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DR. JOHNSON & HIS CIRCLE - mostly modern biographies, critical studies & monographs; includes 'The Hypochondriak' (70 essays by Boswell for the Londo

MODERN LITERATURE - novels & literary biography; includes Greene's 'A Burnt Out Case' (1st English edition, 1961) & Sebald's Austerlitz' (1st English

BACON (F.) Sylva Sylvarum: or a Natural History, in Ten Centuries . . . edition, published after the author's death, by William Rawley . . . po

NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA - a useful miscellany of earlier & later books. * includes Candler's The Long Road to Baghdad (2 vols., 1919) & Richardson

ANCIENT EGYPT - a small miscellany, with a few related (13 books). * includes Wilkinson's The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (new edit

DOUGHTY (C.M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta. New and Definitive Edition, with an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence, 2 vols. portrait, 8 plates (2 folded), l

PALGRAVE (W.G.) Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63). First Edition, 2 vols. half titles, large folded & colour

HOSKINS (G.A.) Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an account . . . of the Oasis of Amun and the other oases now under the dominion

WALSH (T.) Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt: including descriptions of that country . . . with an Appendix; containing official papers and doc

PHILBY (H. St. J.) The Empty Quarter: being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. First Edition. 33 photo. plate

NEAR EASTERN TRAVEL - a small selection, mostly more modern.1886 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1896 1909 1972

LAWRENCE (T.E.) Oriental Assembly; edited by A.W. Lawrence. First Edition. 76 photo. plates & a few text illus.; gilt-buckram in d/wrapper. 1939. *

RICHARDSON (J.) A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Language, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Na

BRUCE (J.) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile . . . First Edition, 5 vols. medallion/decorative title vignettes, 3 folded maps, 4 plans, 43

SALT (H.) A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country . . . an Account of the Portugese Settlements on the East Coast of A

TULLY (R) Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence . . . comprising authentic memoirs & anecdotes

BAKER (Sir S.W.) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. First Edition. portrait frontis, 2 coloured maps (1 f

SPEKE (J.H.) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. First Edition. 2 portraits, 2 coloured maps ( 1 folded in pocket), 22 wood-engraved

PARK (M.) The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 . . . to which is prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park. Firs

STANLEY (H.M.) In Darkest Africa: or the quest rescue and retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. First Edition. 2 vols. 38 engraved plates, 3 folde

LONG (Col. C.C.) Central Africa: naked truths of naked people. An Account of Expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam-Niam, west

LIVINGSTONE (D. & C.) Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864.

DU CHAILLU (P.B.) A Journey to Ashango-Land: and further penetration into Equatorial Africa. First Edition. title vignette, 19 plates & 3 full-page

DU CHAILLU (P.B.) Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa . . . First Edition. folded (gorilla) frontis., 27 plates, folded map & num. text