Catalogue 6 Items 201-250

201. Russell, Mrs. Charles E. B., ed. General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade with Journals, Dispatches, etc (London, George Allen & Unwin, 1935). 1^st edn, 8vo, 404 pp, folding map. $65

202. Sachet, M.-H., D. R. Stoddart, and F. R. Forsberg, eds. Floristics and Ecology of Western Indian Ocean Islands, Atoll Research Bulletin No. 273 (Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1983). 253 pp, 17 figs. A collection of 17 articles on this topic by outstanding international experts including a lengthy biological history of Agalega Island by A. S. Cheke and J. C. Lawley. . Bound together with eight additional articles not relating to the IO. $40

203. Saeterlie, M. Madagaskar. Oversigt over Den forende kirkes missionsmark paa oen, m. m. (Minneapolis, Augsburg Publishing House, 1912). 1^st edn, 12mo, 270 pp, 60 photos, 2 maps, Swedish text. $35

204. Sailing Directions for the Southeast Coast of Africa (Washington DC, U.S. Navy Department, 1936). 3^rd edn, 8vo, 455 pp, two large folding maps (one of the entire IO, the other of the East Coast of Africa from Cape Town to the Gulf of Aden including all the islands of the Western IO), paper cover. $35

205. Salim, A. L. Swahili-Speaking Peoples of Kenya’s Coast, 1895-1965 (Nairobi, East African Publishing House, 1973). 1^st edn, 8vo, 272 pp, 16 photos, 2 maps, decorative paper cover. $20

206. Sanceau, Elaine. The Land of Prester John: A Chronicle of Portuguese Exploration (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1944). 1^st edn, 243 pp, 8vo, 3 maps. $30

207. Sauer, J. D. Plants and Man on the Seychelles Coast: A Study in Historical Biogeography (Madison, Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 1967). 1^st edn, 8vo, 132 pp, 20 plates, 20 figs, dj. $30

208. Schrire, Robert A., ed. The Implications of Global Changes for the Southern Hemisphere Countries (Cape Town, Institute for the Study of Public Policy, 1998). 1^st edn, 8vo, 182 pp, tables, decorative paper cover. Ten scholarly articles on the Southern Hemisphere. $15

209. Scott, Robert. Limuria: The Lesser Dependencies of Mauritius (London, Oxford UP, 1961). 1^st edn, 8vo, 308 pp, 6 plates, 2 maps, dj. $125

210. Les Seychelles (Boulogne, Editions Delroisse, n.d., but early 1970s). 1^st edn, tall 8vo, 126 pp, profusely illus with color plates, French text, dj. $40

211. The Seychelles Annual (No. 4, 1962). 1^st edn, 8vo, 56 pp, pictorial paper cover. Includes a map, illus, ads, and eight articles, including ones on Aldabra, bats, game fishing, and cowries. $15

212. Seychelles iles d’amour islands of love (Boulogne-Billancourt, Editions Delroisse, n.d., but early 1970s. 1^st edn, 8vo, 128 pp, profusely illus with color photos, pictorial endpapers, French text, dj. $20

213. Shaw, George A. Madagascar and France with some account of the island, its people, its resources and development (New York, American Tract Society, n.d. but 1885). 1^st USA edn, 8vo, 438 pp, folding map, lacks one of 20 full-page woodcuts, pictorial cover, ex-lib. $75

214. Sim, Katherine. Malayan Landscape (Singapore, Asia Pacific Press, 1969). Reprint of 1946 lst edn, 8vo, 252 pp, 19 illus, endpaper map, dj. Sim lived in Malaya from 1938-1941, and then again in the late 1940s and 1950s. $10

215. "Sinbad" <Edward Aylward Dingle>, Salt of the Sea Red Saunders: The Chronicle of a Genial Outcast (Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott, 1934). 1^st edn, 8vo, 352 pp, endpaper map, decorative cover. A rollicking biography of an English adventurer at the turn of the century with much Indian Ocean action in Zanzibar, Rodrigues, Andamans, Madagascar, East Indies. $35

216. Sleigh, Dan. Jan Campagnie: The World of the Dutch East India Company (Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1980). 1^st edn, 8vo, 73 pp, richly illus with many old prints and map, pictorial cover. $25

217. Slocum, Captain Joshua. Sailing Alone Around the World (New York, Dover Publications, 1956). 8v0, 294 pp, 56 illus, decorative paper cover. $15

218. Smith, D. Murray. Round the World: A Story of Travel Compiled from the Narrative of Ida Pfeiffer (London, T. Nelson, 1868). 1^st edn thus, 12 mo, 208 pp, illus. This is actually a condensation of Pfeiffer’s book published in 1852. About 40 percent of the books is set in the Indian Ocean region (East Indies, Ceylon, and India). $25

