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Moslem Lands . Africa and the East Series

By: Anon

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Church Missionary Society: 1927

Seller ID: 000328

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Card Cover. Good+/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. Foxing mainly to e/p's and page edges. 75 pp. Illustrated with black/white photographs.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Our South Africa Past and Present. a Graphic and Entertaining Story Dealing with Men and Matters Concerning South Africa from Its First Discovery By the Great Portuguese Navigators Up to the Present Day.

By: Anon

Price: £10.50

Publisher: Cape Town, United Tobacco:

Seller ID: 106777

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Colour frontispiece of Johan Van Riebeeck. "this volume when completed contains 200 pictures (all pictures present) issued by the United Tobacco Cos. (South) Ltd. Map to endpapers, inscribed on black endpaper "....South Africa 1938" No other dates. Clean green boards, staining to spine, spine slightly splitting, edgeworn, corners and head/tail of spine lightly bumped. 178pp, internally EXCELLENT, CLEAN AND TIGHT. "A general history of South Africa with illustrations supplied from pictures that came with packages of 'C to C' cigarettes"; 106777; 4to
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Lord Methuen in South Africa. Nynehead Monograph Number Two

By: Anon

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Nynehead, Somerset, Nynehead Local History Society: 1971

Seller ID: 107935

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

No date shown (c1971/2? ) Printed typescript. Clean beige card covers, stapled (rusting slightly). Top edge of rear cover slightly faded. Black and white illustration of medal to front cover (The Queen's South Africa Medal ? ) (2) + 42 pp. Slight foxing mainly to page edges. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Black and white illustrations/map. Small red ink? Mark to edge of first few pps. Internally CLEAN AND BRIGHT. "Letters from General Lord Methuen, to his father in law, William Ayshford Sanford of Nynehead Court. The letters are to be found in the Sanford Manuscripts at Somerset County Records Office, T...
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Scenes of Travel and Adventure in Central Africa

By: Anon (Mungo Park and Others?)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons: 1851

Seller ID: 110684

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

In the original publishers Light Brown cloth covered boards with blind stamped decoration to the front and rear covers, but with quite bright gilt titling/decoration/illustration to the spine. All corners and the head/tail of the spine are 'bumped/rubbed, with a small split to the cloth either side of the top and bottom of the spine. There is a fading (? Ink ? ) blotch (about 1.5 cms) to the bottom half of the front cover. Overall the covers are quite clean and it is an attractive little book. All edges gilt. Internally it lacks the first, plain yellow, free endpaper, and there are No Inscript...
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Africa's White Magic

By: Appel, Joseph H.

Price: £14.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1928

Seller ID: 112262

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Stated First Edition but has letters K-C beneath that on the publisher's page. Red boards with turquoise titling to the spine and front cover. No dustjacket. There are foxing (brown) spots to the page fore-edges and to some of the page edges. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. (xiv) + 166 pp. Illustrated with b/w plates. Overall, apart from the 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Tight and Secure, 'Very Good' copy. "White magic is replacing the worn out black magic of Africa. The magic of railroads, of motors, of airplanes; of growing cities, of widespread educational facilities,...
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Tradition and Modernity in the African Short Story An Introduction to a Literature in Search of Critics

By: Balogun, F. Odun

Price: £20.00

Publisher: USA & London, Greenwood Press: 1991

Seller ID: 119916

ISBN: 0313276374

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Tight clean maroon cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and front board. No dust-jacket probaly as issued. A few scattered light 'indent' marks to the rear board, o/w very clean and tight. Internally a former owner's name written on both the front free and rear free endpaper. 2 tiny spots to the front/rear endpapers, a few lines of yellow highlighting, and one pink line, in the Preface, in Chapter One and the Last (Conclusion) Chapter ONLY. Some biro ticks against the list of short stories cited at the front o/w - no other marks that I can see. Graded Very Good MINUS due ...
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Namib . Dawn to Twilight

By: Bergerot, Sylvie & Eric Robert (Written In Collaboration with Dr. Jean-Paul Roux. )

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers: 1989

Seller ID: 111125

ISBN: 1868122700

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Dark blue boards. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is NOT price-clipped. There is some VERY slight fading to the base colour of the spine (negligible) although the lettering is still bright and clear. There are NO Inscriptions or other Marks.158 pp. Illustrated with superb colour photographs and b/w maps (by Suzanne Roux). Bibliography; Acknowledgements. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright 'Fine' copy. "This book encapsulates the breathtaking kaleidoscope of the Namib Desert, from sunrise to sunset." Wonderful Photography of the Namibia Area and...
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Image for The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography. An Extensive Series of Maps, Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries and the Latest Political Divisions of Territory in all Parts of the World. Compiled and Engraved from the Most Authentic Sources.

