Bannerman, David Armitage / Sir Alan Burns (Foreword).

The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa.

First Edition. Two Volumes. Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953. 23 x 15 cm, Vol.1: xiii, 795 pages. / Vol.2: viii, pages 797 to 1526. With 54 full page plates of which 30 are in colour and 433 figures in the text. Original dark red cloth hard cover with gilt titles on spine.Top edges red. Fore and bottom edges deckle. Very good condition. Small stamps by previous owner (P. Yvore Doctor Veterinaire). Some tape marks on end papers. Some small dog ears. Internally bright and clean.

British Red Cross Society. Basutoland Branch. Chapman, E. (Editor).

Year Book and Diary. 1959. Buka Ea Tsa Selemo. Mokhatlo Oa Sefapano Se Sefubelu Oa Britain. Lekala La Lesotho.

Maseru, Basutoland, British Red Cross Society, 1959. 21 x 13 cm. 160 pages with Illustrations, maps and B&W photographs. Losely inserted red and white Red Cross Bookmark. Quarter cloth over paper covered, decorated boards (see images). In original light paper dust jacket, now in archival jacket. End papers with Map. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Dust jacket with some small paper losses (see images). Internally bright and clean.

Ebers, G. / Birch, S. (Introduction) / Bell, Clara (Translator).

Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque.

Volume 1 ONLY! London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1887. 32 x 24 cm. xxiv, 314 pages. Illustrated thoughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Bevelled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean.

Lorenzen, Eivind.

“Along the Line where Columns are set”. Book 11 continuing Technological Studies in Ancient Metrology.

Copenhagen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1970. 30 x 23 cm, 159 pages. With numerous illustrations, tables, charts and photographs in B&W. Original stiff cardboard covers. Illustrated front and rear. Excellent condition. Bright and clean throughout. Not Ex Library. Small sticker with name of previous owner on front free endpaper.

Roualeyn Gordon Cumming of Altyre.

Five Years’ Adventures in the far Interior of South Africa, with Notices of the Native Tribes and Savage Animals. The Lion Hunter of South Africa.

A New Edition with Illustrations. London, John Murray, 1909. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. xii, 497 pages. With a frontispiece and 15 further Plates, complete. Contemporary tree calf by Bickers and Son, London. Two morroco spine labels. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Prize paper label on front free end paper. Binders stamp on verso of ffep. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in a very attractive binding.

Stoddard, John L.

Portfolio de Photographies. Des Villes, Paysages et Peintures Celebres Rassemblees sous la Direction du Distingue Conferencier at Voyageur John L. Stoddard.

Chicago, The Werner Co. Not dated [1890 – 1900]. 27 x 34 cm. 260 unnumbered pages with photographs in B&W. Oblong half leather over marbled boards. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine slightly rubbed and bumped. Some age darkening. A few minor closed tears. Minor foxing on some pages.

Swayne, H.G.C.

Early Days in Somaliland and other Tales. A Pioneer’s Notebook.

First Edition. Durham, The Pentland Press, 1996. 23 x15 cm. vi, 233 pages. Illustrated throughout with maps and B&W photographs. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Illustrated end papers (map). Very good in very good dust jacket. Top edge dust dulled, otherwise, as new.

Various Authors.

An Universal History, from the earliest Account of Time to the Present. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, Chronological and other Tables.

Volumes 2 to 19 (18 Volumes in Total). Dublin, Printed by Edward Bate, for the Editors, 1744 / 1745 / 1746. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Vol.2: (2), 630 pages / Vol.3: (2), 645 pages / Vol.4: (2), 629 pages / Vol.5: (4), 615 pages / Vol.6: (2), 636 pages / Vol.7: (2), 653 pages / Vol.8: (2). 638 pages / Vol.9: (4), 651 pages / Vol.10: (2), 656 pages / Vol.11: (2), 632 pages / Vol.12: (2), 646 pages / Vol.13: (2). 650 pages / Vol.14: (2), 666 pages / Vol.15: (2), 724 pages / Vol.16: (2), 749 pages / Vol.17: (2), 813 pages / Vol. 18: (2), 706 pages / Vol.19: (2), 760 pages plus 10 pages Index. For list of Plates per volume, please see comments. Contemporary uniform calf. Spine label with title in gilt. Gilt decorations on spine. Raised bands. Red speckled edges. All volumes in very good condition, except for Vol. 5, which is seriously damaged by bookworm. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Age darkened edges and end papers. Very few annotations. Top edge of volume 19 marked with red felt pen. Internally age darkened with the occasional closed tear. Some plates with closed tears and poor folding. Overall a very nice and interesting set with some amazing Plates and Maps.

Von Michaelis, H. (Heinrich) / Allan Bird.

Our Birds. 8 Colour Plates.

Second Series. First Printing. Cape Town, ABC Press, Not dated (ca. 1960). 35 x 25 cm. A set of eight colour plates, mounted on stiff grey paper sheets. Together with a four page Introduction and Explanation. Plates and Introduction inside decorated cardboard presentation folder. Folder in plastic cover, as published. Very good condition. Some rubbing, dusting and age darkening to outer presentation folder. Colour plates are as new.

Wellesley, Lord Gerald.

The Diary of A Desert Journey.

First Edition. London, Putnam, 1938. 22 x 14 cm. 90 pages. Original marbled boards with paper labels on front board and spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Mild foxing throughout. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Losely inserted photo of a ship, mounted on card board (see images). Internally clean.