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New York: William Helburn, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's saffron yellow spine and brown boards with architectural vignette in silver gilt and spine labels lettered in silver. Very good. 2 vols.. VIII, 120, 5 & 91 (2) pages in text. 25 x 19.5 cm. 57 and 136 plates in heliogravure from photographs printed recto only by Lucien Vogel.… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. First edition. Modern black morocco, marbled endpapers, raised bands, red leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Fine. 648 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Two maps, 4 colored lithographic plates; half-title. First edition, second issue, without the suppressed fourth Appendix on female circumcision included in the first issue. In 1849, the East India Company supported an exploration program to present-day… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue cloth. Very good. 444 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Four fold-out color maps. Index. 12 pages of adverts. Contains Burton's "Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition: Memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-oficers"; and, "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa." The two Burton… Read more about this item

Paris: A. Barbier, 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter brown morocco and brown boards. Very good. 490 pages. 27 x 19 cm. Nine hand-colored plates (with tissue guards) and a host of steel engraved plates -- Philippoteaux, T. Johannot, E. Bellange, Isabey, E. Lamy, K. Girandet, Morel Fatio, C. Nanteuil, H. Baron et al. Six pages at end… Read more about this item

London: Henry Colburn, 1819. Third edition. Hardcover. Contemporary three quarter black morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers. 2 Vols. Very good. 375, 396 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Seven hand-colored aquatints, one folding engraved map of the Regencies of Tripoly and Tunis. This third edition with more plates than the two previous editions. Commentary with more than a… Read more about this item

London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796. First English edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf, rebacked in antique style, armorial gilt escutcheons front and back covers, raised bands, gilt decorated spine panels, marbled endpapers with matching edges. 3 vols. Very good. 288, 383 and 488 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Large folding map, 22 engraved plates, five folding. Le… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1818. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary gilt decorated full calf rebacked with most of original spine laid-down. Very good.. 498 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Thirteen plates, one colored by hand and large fold-out frontispiece map, plus half title and publisher adverts. An Irish born English naval officer captured by the French on a voyage from… Read more about this item

London: William Crofts, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. Modern ruby cloth, black leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. 412 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Two folding maps with outline coloring, 26 plates, two in color. Gardiner attended the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, serving at sea from 1810-1826, rising to rank of Commander. He then devoted the remainder of… Read more about this item

London: Richard Phillips, 1806. First English edition. Hardcover. Modern black cloth with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Near fine. 181 pages, 3 pp. Index. Small 4to, 21 1/2 x 13 cm. Folding map and seven aquatint plates, many with two images per plate. Translated from the French. 18th century account of European activity in West Africa.… Read more about this item

New York: Wnner-Gren Foundation, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Very good. 666 pages. Illustrated with charts, graphs, maps and photos. Bibliography. Index. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology No. 36.

Cape Town: Univ. of Cape Town Libraries, 1969. Second edition. Paperback. A list ofpublished material on the Earlier Stone Age of South Africa, including South Africa, South West Africa, the Protectorates, Southern and Northern Rhodesia."All material prior to 1900 has been omitted. Orig. green wrappers. Fine.

Cape Town: The Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 354 pages. 260 monochrome and twelve color illustrations. Index. A survey of more than 370 historical monuments described and arranged according to provinces and regions. Bookplate.

London: The Fleuron, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. patterned boards and cloth slightly nicked at backstrip extremities. Very good. 47 pages. Square 4to, 21 1/2 x 16 cm. The first book published in England set in Lutetia type is printed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Limited edition, 128 of 300 copies.