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BAINES T & WALLIS J P R
The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines, 3 Vols
Publisher: Oppenheimer Series, Chatto & Windus 1946 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Increasingly rare Africana with lasting value; the author describes his wanderings in Bechuanaland and Matabeleland in the years 1869-1872 Continuously paginated 855 pp with colour and half-tone plates, dwgs and maps, Very good condition except for slightly uneven fading on covers. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 22011
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BAINES T ( Thomas )
The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa
Publisher: Books of Rhodesia, Gold Series #1 1968 ltd de luxe ed No 88/150
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Facsimile reprint of an increasingly scarce item of classic Africana 240 pp incl ads, with plates, engravings, fascsimile and map in pocket inside back cover, Very good condition in full tan calf with slipcase. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 24128
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BAINES T ( Thomas ) & KENNEDY R F ed
Journal of Residence in Africa 2 vols
Publisher: VRS 1st series No's 42 & 45 1961/1964
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Journals of noted artist explorer for the years 1842-1853 237 + 355 pp with bw plates and 2 fold-out maps, Covers vary slightly in colour and have some very slight marking, textblock good and clean condition, bookplates in both vols. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 21250
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BURROWS E H
Captain Owen of the African Survey
Publisher: Balkema 1979 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: 906191934X. The life and work of the great naval surveyor tasked with the charting of the African west and east coasts. He later became embroiled in the fight against slavery, which was to make him unpopular in political circles. Owen retired to New Brunswick in 1835. The book includes his experiences in the war against Napoleon, as well as his charting of the Canadian Great Lakes 248 pp with numerous maps and bw illustrations, Very good condition in hardcover with scuffed dw; institutional library stamp in prelims. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
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CASALIS E
The Basutos or Twenty-three Years in South Africa
Publisher: Struik 1965
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Facsimile reprint of the 1861 translation; the first part consists of a journal of exploration, while the second records the missionary's labours in Basutoland 361 pp with plates and drawings, Very good condition, with chipped dw, ltd ed no 564750. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
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CLEMENT A J
The Kalahari and its Lost City
Publisher: Longmans 1967 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. The author, a respected academic, has done extensive investigations on the literature about this fabled city, as well as practical searches in the region where is it supposed to exist. These are his conclusions. 214 pp, bw illustrations and frontispiece, maps as eps, Good condition, worn dw, ownership on eps, light speckle of foxing in prelims. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 24692
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CORNELL F C
The Glamour of Prospecting
Publisher: D Philip 1999
ISBN or SBN Number: 0864860544. One of the most readable books on the subject to come out of Africa 336 pp with bw illustrations, Very good condition in softcovers. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 24990
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DE VYLDER G & RUDNER I & J transl
The Journal of Gustaf de Vylder - Naturalist in South Western Africa
Publisher: VRS 2nd series #28 1998 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: 0958411247. Adventurous travels of a naturalist in the wild South West in the years 1873-5 292 pp with colour frontis. dwgs and maps, Mint condition with dw. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 21822
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DODGE E S
Beyond the Capes
Publisher: Gollancz 1971
ISBN or SBN Number: 0575013222. The story of Pacific exploration - epic voyages from that of Captain Cook to the Challenger (1776-1877) 429 pp with numerous bw illustrations and colour frontis, maps as eps, Very good condition in hardcover with good dw, light spotting on edge of textblock only. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 14920
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FINLASON C E
A Nobody in Mashonaland
Publisher: Books of Rhodesia, Gold Series #9 1970 Facs repr
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Light-hearted travel in Mashonaland shortly after the occupation by Europeans 330 pp with portrait, Very good condition with dw, name in prelims. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 23776
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FORBATH P
The River Congo
Publisher: Harper & Row 1977 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: 0061224901. An all-inclusive account of the mighty river's discovery, exploration and exploitation by European powers. The author truly throws light on the 'Heart of Darkness'. 404 pp with bw illustrations and maps as eps, Good condition in hardcover with worn dw, a few of the prelims have a corner creased. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 22673
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GALTON F
Bericht eines Forschers im Tropischen Südafrika
Publisher: Swakopmund Museum 1980
ISBN or SBN Number: 0620046813. A German translation of Galton's work on his travels in Namibia during the middle of the 19th century 180pp with frontis, bw plates and folding map in colour, Good condition in hardcover, no dw. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 24180
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GLADSTONE P
Travels of Alexine
Publisher: John Murray 1970
