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[TULLY, Miss].
Narrative Of A Ten Years' Residence At Tripoli In Africa: From The Original Correspondence In The Possession Of The Family Of The Late Richard Tully, Esq The British Consul. Comprising Authentic Memoirs And Anecdotes Of The Reigning Bashaw, His Family, And Other Persons Of Distinction; Also, An Account Of The Domestic Manners Of The Moors, Arabs, And Turks.
London: Printed For Henry Colburn, 1816.
4to. pp. xiii, [2], 370. folding engraved map & 5 hand-coloured aquatints (incl frontis.). modern half calf (some scattered light foxing, plates offset). First Edition. An interesting account of Moorish manners and customs, and political events in Tripoli in the latter part of the eighteenth century, written by the sister or sister-in-law of the late Richard Tully, British Consul at Tripoli from 1783 to 1793. Tully's family was very close to that of the Bashaw, and this narrative, according to the Preface, "will be found an object of particular curiosity, from the lively and artless manner in which it lays open the interior of the Court of the Bashaw of Tripoli. It contains.the only exact account which has ever been made publicly known of the private manners and conduct of the African Despot, and details such scenes and events, such sketches of human weakness and vice, the effects of ambition, avarice, envy, and intrigue, as will scarcely appear credible in the estimation of an European." "The work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio. The female members of Tully's family were on intimate terms with the Bashaw's family and were admitted into all the life of the seraglio. This is one of the most important records of Tripolitan life during the 18th century. The very attractive plates depict genre scenes and costumes." (Blackmer) The letters describe the plague that arrived in Tripoli from Tunis in 1785 and confined the Tully family indoors for a year and a half, the civil war in Tripoli, and the aggressions between Spain and Algeria, and Venice and Tunis. Both the Bashaw's family and the Tully's were driven out of Tripoli by the Turkish invasion of 1793. Abbey, Travel, 299. Robinson, Wayward Women, p. 248. Prideaux p. 354 (erroneously calling for 6 coloured plates) & Tooley 493 (attributing the work to Richard Tully). cfBlackmer 1682 (Third Edn.). cfGay 1496bis.
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[TULLY, Miss].
Voyage À Tripoli, Ou Relation D'Un Séjour De Dix Ans En Afrique.
Paris: P.Mongie Aîné, 1819..
Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. x, 392; 1 p.l., 394, [1 leaf]errata. with half-titles. folding engraved map & 7 plates (incl frontis.). contemporary quarter calf (spine dry & flaking with pieces chipped from head & foot, joints rubbed, some scattered foxing, generally light but a bit heavier on frontis. & title, several plates with titles in ms.). First Edition of the French Translation by J.MacCarthy, based on the second English Edition. An interesting account of Moorish manners and customs, and political events in Tripoli in the latter part of the eighteenth century, written by the sister or sister-in-law of the late Richard Tully, British Consul at Tripoli from 1783 to 1793. Tully's family was very close to that of the Bashaw, and this narrative, according to the Preface, "will be found an object of particular curiosity, from the lively and artless manner in which it lays open the interior of the Court of the Bashaw of Tripoli. It contains.the only exact account which has ever been made publicly known of the private manners and conduct of the African Despot, and details such scenes and events, such sketches of human weakness and vice, the effects of ambition, avarice, envy, and intrigue, as will scarcely appear credible in the estimation of an European." "The work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio." (Blackmer) Gay 1496bis. cfAbbey, Travel, 299. cfRobinson, Wayward Women, p. 248. cfBlackmer 1682.
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TYLER, Josiah [1823-1895].
Livingstone's Life Work, Or Africa and Its Explorers. A Narrative Of The Life, Travels, Adventures, Experiences, and Achievements Of Dr. David Livingstone, Including His Discovery By Henry M. Stanley...
Hartford, Connecticut & Chicago, Illinois: Columbian Book Company..., 1875..
8vo. pp. xvii, [18]-831, [1]. 4 full-page wood-engraved maps, 2 autograph facsimiles, & 101 wood-engraved illus. (most full-page). original cloth (rubbed, corners worn, spine ends & rear joint frayed, some light foxing to first leaves, long clean tear in 1 plate - no loss). First Edition, "Published by Subscription Only".
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VAN DER KEMP, J[ohannes] T[heodorus] [1747-1811].
Memoirs Of The Rev. J.T. Van Der Kemp, M.D. Late Missionary In South Africa. By Order Of The Directors Of The Missionary Society.
London: Printed For The Society By J.Dennett..., 1813..
8vo. pp. 37, [2]ads. stitched as issued, rebacked in paper. Fourth Edition. cfMendelssohn III 299 (2nd & 3rd editions with frontis. portrait).
$150 USD Book Number: elala4485 Order / Enquire
WALLACE, Robert [1853-1899].
Farming Industries Of Cape Colony.
London: P.S.King And Son & Capetown: J.C.Juta And Co., 1896..
8vo. pp. xxxi, [1], 552 + xvi(ads). 14 folding coloured maps, 6 plans (4 in the text, 2 recto & verso of on 1 folding sheet), 75 plates (counted as 82 - 6 of plates with 2 illus.; incl. frontis. portrait), & 92 text illus. tipped-in printed slip: 'With the Author's Compliments'. original cloth, gilt arms on upper cover (several library rubberstamps, bookplate removed, label mark at foot of spine). First Edition. Mendelssohn IV p. 712.
