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DELIVERY Please note that, due to their size, some items from this section will attract a postage/delivery charge.
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Updated: 24th February, 2026
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RHODESIANA
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| RNA106 |
RHODES FUNERAL booklet Printed (102x163mm) four page 'The Funeral Obsequies of the late High Hon. Cecil John Rhodes / St George's Cathedral Thursday, April 3rd, 1902, 3pm'. Giving the opening sentences, Psalm, Lesson, Address and Hymn. Stapled. Front page with some damage at right. RARE |
£95 |
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| MBSA2484 |
CIGARETTE CARD, black and white Rt. Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes, P.C. Published by Ogdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes. |
£20 |
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| MBSA2483 |
CIGARETTE CARD, sepia Rt. Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes, P.C. Published by Ogdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes. |
£20 |
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| MBSA2473 |
RHODES CARACATURE c1900 post card depicting Rhodes in an unflattering manner. Printed by Dr. Eysler & Co., Berlin. Very fine unused.
Note: the comment at base translates as 'You can see when looking at this showoff / He has got a lot of money, oh yes he has! / He was an industrious man / And he is a lazy bloke'. |
£30 |
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| MBSA2485 |
LEANDER STARR JAMESON, albumen sepia photograph (102x152mm) plus his signature on piece. |
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| MBSA2486 |
RHODESIAN DINNER MENU eight page printed menu commemoration CORONATION YEAR, June 27th, 1911. Held at the Connaught Rooms London. Internally with various designations, list of Committee members, the dinner menu itself. Some faults, but highly unusual. |
£45 |
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| RNA35 |
PHOTOGRAPHS Collection of 29 black and white images, 12 90x65mm approx., 2 106x82mm and 15 162x118mm approx., c1905 and earlier. The smaller images with five showing military personnel, the balance local or rural scenes. The mid sized both of Beatrice Mine and the larger all of street scenes in Salisbury with prominent buildings along Manica Road, Rhodesia Club, Chamber of Mines building, Salisbury Tobacco Company building, Market Hall building, Anglo African Trading, Lennon Limited Photographic dealers etc., a river scene and finally an early steam tractor. Some with faults or damage, mostly fine. A most unusual and evocative group. Together with card wrapper endorsed 'Snapshots of Salisbury 1905'. |
£250 |
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| RNA40 |
PRESS CUTTING Piece cut from an edition of The Cape Times (Intaglio Supplement), dated Thursday, September 11, 1930. An illustration of the stage coach leaving Salisbury for Bulawayo on its last journey before the Opening of the Railway line in 1897, in front of the Zeederberg Coach Office. A further smaller image of the train arriving in Bulawayo with the famous 'Advance Rhodesia' flag on the front of the train. Both folded but still fine. Unusual. |
£35 |
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| FLAG10 |
FLAG c1964 Southern Rhodesia, Union Jack upper left, light blue, green crest (175x86cm). Toggle with cord, 'WILLIAM SMITH' label sewn in. Apparently unflown. |
£225 |
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| FLAG8 |
FLAG c1970 Rhodesia, green, white, green, central crest (173x83cm). Toggle and cord. Apparently unflown. |
£165 |
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| RNA98 |
NEWSPAPER The Umtali Advertiser, No 12 Vol 1, Umtali, Saturday March 24th 1894. Front and back outer pages, then eight of the 12 numbered internal pages. Published by Henry & Co, 3rd Street Umtali. Much space devoted to advertising, the contents a fascinating account at the time including complaints about the weather and the state of the roads, a man sent to goal because he set fire to his girlfriends curtains whilst drunk, etc. etc. The annual subscription noted as 26/-, UK 32/-. This copy apparently posted to Switzerland with MONTREAUX 15 .5 1894 datestamp on back cover page. Exceptionally fragile, and a quite remarkable and rare survivor. |
£150 |
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| RNA109 |
GUIDE TO THE VICTORIA FALLS c1920 small sized (125x187mm) booklet, published by Percy M. Clark F.R.G.S. 24 pages with black and white illustrations, giving a comprehensive account for the visitor and tourist, where to stay and day by day suggested visits to both sides of the river. Six pages of advertising including for his own 'shop', 'The Huts, VICTORIA FALLS'. Red card cover. Some light faults but still a wonderful and accurate account, and notably still relevant today. Delightful. |
£60 |
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| RNA108 |
SOUVENIR OF THE VOCTORIA FALLS by Victor Clark (a relative of Percy Clark?). c1925 internally with six pages each with wonderful black and white images (196x130mm) mounted on both sides (12 images), of strong clarity and relevance. Mounted on tan pages with printed impression of the photographer signature below each. Cream boards string bound. A truly delightful photographic account of this most iconic natural wonder. |
£80 |
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| RNA69 |
NEWSPAPER THE RHODESIA HERALD, Salisbury and dated 12th November, 1965. Headline UDI RHODESIA GOES IT ALONE, the day after UDI was declared. With an image of Ian Smith at centre, numerous articles related to the event including 'WILSON CALLS UDI 'AN ILLEGAL ACT', etc. And interestingly a comment about censorship with several blank columns. Further signed I. Douglas Smith above his photograph. A further four pages from the edition, although all loose. Browned towards top and peripheral faults. A remarkable and historic account, no doubt a RARE survivor. |
£150 |
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| RNA67 |
MAP c1925 colour printed Map titled 'SOUTHERN RHODESIA' (425x328mm), published by W. and A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London. Very detailed with districts, towns and villages indicated together with rivers, mines, topography, roads, railways, etc. Numbered as '36A'. Issued as folded vertically. Some minor edge faults now strengthened with archival tape. Most attractive. |
£65 |
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| RNA62 |
RECORD INDEPENDENCE. The Circumstances Surrounding Rhodesia's Historic Unilateral Declaration of Independence. LP vinyl record of the various speeches made by Ian Smith and a few by Harold Wilson. Within a double sleeve showing Ian Smith signing the Declaration on cover, internally with a copy of the document itself and an image of a man standing alongside the grave of Cecil Rhodes, Matopos. Published by the Rhodesian Ministry of Immigration and Tourism, c1966. RARE. |
£250 |
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| RNA104 |
MAP c1974 map of Rhodesia made of copper with main towns noted, mounted within wooded frame (27x22cm), and onto hide. Further images of an elephant, zebra, buck and flame lily at corners. Mount attachment on reverse for hanging. Most unusual. |
£45 |
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| RNA9 |
PLAQUE c1972 copper image of circular portion of the Rhodesian flag, surmounted with an embossed image of the Arms in copper, 'RHODESIA' in ribbon at top, green enamel (162x179mm). Mounted on thick wood. Manufacturers label on reverse. Perfect. |
£85 |
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| RNA84 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE Postage Stamps of Rhodesia R. M. Gibbs 1910-13 Double Heads. Sotheby's, London 1987. Illustrated boards, fine. The classic work on the issue, invaluable coloured plates and descriptive text. |
£25 |
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| RNA83 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE Postage Stamps of Rhodesia R. M. Gibbs 1913-24 Admirals. Sotheby's, London 1988. Illustrated boards, fine. The classic work on the issue, invaluable coloured plates and descriptive text. |
£45 |
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| RNA89 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE The 'COUNTY' Collection of Rhodesia. Argyll Etkin, London 2003 |
£10 |
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| RNA91 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE The Philatelic Collection formed by SIR GAWAINE BAILLIE, BT. Sotheby's, London 2006 |
£10 |
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| RNA92 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE RHODESIA DOUBLE HEADS. The Alan Uria Collection. Spink, London, 2012 |
£5 |
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| RNA88 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE RHODESIA featuring Arms and Admiral issues from theVESTEY Collection. Spink, London 2014 |
£5 |
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| RNA90 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE RHODESIA DOUBLE HEAD ISSUE from the VESTEY Collection. Spink, London 2015 |
£5 |
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| RNA95 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE RHODESIA 1910-13 Double Head Issue The 'RPYAL PALM' Collection. Spink, London 2018 |
£5 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE The 'BLANIC' Collection of Nyasaland and Rhodesia. Spink, London 2021 |
£5 |
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| RNA93 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE RHODESIA 1910-13 Double Head Issue the COTTONWOOD Colletion Robert M. Gibbs Trustee. Spink, London 2021 |
£5 |
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| RNA96 |
AUCTION CATALOGUE RHODESIA 1910-13 Double Head issue: the Andrew Wilson Collection. Spink, London 2023. |
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BOOKS
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| RNA102 |
RHODESIANA REPRINT LIBRARY GOLD SERIES
Published by Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, 1968 – 1974.
