Catalogue 6 Items 151-200

151. Marodon, J. P. Saint Denis Longtemps (St. Denis, Reunion, privately printed, 1980). 1^st edn, 8vo, unpaginated but 156 pp. This is a history of the town of Saint Denis as viewed through 144 late 19^th and early 20^th century postcards all of which are printed and annotated. This is no. H of a deluxe limited edition (nos. A to T) bound in brown calf with gilt decoration and a picture (postcard) on the front cover, French text. A beautiful book in excellent condition. $150

152. Martin, Esmond Bradley and Chryssee Perry Martin. Cargoes of the East: the Ports, Trade and Culture of the Arabian Seas and Western Indian Ocean (London, Elm Tree Books, 1978). 1^st edn, 8vo, 244 pp, profusely illus with maps, b/w and color photos, dj. A gorgeous book. $90

153. Martin, R. Montgomery. History of Southern Africa: Comprising the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Seychelles, &c (London, J. Mortimer, 1836). 1^st edn, 8vo, 336 pp, 2 folding maps of Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope with outline color. Pages 263-314, 330-336 Mauritius. Adolphe/Toussaint D-1051. $375

154. Masters, John. Coromandel! (New York, Viking Press, 1955). 1^st edn, 8vo, 281 pp, dj. A novel set in 17^th century Britain and on the Coromandel coast. $10

155. Maude, Col. Francis Cornwallis. Five Years in Madagascar with Notes on the Military Situation (New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969). Reprint of 1895 1^st edn, 8vo, 285 pp, map, 2 photos. $20

156. Maugham, R. C. F. Africa as I Have Known It: Nyasaland, East Africa, Liberia, Senegal (New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969). Facsimile reprint of 1929 1^st edn, 8vo, 372 pp, 31 illus, 2 maps. All but the last 60 pages are on Nyasaland and especially Mozambique where Maugham was a British diplomat for many years at the turn of the century. $30

157. Maugham, R. C. F. Portuguese East Africa: The History, Scenery, & Great Game of Manica and Sofala (London, John Murray, 1906). 1^st edn, 8vo, 340 pp, 32 illus, folding map, decorative cover. One-half inch tear at top of spine. $175

158. Mazru’i, Shaykh Al-Amin Bin ‘Ali Al. The History of the Mazru’i Dynasty of Mombasa (Oxford, Oxford UP, 1995). 1^st edn, 8vo, 182 pp in English followed by the complete text in Arabic, dj. Translated and annotated by J. McL. Ritchie. $25

159. Meacham, Ellis K. The East Indiaman (Boston, Little Brown, 1968). 1^st edn, 8vo, 337 pp, endpaper map. A novel of the Bombay Marine, the naval service of the East India Company, set in the first decade of the 19^th century. $15

160. Middleton, John. The World of the Swahili: An African Mercantile Civilization (New Haven, Yale UP, 1992). 1^st edn, 8vo, 254 pp, 3 maps, 2 tables, 6 figures, decorative paper cover, new. $15

161. Mimar: Architecture in Development (No. 29, September 1988). 1^st edn, 4to, 80 pp, richly illus with color photos. Includes two articles: Timothy Beddow, "A Swahili Stone House, Lamu Kenya" (pp. 8-13) and Arthur Thevenart, "Zanzibar," (pp. 66-71). Other architectural articles from New Delhi, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. An elegant architectural magazine. $20

162. Mookerji, Radhakumud. A History of Indian Shipping and Maritime Activity from the Earliest Times (London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1912). 1^st edn, 8vo, 283 pp, 24 plates, decorative gilt cover. $125

163. Mookerji, S. B. The Indenture System in Mauritius (Calcutta, Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay, 1962). 1^st edn, 8vo, 72 pp, paper cover. $30

164. The Travels of Peter Mundy, 1608-1667. Vol. II., Travels in Asia, 1628-1634 (London, Hakluyt Society, 1914). Edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. 1^st edn, 8vo, lxxix, 437 pp, 2 maps, 29 illus/many folding. Nearly all the volume is set in India but he briefly stopped at the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, and Mohilla (Comoros) on the way out to Surat: and in Mauritius, where he describes the dodo, and the Cape again as he heads home. $150

165. The Travels of Peter Mundy, 1608-1667. Vol. 3, Part 1, Travels in England, Western India, Achin, Macao, the Canton River, 1643-1637 (London, The Hakluyt Society, 1919). Edited by Lt. Col. Sir Richard Carnac Temple. 1^st edn, 8vo, 316 pp, 6 maps, 36 illus/many folding. Pages 32-43 Comoros, 44-68 Goa, with much more on the Malabar coast of India, Sumatra, and China. $125

166. Newell, Lt. Colonel H. A. Three Days at Agra: An Illustrated Guide to Places of Interest, including Fatephur Sikri, with History and Map (Bombay, H. A. Newell, 1927). 7^th edn, 12mo, 114 pp, b/w photos, folding map, paper cover, with water mark on rear cover. $10

167. Newman, Henry Stanley. Banami: The Transition from Slavery to Freedom in Zanzibar and Pemba (New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969). Facsimile reprint of 1898 1^st edn, 8vo, 216 pp, 40 illus, 2 maps. $25

168. Nicholls, C. S. The Swahili Coast: Politics, Diplomacy and Trade on the East African Littoral, 1798-1856 (New York, Africana Publishing Co., 1971). 1^st edn, 8vo, 419 pp, 6 maps. $50

169. Norman, C. B. The Corsairs of France (New York, Edward J. Clode, 1929). 2^nd edn (1^st, 1887), 8vo, 314 pp, 8 illus, pictorial endpapers. Chapters on Jean Bart, Jacques Cassard, Duguay Trouin, Francois Thurot, Louis Leveille, and Robert Surcouf, who played such an important role in Mauritius (pages 280-314). $50

170. North-Coombes, Alfred. Histoire des Tortues de terre de Rodrigues and Mouvement Maritime de L’Ile de 1601 a 1808 (Port Louis, Service Bureau, 1979). 1^st edn, 8vo, 75 pp, paper cover, new. $10

171. Nwulia, Moses. The History of Slavery in Mauritius and the Seychelles, 1810-1875 (Rutherford, NJ, Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1981). 1^st edn, 8vo, 246 pp, dj, as new. $75

172. Ogot, B. A. and J. A. Kieran. Zamani: A Survey of East African History (New York Humanities Press, 1968). 1^st edn, 8vo, 407 pp, decorative cover, ex-lib. Comprises 18 scholarly articles. $10

173. The Life of the Icelander Jon Olafsson , Traveller to India, Written by Himself and Completed about 1661 A.D. with a Continuation, by another Hand, up to his Death in 1679 (London, Hakluyt Society, 1932). 1^st edn, 8vo, 290 pp, 3 illus. Two-thirds of this volume describes early 17^th century Madagascar, Comoros, Coromandel Coast, Tranquebar, and the Cape of Good Hope. Vol. II edited by Sir Richard Temple and Lavinia Mary Anstey. $100

174. Oliver, Roland and Gervase Mathew, eds. History of East Africa, vol. 1 (Oxford, Clarendon, 1968). 8vo, 500 pp, 16 maps, paper cover. Twelve noted scholars discuss the entire history of the East African coast from precolonial times to the end of the 19^th century. $15

175. Oliver, Captain S. Pasfield. The True Story of the French Dispute in Madagascar (New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969). Reprint of 1889 1^st edn, 8vo, 279 pp, folding map. $25

176. Oliver, William Dudley. Crags and Craters: Rambles in the Island of Reunion (London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896). 1^st edn, 12 mo, 213 pp, 27 illus, folding map. Some pages a little water stained, otherwise VG. Almost the only English-language study of Reunion. $200

177. Oman, a nation builds its future (Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Information and Culture, 1976). 1^st edn, 4to, 101 pp, profusely illus with color photos, pictorial paper cover. $20

178. Ommanney, F. D. Lost Leviathan: Whales and Whaling (New York, Dodd, Mead, 1971). 1^st edn, 8vo, 280 pp, 16 illus. The history of whaling in the Antarctic, esp. around South Georgia island. $25

179. Osgood, Joseph B. F. Notes of Travel or Recollections of Majunga, Zanzibar, Muscat, Aden, Mocha, and other Eastern Ports (Salem, MA, George Creamer, 1854). 1^st edn, 12mo, 253 pp, ex-lib. Pages 1-10 Majunga, 20-73 Zanzibar, 71-108 Muscat, 109-117 Chubar-Guadel, 118-157 Hadramaut-Aden, 158-253 Mocha. $375

180. Paine, Ralph D. In Zanzibar (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1925). 1^st edn, 8vo, 327 pp, decorative cover. A novel by this fine historian of early American trade to the East. $40

181. Pearce, F. B. Zanzibar: The Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa (New York, Barnes and Noble, 1967). Reprint of 1920 1^st edn, 8vo, 431 pp, 50 illus, 3 maps/one folding. $50

182. Pearson, M. N. Coastal Western India: Studies from the Portuguese Records (New Delhi, Concept Publishing for the Xavier Centre for Historical Research, 1981). 1^st edn, 8vo, xxviii, 149 pp, pictorial endpapers, dj. Six scholarly papers on Indo-Portuguese relations, Portuguese colonial policy, the Indo-Portuguese economy, the port city of Goa, the Goa Archives, and Indian seafaring--all in the 16^th and 17^th centuries. $30

