Four Books on West Africa, including titles by: Josephy Corry. [and:] H. R. Palmer. [and:] George Thompson. [and... (Total: 4 Items)

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This lot includes: Josephy Corry. Observations upon the Windward Coast of Africa. London: W. Bulmer, 1807. Octavo. xiv, 163 pages. Four folding colored plates (lacking an additional four). Half calf over cloth boards. Rubbed at joints. Cloth to front board starting. [and:] H. R. Palmer. The Carthaginian Voyage to West Africa in 500 B.C. Bathurst: J. M. Lawani, 1931. Octavo. xiii, 51 pages. Green printed cloth over boards. An ex-library copy with expected markings. Hinges starting. Some staining to boards. [and:] George Thompson. The Palm Land; or, West Africa, Illustrated. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1859. Third edition. Octavo. xi, 456 pages. Folding map. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Original decorative cloth. Gilt designs and lettering. [and:] J. Leighton Wilson. Western Africa: Its History, Condition, and Prospects. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. First edition. Octavo. xii, 527 pages. Frontispiece. Map. Many Engravings. Original embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine.

All with bookplates of previous owner, and all in very good condition.