West Africa and Slavery
10 volumes
£605
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Collier, Sir G.R, Sir Charles MacCarthy, and other Official Sources. West African Sketches, compiled from the Reports of. 1824. 8vo, later inscription at head of title, original boards, uncut, rebacked;
Geschiedenis van het Britsche Gezantschap in het Jaar 1817, aan den Koning van Ashantee. Amsterdam: J.C. van Kesteren, 1820. 8vo, coloured frontispiece, half calf, title repaired, frontispiece trimmed, some soiling;
Lee, Mrs R. (formerly Mrs T. Edward Bowdich). Stories of Strange Lands. 1835. 8vo, First edition, lithographed plates, original cloth, slightly spotted;
Alexander, James Edward. Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the Colonies of Western Africa. 1837. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, map, modern quarter calf, several library stamps, some staining and spotting;
Bowdich, T. Edward. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. 1873. 8vo, folding map, original brown cloth gilt, library stamps to title; Ramseyer and Kuhne. Four Years in Ashantee. 1878. Second edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth;
Kemp, Rev. Dennis. Nine Years at the Gold Coast. 1898, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, slightly rubbed;
Macdonald, George. The Gold Coast past and present. 1898. 8vo, plates, original cloth, a few small stains, new endpapers, slightly rubbed;
Moore, D. and F.G. Guggisberg. We two in West Africa. 1909. 8vo, plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed; sold not subject to return
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.