219. Smith, J. L. B. and Margaret M. Fishes of Seychelles (Grahamstown, Rhodes University Dept. of Ichthyology, 1963). 1^st edn, 4to, 215 pp, 98 full-page plates, many in color, endpaper map, dj. A remarkable scientific work. Although centered on Seychelles, 98 percent of the fish covered occur over the whole tropical Western Indian Ocean. $125

220. Smith, Ronald Bishop. The First Age of the Portuguese Embassies, Navigations and Peregrinations to the Ancient Kingdoms of Cambay and Bengal (1500-1521) (Bethesda, MD, Decatur Press, 1969). 1^st edn, 8vo, 155 pp, 2 folding maps, ex-lib. Translation and documentation of early Portuguese voyages to the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of India. $35

221. Snow, Captain Elliot, intro. The Sea, The Ship and the Sailor: Tales of adventure from the Log Books and Original Narratives (Salem, Marine Research Society, 1925). 1^st edn, 8vo, 353 pp, 33 illus, dj. Fine plates of Port Louis and Kerguelen Island; pages 3212-336 on John Bartlett’s visit to Mauritius in 1793 and his whaling activities in the area. $100

222. Sonnerat Pierre. Voyage a La Nouvelle Guinee (Paris, Chez Ruault, Libraire, 1776). 1^st edn, 4to, xii, iv, 206 pp, 119 engraved plates (of which 6 are folding) numbered to 120 (with one plate numbered 90 et 91), mostly of birds and other natural history subjects. The first ten pages of the book and plates 2-7 concern Seychelles including two views (Coetivy and Seychelles) and four drawings of the Cocotier de Mer from Praslin. This is the account of a voyage from Ile de France (Mauritius) to the East Indies and return by the renowned French naturalist. Sonnerat’s godfather was Pierre Poivre who made such distinctive naturalist contributions to 18^th century Mauritius and Seychelles. $6,250

223. Strandes, Justus. The Portuguese Period in East Africa (Nairobi, East African Literature Bureau, 1968). Reprint of 1899 1^st edn, 325 pp, folding map, 29 pp of topographical and historical notes added by James Kirkman, curator of Fort Jesus. $25

224. Stevens, Henry. The Dawn of British Trade to the East Indies as Recorded in the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1599-1603 (London, Frank Cass, 1967). Facsimile reprint of 1886 first edn, 8vo, 331 pp. $20

225. Stigand, Captain C. H. The Land of Zinj: Being an Account of British East Africa, its Ancient History and Present Inhabitants (London, Constable & Co., 1913). 1^st edn, 8vo, 351 pp, 34 illus, large folding map (28 x 27 inches) of BEA in rear pocket. The first 184 pp are entirely on the Swahili Coast including extended discussions on Swahili sources, local shipping, Mombasa, and the Lamu Archipelago. Chapters 2-4 (pages 29-102) comprise the original translation by Stigand of the Pate Chronicle which has subsequently been reprinted by Freeman-Grenville and Marina Tolmacheva. $225

226. Stoddard, John L. India (Chicago, Belford, Middlebrook & Co., 1897). 1^st edn, 8vo, 111 pp, 112 photos, paper cover. $20

227. Stoddard, Theodore, et al. Area Handbook for the Indian Ocean Territories (Washington, D.C., USGPO, 1971). 1^st edn, 8vo, 1600 pp, 5 maps, 7 tables. Chapters on the IO region, Maldives, Seychelles/BIOT, Mauritius, and Reunion, with a fine bibliography. $15

228. Stoddart, D. R. and J. D. Taylor, eds. Geography and Ecology of Diego Garcia Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, Atoll Research Bulletin, No. 149 (Washington, D.C. , Smithsonian Institution, 1971). 1^st edn, 8vo, 238 pp, 50 illus. A collection of 19 scientific articles on the Chagos, including a fine bibliography of Diego Garcia. $45

229. Sutton, J. E. G., ed. Dar es Salaam: City, Port and Region (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Society, 1970). This is issue no. 71 of Tanzania Notes and Records. 1^st edn, 8vo, 213 pp, including 20 scholarly articles, 12 maps, 18 tables, 4 graphs, 12 figures on the local geomorphology, 14 figures of dhows, and 66 plates; decorative paper cover. An invaluable source on Dar. $50

230. Swettenham, Sir Frank. Also and Perhaps (London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1922). Reprint of 1912 1^st edn, 12mo, 304 pp, 3 illus. Pages 143-214 Mauritius, 215-226 Reunion, 227-304 Malaya. $75

231. Tazieff, Haroun. South from the Red Sea (London, Lutterworth Press, 1956). 1^st English edn, 8vo, 213 pp, 23 plates. About half this book is about diving in the Red Sea with Captain Jacques Cousteau. $15