Most volumes with new introductions and notes added. All with dust wrappers.
1968/1971 Titles
1. The Gold Regions of S.-E.Africa 2. Sunshine And Storm In Rhodesia 3. The Old Transport Road 4. The Chronicles Of A Contractor 5. The Ruined Cities Of Mashonaland 6. Rhodesian Rhymes 7. Men, Mines and Animals In S.Africa 8. Adventures In Mashonaland 9. A Nobody In Mashonaland 10. Eleven Years In Central South Africa 11. Sally In Rhodesia 12. On The South African Frontier 13. Memories Of Mashonaland 14. A Hunter's Wanderings In Africa 15. The Log Of A Native Commissioner 16. Rhodes - A Life 17. The Downfall Of Lobengula 18. Melina Rorke 19. The Real Rhodesia 20. With The Mounted Infantry And M.F.F., 1896
1972 Titles
21. With Plumer In Matabeleland 22. One Man's Hand 23. The Ancient Ruins Of Rhodesia 24. Great Days 25. Travel And Adventure In South-East Africa 26. The Autobiography Of An Old Drifter
1973 Titles
27. Ex Africa 28. To The Victoria Falls Of The Zambesi 29. The Recollections Of William Finaughty 30. The Jameson Raid 31. Some African Milestones 32. How We Made Rhodesia
1974 Titles
33. Through Matabeleland: Ten Months In A Waggon 34. Kingsley Fairbridge 35. Three Years In Savage Africa 36. With Rhodes In Mashonaland |
£450 |
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| RNA55 |
BAINES, THOMAS. THE GOLD REGIONS OF SOUTH EASTERN AFRICA. London, 1877, 240 pp. Quarter brown leather, fine. |
£165 |
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| RNA103 |
BAINES, THOMAS. THE VICTORIA FALLS ZAMBESI RIVER SKETCHED ON THE SPOT. Reprint of the original, published by Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo 1969, printed by Mardon. New introduction, this edition made possible by two Rhodesians of Pioneer families. Folio, blue embossed cloth. A scarce edition of this enigmatic work, first published in 1865. |
£225 |
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| RNA56 |
BAKER, HERBERT. CECIL RHODES BY HIS ARCHITECT. London 1934, 182 pp. Rebound tan cloth. Fine. |
£45 |
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| RNA59 |
BALFOUR, ALICE BLANCH. TWELVE HUNDRED MILES IN A WAGON. London 1895, 265 + 32 pp. Maroon cloth gilt. Minor marks to cover, clean throughout. |
£125 |
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| RNA60 |
BALFOUR, ALICE BLANCH. TWELVE HUNDRED MILES IN A WAGON. Salisbury 1970, reprint of the London 1895 edition. Pioneer Head, limited edition 1086 of 1500 copies, 265 + 32 pp. Maroon cloth gilt, dust wrapper. Faults to dust wrapper, clean throughout. |
£40 |
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| RNA61 |
BEIT, SIR ALFRED and LOCKHART, J. G. THE WILL AND THE WAY. being an account of Alfred Best and the Trust which he founded. London 1957, 106 pp. Red cloth gilt, vellum gilt spine. Limited edition. Some very minor spotting otherwise fine and clean. Scarce. |
£75 |
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| RNA57 |
BENT, J. THEODORE. THE RUINED CITIES OF MASHONALAND Being a record of Excavation and Exploration in 1891. New edition, London 1896, 427 + 24 pp. Maroon cloth, silver gilt. A fine copy. |
£75 |
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| RNA58 |
BLENNERHASSETT, ROSE and SLEEMAN, LUCY. ADVENTURES IN MASHONALAND by Two Hospital Nurses. London 1894, 340pp, red cloth gilt. Spine faded, light spotting to front map and tissue guard, rear free endpaper lacking, otherwise clean. |
£75 |
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| RNA53 |
