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In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- First American edition
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- 1890
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- Publishers morocco
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SGD 753.06
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American edition. Publishers morocco. Otherwise very good condition. A classic of African exploration by the man who found Livingstone, bound in the publisher's half brown gilt morocco, all edges gilt.
OCLC: 44656370 cites a Demy quarto edition de luxe, limited to 250 copies. This copy, bound in half brown… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shin SangHo 1996-2002. Dream of Africa
by Shin, Sangho
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9788995141632
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Seoul, Korea: Ana, 2002. Hardcover. Very good condition. Shin's ceramic sculptures in full color. 'Shin considers Africa to be the spiritual home of his dreams."
Small folio, 115pp, [15], black cloth covers with embossed name, original illustrated dj blue with white title on spine and front. Item Price
SGD 102.69
Glimpses of Africa
by Burt, William
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- Used - Very good overall
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- First printing
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- 1909
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- Pamphlet
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SGD 102.69
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New York: Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church,, 1909. First printing. Pamphlet. Very good overall. Part of the Africa Diamond Jubilee documents extracted from the Bishop's letters written while on a visit to Africa in 1906 and 1907. The work covers each of the missionary countries including Angola where the author laments, "The poor catholic… Read more about this item Item Price
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Black Man's Land
by Koff. David; Howarth, Anthony; Mwinyipembe, Musindo
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- Used - Fine
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- First printing
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- 1979
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- Pamphlet
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Santa Ana, Calif.: PTV Publications, 1979. First printing. Pamphlet. Fine. Narrated by Musindo Mwinyipembe. A transcript of a three-part film series on Kenyan politics and government, broadcast by PBS, April 3, 4 & 5, 1979.
8vo, 71pp, 2pp unnumbered images, tan cards wraps with black and red title and decoration, staplebound. Item Price
SGD 102.69
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 47, 1916, Jan. - June
by Royal Geographical Society; Shackleton, E.
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- 1916
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 376.53
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London: Royal Geographical Society, 1916. Hard Cover. Important volume of the RGS journal including content on Africa, Antarctica, and Sir Clements Markham, such as: Railway Development of Africa, Present and Future, by Sir Charles Metcalfe, with map; Islam and the Confraternities in French North Africa, by G. F. Andrews; the Death of Sir Clements Markham, with b&w frontis portrait;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 376.53
Native Women of America and Africa, lithograph
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- 1840
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Frankfurt: Ed Gust May, 1840. Print. Very good condition. Period colored lithograph of native women representing America and Africa. Set within two oval frame borders, both women are dressed with colorful and ornate decoration - the woman of America with colorful feathers, a bow and arrow, and red drape; the woman of Africa with feathers in her hair,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 56, 1920, July - Dec
by Royal Geographical Society. Gregory, J. W., Tilho, J., Mill, H. R.
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- 1920
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 239.61
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London: Royal Geographical Society, 1920. Hard Cover. 8vo, viii, pp, b&w illus and maps throughout. Dark blue gilt cloth covers. Spine slt rubbed at base. Internally, slt damp marks inside front & back cover, o/w very good. Important volume of the RGS journal including content on Africa and China, such as: The African Rift Valleys, by J. W. Gregory,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 239.61
Presbiteri Johannis, Sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio
by Ortelius, Abraham
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- Used - Overall in very good condition
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- 1587
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 1,643.04
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Antwerp: Ortelius, 1587. Maps. Overall in very good condition. A very nice example of Ortelius' famous map of the Kingdom of Prester John, with later hand color. It is from a Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 175. The map is… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa; the true 1st edition of Burton's important exploration, in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Annual Issue for 1859, Vol. 29
by Burton, Richard F. Royal Geographical Society
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- Used - Good + overall
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- First edition
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- 1859
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 6,846.00
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London: John Murray, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. This volume almost entirely dedicated to Burton's exploration, the true 1st edition, preceding his book "The Lake Regions of Central Africa" published in 1860. This item constitutes volume XXIX of the Journal of the R.G.S. The only other content is covered in Sir Roderick Murchison's President's Address (running… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Prisoner in the Garden. Photos, letters, and notes from Nelson Mandela's 27 years in prison
by [Mandela, Nelson]
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- First American edition
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- 2005
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 13.69
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New York: Viking Studio, 2005. First American edition. Published by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, including "Never-before-published letters, diaries and notes from prison from one of the great leaders of our time. Writings from the man who embodied racial justice. Square 8vo, 209pp, photographs on almost every page. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Item Price
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Southern Rhodesia: Great Zimbabwe Ruins & Gatooma. 15 real photo post cards
by [Photography; Zimbabwe]
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- Used - Good + overall
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- 1912
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 308.07
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Rhodesia, 1912. Good + overall. Real picture post cards mailed from Southern Rhodesia, during the period in which it was a British protectorate administered by Cecil Rhodes' company, the British South Africa Company, to a Mrs. J. C. Clarke of 17 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, posted from Rhodesia by her brother Will.
