Johnston, H.A.S.

The Fulani Empire of Sokoto. [West African History Series].

First Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1967. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 312 pages, folding maps & B&W photographs. Original cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

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.

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.

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.

Last, Murray.

The Sokoto Caliphate. Ibadan History Series.

First Edition. London, Longman, Green and Co., 1967. 21 x 14 cm. lxxxii, 280 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Five folding charts in pocket at the end of the book. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Pankhurst, Richard.

An Introduction to the Economic History of Ethiopia from early times to 1800.

First Edition. London, Lalibela House, 1961. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 454 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Gordon, Major-Gen. C.G.

The Journals of Major-Gen. C.G. Gordon at Kartoum. Printed from the original MSS. Introduction and Notes by A. Egmont Hake. With Portrait, two Maps and thirty Illustrations after Sketches by General Gordon.

First Edition. London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, & Co., 1885, 18 x 12 cm. xlvii, 416 pages. Two maps, one of them folding. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

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.

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.

Salt, Henry.

A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country. Executed under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810.

New Impression. Facsimile. London, Frank Cass & Co., 1967. 24 x 18 cm. ix, (6), 506 pages, lxxv. Complete with all Plates and Maps, as listed. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt decorations and title on black spine label. In a clear plastic wrapper. Very good condition. Ex Library with one library stamp on title page and another one on the top edge of the book. Small number sticker on spine and another one on title page. Brown glue stains to end papers. Internally a bright and clean copy with no further stamps or markings.