BROWN, WILLIAM HARVEY. ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN FRONTIER. The Adventures and Observations of an American in Mashonaland and Matabeleland. New York 1899, 430pp, folding map. Green cloth gilt. Spine faded otherwise a fine clean copy. |
£125 |
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| RNA54 |
BULAWAYO UP-TO-DATE. A Handbook to Rhodesia (WALTER H. WILLS, editor). London 1899, 320pp. Red, white and blue cloth. Spine lightly browned otherwise a wonderfully clean copy, bookplate of I & F. W. Hosken.
Note: a remarkable compilation of a very wide range of topics covering the development of the new country, even more so bearing in mind seven years odd since the arrival of the Pioneer Column in Salisbury. Extensive advertising giving an insight into the commercial opportunities |
£225 |
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| RNA70 |
BURNHAM, MAJOR FREDERICK RUSSELL, D.S.O. SCOUTING ON TWO CONTINENTS New York 1928, 370pp. Blue cloth gilt, spine faded and back cover slightly split. |
£85 |
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| RNA75 |
CARNEGIE, REV. D. AMONG THE MATABELE for ten years Resident at Hope Fountain Twelve Miles from Bulawayo London, 1894 second edition with a new chapter on 'The Ma-shuna'. Lobengula frontispiece, 140pp. Light brown cloth illustrated. Fine. |
£75 |
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| RNA71 |
CLARK, J. DESMOND (Editor). THE VICTORIA FALLS ILLUSTRATED Northern Rhodesia 1952, 160pp. Illustrated card. Fine. |
£35 |
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| RNA72 |
CLARKSON FLETCHER, M. I. Mech. E (Through the trance Mediumship of Richard E. Pugh, Bulawayo). PSYCHIC EPISODES OF GREAT ZIMBABWE A True Narrative South Africa, nd c1941, 101pp. Printed boards, dw. Near fine. A most unusual title. |
£55 |
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| RNA73 |
COILLARD, FRANCOIS (from the French and edited by his niece) ON THE THRESHOLD OF CENTRAL AFRICA London, 1897, 663 pp, folding map. Light brown cloth gilt. Near fine. |
£145 |
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COLVILLE, MRS. ARTHUR 1000 MILES IN A MANCHILLA: Travel and Sport in Nyasaland, Angoniland, and Rhodesia, with some Account of the Resources of these Countries; and Chapters on Sport by Colonel Colville, C.B. London, 1911, 311pp, folding map. Red cloth, spine faded otherwise fine. |
£65 |
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| RNA81 |
COLVIN, IAN. THE LIFE OF JAMESON London 1922, 2 volumes, 314 and 352pp. light blue cloth gilt, light spotting at first few pages. |
£65 |
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| RNA82 |
COUPLAND, R. KIRK ON THE ZAMBESI A Chapter of African History. Oxford, 1928, 286pp, folding map. Red cloth, spine faded and to top of front cover, light spotting to endpapers. |
£35 |
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| RNA80 |
DANN, H. C. F.R.P.S.L. THE ROMANCE OF THE POSTS OF RHODESIA British Central Africa and Nyasaland. London, 1940, 151pp. Light blue cloth gilt. A clean copy. |
£75 |
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| RNA78 |
DANN, H. C. THE CANCELLATIONS OF THE RHODESIAS AND NYASALAND. Robson Lowe, London nd (1950). Red cloth, 85pp. Red cloth, fine. |
£65 |
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| RNA79 |
DEPELCHIN, Peres H and CROONENBERGHS, S. J. TROIS ANS DANS L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE Le Pays des Matabeles. Bruxelles 1882 (In French), 428pp, folding map. Rebound in quarter olive leather, some light browning at front and rear. Scarce. |
£95 |
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| RNA50 |