The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography. An Extensive Series of Maps, Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries and the Latest Political Divisions of Territory in all Parts of the World. Compiled and Engraved from the Most Authentic Sources.

By: Blackie W. G.

Price: £1,050.00

Publisher: London, Blackie & Son.: 1860

Seller ID: 113798

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Modern? (ish) half leather, bound with a heavy plain black unlettered leather spine, with 4 raised bands, and corners over burgundy cloth boards. Reinforced inner hinge in blue 'cloth' with marbled paper endpapers stuck down to white card, and similar to the rear endpapers - which in this case should be 'endcards'. These 'endcards' have the half title and the last page stuck down to these white card endpapers. Possibly an Amateur binder? . Large Folio/Small Elephant Folio. Approx 38 cm x 31 cm (15" x 12.5"). (xi) + [i] + 100 maps plus Index 117 pp. These 100 numbered maps are hand-colo...
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AFRICA

By: Blum Dieter & Gisela Brown

Price: £75.00

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers: 1976

Seller ID: 50217

ISBN: 0810906503

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

In the Original Heavy brown buckram/hessian cloth with gilt embossed titles and colour photo plate of beaded African woman inset on front cover. In the original Imitation Ostrich Skin 'slip-around' 'slip-case'. 208 pp. Foreword by Leopold Sedar Senghor. Full of VERY STRIKING Full Colour photographs on heavy photographic paper by a top class photographer who travelled throughout Africa. Photographs taken in North, West, East, South and Central Africa with maps and descriptions. With technical notes. Beautiful Landscapes, Sunset Scenes, Local Peoples and Wildlife, etc. Endpapers are maps of the ...
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Splendours of the Lost Civilisations Journey in the World of Archaelogy

By: Bourbon, Fabio;

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Vercelli, Italy, White Star: 2001

Seller ID: 110896

ISBN: 8880957015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in As New dust jacket

Cream boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. The bottom edge of the boards have some minor shelf-wear and the rear inner spine is beginning to crack, otherwise there are No Inscriptions or other Marks. 352 pp. Illustrated with colour plates and photographs throughout. Glossary; Bibliography. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "This work brings to life almost 50 archaeological sites from around the glob...
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Image for An Authentic Narrative of The Shipwreck And Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, The Wife of Capt. James Bradley of Liverpool, Commander of The Ship Sally, Which Was Wrecked on The Coast of Barbary In June 1818. (At Fault - Lacks Folding Frontispiece)

An Authentic Narrative of The Shipwreck And Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, The Wife of Capt. James Bradley of Liverpool, Commander of The Ship Sally, Which Was Wrecked on The Coast of Barbary In June 1818. (At Fault - Lacks Folding Frontispiece)

By: Bradley Mrs. Eliza

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Boston, James Walden,: 1820

Seller ID: 119929

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Quarter bound, with a brown leather spine and paper boards. Extremities rubbed, marked. LACKS the folding frontispiece and any further plates. As far as I can ascertain the second plate was only added to the second edition, but at this age it could be a case of the publishers added plates if they had any on hand? . Browning to paper internally throughout due to age and the type of paper used. Some spotting. No Inscriptions, but a few tears/closed tears, due to the friable paper, but No loss. Lacks the rear free endpaper, o/w complete. Apparently this is "almost certainly spurious account o...
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The Nile Basin and Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile .

By: Burton, Richard F; James MacQueen

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Frank Cass & Co.: 1967

Seller ID: 112348

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Ex-Library Copy. Green quarter-bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There are minimal Ex-Library Markings. These include a stamp to the title page and a number stamp to the publisher's details page. The front free-endpaper has been cut out and there are glue stains to the top and bottom of the boards. There are also yellow stains to the dustjacket-flaps and endpapers. There is edge-wear and smudge marks to the dustjacket covers, which are now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cov...
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A Medical History Of Kenya : A Personal Memoir. (A Medical History of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. A Personal Memoir)

By: Carman John A .

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Rex Collings.: 1976

Seller ID: M002243

ISBN: 0901720887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

A fine unmarked, unworn book in a near fine DJ. FINE tan-brown cloth boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's rust coloured dust-jacket with black and white lettering. Not price-clipped. Internally Fine - No Inscriptions or Marks. (6) + 110pp, Illustrated with b/w photographic illutrations. John Carman's personal account of the establishment, growth and development of medicine in Kenya from the end of WW1 to just before Independence. Looks unread/unused. Gift Quality. See Images; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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ASPECTS OF BRITAIN: BRITAIN AND AFRICA.

