Travel from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985) 0297785664. 215 x 137 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. xii + 275, incl. index; map. Gift inscription and earlier bookseller's hand-stamp on half-title; a little foxing. Good condition. "The Remarkable Expedition, now reissued, is a vivid and entertaining account of the extraordinary events involved in the rescue of Emin Pasha, Governor of Equatoria, a remote province… Read more about this item

(New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956). 8vo; original pale green cloth, with lettering on spine; no dustwrapper; p. vii + (iii) + 370, incl. index; plates. Backstrip slightly mottled, with light wear to extremities; occasional fox spot. Good condition. Excerpt: "Despite the very modern hints about tips and the presence of an old Chevrolet sedan, I felt happy. It took… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Struik Lifestyle, 2021) 9781432310042. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. 304; map; lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs. Fine condition. "Through a series of superb photo-essays, this majestic place is revealed as a land where conservation and neglect are seldom far apart, where one town boasts splendidly restored buildings, while along a dusty road a forgotten village waits… Read more about this item

(Lisbon: Fundação Oriente, 2001) 97278502305. 280 x 210 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 616, incl. index; plates. Merest trace of spotting to top edge; partial bibliography of Boxer's works loosely inserted; printed contents of two of his works mounted to final blank. Ever so slightly rubbed. Very good condition. Comprehensive biography of the outstanding English scholar of the Lusophone world. From… Read more about this item

(London: Harper Perennial, 2007) 9780006384076. 196 x 129 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; xiii + (iii) + 528, incl. index; plates; maps; genealogical table. Wrappers very slightly curled. Very good condition. "His books, including Arabian Sands, The Marsh Arabs and The Life of My Choice, are widely acclaimed, yet - evocative though these are - his character and motivations have remained… Read more about this item

(New York: Doubleday, 2013) 9780385534222. 8vo; original green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + (ii) + 331, incl. index; plates. Fine condition. 'Paul du Chaillu wasn't an established Victorian explorer but rather a naive young man determined to gain entrance into the elite halls of science and to have the adventure of a lifetime.… Read more about this item

(London: Chatto & Windus, 1946). The Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia Oppenheimer Series, Number Three, consisting of three volumes: Volume One (First Journey 1869-1870), Volume Two (First Journey 1870-1871), Volume Three (Second Journey 1871-1872). Three royal 8vo volumes; original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt Rhodesia crest to upper cover; no dustwrappers; top edges gilt;… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Struik, 1963). Number 645 of an edition limited to 750 copies. Text facsimile of the edition published for the author in 1866. 8vo; original blue rexine, lettered in gilt on spine, and with publisher's gilt warrior device to upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + xii + 516 + 11, incl. index; folding tables and map; plates. Cover… Read more about this item

(Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company, 1980) 0887970491. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 8vo; original turquoise cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xiv) + 136, incl. index; illustrations; some maps. Dustwrapper rubbed, somewhat edgeworn and foxed; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere; gift and ownership inscription to front pastedown. Good condition.… Read more about this item

(Port Elizabeth: General Motors South African Limited, 1929). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper (likely as issued); pp. xii + 230; plates. Presentation inscription from expedition member Billie Williams to frontis. A very bright, clean copy. Very good condition. "Using a Chevrolet sedan and a one-ton truck built at the new Port… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: The Automobile Association of South Africa, no date). 242 x 150 mm; saddle-stitched card wrappers; pp. 16; humorous illustrations in text. Wrappers somewhat rubbed and creased. Very good condition. Originally a talk, this is an uncommon practical guide to independent motorised travel in colonial Africa. The author was General Secretary of the Automobile Association of South Africa in the… Read more about this item

(Port Elizabeth: Port Elizabeth Automobile Club, 1919). 8vo; coarse khaki cloth, lettered in black to upper board; pp. 100; includes a key map and a further 37 route maps (these are printed rectos, blank on the verso); adverts. Boards bumped; cloth tape reinforcing to hinges; binding slack; earlier owner's hand-stamp or ownership label in a few places; some contemporary pencilled… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: The Automobile Association of South Africa, 1935). 184 x 122 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 256; several map sheets; some photographs; adverts. Wrappers a little worn and curled; trace of curl to corners of outermost leaves; earlier owner's pencilled distance calculations to margins of some map sheets. Good to very good condition. "The continued progress of the Automobile Association of… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Ken Donaldson, 1924). 8vo; original red pebbled cloth, blocked in black to boards and spine; pp. iv + 704 + [v-viii], covers reckoned in the pagination; numerous route maps; index to Cape routes at the front of the book, and card indexes for Transvaal, O.F.S., Natal and Rhodesian routes (with labelled tabs for easy reference in each case);… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Royal Automobile Club of South Africa, 1936). Tall, slim 8vo (247 x 128 mm); original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover; pp. xxxvi + 330 (unusual pagination, in that recto and verso share the same number in several cases); sections separated by tabs (Index to Contents & Place Names; Routes; Town Plans; Supplementary Maps; Hotels; Garages);… Read more about this item

(London: Readers Union / John Murray, 1956). 8vo; original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; pp. 319; some plates. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn and a bit tanned; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; dustwrapper and edges somewhat foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. 'The Wilder Shores of Love consists of studies of four remarkable women;… Read more about this item

(London: Alvin Redman, 1960). 8vo; original maroon boards, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 303, incl. index; plates; endpaper map and folding street plan of Tangier at end; some plans and maps in text. Dustwrapper rather edgeworn, with tape repairs to reverse; scattered foxing. Good condition. "Tangier is rapidly increasing in popularity as a tourist centre and Robert… Read more about this item

(London: Alvin Redman, 1961). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 264, incl. index; plates; large, folding colour map. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; corners slightly bumped; trace of light foxing. Good condition. "They travelled by luxury ship calling at Gibraltar, Genoa, Port Said and Cairo,… Read more about this item

(London: Hutchinson, 1976) 0091276101. 8vo; original dark blue boards, lettered in silver gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xxii + (iv) + 294; plates; maps; diagrams. Tape reinforcing to reverse of dustwrapper spine panel and folds; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper and gift inscription to verso; small tape remnants to endpapers; occasional fox spot.… Read more about this item

(London: John Walker, ca 1892). 4to; original blue pebbled cloth, re-backed in blue rexine; lettered in gilt on spine; new endpapers; pp. viii + 268 + 10; colour maps of the entire world and of several principal settlements. Boards rubbed; earlier owners' names signed on front pastedown; trace of silverfish attention to title page; moderate foxing. Good condition. Outstanding geographical… Read more about this item