Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

H.A. van Reede tot Drakestein, journaal van zijn verblijf aan de Kaap.

Hulshof, A. · 1941

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,421)

1941 245 p., 1 folded map, 1 portrait, paperbound (covers missing). Published in: Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap.

Ensaios sobre a statistica das possessÃÄes Portuguezas na Africa occidental e oriental: na Asia occidental: na China, e na Oceania. Livro I. Ensaio sobre a statistica das ilhas de Cabo-Verde no Mar Atlantico e suas dependencias na Guiné Portugueza ao Norte do Equador. Livro II. Ensaio sobre a statistica das Ilhas de S. Thomé e Principe no Golfo de Guiné, e sua dependencia o forte de S. João Baptista d'Ajuda na Costa de Léste chamada dos popós além da mina.

Lopez de Lima, J.J. · 1844

€198.00 ($218.22 | £165.19 | ¥34,847)

1844 xvi, 127, 119, xvii, 100, 45 p., 6 folded maps, several folded tables, paperbound (front cover of vol. I missing). Title-pages slightly foxed, but otherwise good copies of a scarce work containing much interesting information and maps (some quite large) of the area. In al...

Un Cimetière d'éléphants. Mission scientifique de l'Omo.

Jeannel, R. · 1934

€44.00 ($48.49 | £36.71 | ¥7,744)

1934 159 p., 48 pls, 1 folded map, decorated cloth.

Kampvuren langs de evenaar. Herrineringen aan tien jaar bloedonderzoek in west- en centraal Afrika.

Julien, P. · 1954

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

n.d. (ca. 1954, 10th ed.) 219, [4] p., 32 pls, publisher's cloth. Inserted is a newspaper article about the author.

Descripção da Costa de Moçambique de Laurenço Marques ao Bazaruto.

Ferraz, G.I. · 1902

€39.60 ($43.64 | £33.04 | ¥6,969)

1902 58 p., 1 large folded map, paperbound.

Les iles soeurs ou le paradis retrouv̩. La R̩union-Maurice. ''̑den de la Mer des Indes''.

Leblond, M. · 1946

€52.80 ($58.19 | £44.05 | ¥9,293)

1946 254 p., 32 pls, paperbound (dust jacket).

Afrique australe, Cap de Bonne-Esperance, Congo, etc.: Afrique orientale, Mozambique, Monomotapa, Zanguebar, Gallas, Kordofan, etc.: Afrique centrale, Darfour, Soudan, Bornou, Tombouctou, Grand Desert de Sahara: Empire de Maroc.

Hoefer, J.C.F. · 1848

€148.50 ($163.67 | £123.89 | ¥26,136)

1848 498 p., 17 plates, folding map, contemporary hcloth. Some foxing in the beginning and at the end of the book, previous owner's name written on first blank endpaper. The plates depict landscapes, local tribes, fhe flora, weaponry and utensils.

Voyage à la côte de Guinée, dans le Golfe de Biafra, à l'île de Fernando-Po, l'île de Ste Hélène et autres îles dans le passage, à bord du brick-goelette, le Lancier.

Boudyck Bastiaanse, J.H. van · 1853

€462.00 ($509.18 | £385.44 | ¥81,310)

1853. xxvi, 451 p., new cloth. small corner of half-title repaired otherwise a good copy of this rare account of a journey to West Africa and the African Atlantic islands.

Madeira: its Scenery, and How to See It. With letters of a year's residence, and lists of the trees, flowers, ferns, and seaweeds.

Taylor, E.M. · 1882

€231.00 ($254.59 | £192.72 | ¥40,655)

1882 (1st ed.) xvi, 261p., 2 folded maps (small tear repaired), frontispiece, green publisher's decorated cloth (somewhat used). New end papers. Rare guide to the island of madeira, with interesting notes on its flora.

Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Espérance, autour du monde avec le Capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hettentots et des Caffres.