By: CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, HMSO: 1993

Seller ID: s50060

Condition: Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued

0117017310 FIRST EDITION 1993, The 'ASPECTS OF BRITAIN' Series provides factual briefing on Britains Political, Economic, and Social Structure, and its place in the International Community, helping provide info for students, specialists, the media and others i nterested in British Affairs. Each Volume is slim 8vo, illus, and Card Covers. THIS Volume describes Britains historical links with the African Continent, and examines British Aid, and the Institutions dispensing this aid, etc, etc. 95 pa g e s . Ex Lib - but has 'neat' markings on half title, last page and number 'sticker' to spine only...
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Agricultural and Plantation Workers in Rhodesia: A Report on Conditions of Labour and Subsistence.

By: Clarke D. G.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Gwelo, Rhodesia, Mambo Press: 1977

Seller ID: M008873

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

A Very Good Plus paperback book, BUT please note with just two University library lightly stamped "book sale" and "sold" stamps, together with a previous owner's signature, all on the half title ONLY, otherwise UNMARKED. Pictorial card covers. Looks like a library donation that was never put into use, just sold off. Very Clean and Tight, page edges/pages uniformly tanned with age - probably cheap paper used. Minimal shelfwear, seems to have had very little if any actual use. The former owner - or the Library - has, however, neatly written the title on the untitled spine in gree...
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The Anglo-Boer War . The Road to Infamy, 1899-1900

By: Coetzer, Owen

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Arms & Armour: 1996

Seller ID: 110980

ISBN: 1854093665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

First UK Edition. Originally published in South Africa by William Waterman Publications. Black boards with white titling to the spine and front cover. There is VERY slight edge wear to the top and bottom edges of the boards (negligible). There is a former owner's small b/w name and address sticker on the top corner of the front free endpaper, otherwise there are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (10) + 294pp. Illustrated with b/w prints, photographs and maps. Two Appendices; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright , 'Fine' copy. "This investi...
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Towards Freehold? Options for Land and Development in South Africa's Black Rural Areas

By: Cross, Catherine and R. J. Haines

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Cape Town, Wetton, Johannesburg., Juta & Co Ltd. ,: 1988

Seller ID: M006657

ISBN: 0702121231

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued

A Near very good, large format, paperback book The covers' edges, corners and spine are lightly rubbed, with light smudges, etc, and there is a large crease across corner of back cover. Very minor age toning to the page fore-edges. Overall near VG covers and all hinges tight. Internally ALL text is clear, very clean and with a very sound binding. 405 pages. NO inscriptions or marks. Clean and tight, Seems little used - just some storage wear as noted above. (xviii) + 405 pp. With some b/w Maps. Divided into 2 main parts - Part One = Issues and Research in Legal Tenure. 6 Chapters. Part 2 = Tow...
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UBENA OF THE RIVERS

By: Culwick A. T. & G. M.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd,: 1935

Seller ID: 119892

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

004928004X In the original tan-brown cloth bound boards, with bright gilt titling to the spine. The base colour to the spine is very lightly faded but all lettering/titling is still very clear and bright. NO dustjacket. Very Slight rubbing to the tips of the corner o/e NO damage and Overall a Very Good, tight and bright copy. Stated First Edition. First printing. Page fore-edges lightly dust-ingrained, but no foxing or marks. Internally EXCELLENT but with the inscription of ' Alice J. Warren Hastings 1935 ' inside on the front free endpaper. No other Inscriptions or Marks. VERY clean, tight an...
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Frederick Douglass . In His Own Words

By: Douglass, Frederick; Milton Meltzer

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1995

Seller ID: 112347

ISBN: 0152294929

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in As New dust jacket

Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the red quarter-bound spine and bright silver gilt illustration to the front board. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There is some light rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards, otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. (xviii) + 220 pp. Illustrated with the great b/w linocuts of Stephen Alcorn. Afterword; Biographical Profiles and Portraits; A Note on Sources and Further Reading; Index. Overall, apart from the minor 'fault', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Nea...
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Beyond the Laager. Inspiring Record of Gallantry of Which South Africa May Well be Proud.

By: Duffus Louis

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Hurst & Blackett: 1946

Seller ID: 114929

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

FINE black cloth boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's decorated dust-jacket. The dust-jacket has a few closed tears all of which are now neatly repaired to the reverse of the d/j with clear archive tape, with no loss. The dust-jacket, which os NOT price-clipped, is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG/Fine. The page fore-edges have some pale spotting/toning from age but are clean. A former owner had stamped their name on the front free endpaper (John Reynolds) and there are faint traces of another stamp (? ) having...
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