Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries
H. Cayley-Webster First edition. Large Octavo. 24×16cm; [2],xvii,387,[1]pp. Blue decorative buckram boards with gilt title and decorations. Light general wear; some discolouration and rubbing. Binding square and tight. Top edge gilt. Clean within. Map and many monochrome plates. A very good copy.- $151
- $151
Shepstone : The Role of the Family in the History of South Africa 1820-1900
R. E. Gordon First edition. Quarto. 25×18cm; xii,421,[3]pp. Quarter bound in red and brown with gilt title on spine and publisher’s device in gilt on upper board; binding square and tight. Dust jacket very clean with one small tear near top of spine. Clean within. B+w illustrations. A 'Very Good' copy.- $57
- $57
In Wildest Africa
C. G. Schillings; Frederic Whyte [translator] Second edition. Quarto. 24×17cm; xvi,716,[2]pp. Decorative green buckram boards with gilt title to spine and centrepiece on upper board. Light general wear and fading. Binding square but a little loose. Top edge foxed. Clean within. Lavishly illustrated with many monochrome plates and figures. A 'Very Good' copy.- $94
- $94
Survey of International Affairs 1935 : Volume II Abyssinia and Italy
Arnold J. Toynbee First edition. Small Quarto. 24×16cm; xi,[1],598pp. Red buckram boards with gilt title to spine; very slight general wear; binding square and tight. Light soiling to top edge but clean within. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper for ‘Barclays Bank Directors Library’. Four folding maps. A 'Very Good' copy.- $76
- $76
Sheba’s Daughters : Being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia
H. St. J. B. Philby [St John Philby] First edition. Small Quarto. 24×18cm; xix,[1],485,[1]pp. Ex-library. Light blue buckram boards with gilt title and decoration to spine; general wear and fading; library number on spine. Binding square and tight. Light soiling on top edge, some foxing to other edges. Clean within. Wigan Free Public Library bookplate on front endpaper and blind stamped on frontispiece. Illustrations and monochrome plates. A 'Good+' copy.- $126
- $126
The Cape Peninsula : Being Pen and Colour Sketches Described by Réné Juta and Painted by W. Westhofen
First edition. Small Quarto. 23×17cm; xi,[1],118,[2]pp. Decorative blue buckram boards with title and decorations in gilt and black. Binding slightly loose at front hinge but still secure and square. Top edge gilt. Minor unobtrusive foxing within. Former owner signature and date to end paper. Twenty-five colour plates. A 'Good+' copy. T. H. Huxley’s Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S Rattlesnake : Edited from the Unpublished MS. by Julian Huxley
First edition. Large Octavo. 24×17cm; viii,371,[1]pp. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine; very light general wear; binding square and tight. Top edge blue, mild foxing to other edges. Clean within. Colour and monochrome plates. Folding map. A 'Very Good' copy. The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846 : The Journals of Charles Sturt
First thus. Quarto. 25×18cm; lxxi,[1],366,[2]pp. Series III, Volume 10. Navy blue cloth with gilt title and blind bands to spine and gilt centrepiece to upper board. Clean; binding square and tight. Very good dust jacket with minor creasing at lower edge. Clean within. Colour plates. A 'Near Fine' copy.