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BURROWS, Guy.
The Curse Of Central Africa.To Which Is Incorporated A Campaign Amongst Cannibals By Edgar Canisius.
London: R.A.Everett & Co., Ltd., 1903..
8vo. pp. xxviii, [20], 276, [4], viii, [10], 18(ads). frontis. portrait, folding colour map & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth (rubbed, slightly shaken). First Edition, Second Impression. A gruesome exposé of the cruelties, excesses, and atrocities committed by the Belgian administration in the Congo, written by the former district commissioner of the Aruwimi District of the Congo Free State. Hosken p. 33.
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BURROWS, Guy.
The Land Of The Pigmies. With Introduction By H.M.Stanley, M.P.
New York & Boson: Thomas Y.Crowell & Company, [c1898]..
8vo. pp. xxx, [3]-299. with half-title. frontis. portrait & 99 text illus. (many full-page). original cloth (rubbed, front hinge cracked, few institutional rubberstamps & labels, occasional light marginal soiling). First American Edition. During his three-year stay in the Congo Free State, Burrows commanded the Welle-Mobanghi division and the Makua (Upper Welle) and Rubi-Welle Zones.
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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis [1821-1890].
The Lake Regions Of Central Africa A Picture Of Exploration.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, And Roberts, 1860.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, [1 leaf], 412; vi, [1 leaf], 468 +24(ads). with half-titles. folding partly coloured map, 12 chromoxylographed plates (incl. 2 frontis.) & 22 wood engravings in the text. original orange-red cloth (bit soiled, library markings neatly removed from titles & lower spines, otherwise very good). First Edition, Second Issue. An account of Burton's 1856-59 expedition in company with John Hanning Speke to central east Africa in search of the the source of the Nile. Setting out from Zanzibar, the expedition endured incredible difficulties and hardships due in part to the untrustworthiness of their followers as to opposion from native tribes before arriving at Lake Tanganyika, the largest of the Central African lakes on February 14, 1858 almost eight months later. Following three months spent exploring the shores of the lake, the return journey was commenced and Speke was detached to verify reports of another lake to the northward, which he only sighted from a distance, and surmised to be the true source of the white Nile. This lake, the Victoria Nyanza, was later proven by Speke to be the source on a subsequent expedition in company with James Augustus Grant, but his surmise led to a bitter and celebrated feud with Burton. In the preface Burton dismisses Speke as being no more than a subordinate on the expedition, never having held the position of surveyor as he claimed upon his return to England. Penzer pp. 65-66. Hosken p. 34.
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[BUXTON, Hannah Maude [b. 1872], Clare Emily BUXTON, & Theresa BUXTON].
The Either Side Of The Red Sea With Illustrations Of The Granite Ranges Of The Eastern Desert Of Egypt, And Of Sinai. By H.M.B., C.E.B. And T.B. With An Introduction And Footnotes By E[dward] N[orth] Buxton.
London: Edward Stanford, 1895..
8vo. pp. vi, 163. with half-title. 53 plates (incl. frontis.) after photographs taken by the authors. text illus. original gilt-stamped cloth (new endpapers, covers warped, crack in back cover). Mudie's Select Library label on upper cover. ownership entry of Canadian author, Thomas Conant [1842-1905]. First Edition.
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CAMERON, Elisabeth L.
Isn't s/he A Doll? Play And Ritual In African Sculpture.
[Los Angeles]: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, [1996]..
4to. pp. 124. profusely illus. in colour & b/w. cloth. dw.
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CAMERON, Verney Lovett [1844-1894].
Across Africa.
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 389 +[4]ads; xii, 366 + 8(ads). with half-titles. 29 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & 4 facsimiles (3 folding). folding partly coloured map in rear pocket. numerous text illus. A nice set in the original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth. First Edition of this important account of the Livingstone Relief Expedition of 1873-75 which was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society. After receiving word that Livingstone was dead in October 1873 shortly after his arrival in Africa, Cameron decided to continue his explorations. He conducted a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika and from there, braving great difficulties, travelled southeast through the Southern Congo region and Angola. In 1875 he reached Katombela, north of Benguela on the Atlantic coast, becoming the first European to cross Equatorial Africa from east to west. On his return to England, Cameron was received with much acclamation. He was promoted to be a commander, was made a C.B., was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society, and was created hon. D.C.L. of Oxford. Hosken p. 38.
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CAMERON, Verney Lovett [1844-1894].
Across Africa.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xvi, [15]-508, [8]ads. lacking half-title? 29 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) & 4 facsimiles (3 double-page). folding partly coloured map in front pocket. numerous text illus. original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, rebacked with portion of spine mounted (map backed with rice paper). First American Edition of this important account of the Livingstone Relief Expedition of 1873-75 which was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society. After receiving word that Livingstone was dead in October 1873 shortly after his arrival in Africa, Cameron decided to continue his explorations. He conducted a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika and from there, braving great difficulties, travelled southeast through the Southern Congo region and Angola. In 1875 he reached Katombela, north of Benguela on the Atlantic coast, becoming the first European to cross Equatorial Africa from east to west. On his return to England, Cameron was received with much acclamation. He was promoted to be a commander, was made a C.B., was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society, and was created hon. D.C.L. of Oxford. cfHosken p. 38.