183. Penrose, Boris. Sea Fights in the East Indies in the years 1602-1639 (Cambridge, Harvard UP, 1931). 1^st edn, 8vo, 295 pp, illus. $75

184. Percival, Captain Robert. An Account of the Cape of Good Hope…(New York, Negro Univ. Press, 1969). Reprint of 1804 1^st edn, 8vo, 339 pp. $25

185. Phillips, James Duncan. Salem in the Eighteenth Century (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1937). 1^st edn, 8vo, 533 pp, 12 illus, 2 folding maps, dj. $35

186. Pike, Nicolas. Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx: Personal Experiences, Adventures, and Wanderings in and Around the Island of Mauritius (New York, Harper & Bros., 1873). 1^st USA edn, 8vo, xviii, 509 pp, 48 illus, 4 folding maps and charts, 1 appendix. Pike, a naturalist, was the American Consul in Mauritius from 1868-1873; this remains one of the finest books ever written on Mauritius. $275

187. Poirier, Jean, ed. Etudes de Droit Africian et de Droit Malgache (Toulouse, Editions Cujas for the Univ. of Madagascar, 1965). 1^st edn, 8vo, 529 pp, pictorial paper cover. $20

188. Pringle, Patrick. Jolly Roger: The Story of the Great Age of Piracy (New York, W. W. Norton, 1953). 1^st edn, 8vo, 294 pp, 36 illus. Much on piracy in the East. $35

189. Prins, A. H. J. Sailing from Lamu: A Study of Maritime Culture in Islamic East Africa (Assen, Netherlands, Van Gorcum, 1965). 1^st edn, 8vo, 320 pp, 58 illus, 26 tables, 38 diagrams, 6 maps, ex-lib. $75

190. Prins, A. H. J. The Swahili-Speaking Peoples of Zanzibar and the East African Coast (Arabs, Shirazi and Swahili) (London, International African Institute, 1967). Reprint of 1961 1^st edn, 8vo, 146 pp, folding map, ex-lib. $35

191. Pritchett, R. T. Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft all Round the World (London, Edward Arnold, Publisher to the India Office, 1899). 1^st edn, 8vo, 213 pp, 54 illus including vessels from throughout the IO region, cover spotted. $50

192. Procter, W. C. Round the Globe Through Greater Britain (London, Wm. Isbister, n.d. but ca. 1887). 1^st edn, 12mo, 384 pp, 80 illus, pictorial cover. Pages 185-212 Australia, 215-304 India, 305-320 Ceylon, 323-338 Mauritius by Lady Barker, 341-366 South Africa. $75

193. Prottengeier, Alvin E., translator. From Lisbon to Calicut (Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1956). 1^st edn thus, 40 pp, 3 facsimile woodcuts, endpaper map. Facsimile of newsletter by a Nuremberg printer, thought to be Johann Weissenburger, outlining the Portuguese route from Lisbon, via the Cape of Good Hope, to the Malabar Coast with accompanying notes and bibliography. No. 716 of a limited edition of 1,000. $25

194. Quammen, David. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (New York, Scribner, 1996). 1^st edn, 8vo, 702 pp, illus, dj, new. A beautifully written scholarly study with much attention paid to Indian Ocean islands. $35

195. Rhoades, Lieut. H. E. Around the World with the Blue Jackets or How We Displayed the American Flag in Foreign Waters (Boston, D. Lothrop, 1890). 1^st edn, 8vo, 296 pp, 80 illus, decorative cover quite worn. Pages 37- 41 Cape Town, 42-45 Madagascar, 46-53 Johanna/Comoros, 54-60 Aden, 61-66 Muscat, 67-78 Bombay, 79-85 Singapore. $45

196. Ritchie, Robert C. Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates (Cambridge, Harvard UP, 1986). 1^st edn, 8vo, 306 pp, 2 maps, 22 illus, decorative paper cover. $15

197. Rodwell, Edward. Coast Gauserie: Stories of the Coast and Beyond (Nairobi, Heinemann, 1972). 1^st edn, 12mo, 142 pp, pictorial paper cover. Forty-five short historical stories of the Swahili Coast and East Africa by a popular East African journalist. $10

198. Rogers, Stanley. The Indian Ocean (London, George G. Harrap, 1932). 1^st edn, 8vo, 254 pp, profusely illus with drawings and maps, endpaper map. $65

199. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (Peradeniya, Ceylon Government Press, 1951). 24mo, 58 pp, 19 b/w illus, folding map, decorative paper cover. $10

200. Ruete, Emily. Memoirs of an Arabian Princess: An Autobiography (New York, D. Appleton, 1888). 1^st USA edn, 12 mo, 307 pp, illus, decorative cover. A memoir of a Muslim woman, Salme Said, who grew up in a harem in mid-19^th century Zanzibar. $100

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