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WALMSLEY, Hugh Mulleneux.
The Ruined Cities Of Zulu Land.With Illustrations By Martinus Kuÿtenbrouwer.
London: Chapman And Hall, 1869..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [ix]-xii, [1 leaf], 255; 1 p.l., [vii]-viii, [1 leaf], 262. lacking half-titles. 20 plates (incl. 2 frontis., 2 folding). contemporary half calf (rubbed, neat gilt institutional crest on upper covers & lower spines, some scattered light foxing). First Edition. "A tale based on an account of travels in the Northern Transvaal, Matabeleland, and Portuguese S.E. Africa. The document from which the facts were taken was sent to the author by his brother, Captain Walmsley, Government Agent, Zulu Frontier, Natal, who had long resided in that part of South Africa." (Mendelssohn) Mendelssohn IV p. 714. Hosken p. 213.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART.
The de Havenon Collection.
Washington, D.C.: [1971]..
4to. pp. 238. 243 illus. (most full-page). 1 map. wrs. (lightly rubbed, small spot on upper front).
$61 USD Book Number: ASHeWASH65 Order / Enquire
WASHINGTON. MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART.
African Art The de Havenon Collection.
Washington, D.C.: [1971]..
4to. unpaginated. profusely illus. in b/w, some colour. wrs. (minor edge wear, bit scuffed, small sticker residue in upper right corner).
$55 USD Book Number: stela2026 Order / Enquire
WASSING, René S.
African Art Its Background and Traditions.Photographs By Hans Hinz.
np: Leon Amiel, nd..
4to. pp. xii, 285. 264 illus. (24 colour). 2 maps. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (extremities slightly chipped).
$103 USD Book Number: ASSriWAS85 Order / Enquire
WAZAN, Emily [Keene], Shareefa of [1850-1944].
My Life Story...Edited...By S.L.Bensusan...With A Preface By R.B.Cunninghame Graham.
London: Edward Arnold, 1911..
8vo. pp. xx, 327 + 24(ads). 20 illus. from photographs on 16 plates (incl. frontis.). A fine copy, untrimmed in original cloth (title tissue guard browned). Presentation Copy rubberstamp on title. First Edition. The author immigrated to Morocco from England in 1872, to serve as a governess for an English couple in Tangier. There she married the much older highly venerated Grand Shareef of Wazan, Hadj Ahmed Ben Abdsslam, with whom she had two children. The Shareef maintained Emily's comfortable lifestyle in Morocco following their divorce Her memoirs contain an interesting intimate account of Moorish life and customs.
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WEBER, Michael John [Editor].
Perspectives: Angles On African Art by James Baldwin.Ekpo Eyo.David Rockefeller.
New York: The Center for African Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc. [1987]..
4to. pp. 195. profusely illus. (most colour, some full-page). 1 map. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.
$68 USD Book Number: ABErsWEB15 Order / Enquire
WEINTHAL, Leo.
Memories, Mines and Millions Being The Life Of Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bart.
London: Simpkin Marshall, Ltd., 1929..
8vo. pp. 248. 5 tipped-in photographic illus. (incl. frontis. portrait) & numerous text illus. original cloth (some discolouration to covers, adhesion damage on pp. 94-95 affecting several words on 12 lines). First Edition of this biography of the South African mining magnate. Robinson [1840-1929] made a fortune mining diamonds at Kimberley and gold in the Witwatersrand. His ruthless business practices earned him the title of 'Old Buccaneer'.
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WILKINSON, Sir J[ohn] Gardner [1797-1875].
A Popular Account Of The Ancient Egyptians. Revised And Abridged From His Larger Work.
London: John Murray, 1854..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 418, [1]; x, 438, 32(ads). 2 wood-engraved frontis. (1 folding) & numerous text illus. (several full-page). untrimmed in original black-stamped pictorial cloth (frayed & spine ends chipped). Ibrahim-Hilmy II 330.
$179 USD Book Number: ALKPoWIL30 Order / Enquire
WILSON, C[harles] Rivers [1831-1916].
Chapters From My Official Life...Edited By Everilda MacAlister.
London: Edward Arnold, 1916..
8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 310, [14]incl ads. photogravure frontis. A rather brilliant copy in original cloth (few minor marks & small nick on rear cover, browning to title & frontis. from tissue guard). First Edition. A large portion of the work (pp. 70-222) relates Wilson's experiences in Egypt, 1876-80, where he served as a government director of the Suez Canal Company, vice-president of the Commission to enquire into the Egyptian financial situation, Finance Minister, and president of the Commission for the Liquidation of the Egyptian Debt. In 1895 he became president of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, retiring in 1909 (pp. 267-82). He was involved in the negotiations that led to the formation of the Grand Trunk Pacific Company in 1903, and the construction of the western part of the transcontinental line from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert. The town of Rivers, Manitoba, is named after him.
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ZALOUMIS, Alex.
Zulu tribal art. Photography by Ian Difford.
[Cape Town]: AmaZulu Publishers, [2000]..
folio. pp. 301, [2]. profusely illus. (most colour). cloth. dw. (lacking front free-endpaper, else very good). First Edition.
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