232. Techno-Economic Survey of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (New Delhi, National Council of Applied Economic Research, 1972). 1^st edn, 8vo, 131 pp, 31 tables, 6 maps, dj. $15

233. Theal, George M’Call. History of South Africa Under the Administration of the Dutch East India Company, 1652 to 1795 (New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969). Facsimile reprint of 1897 1^st edn, 8vo, 2 vols, 459 and 462 pp, 6 maps, ex-lib but clean and obviously unused. $50

234. Tibbetts, G. R., translator. Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean Before the Coming of the Portuguese (London, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Luzac and Co., 1971). 1^st English edn, 8vo, 614 pp, 7 folding maps. $100

235. Tomlinson, H. M. Malay Waters: the story of little ships coasting out of Singapore and Penang in peace and war (London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1950). 1^st edn, 8vo, 199 pp, plate, ex-lib. $20

236. Toussaint, Auguste. Early American Trade with Mauritius (Port Louis, Esclapon, 1954). 1^st edn, 8vo, 86 pp. $50

237. Toussaint, Auguste. History of the Indian Ocean (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966). 1^st English edn, 8vo, 292 pp, 3 maps, dj. $50

238. Towle, George M. The Voyages and Adventures of Vasco da Gama (Boston, Lee and Shepherd, 1878). 1^st edn, 12 mo, 294 pp, 8 illus, decorative cover. $60

239. Treves, Sir Frederick. The Other Side of the Lantern: An Account of a Commonplace Tour Round the World (New York, Funk and Wagnalls, 1904). 1^st edn, 8vo, 424 pp, 8 illus. Pages 23-28 Red Sea and Aden, 29-192 India, 193-224 Burma, 225-242 Ceylon, 243-251 Penang and Singapore. Tear at top ½ inch of spine with some loss. $20

240. Trimingham, J. Spencer. Islam in East Africa (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1964). 1^st edn, 8vo, 198 pp, 3 maps/one folding, dj. $40

241. Veevers-Carter, Wendy Day. Island Home (New York, Random House, 1970). Two plus years living on Remire Island in the Amirantes (Seychelles) in the early 1960s. $25

242. Venter, Al J. Under the Indian Ocean (Lymington, Hamps., Nautical Publishing Co, 1973). 1^st edn, tall 8vo, 219 pp, profusely illus with b/w and color photos, maps, dj. A fine scientific work covering all of the Western Indian Ocean. $75

243. Venter, Al J. Underwater Seychelles (London, Gordon Verhoef, 1972). 1^st edn, 8vo, 40 pp, profusely illus, decorative paper cover. $15

244. Villiers, Alan. The Ocean: Man’s Conquest of the Sea (New York, E. P. Dutton, 1963). 1s edn, 8vo, 192 pp, many illus and maps, dj. Pages 16-62 entirely on the IO with other references as well. $20

245. Villiers, Alan. Sons of Sinbad: An Account of Sailing with the Arabs in the Dhows, in the Red Sea, around the Coasts of Arabia, and To Zanzibar and Tanganyika; Pearling in the Persian Gulf; and the Life of the Shipmaster4s, the Mariners and Merchants of Kuwait (New York, Scribner’s, 1940). 1^st USA edn, 8vo, 429 pp, 50 illus, endpaper map. $65

246. Vizetelly, Edward. From Cyprus to Zanzibar by the Egyptian Delta: The Adventures of a Journalist in the Isle of Love, the Home of Miracles, and the Land of Cloves (London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1901). 1^st edn, 8vo, 480 pp, 32 illus, decorative cover. Pages 1-49 Cyprus, 50-335 Egypt, 390-407 Zanzibar, 408-427 Mombasa. $150

247. Vlekke, Bernard H. M. The Story of the Dutch East Indies (Cambridge, Harvard UP, 1945). 1^st edn, 8vo, 233 pp, 33 illus, 3 maps plus endpaper map, dj. $40

248. Welch, Sidney R. South Africa Under King Manuel 1495-1521 (Cape Town, Juta, 1946). 1^st edn, 8vo, 532 pp. $75

249. Welch, Sidney R. South Africa Under John , 1521-1557 (Cape Town, Juta, 1948). 1^st edn, 8vo, 586 pp. $75

250. Whitehill, Walter Muir. Captain Joseph Peabody: East India Merchant of Salem (1757-1844): A Sketch of his Life (Salem, Peabody Museum, 1962). 1^st edn, 8vo, 56 pp, 34 illus. In the early 19^th century Peabody’s vessels made 38 voyages to Calcutta, 32 to Sumatra, and 17 to Canton. $65

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