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The Diaries of Lord Lugard by Margery Perham and Mary Bull (Faber and Faber, 1959)
First Edition. 432pp + 481pp + 454pp. Original Green cloth boards all the books very good or better, with some spotting on edges. Original clipped DJ, very good. This set includes Vol I-III, released in 1959. Vol I – III covers the years 1889-92 trekked through the future Kenya to Buganda as the agent of the new Imperial British East Africa Company. An additional volume IV was released 1963 and sold separately (not included in this lot), covering Lugards dash up the West Niger in 1894-5.
Frank Rhodes – A Memoir by G.T. Hutchinson (Privately Printed 1908)
First Edition. xv, 165pp, Frontispiece + 12 illustrations. Original green cloth, stained boards. Hinges weak, all illustrations present, several illustrations loose, occasional internally foxing and staining. Good Plus.
Sir Samuel Baker – A Memoir by T. Douglas Murray and A. Silva White (Macmillan, 1895)
First Edition. Xii, 437pp + 4 folding maps, 4 maps in text, portrait and frontispiece and 5 plates. Original pictorial cloth (recased) with new yellow glazed endpapers. Internally about VG+ or better, VG overall
The Story of my Life by Sir Harry H. Johnston (Chatto & Windus, 1923)
First Edition. viii + 536pp. Original black cloth, some spotting around egdes, ex-libris on front endpaper, clean internally. Johnston was a British explorer, botanist, artist, linguist and colonial administrator. Detailing his journeys across Tunis, Angola, the Congo River, Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake Nyasa, Uganda, and West Africa.
Livingstone by R.J. Campbell (Ernest Benn, 1929)
First Edition. 370pp. Original brown cloth, spotting around edges, internally clean
Sir George Grey – Pioneer of Empire in Southern Lands by C. Henderson (J.M. Dent & Co, 1907)
First Edition. Xxiv + 315pp. Original red cloth, numerous illustrations and maps, very good. Sire George Grey was a British solider, explorer, colonial administrator and writer. He served as the Governor of South Australia, Governor of New Zealand (twice) and Governor of the Cape Colony. He was a remarkable book collector and a portion of his library was donated to the National Library of South Africa.
Rhodes – A Life by J.G. McDonald (Philip Allan, 1929 3rd Edition) – Presentation Copy
Third Edition. 403pp. Original navy cloth, heavy foxing on edges and occasional foxing internally. Presentation Copy by author dated January 1936
The Lives of Robert & Mary Moffat by John S. Moffat (T. Fisher Unwin, 1886 – A New Edition)
A New Edition. 468pp several illustrations and a map of South Africa. Original Navy cloth, front hinge weak and gutter exposed in several places. A good copy.
The Life of Jameson by Ian Colvin (Edward Arnold, 1922)
First Edition. Two Volumes. Vol I - 314pp, Vol II – 352pp + 16pp Catalogue. Original navy cloth, foxing to edges, occasional foxing internally, very good
Memoir of Bishop MacKenzie by Harvey Goodwin (Deighton, Bell and Co, 1865)
Second Edition. 388pp + 6pp Appendix. Original maroon cloth boards. Top of spine coming loose, with tear running about 40% down the side. Hinges weak, dampstaining on title page. Good Plus
Barnabas Shaw: The Story of His Life and Missionary Labours in Southern Africa by Rev. William Moister (Wesleyan Conference Office, 1877)
First Edition. 216pp + 2pp advertisements. Original pictorial boards. Spine starting to separate. Cape Town metropolitan Church stamps in front and back of book. Occasional foxing but generally very good inside. Good Plus
African Apprenticeship – An Autobiographical Journey by Margery Perham (Faber and Faber, 1974)
First Edition. 268pp. Original brown boards in a clipped DJ. Book and Jacket Very Good Plus