Sparrman, A. · 1787

€759.00 ($836.52 | £633.22 | ¥133,581)

1787 3 vols. xxxii, 1117 p., 15 (5 folded) pls, 1 large folded map, contemporary hcalf, spine gilt, red label (lower ends spine worn). Library stamps on haf-title and title-pages deleted with ink stamp, library number (pencil) on upper corner title-page. Sparrman was a studen...

Wideawake Island. The Story of the B.O.U. Centenary Expedition to Ascension.

Stonehouse, B. · 1960

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1960 224 p., num. figs, 20 pls, col. frontispiece, cloth (dustjacket). Edges dust jacket worn. Previous owner's name on half-title.

Voyage de F. Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance: nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée par l'auteur, ornée de vingt figures en taille-douce, dont huit n'avoient pas encore paru / Second Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans les années 1783, 84 & 85.

Vaillant, F. le · 1794

€528.00 ($581.93 | £440.50 | ¥92,926)

1794-1795/1797-1798 5 vols. xxxii, 787 & xliv, 1255 p., 20 (7 folded) & 22 (5 folded) pls, contemporary full marbled calf, spine and borders of covers gilt, with red and green labels. Volume one rebacked and with some wear of gilding on spine, small unobtrusive hole in first p...

Della lunghezza delle onde aeree, della loro velocita nelle canne a bocca, e dell influenza che esercitano i varii elementi sulla loro tonalita / Studio critico-sperimentale del metodo comunemente seguito dai fisici nella determinazione die nodi e ventri delle collonne aeree vibranti entro canne a bocca.

Zantedeschi, Prof. · 1858

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1858 2 papers. 38 p., 2 folded pls, disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Scarce.

Atti della commissione delle fognature / Aquadotto del Sele per le Provencie di Foggia - Bari - Lecce. Progetto dellâÇÖ Ing.re Francesco Zampari / La societa in accomandita semplice. Formalita necessaire per la sua legale constituzione ed effetti della loro mancanza. Appunti per uno studio sulle societa di commercio.

Tommasi, S. / F. Zampari / C. Molinari · 1870

€77.00 ($84.86 | £64.24 | ¥13,552)

1870 / 1887 / 1902 151, 81, 216 p., all three books bound in vellum with marbled boards. A few pages with scattered foxing. On sewerage and drainage / Aquaduct and water supply / A legal study on simple limited partnership.

Atti della commissione delle fognature / Aquadotto del Sele per le Provencie di Foggia - Bari - Lecce. Progetto dellâÇÖ Ing.re Francesco Zampari / La societa in accomandita semplice. Formalita necessaire per la sua legale constituzione ed effetti della loro mancanza. Appunti per uno studio sulle societa di commercio

Tommasi, S. / F. Zampari / C. Molinari · 1870

€77.00 ($84.86 | £64.24 | ¥13,552)

1870 / 1887 / 1902 151, 81, 216 p., all three books bound in vellum with marbled boards. On sewerage and drainage / Aquaduct and water supply / A legal study on simple limited partnership.

Nouvelles machines marines. Des batiments a grande vitesse, des torpilleurs & des embarcations a vapeur.

Demoulin, M. · 1888

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.89 | ¥9,680)

1888 [4], xii, 240 p., 4to, slightly later half morocco (original printed covers bound in) with nice marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Upper end spine worn. A few foxing spots but the great majority clean. Text only, the atlas part not present. Scarce treatise on building ste...

Light Railways for New South Wales.

Burge, C.O. · 1893

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1893 44 p., 2 figs, disbound (no covers). Published in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

Flying-Machine Motors and Cellular Kites.

Hargrave, L. · 1893

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,646)

1893 6 p., 4 lithographed pls, disbound (no covers). Published in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

Light Railways for New South Wales.

Burge, C.O. · 1893

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1893 22 p., disbound (no covers). Published in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Attached to it is: Hargrave, Flying-machine Motors and Cellular Kites (6 p., 4 lithographed plates).

Les fondations a l'air comprimé sans incorporation de fers dans les maçonneries et leur application a la reconstruction de la passe navigable du barrage de rivière.

Christophe, P. · 1892

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

1892 118 p., 3 folded pls, contemporary hcalf. Library stamps