Africa from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. 1st Edition. Octavo. 527 pages illustrated and includes the two page map of the region. During this period in Africa, not much was known about the Western part of Africa. There are chapters on the slave trade which continued even though by now Great Britain tried to suppress it. It also deals with… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1909. First Edition. Octavo. . 398 pages, maps, photographs. After opening with his experiences with man-eating lions, Patterson details his work during the expedition into the great northern game reserve of British East Africa which he penetrated into the little known regions. His sketch maps of the Guaso Nyiro are good material for the… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1914. First Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, 351 pages. Later printing. A book that led Teddy Roosevelt to invite him to the White House and has influenced hunters and writers for over a century. Paul Theroux and a host of modern readers refer to it again and again. Patterson writes with cold reality: "I felt at once that this… Read more about this item

Paris: G.P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1966. First Edition. Thick Large Octavo. cxxxiv, 462 pages. French text with 63 full page plates, some with color in outline, divided into five parts: (1) a set of "propositions" describing successive migrations out of the drought-ridden Sahara by Pygmies, Paleonoirs, and Bovidiens-Fulbt, and the possibility of "psychotypologically" categorizing Saharan rock paintings. (2) a… Read more about this item

London/New York: Edward Arnold, 1896. First Edition. Octavo. xviii, (1), 636 pages. plates, 1 folding map showing the extent of Mahdist Influence in 1895, and a folding plan of Khartum and Omdurman. Translated by Major F.C. Wingate. OCLC records only 2 copies of the large popular edition, University of Michigan and one in Israel, (the smaller editions have 416… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Small Quarto. pp. 279-298 illustrated with photographs and a drawing by Philip R. Goodman. A first rate article of what Roosevelt observed about the African lion. This article is in no sense about hunting. Far more interesting than the chase itself is the observation. This article represents an attempt to present the life… Read more about this item

New York: Adams, Victor and Co, 1872. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, xii, 292 pages includes the map of Livingstone's Watershed and New Sources of the Nile. Besides his early observations on the sources of the Nile, his writings on the slave trade (p. 268-292 made this an important contribution despite some of the earlier references of the incipient racism in… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "Inscribed by/Winston S. Churchill/1946. Portrait frontispiece of Churchill. half-title, 226pp., [16]p. publisher's catalog at the rear, illustrated with three maps and photographic illustrations by the author and Lt. Col. Gordon Wilson. While on his journey through Africa, Churchill wrote each day. Many… Read more about this item

Cambridge; 1962-1968: Cambridge University Press. First Editions. Octavo. Volume I: The Sanguine Years, 1870-1919, half-title, 618(1) pages, portrait frontispiece, folded maps (some in color), facsimiles. Volume II: The Fields of Force, 1919-1950. Half-title, xiii, 590 pages. index. Sir Keith Hancock established the Smuts archive and began this major history which begins with his early history… Read more about this item

(Paris, 1993): Adam Biro. Quarto. 159 pages, illustrated with 170 illustrations and of which 75 are in color and map. A beautifully designed book with dust jacket and a striking slipcase with design reproducing a bogolanfini printed cloth design. This work shows the sub-Saharan textile design at many levels. It includes cloths found in archaeological expeditions… Read more about this item

Lisboa: Deposito Das Escrituras, 1936. Small Octavo. 234 pages. Inscribed by Edwin W. Smith, the Editorial Superintendent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, to the Rev. Herbert C. Withey who was the major translator into the Kimbundu language: With the Bible Society's thanks for his work on this translation of the Psalms. London, Jan. 18, 1937". … Read more about this item

Chicago: Charles H. Sergel Company, 1899. First Edition. Small Octavo. 123 pages, (3)pp. publisher's ads. The author was a pioneer in addressing women's issues in South Africa, race relations as well as a pacifism that particularly saw the Boer War as an humane evil. A very good copy bound in olive green cloth lettered in gilt, spine… Read more about this item

New York: Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 950 copies. The present copy is # 479. 198 pages, illustrated with photographs. Whether it was a Kenai Moose Hunt or hunting big horn sheep, Russell Annabel brings color and excitement in a world of hunting that before World War II was a challenging task where the entire world… Read more about this item

Chicago; (1918): Stanton and Van Vliet. Octavo. 310 pages. 100 illustrations. As this Chicago publisher succeeded the publishing house of Charles C. Thompson in 1917, they begin to publish books on Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson. They found there was a fascination about Henry M. Stanley's search and finding David Livingston. They separated as partners in… Read more about this item

London; nd(ca.1919-1920): Martin Secker/ Printed by the Chiswick Press. Octavo. 2nd impression. In two volumes. Part One, 1888 to 1900: 512pp. Begins with his travels, first to Greece, Egypt, on to the Boar War. Spencer Part II, 1900 to 1914, 511 pages, index, begins with Death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and deals with Morocco, Kakabah, and Germany's declaration… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg, 1991): Chameleon Press. First Edition. Quarto. Signed by the editor Neville Dubow and limited to 500 copies(no limitation noted except by editor) The present copy is numbered #68. 112 pages. Index, bibliography, chronology of her life. Irma Stern (1894-1966) is acknowledged as a major painter and one of South Africa's most important pioneer artists. Since… Read more about this item

Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1992. xxii, 636 pages; frontispiece, illustrations (some in color). Part of the African hunting heritage collection, signed by Jim Rikhoff, limited to 1000 copies. OCLC records copies only at the National Sporting Library, Yale and the University of Denver. Includes work by Col. Richard Meinherzhagen, Theodore Roosevelt, Elspeth Huxley; Beryl Markham, J.A.… Read more about this item

Capetown; (1986): The Gallery Press. First Edition. Quarto. xviii, 186 pages. Glossary,; Foreword By Bishop Desmond Tutu. List of Papers and Maps. Apartheid led to impoverishment of blacks in South Africa and the document has a foreword by Bishop Tutu which is an indictment in itself into the power of racism that not only was the… Read more about this item

London: Sampson, Low, Marsto, Searle & Rivington, 1885. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes, 528, 483pp., 32 pages publisher's ads. A full account of Stanley's five years of prodigious industry in founding the Congo Free State and setting it on its feet for Leopold II of Belgium. Illustrated with over one hundred full-page and smaller illustrations, two large folding… Read more about this item

London; 1850 and 1849: William Shoberl. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes, engraved frontispieces and seven other illustrations Vol. 1; xxx, 359pp. contains a table of contents for volume one and a list of plates for both volumes, Vol. 2; iv table of contents, 456pp. A history of the Cape of Good Hope Colony, its inhabitants, religion beliefs, and… Read more about this item