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[CENTRAL AFRICA] Henry DRUMMOND / F. C. SELOUS / E. TORDAY / - Lot 551
[CENTRAL AFRICA] Henry DRUMMOND / F. C. SELOUS / E. TORDAY / J. H. WEEKS - Interesting collection of 6 travel reports from Central and South Africa, 5 of which are first editions: ethnography, hunting, customs...
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1: Henry DRUMMOND - Tropical Africa. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1888, x, [2], 228, 16 (catalog) pp. Original English edition illustrated with 6 maps on 5 folding plates (some folds torn), 4 full-page illustrations and 3 vignettes in the text. Spine faded, upper cover torn.
2: Frederick Courteney SELOUS - Travel and adventure in South-East Africa: being the narrative of the last eleven years spent by the author on the Zambesi and its tributaries; with an account of the colonisation of Mashunaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country. With numerous illustrations and map. London, R. Ward and Co, 1893, xviii, 503, [5 (catalog)] pp. Some handling marks. First edition of this account, which includes numerous hunting stories, illustrated with 1 frontispiece portrait and 22 full-page plates, illustrations in the text, 1 large fold-out map (tears at folds).
3: Emil TORDAY - Camp and tramp in African wilds: a record of adventure, impressions, and experiences during many years spent among the savage tribes round Lake Tangayika and in Central Africa, with a description of native life, character, and customs. London, Seeley, 1913, 315 pp. First edition illustrated with 1 frontispiece, 31 plates and 1 folding map.
4 : John H. WEEKS - Among Congo cannibals: experiences, impressions, and adventures during a thrity years's sojourn amongst the Boloki and other Congo tribes with a description of their curious habits, customs, religion, and laws. London, Seeley Service, 1913, 351 pp. Some foxing. First edition illustrated with 1 frontispiece, 31 plates out of text, some with several subjects, and 1 folding map. Small tears to covers.
5 : John H. WEEKS - Among the Primitive Bakongo: A record of thirty years close intercourse with the Bakongo and other tribes of Equatorial Africa, with a description of their habits, customs and religious beliefs. London, Seeley, 1914, 318, [2] pp. some foxing. Original edition illustrated with 1 frontispiece, 31 hors-texte (some with several subjects) and 1 folding map. Spine percaline worn, small tears to headpieces, calligraphy to tail.
6 : John H. WEEKS - Congo life and jungle stories. Second edition. London, The Religious Tract Society, [1921], xxii, [2], 468, [1] pp. 2nd edition illustrated with 1 frontispiece and 31 plates hors texte, some with several subjects.
TOGETHER 6 VOLUMES.
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