Lot 18
East Africa
Collection of 19th & 20th century works
Auction: Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 1 to 30
Description
Chanler, William Astor. Through Jungle and Desert: Travels in Eastern Africa. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1896. First edition, 8vo, original blue publisher's cloth gilt, frontispiece portrait, plates, numerous illustrations, 2 coloured folding maps in rear pocket, pictorial bookplate of Richard Tevier Daniel, Jr.;
Stigand, C.H. The Land of Zinj: Being an Account of British East Africa, its Ancient History and Present Inhabitants. London: Constable and Company, 1913. First edition, 8vo, original blue publisher's cloth (faded), 21 plates (including frontispiece), 1 large folding map (with coloured outlines) in rear pocket, occasional spotting;
Rayne, H. The Ivory Raiders. London: William Heinemann, Ltd., [1923]. First edition, 8vo, original publisher's red cloth (sunned), 28 plates (including frontispiece), 1 folding map;
Lugard, F.D. The Rise of Our East African Empire: Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1893. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original publisher's red cloth with gilt cover vignettes, with portrait frontispiece plates (1 photogravure), numerous other plates and illustrations in the text, 4 maps in the text, 5 folding coloured maps (two in pockets), 1 coloured full page map and 6 coloured maps on 3 sheets, bookplates removed from pastedowns, bolts uncut in volume 2;
Macdonald, J.R.L. Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa 1891-1894. London and New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. First edition, 8vo, original publisher's maroon cloth, 12 plates (including frontispiece), 8 folding maps (including folding colour map at rear), occasional spotting;
Gregory, J.W. The Great Rift Valley: being the Narrative of a Journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo. London: John Murray, 1896. First edition, 8vo, green cloth binding by Bickers, coloured frontispiece, 20 plates, numerous illustrations, 2 folding coloured maps, ownership stamp of the Magadi Soda Company;
Wightwick Haywood, C. To the Mysterious Lorian Swamp. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1927. First edition, 8vo, original publisher's yellow cloth with vignette, 16 plates (including frontispiece), 1 folding map, occasional spotting;
Purvis, John B. Handbook to British East Africa and Uganda. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited, 1900. First edition, 8vo, original publisher's brown cloth, 13 plates, 2 maps (1 folding);
and 12 others (21)
Provenance
Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman