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative, 2 vol., FIRST EDSee Sold Price
Sold2022Keith Haring - Free South Africa, 1985Large offset lithograph poster on glazed poster paper. This is the original first printing done in 1985. Edition of 20,000. Signed on the plate lower right margin. Not numbered. Dimensions: Size of thSee Sold Price
Sold2022Baker, Sir Samuel W. IsmailiaBaker, Sir Samuel W. Ismailia A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original green picSee Sold Price
Sold2020Park, Mungo (1771-1806) Travels in the InteriorPark, Mungo (1771-1806) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa. London: by Bulmer & Co. for the Author, sold by G. & W. Nicol, 1799.Second edition, [pi]2, a4, c4, b4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A4, a-l4, m2;See Sold Price
May 30Forum AuctionsGaskell (Elizabeth C.) North and South, first edition, Chapman and Hall, 1855£600
Jun 06Freeman's | HindmanMELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849.US$300
May 30Forum Auctions[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)] Ruth. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, Chapman and Hall, 1853; and a first£300
Jun 06Freeman's | HindmanCOOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Prairie. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827.US$150
May 30Forum AuctionsKipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book, together 2 vol., first editions,£1,200
May 30Forum AuctionsClare (John) The Village Minstrel, and other poems, 2 vol., first edition, presentation binding and£2,800
May 30Forum Auctions[Hardy (Thomas)] Under the Greenwood Tree, 2 vol., first edition, Tinsley Brothers, 1872.£2,000
May 30Forum AuctionsGaskell (Elizabeth C.) Wives and Daughters. An Every-Day Story, 2 vol., first edition, Smith- Elder£500
May 30Forum Auctions[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)] Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, 2 vol., first edition, Autograph£600
May 30Forum AuctionsMinko (Tachibana) Saiga shokunin burui [Colored Pictures of Occupations of Workmen], 2 vol., first£3,500
2 days LeftLeland LittleThe Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America (1966)US$50(1 bid)
May 30Forum AuctionsDickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1 vol. bound in 2, first edition in£1,000
May 30Forum AuctionsHardy (Thomas) A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, Tinsley Brothers, 1873.£1,500
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanDICKENS, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. May 1864-November 1865. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLYUS$200
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanDIBDIN, Thomas Frognall. The Bibliographical Decameron... 1817. FIRST EDITION of Dibdin's masterfulUS$150
Jun 07Freeman's | HindmanBOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. 1791. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.US$500
May 30Forum AuctionsSouth America.- Bertonio (Ludovico) Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, 2 parts in 1, Juli [Peru],£22,000
May 30Forum AuctionsChina & Japan.- Liu Xiang Ryukyo Retsujo Den [Biographies of Virtuous Women], 5 vol., , Kyoto, 1720£2,600