ISBN or SBN Number: 0719520444. The life and extraordinary explorations of Alexine Tinne, who accompanied by her mother, two maids and a retinue of men, through the unknown regions of the Southern Sudan and the Sahara 247 pp with maps and bw photos, Very good condition in hardcover with edgeworn dw, name on prelims. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 25190
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GLOVER, SIR J H & HASTINGS A C G
The Voyage of the Dayspring
Publisher: John Lane the Bodley Head 1926 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Journal kept by Glover, when he was a young Lieutenant with the Baikie Expedition in 1857, with commentary by A C G Hastings. This was followed by 14 years of service there, mostly as governor, of which his wife writes in the introduction. 230 pp with frontis and bw plates, Good condition in hardcover, with tatty dw; some foxing spots on edge of textblock, bookplate. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 22571
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HALL R
Lovers on the Nile
Publisher: Random House 1980
ISBN or SBN Number: 0394502272. The romantic saga of Samuel and Florence Baker and their travels on the Nile. 254 pp with bw illustrations and map, Very good condition in hardcover, no dw. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
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ISAACS N
Travel and Adventure in Eastern Africa
Publisher: Struik 1970
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. The amazing tale of the boy explorer who was to become a witness to the rise and fall of the mighty Zulu empire under Chaka. Indispensable to the scholar of early Natal history. 349 pp with bw and colour plates and fold-out map, Very good condition with dw in glassine sleeve, ltd ed No 491/1500, ownership on eps. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 22774
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ISAACS N & HERRMAN L ed
Nathaniel Isaacs' Travel and Adventure in Eastern Africa, 2 vols
Publisher: VRS 1st Series no's 16 & 17 1936-7
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. The amazing tale of the boy explorer who was to become a witness to the rise and fall of the mighty Zulu empire under Chaka. 291 + 333 pp with bw plates and map, Very good condition in hardcover, no dw as issued, slight variance in fading on the two volumes, andd vol 1 has light foxing on eps. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 22510
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KRAUSS F & SPOHR O H ed
Travel Journal - Cape to Zululand 1838 - 40
Publisher: Balkema 1973 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: 0869610465. Observations by a collector and naturalist on a collecting trip, during the reign of King Mpanda 90 pp with bw illustrations and maps, Very good condition, no dw, bookplate. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 16567
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LATROBE C I
Journal of a Visit to South Africa
Publisher: Struik 1969
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Facsimile of 1818 edition of the missionary-traveller's trek from Cape Town to the Great Fish River, while he visited a number of the mission stations in the southern Cape 406 pp with colour plates and maps, new intoduction by F Bradlow, Very good condition in original linen-covered boards, gilt decorated, ltd ed no 849/1000. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 24120
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LIVINGSTONE D & MACNAIR J I ed
Livingstone's Travels
Publisher: J M Dent 1954
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. Some extracts from the great traveller's works which give an overview of his life work. 429 pp with bw illustrations and maps, Good condition with worn dw, name on eps. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 24689
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LIVINGSTONE D & SHEPPERSON G ed
David Livingstone and the Rovuma
Publisher: University Press Edinburgh 1965
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. The travel notebooks of the famous explorer as he ascended the notorious riveron the border between Tanzania and Mozambique 204 pp with colour plate tipped in, bw illustrations and fold-out map, Light foxing and ownership in prelims, o/w very good condition with dw. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 24619
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MARSH J H
No Pathway Here
Publisher: Timmins 1948 1st ed
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. The story of Marion and Prince Edward Islands 200 pp with bw plates, maps as eps, Very good condition in original covers with good, slightly edegworn dw. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 23113
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MCKIERNAN G & SERTON P ed
Narrative and Journal of Gerald McKiernan in SWA
Publisher: VRS 1st Series No 35 1954
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. McKiernan was an adventurous American and gives an interesting picture of life in South West Africa in the 1870's. 197 pp with bw plates and fold-out map, Mint condition in hardcover, no dw as issued. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
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MÖLLER P
Journey in Africa through Angola, Ovampoland and Damaraland
Publisher: Struik 1974
ISBN or SBN Number: 086977042. The author travelled by ox-wagon through Angola towards Walvis Bay, describing the country, wild-life and people. Translated from the original Swedish by I & J Rudner 216 pp with bw illustrations and fold-out map, Very good condition with vg dw, virtually a new book. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
Item number: 23468
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MOOREHEAD A ( Alan )
The White Nile
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton 1962 repr
ISBN or SBN Number: n/a. The author traces the exploration of the great river by Europeans, and gives an account of the history of Moslem and Christian conquests along it. 385 pp with bw illustrations and maps, Very good condition with vg dw. All books are shipped from South Africa. We will email with price quote for shipping.
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