Sale 19JJ03 | Lot 128

[EAST AFRICA] Fives titles related to East Africa.

Catalogue: Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

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Lot 128
[EAST AFRICA] Fives titles related to East Africa.
Comprising: WILLOUGHBY, JOHN C. East Africa and its Big Game. The Narrative of a Sporting Trip from Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. First edition. Publisher's pictorial cloth gilt. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, publisher's advertisements. Czech, Africa, p. 304. Shaken, extremities worn, map torn, scattered foxing; MACDONALD, J. R. L. Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa 1891-1894. London and New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. First edition. Publisher's maroon cloth gilt. Frontispiece, 8 folding maps, folding railroad plan, plates, half-title, publisher's advertisements. Czech, Africa, pp. 175-176. A bit overopened, extremities bumped and worn, scattered foxing throughout; MAUGHAM, R. C. F. Portuguese East Africa. The History, Scenery, & Great Game of Manica and Sofala. London: John Murray, 1906. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, half-title. Czech, Africa, p. 185. Extremities a bit worn, scattered foxing throughout; MADEIRA, PERCY C. Hunting in British East Africa. Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909. First edition. Publisher's red pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Plates, 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Spine sunned, extremities rubbed, boards with one or two stray marks; and WATTEVILLE, VIVIENNE DE. Out in the Blue. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, half-title. Spine sunned, extremities worn, some toning, booksellers ticket to rear pastedown.
The lot five titles.


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Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11am EDT