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Auction No 370, Tag: Africa

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

James Richardson "Travels in Morocco", Charles Skeet, London, 1860, 2 Volumes, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth,

Lot: 179

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £155
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James Richardson Travels in Morocco, Charles Skeet, London, 1860, 2 Volumes, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, worn, the backstrips shabby with pieces missing at head & foot, rear board of Vol. 2 cracked and repaired; good internally, each volume with frontispiece and engraved title; minor spotting to prelims; woodcuts in text; p.241/2 of Vol. 1 with tear in margin; advertisements at rear of Vol. 2; (vol.1) xxvi, 302pp.; (vol.2) vi, 320, [4]pp.

Edward North Buxton "Two African Trips with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa"

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £88
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Edward North Buxton Two African Trips with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa, Edward Stanford, 1902, 1st  Edn, original pictorial buckram, spine darkened and a little frayed at extremities; internal hingeing weak in places; uncut; clean interior with 80 fine photographic plates; fine map in rear pocket.

Edward North Buxton "Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West", 1892 and 1893,

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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Edward North Buxton Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West, 1892 and 1893, the First and Second Editions, and Short Stalks – Second Series, 1898, all in the original pictorial buckram, the spines badly darkened. The 1892 and 1898 editions have been recased, the former with new endpapers; the texts and plates all clean and complete, the Second Series with fine folding maps in front and rear pockets. (3)

Lord Wolverton "Five Months' Sport in Somali Land", Chapman & Hall, 1894, orig. buckram, gilt, spine darkened;

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £36
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Lord Wolverton Five Months’ Sport in Somali Land, Chapman & Hall, 1894, orig. buckram, gilt, spine darkened; 2-inch tear to map requires repair, roughly opened along top edge, plates & text fine; C.G. Schillings With Flashlight and Rifle, Hutchinson, 1906, 2 vols, orig.gilt cloth, spines a little faded o/w good; and two related titles in poor condition. (5)

Africa selection with good ethnology and with uncommon locations, some PU; includes Senegal, Ruanda, Togo

Lot: 217

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £64
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Africa selection with good ethnology and with uncommon locations, some PU; includes Senegal, Ruanda, Togo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Mozambique, French Soudan, St. Helena, Liberia, and others. Fair-VF (40)