A History of the Arab Peoples
London, The Folio Society, 2009 (first thus). Introduction and afterword by Malise Ruthven. More
Africa
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
London, The Folio Society, 2012 (first thus). Abridged, annotated and with a Foreword by Tim Macintosh-Smith; the Introduction is by Tahir Shah. 'Abu Abd Allah Muammad ibn Abd Allah al-Lawati al-Tanji ibn Battutah 1304-1368/69 or 1377), the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous..... More
Maritime South Africa. A Pictoria History
London, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd, 1985. More
The Lost Wilderness. Tales of East Africa
Long Beach, Safari Press, 2000 (first edition). Number 704 of 1000 copies signed by both authors. The thirty-third book in the Classics in African Hunting series. More
The Pre-historic Period in South Africa
London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1912 (second, revised and enlarged edition)/ 1910. Inscribed in ink on the front flyleaf; 'With the Author's Compliments', and with his printed address details at the Preface crossed out in ink and substituted with his new address. With the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward..... More
Bedouin. Nomads of the Desert
London, Kyle Cathie, 1994. More
A Biographical Dictionary of the British Colonial Governor. Volume 1: Africa
Sussex, Harvester, 1980. More
The Arab City of Gedi. Excavations at the Great Mosque. Architecture and Finds
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1954. A 'medieval Arab city on the east coast of Kenya'. More
This is The Greatest Hunting Era
Encino, Trophy Room Books, 1986 (first edition). More
Bullion Johannesburg. Men, Mines and the Challenge of Conflict
Johannesburg, Jonathan Ball, 1986. More
Modern Sons of the Pharaohs. A Study of the Manners and Customs of the Copts of Egypt
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1918]. More
The Lower Niger and its Tribes
London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906. The seven-page introduction is by A.C. Haddon. More
Prisoners of Ritual. An Odyssey into Female Genital Circumcision in Africa
New York, Haworth Press, 1989. Number 2 in the Haworth Series on Women. More
Ancient Architecture. Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, Greece
New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1974 [first US edition]. History of Architecture series edited by Pier Luigi Nervi. 525 illustrations, including 179 reconstructions and diagrams. More
The African Elephant and its Hunters
London, Heath Cranton, 1924. More
A Compendium of Kafir Laws and Customs, including Genealogical Tables of Kafir Chiefs and Various Tribal Census Returns
Mount Coke, Wesleyan Mission Press (Printed for the Government of British Kaffraria), 1858. Both the front flyleaf and the title page carry the ownership signature of Sir Malcolm MacGregor, fourth Baronet MacGregor and a British naval commander stationed in New Zealand. The inscription is dated 19 December 1861 ('Auckland, New..... More
Ovis Ammon. The Argali Trail
Long Beach, Safari Press, 2010 (first English edition). More
African Warriors. The Samburn
London, Harvill, 1994. More
The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs
Portland, Timber Press, 2002. '... the first complete account of all the true bulbs and their allies of the Cape Floral Region ... an essential aid to the accurate identification of all species presently in cultivation as well as the many others that are potentially valuable horticultural subjects. The book..... More
A colour map of 'South & East Africa to accompany "Through South Africa" by Mr. Henry M. Stanley, M.P.'
London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, Limited, [1898]. The map, by 'G. Philip & Son, London & Liverpool', was removed from a copy of Stanley's book, published in 1898. The book came from the collection of Arnold Edwin Davey (1862-1920), well-known local flour-miller and grain merchant, one of the eponymous..... More
Family and Social Change in an African City. A Study of Rehousing in Laos
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Home Life on the Ostrich Farm. Second Edition
London, George Philip and Son, 1891. More
Sorcery in its Social Setting. A Study of the Northern Rhodesian Cewa
Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1970/ 1965. More
Taxonomic Literature of Southern African Plants
Pretoria, National Botanical Institute, 1997. More