MARSHALL HOLE, HUGH OLD RHODESIAN DAYS. London 1928, 140pp, folding map. Brown cloth gilt. Very fine and a clean copy. |
£50 |
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| RNA99 |
LOVETT, JOHN. CONTACT A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED RHODESIA Galaxie Press, Salisbury 1977. DELUXE EDITION, number 41 of 115. Hard bound in elephant hide, heavy brass edges and crest, brass title to spine. Signed on inner page by J. J. Wrathall, President of Rhodesia, I. Douglas Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, plus Dupont, Musset, Hawkins, Walls, Air Marshal McLaren, Lieutenant Hickman, Sherren and Air Marshall Mussell. Slipcase. An extraordinary publication during the hight of the terrorist war, and remarkable quality. |
£650 |
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| RNA100 |
MOORCROFT, PAUL L. CONTACT II STRUGGLE FOR PEACE Sigma Press, Johannesburg 1981. DELUXE EDITION, number 83 of 115. Hard bound in elephant hide, heavy brass edges and crest, brass title to spine. Signed on inner page by J. Z. Gumede, President of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, A. T. Muzorewa, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, I. Douglas Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, plus General Walls, Lieutenant General MacLaren, Air Marshal McLaren, K. Flower and Air Marshal Mussell. Slipcase and printed box. An extraordinary publication after the terrorist war, and remarkable quality. A loose note stating that the signature sheet is complete, and that Commissioner of Police P. K. Allum did not sign due to the changed political circumstances in 1980.
Note: due to the considerable change in the political circumstances of the country, Contact II is considerably more scarce than it's predecessor. It is not known if all 115 numbered editions were actually issued, and most likely not. This special edition is RARE |
£850 |
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| RNA101 |
OPPENHEIMER SERIES - Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia
- 9 volumes in 13 books, London 1945-1956
No. 1. The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat 1829-1854 volume
1, 1857-1860 volume 2
No. 2. The Matabele Mission - A selection from the correspondence
of John and Emily Moffat, David Livingstone and others 1858-1878
No. 3. The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines - First
Journey 1869-1870 volume 1
The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines - Second
Journey 1870-1871 volume 2
The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines - Third Journey
1871-1873 volume 3
No. 4. Gold and the Gospel in Mashonaland 1888 - being the
journals of 1 - The Mashonaland Mission of Bishop Knight-Bruce / 2
- The Concession Journey of Charles Dunell Rudd
No. 5. Apprenticeship at Kuruman - being the journals and letters of
Robert and Mary Moffat
No. 6. The Zambezi Journals of James Stewart, 1862-1863
No. 7. The Barotseland Journals of James Stevenson-Hamilton,
1898-1899
No. 8. The Southern African Diaries of Thomas Leask, 1865-1870
No. 9. The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1862 (2 volumes)
All volumes bar number 1 of the Robert Moffat pair unusually with dust wrappers, No. 9 David Livingstone pair special editions bound in full leather. A difficult group. |
£450 |
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| RNA107 |
SMITH, IAN. THE GREAT BETRAYAL.. London 1997, 418pp. Black cloth, dw. Signed on title page 'My best wishes I. Douglas Smith. |
£90 |
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