History, Travel & Geography from James Cummins Bookseller

Nairobi. 60pp. 8vo. Black cloth , with printed cover and back wrapper, bound in. 60pp. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Inscribed: "Kenya Colony/ Sept. 10 1944/the best wishes from the Author/ To The Rev Canaon Morgan... John Boyes.

Darmstadt, 1892. 4 pages in German on recto and verso of a bifolium of mourning stationery. 1 vols. 12mo. Usual folds (with strengthening to tips inside). Near fine. With transcription and translation. 4 pages in German on recto and verso of a bifolium of mourning stationery. 1 vols. 12mo. The future Empress of Russia, Alexandra, Alix Viktoria, writes… Read more about this item

London: J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited, 294 City Road, 1885. In 15 Original parts. Illus. WITH Notice about the binding of the whole is pasted on the 15th Part's upper cover. 4to. Gray blue wrappers 1-8, Parts 9-15 are c in ream wrappers. Some internal repairs and the back wrapper of Part XV laid down. In cloth folding box.… Read more about this item

London: Tho. Newcomb for Richard Marriott, 1670. First collected edition. With four engraved portraits, general title page, separate title-pages for Wotton, Hooker, Herbert; Herbert's letters with continuous register and pagination. 1 vols. 8vo. Eighteenth-century speckled calf gilt, boards with gilt roll border, all edges red. Superbly rebacked to period style. Fine copy. Custom solander box. First collected edition.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed by John Reid, 1698. [16], 136; 48pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Modern half mottled calf, gilt spine. Provenance: Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont (armorial bookplate to verso of title of first work); Dr. Karl Baumgarten (ink stamps, sold Parke Bernet 1963); King Larry Parker (bookplates & blindstamps). [16], 136; 48pp. 2 vols. 12mo. The Dedication Copy. "A… Read more about this item

New York: Peace Eye Bookstore, 1965. First broadside edition. Mimeograph on blue paper, recto only. 11 x 8.5 inches. Slight fading along outside edge, otherwise fine. First broadside edition. Mimeograph on blue paper, recto only. 11 x 8.5 inches. Published in the final issue of Fuck You, A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. 9, issue 5), the Delcaration… Read more about this item

Paris: Édition de la Belle Page, 1950. First editions, from the limited issues, each inscribed by the author. 4 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers, some light toning. First editions, from the limited issues, each inscribed by the author. 4 vols. 8vo. VIEWS ON A CHANGING VIETNAM, INSCRIBED. Collection of four works interpreting Vietnam for a contemporary French public, written… Read more about this item

Boston: Harper, 1892. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and folding map at back. vii, 139 pp. 1 vols. Narrow 12mo. Original green cloth gilt. Nar fine. Minor rubbing. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and folding map at back. vii, 139 pp. 1 vols. Narrow 12mo. Presentation Copy. Study of the life and career of Henri de La Rochejacquelein, youthful leader… Read more about this item

Lisbon: Academia Real das Sciencias, 1835. New edition from the original of 1651, with additions. With lithographic plates. vii, 514, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, top edge red, rest uncut. Nice fresh copy. New edition from the original of 1651, with additions. With lithographic plates. vii, 514, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. New edition of… Read more about this item

N.p., 1863. Ink on paper, 12 lines. 1 vols. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2. Old folds, small rectangular portion excised. Very good. Ink on paper, 12 lines. 1 vols. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2. A record of meteorological information off the coast of Angola and at the mouth of the Congo River Burton was stationed on the island of Fernando Po… Read more about this item

Boston: D. Lothrop and Company; London: Trübner & Co, 1884. Folding map in rear pocket, double-page map, numerous plates and illustrations. 578 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue-green cloth, pictorially blocked and lettered in silver and gilt. Minor wear at top and tail of spine, a bit shaken, front hinge starting. Very good. Folding map in rear pocket,… Read more about this item

London: The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Arm, 1616. First Edition in English, In this Earliest state the contents begin on p. 5. Engraved title, 50 engraved plates. (Title shaved at upper margin with a little loss.). The title page is engraved and signed: Egidius Gelius sculpsit A 1616 Woudrichemij in Hollandia. (with repair) [6], 7,… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1932. First Edition. 2856pp. 8vo. Gray cloth. Fine in almost fine unclipped dj. First Edition. 2856pp. 8vo. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. Signed by both authors on the ffep.

London: W.H. Harrison, 33 Museum Street, 1881. First edition. Frontispiece of 'The Crucifixion Scene at the Passion Play at Oberammergau.' Title page printed in red and black, each page of text is bordered by a bright red line. 168 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt, a.e.g., by Smith. Spine a little dull, a near fine copy. Small… Read more about this item

Nairobi & Mombasa: W. B. Boyd & Mombasa Times (last volume), 1941. Volumes 1-4. 4 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. About fine. Volumes 1-4. 4 vols. 8vo. Author born and educated in New Zealand.

London, 1910. Two autograph letters, signed by Lady Dorothy Stanley, to American author, William Henry Rideing, regarding her husband, noted explorer, Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Ten pages (three sheets, folded to form twelve pages, with writing on ten sides). 12mo. The letters are folded for mailing, else near fine. Two autograph letters, signed by Lady Dorothy Stanley, to… Read more about this item

London: The Medici Society Limited 7 Grafton Street, 1924. First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered and signed by Maxwell. Printed by the Arden Press. With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pocket at the rear is a 4-page folding… Read more about this item

[Johnaesburg: I.E. Joseph & Co, 1918. 32 pp. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Vg. 32 pp. 8vo. German East Africa camp[aign during WW I.

Nairobi, B.E.A.: Newland, Tarlton & Co., Ltd, 1917. Illus. xvi, 162pp. Folding map of the East Africa Protectorate (excluding northern territory & country east of Tana River). 8vo. Red cloth. VG. Illus. xvi, 162pp. Folding map of the East Africa Protectorate (excluding northern territory & country east of Tana River). 8vo.

Mombasa: [Government Printing Press], 1904. iii, [1], 255, [1], [2] , xv, [12]pp. Folding colored map of The East Africa Protectorate bound in at rear. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, signed A. Jerry Lewis. iii, [1], 255, [1], [2] , xv, [12]pp. Folding colored map of The East Africa Protectorate bound in at rear. 8vo.