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CAMPBELL, Thomas [1777-1844].
Letters From The South.
London: Henry Colburn, 1837..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xx, 354; xi, 358, [2]list of illus. & errata. with half-titles. 1 folding engraved plan & 10 aquatint plates (3 folding). Uncut in original bds. (joints cracked, spines chipped with large piece wanting from foot of spine of Vol. II, some foxing to & offsetting from plates, otherwise internally fine). First London Edition of the Scotttish poet's account of his visit to Algiers after the French conquest, including remarks on the Turkish garrison in Algiers, Christian slavery, Moorish, Arab, and Kabyle manners and customs, the Jews of Algiers, the cholera at Oran, the French African Company, &c. Abbey, Travel, 306.
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CANNIZZO, Jeanne.
Into The Heart Of Africa.
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, [1989]..
4to. pp. 96. profusely illus. (some colour). biblio. wrs.
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CAPART, Jean & WERBROUCK, Marcelle.
Thebes The Glory Of A Great Past.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1926..
folio. pp. 362, [1 leaf]. with half-title. 259 text illus. from photos (many full-page). decorative ornaments & intials. title vignette. original printed wrs. (spine cello-taped, small rubberstamp on half-title). First American Edition.
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CAPELLO, H[ernandogildo Augusto de Brito] [1839-1917] & R[oberto] IVENS.
De Angola A Contra-Costa Descripção De Uma Viagem Atravez Do Continente Africano.
Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1886.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxvii, 448; xiii, 490. with half-titles. 7 folding maps, 2 folding charts, & numerous wood-engraved plates & text illus. A fine set in contemporary quarter morocco, gilt coronet on upper covers, all edges gilt (small library rubberstamp on titles). First Edition of this account of the important 1884-86 first west to east expedition across South Africa between the coasts of Angola and Mozambique accomplished by Brito Capello and Roberto Ivans. The two Portuguese naval officers mapped a viable commercial route, explored the unknown interior first between the Angola coastline and Huila plain and later through the interior of Quelimane in Mozambique, and conducted important hydrographic and ethnographic and linguistic studies. Capello became governor of Angola (1886-1891) following the publication of the present work, and later became aide-de-camp to King Luis I and King Carlos I of Portugal.
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CAREY, M.L.M.
Four Months In A Dahabëéh; Or, Narrative Of A Winter's Cruise On The Nile.
London: L.Booth, 1863..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 414, [2]ads. with half-title. 6 chromolithographed plates. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (spine dull, front cover bit spotted). First Edition. The travellers undertook their cruise from October 1860 to April 1861, visiting Alexandria, Cairo, Girgeh, Assouan, Korosko, Wadee Halfer, Karnak, Denderah, and Suez. Blackmer 287. Ibrahim-Hilmy I p. 119.
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COCHRANE, William [1831-1898].
Memoirs And Remains Of The Reverend William Inglis, African Missionary And Canadian Pastor.
Toronto: C.Blackett Robinson.Edinburgh: James Thin, 1887..
12mo. pp. vii, [8]-325. frontis. mounted photo frontis. portrait. original blind-stamped cloth (extremities trifle frayed). First Edition. Includes chapters on Inglis's missionary activities in South Africa (pp. 61-93), brief passages on his Canadian appointment, his lectures on Scottish character and Dr. Livingstone, &c. Mendelssohn I 567.
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COMBES, [Edmond] [1812-1848] & Maurice TAMISIER [b. 1810].
Voyage En Abyssinie, Dans Le Pays Des Galla, De Choa Et D'Ifat; Précédé D'Une Excursion Dans L'Arabie Heureuse.
Paris: L.Passard & Lavigne, 1843.
4 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 367; 1 p.l., 362; 1 p.l., 379; 1 p.l., 383. large folding engraved map. A pretty set in contemporary blind-stamped chagrin, all edges gilt (light wear to extremities, some foxing throughout). Second Edition (first: 1838). Combes and Tamisier spent two years in Abyssinia and Yemen, from March 1835 to March 1837, visiting Axum, Adua, Galla, Tigré, Debra-Tabor, Tana, Gondar, Massawa, &c. Combes was a former vice-consul at Scala Nova in Asia Minor, and a future vice-consul at Rabat in Morocco. In 1846 he published an account of his 1841 travels in Egypt and Nubia. In addition to describing their journey, the travellers provide a history of the country and comment on local manners and customs, trade and commerce, government, &c. The last chapters are devoted to the errors made by previous Europeans who came to Abyssinia: Bruce, Valentia, and Salt. Gay 2616.
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[CONNEAU, Théophile].
Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years Of An African Slaver Being An Account Of His Career And Adventures On The Coast, In The Interior, On Shipboard, And In The West Indies. Written Out And Edited From The Captain's Journals, Memoranda and Conversations By Bran
New York: 1854..
12mo. pp. [2]ads, xvii, [1]blank, 448, [12]ads. additional wood-engraved title & 7 plates (incl. frontis.). original blind-stamped cloth (spine sunned, some foxing throughout, mainly affecting margins). First Edition.Hosken p. 138. Ragatz p. 526. Sabin 47093. cfCundall 2725.
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