Real vernacular photographs, many… Read more about this item Item Price
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Croquis de route de E. M. Sandoz. Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie, Sahara
by Sandoz, E.
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- Used - Very good overall
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- Limited edition
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- 1927
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- Wraps
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 61.61
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Paris: Societe des Voyages & Hotels Nord Africains, 1927. Limited edition. Wraps. Very good overall. Limited edition of 4,000 copies, of which this is number 642. An album of 21 printed watercolor sketches of a North African tour, touted here as "le voyage a la mode".
Each sketch accompanied by printed captions describing the sites, which… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life, Labours, and Adventures of David Livingstone, about Thirty Years a Missionary in the Wilds of Africa: His Discovery and Relief
by Stanley, Henry M.
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- 1874
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Toronto: Maclear, 1874. Hardcover. Good + overall. Scarce Canadian imprint of this work, a sequel to "The Life and Labours of Dr. Livingstone" which gives the account of Livingstone's activities from 1872 when Stanley left him, to his death in 1874.
Includes many illustrated publisher's advertisements, including 11 full page illustrations for Maclear's 1872 "Narrative of My… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Household Journal of Information, Amusement, and Domestic Economy Vol. 1 No. 1 - No. 25
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- 1860
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 171.15
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New York: A. Harthill & Co, 1860. Hardcover. Bound volume with the first number of this scarce publication, 26 issues in all, the first dated October 6, 1860, and the last dated March 30, 1861.
Contents include 'Young America, A lecture delivered by Henry Ward Beecher', at the Cooper Institute, November 19, 1860 (pp 174-175); 'Lecture on Electric… Read more about this item Item Price
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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. With An Account of a Subsequent Mission to that Country in 1805. Volumes I & II
by Park, Mungo
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- Second edition
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- 1816
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 889.98
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London: John Murray, 1816. Second edition. Hardcover. Good -. Important influential account of the search for the source of the Niger River in West Africa, by the first Westerner to have explored this area. Written in an unpretentious style, the work gave European readers a vivid impression of every day life in West Africa; it became a best… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 889.98
The Vale of Calaat. Plate XXII. Aquatint
by Salt, Henry after
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1809
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 821.52
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London: William Miller, 1809. Very good condition. Stunning full hand colored aquatint depicting the Chetzin Calat in the Tigray region of present day Ethiopia (then known as Abyssinia). Three tribal men carrying spears stand in the foreground of a sweeping desert valley framed by rock formations in the distance.
From Henry Salt's best known work, "Twenty-Four Views… Read more about this item Item Price
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Missionary Travels And Researches In South Africa; Including A Sketch Of Sixteen Years Residence In The Interior Of Africa ..
by Livingstone, David
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- Used - Good condition
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- First American edition
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- 1858
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 136.92
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. First American edition. Hardcover. Good condition. First American Edition of one of the most important nineteenth century accounts of African exploration with 2 Arrowsmith maps in very good condition.
Livingstone describes his missionary activities and travels in South Africa from 1841 to 1853 and his first major expedition, the Trans-Africa… Read more about this item Item Price
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Series of photographic portraits of African women and children
by [Africa; Photography]
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- Used - Very good condition
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- 1890
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 198.53
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1890. Very good condition. Four albumen studio portraits of indigenous Africans in tribal attire, two of which depict women holding infants in their arms, the third a striking portrait of a single woman. The fourth a sexist, racist and pornographic image titled, "The New Woman in S. Africa", showing a bare-breasted woman otherwise fully dressed in a western… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wonderful escapes! Containing the interesting narrative of the shipwreck of the Antelope packet. The loss of the Lady Hobart packet, on an island of ice. The narrative of the shipwreck of the Hercules, on the coast of Africa. An account of an extraordinary escape from the effects of a storm in a journey over the frozen sea in North America
by [Shipwreck; Pelew Islands; Prince Lee Boo]
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- Used - Good + overall
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- 1819
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 616.14
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Dublin: W. Espy, 1819. Hardcover. Good + overall. Tales of shipwrecks, with the majority of this work devoted to the wreck of the Antelope Packet under Captain Wilson (77pp). The Antelope was built for the British East India Company in 1781 and was wrecked in 1783 near the Pelew Islands (now Palau). With the help of the islanders… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 616.14
Why are the Prairies Treeless? in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, February 1892, Complete monthly issue
by Royal Geographical Society
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- Used - Very good overall
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- 1892
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- Paperback
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 89.00
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London: Royal Geographic Society, 1892. Paperback. Very good overall. 8vo, pp 70 - 140; folding map. Original blue printed wrappers, chipped base of spine. Item Price
SGD 89.00
