Storia regionale e locale

TREASURE SEEKER IN CHINA

Karlbeck, Orvar · 1957 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket The Cresset Press First British Edition DJ with light chipping. Boards with light rubbing to extremities.; A detailed travel guide from a Swedish Railroad engineer, who turned into a hobby archaeologist and later to a art specialist and anti...

TRAVELS IN THE COASTLANDS OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA AND THE ISLANDS OF ZANZIBAR AND PEMBA; Their Agricultural Resources and General Characteristics

Fitzgerald, William Walter Augustine · 1898 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$275.00 (€249.51 | £208.15 | ¥43,914)

Very Good Chapman and Hall, Ltd. First Edition With 15 large fold-out maps in color and many illustrations from b&w photographs.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxiv, 774 pages London

BURMA

Kelly, R. Talbot · 1912 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,898)

Very Good+ A & C Black Second Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A bit of discoloration to the rear boards. Light fraying to spine ends. Spine a bit sunned. A beautiful copy.; 75 tissue guarded color illustrations from watercolors by the author, who was a multit...

THE SEVEN WONDERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Chilvers, Hedley A. · 1929 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Good+ Administration of the South African Railways and Harbours Boards with moderate wear and discoloration. Browning to spine and with light scuffing and tiny tears to spine ends. Hinges not tight, but otherwise internally beautiful.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiii, 386, [16] pages J...

TANGANYIKAN GUERRILLA; East African Campaign 1914-18

Sibley, J. B. (Major) · 1971 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Very Good+ Ballantine Books Campaign book No. 20. Profusely illustrated in b&w.; Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century; 20; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 159 pages New York

THE GLORIOUS 50; A Colorful Presentation of the Fascinating Stories Behind Our 50 State Flags

[State Mutual Of America] · 1960 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Very Good+ The America Group Headquarters A handsome fold-out in color, depicting all the state flags and a brief description. Nd. [Late 1960's]; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall Worchester, MA

FROM RED SEA TO BLUE NILE; A Thousand Miles of Ethiopia

Forbes, Rosita · 1935 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$90.00 (€81.66 | £68.12 | ¥14,372)

Very Good+ Macaulay Company Binding very slightly loose in front of book. Foxing throughout; With 59 illustrations from photographs. Noted traveller Forbes gives Ethiopia the royal treatment. Armed only with a photographer and a pass from Ras Tafari. Eleven hundred miles by ca...

THE YEAR BOOK AND GUIDE TO EAST AFRICA; Including Eritrea, Somaliland, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Portuguese East Africa, the Congo, Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion, Seychelles, Etc. Etc.

Gordon-Brown, A. · 1959 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket Robert Hale Ltd. ex-library Some tape residue on endpapers from originally attached DJ. Map in front pocket missing.; A detailed guide with many illustrations and an extensive ad section in front and back. Including an atlas section with col...

ZANZIBAR; The Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa

Pearce, F. B. (Major) · 1920 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

Very Good+ T. Fisher Unwin Second Printing Boards with light rubbing to extremities.; The Island of Zanzibar is officially called Unguja and is an island along the Tanzanian coast. When this book was published it was a Muslim Sultanate under His Highness Seyyid Khalifa-Bin-Har...

UNDER THE ABSOLUTE AMIR

Martin, Frank A. · 1907 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$90.00 (€81.66 | £68.12 | ¥14,372)

Very Good+ Harper & Brothers Detailed information about Kabul and with special chapters on Manners and Customs, Amir Abdur Rahman, Prisons and Prisoners and a chapter to skip: Tortures and Methods of Execution. There are two chapters on Life of Europeans in Kabul and an assess...

AUTO NOMAD IN BARBARY

MacArthur, Wilson · 1950 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Cassell & Company, Limited First Edition Slight wear to extremities. DJ has small open tears to extremities. Binding could be tighter. Spine a bit slanted.; An auto trip in a Wolseley car through Northern and Eastern Africa by a seasoned tra...

ORIENT INDEPENDENT; Japan & Orient Tours

[Japan Air Lines] · 1968 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Very Good+ Japan Air Lines A colorful illustrated brochure describing numerous guided trips through Asia ranging from 16 days to 38 days. Destinations include: Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Bali; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 10 pages

THE RULERS OF BELGIAN AFRICA 1884-1914

Gann, L. H. ; Duignan, Peter · 1979 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Near Fine Princeton University Press Belgian Africa was named Zaire from 1971 - 1997 (when this book was published) and is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Brick cloth boards.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages Princeton, NJ

ORIENTAL CALENDAR FOR 1921; A Year's Tour in the East

[The American Asiatic Association] · 1920 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Very Good+ The American Asiatic Association A stapled illustrated calendar. Every month is nicely dedicated to a different country. The countries are: Japan, Russia, China, The Philippines, The South Seas Islands, Burma/Siam, India, Afghanistan, Persia, Palestine, Turkey, Arab...

THE GREAT DRAMA OF KUMASI

Hall, Wynyard Montagu · 1939 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Putnam White DJ a bit darkened. Slight toning to first and last few pages. Light foxing to fore edge. A handsome and tight copy.; "Kumasi, the capital of Ahanti and in the hinterland of the Gold Coast is now a flourishing modern city, with ...

THE RULERS OF GERMAN AFRICA; 1884 - 1914

Gann, L. H. ; Duignan, Peter · 1977 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Stanford University Press First Edition All the details when the Germans were colonializing parts of Africa: Inlcuding German East Africa, South-West Africa, Cameroun, and Togo.; Hoover Institution Publications; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi, 286 pag...

THE RULERS OF BRITISH AFRICA; 1870 - 1914

Gann, L. H. ; Duignan, Peter · 1978 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Stanford University Press First Edition All the details when the British expanded their Empire in West Africa around the turn of the Century.; Hoover Institution Publications; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; vii, 406 pages Stanford, CA

THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITIES' MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICA

Wilson, George Herbert · 1936 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Very Good Universities' Mission To Central Africa First Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Browning and former owner's name on front free endpaper. Also toning to last free page. Very light foxing to edges.; Wilson was the first principal of the Mission in Nyasa...

SEYMOUR VANDELEUR; A Plain Narrative of the Part Played by British Officers in the Acquisition of Colonies and Dependencies in Africa Representing a Dominion of Greater Extent Than India Added to the British Empire in Less Than Twenty Years

Maxse, F. I. · 1906 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Very Good+ William Heinemann Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with a tiny bit of dampstaining to front boards. Toning and light foxing to first and last few pages. Very light occasional foxing.; An A&C Black-style illustrated book with plates from watercolors by th...

GHARDAIA; Or, Ninety Days Among the B'Ni Mozab: Adventures in the Oasis of the Desert of Sahara

Naphegyi, G. · 1871 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$90.00 (€81.66 | £68.12 | ¥14,372)

Very Good+ G. P. Putnam & Sons First Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest of chipping to the spine ends. Else a very handsome and tight copy. Former owner's name on first blank page.; Brown boards with black linear design and black lettering. Gilt pi...