* [MOUNTAINEERING - AFRICA]. A group of 7 works, comprising:
HOOKER, Joseph Dalton, Sir (1817-1911); BALL, John (1818-1889). Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas. London: Macmillan, 1878. 8vo. Folding wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved panorama, engraved title-page, 7 plates (one folding), folding map. -- ELTON, James Frederick (1840-1877). Travels and Research among The Lakes and Mountains of Eastern & Central Africa. London: John Murray, 1879. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, wood-engraved plates (one folding), 3 folding maps. -- JOHNSTON, Harry Hamilton, Sir (1858-1927). The Kilima-Njaro Expedition. A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, 1886. 8vo. Photogravure frontispiece portrait, 6 maps (2 folding), numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations. First issue binding. Provenance: Bookplate of the Library of the Royal Artillery Company. -- MOORE, J.E.S. To the Mountains of the Moon. Being an account of the modern aspect of Central Africa... London: Hurst and Blackett, 1901. 8vo. Color frontispiece, 3 maps (one folding), numerous in-text half-tones and plates. -- FILIPPI, Filippo de (1869-1938). Ruwenzori: An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi. London: Constable, 1908. 8vo. Color frontispiece, 5 folding maps, 30 photogravure plates (including 5 large folding panoramas), numerous half-tones. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. -- WOLLASTON, A.F.R. (1875-1930). From Ruwenzori to the Congo. A Naturalist's Journey Across Africa. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1908. 8vo. Frontispiece, 2 maps (one folding), numerous photographic plates. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- DUTTON, Eric A.T. (1895-1973). Kenya Mountain. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. 8vo. Frontispiece, numerous photogravure plates, 4 maps (1 large folding map). -- All FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated, all in original publisher's cloth, condition generally fine.
Estimate $600-800