Storia regionale e locale

Masai the Magnificent

Ada Wincza · 1970 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Nairobi, Hunters & Guides, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition, signed copy of this history of the Masai. A limited edition copy, with five hundred copies printed, with this being number 252. Signed by the author to the edition page. This volume is a sensitiv...

The Origins and Growth of Mau Mau: An Historical Survey

F. D. Corfield · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this survey of the origins and growth of Mau Mau. Sessional Paper No. 5 of 1959/60 from the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. A historical survey of the origins and growth of Mau...

The Matabele Mission: A Selection from the Correspondence of John and Emily Moffat David Livingstone and Others 1858-1878 & the Zambesi Journal of James Stewart 1862-1863

J. P. R. Wallis · 1945 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1945-1952. Cloth. Two very neat volumes from the Oppenheimer series. The Matabele Mission: A Selection From the Correspondence of John and Emily Moffat David Livingstone and Others 1858-1878 (Oppenheimer Series Number Two) Illustrated with two plates a...

Algeria to-Day

Gordon Casserly · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated work exploring Algeria, its culture and traditions. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with 24 plates and a map to the front endpaper. Collated complete. Explo...

An African People in the Twentieth Century

L. P. Mair · 1934 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1934. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this study of twentieth century Africa, its people and cultures. First edition. Illustrated with nine plates. Collated complete. A study on the life of African peoples in the twen...

Meine Zweite Durchquerung ãƒâ„Quatorial-Afrikas Vom Congo Zum Zambesi Wãƒâ¤Hrend Der Jahre 1886 Und 1887

Hermann Von Wissmann · 1891 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Frankfurt , Trowitzsch & Sohn, 1891. Cloth. A smart German copy of this fascinating account of explorations in Equatorial Africa, with folding maps. In the original German. Herman von Wissmann was a German explorer and administrator of Africa and this volume charts his second...

Through Asia

Sven Hedin · 1898 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Methuen & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of Sven Hedin's account of his impressive exploration of Central Asia, a brilliant illustrated work. First edition in English. This work was originally published in Swedish as 'En Färd Ge...

A Resident&Apos;S Wife in Nigeria

Constance Larymore · 1911 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London , George Routledge and Sons , 1911. Cloth. A bright illustrated copy of this record of Constance Larymore's time in Nigeria. A second, revised edition of A Resident's Wife in Nigeria by Constance Larymore. This volume is a record of the journals and notes of ...

The Harmless People

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , Secker & Warburg , 1960. Cloth. A fascinating account of travels in Africa by author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, with illustrations. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is an American author who has published both fiction and non-fiction books and articles on animals, Palaeolith...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel book by English writer Evelyn Waugh in the original dust wrapper with illustrations. The first edition of A Tourist in Africa by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth binding...

A Tourist in Africa

Evelyn Waugh · 1960 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel book by English writer Evelyn Waugh in the original dust wrapper with illustrations. The first edition of A Tourist in Africa by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth bindin...

The South and East African Year Book and Guide 41st and 48th Issue

None · 1935 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Sampson Low, 1935-1948. Cloth. The 41st and 48th issue of these year books with travel guides and atlas. 41st and 48th issue. 2 volumes of guides for south and east Africa. Originally published for the use of tourists, sportsmen and settlers. Illustrated with coloured ...

The Lake Regions of Central Africa

Richard F. Burton · 1860 · Rooke Books

£4,250.00 (€5,095.04 | $5,615.79 | ¥896,876)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition, second impression of this account of Richard Burton's nineteenth century explorations of the African Great Lakes. Charmingly illustrated, with chromoxylographs ...

Tents in Mongolia (Yabonah) Adventures and Experiences Among the Nomads of Central Asia

Henning Haslund · 1934 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of Henning Haslund's fascinating account of Mongolian life, complete with illustrations. The first edition in English, first impression.In 'Tents in Mongolia' ...

Akbar and the Jesuits an Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar

Pierre du Jarric · 1926 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, George Routledge & Sons LTD, 1926. First edition. Cloth. An interesting account of sixteenth century Jesuit missions to the court of Akbar, illustrated throughout. First edition.An interesting account of a mission of Jesuits to the court of Akbar in 1579. The Jesuits w...

The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology

Harry Ignatius Marshall · 1922 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1922. Cloth. An intriguing study on the Karen people of Burma, an illustrated exploration by Harry Ignatius Marshall. A thorough study of the Karen people of Burma, a fascinating and detailed exploration of the ethnolinguistic group.This work deals more...

Abyssinia: Through the Lion-Land

Herbert Vivian · 1901 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Herbert Vivian's fascinating illustrated travel memoir and guide book based on his time spent in Abyssinia, modern Ethiopia. A fascinating and detailed travel memoir and guidebook about Abyssinia,...

&Apos;Twixt Sirdar & Menelik

Captain M.S. Wellby · 1901 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Harper & Brothers, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel memoir of Captain M.S. Wellby's year spent in Egypt and Abyssinia, illustrated throughout. A fascinating and detailed account of Captain M.S. Wellby's year spent in Egypt and Abys...

Abyssinia and Its People

John Camden Hotten · 1868 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London, John Camden Hotton, 1868. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated ethnographical and topographical work on Abyssinia, with a large accompanying folding map. A fascinating and detailed ethnographical and topographical study of Abyssinia, ...

The Last of Free Africa

Gordon MacCreagh · 1928 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York and London, The Century Co. 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of American writer Gordon MacCreagh's account of his travels in Abyssinia and Ethiopia in the early twentieth century. Discussing the political situation in Ethiopia, its traditio...