Travel & Exploration from Quagga Books

Overlook Duckworth. Documenting the history of the lure of Africa from the impressions of the explorers. 215 colour and 65 b&w photos and illustrations. Contents include: Timbuktu; Magic of the Nile and the Zambezi; Equatorial Forest; The Conquerors; and the Discoverers of Civilizations. 215 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Heavy item and will incur additional shipping. 1st… Read more about this item

Africana Book Society. Reduced facsimile reproduction of the 1876 edition. A wide-ranging manual of instruction on the art of surviving in and enjoying the great outdoors of the 19th century. Practical living for the aspirant explorer of a hundred years ago. Illustrated with many wood-engravings by Baines. In a slightly reduced format. Green tint to top edge. Some… Read more about this item

A lecture delivered on the 21st March 1916 at the quarterly meeting of the Mountain Club. Salient points of some of the principal journeys undertaken in the days of the Dutch. Map at rear. 8 Pages. Contents clean and binding firm. Condition: Good. Binding: Softcover. Thin cardwraps. Some mild edge-wear. Lacks a tiny piece of the front corner… Read more about this item

C Struik (Pty) Ltd. No. 37 of the de luxe numbered copies. With portraits and other illustrations. Covering the latter years of Rhodes' life. Interesting information on the aims of the Afrikaner Bond and a fascinating insight into Rhode's own ambitions. Mild foxing to front end papers with toning and some foxing to rear prelims. Light foxing and browning… Read more about this item

C Struik. Africana Collectanea Volume XVII / XVIII. No. 5 of 50 specially bound de luxe copies. Includes foldout map at the rear. Some toning to front prelims. Browning to top, fore- and part of lower page edges. 330 pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Facsimile reprint. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Half leather with mild… Read more about this item

C Struik. No. 10 of 50 de luxe bound numbered copies. Includes the Appendix containing a brief history of the Orange-River sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake N'Gami, Commandos of the Dutch boers, etc. 19 illustrations. No map or sketches. 461 Pages. Contents mostly clean with some light foxing to a few of the… Read more about this item

C Struik. No. 10 of 50 de luxe binding copies, limited edition of 750 numbered coies. Descriptive accounts of the flora and fauna, exciting adventures, meeting with native races as well as the remarkable endurance of the suffering and courage experienced by the explorers. Map at the rear. Toning to front and rear prelims and page edges. 546 Pages.… Read more about this item

Robert Cadell (Edinburgh) and Whittaker, Treacher & Co.. 6 volumes: 3x volumes of the 1st series - complete; 2x volumes of 2nd series (Vols I & II); 1x volumes of 3rd series (Vol I)rubbing to boards and leather. Textblock of Vol II has been placed upside down in the boards. New end papers with some scribbling. Repaired crack across… Read more about this item

C Struik (Pty) Ltd. A special study of "Callers at the Cape" whose visits are only to be found in log-books and diaries which have never been published. Translated and annotated by Major R Raven-Hart. 216 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good-. Tiny open tears to the rear fold. Foxing… Read more about this item

Struik Winchester, 1992. A well illustrated and researched biography of this fascinating and talented explorer, artist and military man. Mild spot of edge-wear to top edge of slipcase. 215 Pages. Contents clean and binding tight. 1st Edition. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Near fine. Binding: Hardcover. In slipcase with some mild edge-wear to top edge.

Edward Stanford. Includes notes on colonisation, natives, natural history and sport. With numerous illustrations and a map.Bound in early 20th century half calf. Discolouration marks to the front and rear feps from old cellotape. New endpapers. Frontispiece flimsy is loose. Toning to remainder of flimsies. Light foxing to map and prelims. 544 Pages. Binding firm.. Condition: Good. Binding:… Read more about this item

Frank Cass & Company. A story of everyday life and work among the South African Tribes from 1859 - 1869. As a young missionary in Bechuanaland, John MacKenzie witnessed the life of the Tswana tribes as the presence of white Boer farmers, traders and missionaries migrated inland. An important source on Ngwato history and culture. Bookplate on front fixed… Read more about this item

A D Donker. No. 11 of a limited de luxe edition. A collection of newspaper letters written at odd times between treks. Some light toning to front and rear feps. 135 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Revised limited edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: De luxe full leather.

Timmins Publishers. Meandering through villages and missions that are off the beaten track. Illustrated with sketches. 139 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good to very good. Mild edge-wear with some light sunning. Binding: Hardcover. Mild edge-wear.

H S & J Applegate & Co.. Journal containing Rev Dow's experience and travels in Europe and America, up to near his fiftieth year. Also his polemic writings to which is added, the "Journey of Life" by Peggy Dow. Revised and corrected with notes. Foxing with toning to page edges. 720 Pages. Binding sound. 8th Edition, amounting… Read more about this item

Brenthurst Press. One of the most important of the 18th century travellers in southern Africa. Volume 1 includes 43 plates (including frontispiece and 2 maps. Volume II includes 91 plates (including frontispiece) and 2 maps. Green tint to top edge. Contents clean and binding tight. Condition: Near fine. Dust jacket: Very good. Some light edge-wear. Rubbing to covers.… Read more about this item

J C Juta & Co. Ltd / University of Stellenbosch, Circa 1929. Inscribed by the author. Intended as a complementary volume of the author's "History of Christian Missions in South Africa". Book I: Early History - Age of Discovery and the Slave Trade; Book II: West Africa; Book III: Congo and Angola; Book IV: East Africa. Fold out… Read more about this item

Tafelberg. An off-beat anthology taking you on an eccentric odyssey through the past. A cast of soldiers and statesmen, cannibals, missionaries, elephant hunters, escaping slaves, circus showmen, fossil hunters, shipwrecked Siamese mandarin and numerous others. A few recipes and dreadful poetry. Foxing to top edge. 377 Pages

Henry S King & Co. Ex-library book with relevant cancelled stamps, pockets and markings. Contents: History and resources of the New Brunswick area; Backwoods Men and their modes of living, emigration, French settlers, Leprosy, Native and European myths, mammals and their habitats; Lumberer's camp life and hospitality. Birds and Reptiles; Fishes; and Geology. Fold out map of the Natural… Read more about this item

Macmillan Company. Exploration of the ancient city. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's label and a school book prize to the feps. Dull gilding to top edge with a few specks of foxing. Embossed device in gilt to the front board and spine. 9 sketch plans; 8 full page plates (incl frontispiece) and numerous illustrations. Some mild foxing… Read more about this item