Lot 22
Sudan
Collection of 19th 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
Petherick, John. Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa: with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth (spine discoloured), gilt lettering on spine, 1 large folding map at rear (with tape repair), without the 4-page subscription pamphlet found in some copies;
Solymos, B. (B.E. Falkonberg). Desert Life: Recollections of an expedition in the Soudan. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1880. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, pictorial design on upper board and on spine, edges gilt, 4 plates (including frontispiece), 1 map, very bright, clean copy;
Brackenbury, Henry. The River Column: a Narrative of the Advance of the River Column of the Nile Expeditionary Force and its Return down the Rapids. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth (spine faded and worn), three folding maps (large folding map to rear has tear), discolouration on endpapers and pastedowns;
Myers, Arthur B.R. Life with the Hamran Arabs: an Account of a Sporting Tour of Some Officers of the Guards in the Soudan during the Winter of 1874-5. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt with vignette on upper board, 5 mounted photographs of animal trophies;
Wingate, F. R. Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Mahdiism, and of Subsequent Events in the Sudan to the Present Time. London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth (spine faded), 30 maps and plans, some folding, including large folding map in pocket at rear;
Gessi, Romolo, & Felix Gessi (editor). Seven Years in the Soudan: being a Record of Explorations, Adventures, and Campaigns against the Arab Slave Hunters. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited, 1892. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt (spine scuffed), 22 plates (including frontispiece), numerous illustrations, 1 folding map;
Count Gleichen. With the Camel Corps up the Nile. London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1888. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, with vignette on upper board, frontispiece, numerous illustrations including maps, armorial bookplate of Sir John Robert Gladstone (from the library at Fasque);
and 7 others (14)
Provenance
Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman