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The African Safari; The Ultimate Wildlife and Photographic Adventure
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The African Safari; The Ultimate Wildlife and Photographic Adventure

by Fetner, P. Jay

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9780312009694
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St. Martin's Press, New York, 1989. Second Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Very Good. Illustrator: P. Jay Fetner -- Photographer. acknowledgements, foreword by George Plimpton, and bibliography. Illustrated endpapers, both different, front and paper: -- showing safari destinations on the front paste-down and on the free front end paper a map of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, on the rear endpapers safarist's guide to Kiswahili. The text is illustrated with one map and numerous beautiful colour photographs taken by the author. Also included is a photography guide and a country by country guide to the animal reserves and the best time to go. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured embossed zebra on the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper (wraparound) showing young elephants, with gilt coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photograph of author to the rear of fold over panel. " The African… Read More
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Are We There Yet?: Chasing a Childhood Through South Africa

Are We There Yet?: Chasing a Childhood Through South Africa

by Smiedt, David

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University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Brisbane, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Previous owner's name on the 1st page along with some childish scribbles. Otherwise there is no damage to describe, the book being clean and without further annotation Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Travel; Africa; South Africa; Africa; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0702233846. ISBN/EAN: 9780702233845. Library of Congress No: 2005360478. Dewey Code: 916.8. Inventory No: 0262439. . 9780702233845
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A Box Full of Spirits;  Adventures of a Film-maker in Africa

A Box Full of Spirits; Adventures of a Film-maker in Africa

by Woodhead, Leslie

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William Heinemann, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 248 pages, last 2 blank, acknowledgements. Map illustrated endpapers, the first showing the general area within Africa of the Mursi tribes' country and the larger a more detailed map of the same area. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Brown coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Very minor bumping to the head of the spine and there are some dust marks to the paper edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing three Mursi tribesman carrying rifles and a television, against a yellow background with dark red and black writing on the front panel and dark red on the spine. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and crinkling to the head and to the heel of the spine. The spine is sun faded and there is some fading to either side of the spine as well. The story of the author who over a 10-year period photographed -- made documentaries, about… Read More
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Cairo in the War; 1939-45

Cairo in the War; 1939-45

by Cooper, Artemis

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9781848548848
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John Murray, London, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. The British in Egypt, the King and the city, list of illustrations, source notes, bibliography and index. At the beginning of the text are two pages of maps, one showing the position of Cairo and its environs and one of the city of Cairo its self. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs/illustrations between page 178 and 179. Photographic card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and white and gold coloured titles to the backstrip. Cairo between the years of 1939 to 1945, meant many things to different people; for the troops it meant fleshpots or brass hats; for well-connected officers it was rounds of Polo and opulent parties; for refugees,a stopping place on the way home. In this book the author brings together this diseperate threads and brings it into a cohesive whole, while also placing the political and military dramas in their proper place. Minor creasing to the book… Read More
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Congo Pilgrim

Congo Pilgrim

by Severn, Merlyn

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Museum Press, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. 221 pp., Map, black and white frontispiece, 36 photographic illustrations by the author, indexed, dustjacket badly damaged with some loss, now protected, binding slightly worn on bottom edge, corners bumped, offset tanning of the endpages, top edge of pages "dusty". A personal account of Miss Severn's travels through and to the east of the Belgian Congo to Ruanda. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Africa; Inventory No: 0206551. .
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Incredible Africa

by Price, Willard

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Heinemann, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 213 pages, 64 pages of black-and-white photographs, sundry maps, index. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. shelf wear to the bottom edges of the boards, the top edge of the front board has received a knock; rubbing to the edges of the dustwrapper, browning of the page edges. "Incredible Africa is the fascinating record of a round-the-continent journey made by Willard Price, well known as one of the most experienced and stimulating of contemporary travel-writers. It is also a timely and lively investigation of the political and social changes which are transforming parts of Africa at lightning pace. The book is divided into two parts: the text and a section containing 93 superb photographs. Together they illustrate with startling clarity the extreme contrasts between the ancient and modern ways of life which exist side by side all over Africa. " Size: 8vo - over… Read More
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Kaffirs  Are Lively - Being Some Backstage Impressions of the South African Democracy

Kaffirs Are Lively - Being Some Backstage Impressions of the South African Democracy

by Walker, Oliver

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Left Book Club ( Gollancz ), London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 240 pages, map, introduction, index. Aside from the usual browning of the page edges, the book is in good order. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Africa; Inventory No: 0211985. .
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A Kind of Homecoming

by Braithwaite, E.R

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Frederick Muller Limited, London, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 390 g.; IV, 5-272 pages, last four pages blank, intentionally, list of illustrations. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, of author. The text is illustrated with 13 other black-and-white photographs throughout the text. Purple coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Pale red coloured tint to the top text block edge. Rubbing to the book corners and to the book panels. Browning and foxing to the text block edge. A few spots to the endpapers and light age toning to the internal text. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Eisner, with black, purple and white titles to the front panel and black and white titles to the front panel. Rubbing and some chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and there has been handling marks and a yellowing to the rear dustwrapper panel. There is a small, 0.25 ", tear to the top edge of… Read More
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Married Life in an African Tribe

Married Life in an African Tribe

by Schapera, I. Prof

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Faber & Faber, London, 1964. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Map. 700 g; 3 of the 64 pages, indexed, illustrated with a map, frontispiece, and 7 other plates. Original price clipped dustjacket has a 0.25 inch tear at the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel, but is otherwise undamaged. The top edge of the text block is slightly dusty, otherwise the book is in very good order. The author on the basis of the observations carried out for several years, describes all the factors -- economic, social and psychological which form the conditions of love and marriage among the Kgatla Bechuanaland. This book, though written by leading anthropologist, contains no technical terms, and has a very direct appeal to both students and general readers interested in anthropology. -- Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Map.… Read More
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More from the Primeval Forest

by Schweitzer, Albert

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A. & C. Black, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 360 g.; XIV, 174 pages, last page blank, two pages following further books published by publishing house, introduction by author, translator's note, list of illustrations and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, of Albert Schweitzer sitting just below his old house looking towards the sight chosen for the new hospital. The text is illustrated with 16 black and white photographs and a plan of the new hospital at Lambarene. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the text block edges and rubbing to the book corners. Aiding to the backstrip and rubbing to the backstrip creases. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Like Browning to the endpapers and light browning to the internal text along with the occasional foxing spot. The memoirs of Albert Schweitzer and of the Equatorial hospital at… Read More
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Mysterious Valleys
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Mysterious Valleys

by Hairs, Jack

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Colorgravure Publication, Melbourne, No date. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrated endpapers showing small vignettes of the internal text illustrations, against a green coloured background and between each small vignettes is a black-and-white illustration of an African warriors head. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and seven full page black-and-white illustrations, unfortunately no indication of the illustrator is given. There has been a duplication of the text: -- after page 96 the pages re number from page 65 through to the end of book. Dark red coloured cloth boards with self embossed illustration to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white illustration of the author to the rear fold over panel. An adventure set in Africa were a young man goes in search of the fabulous ruins of Zimbabwe.… Read More
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The Sands of Valour

The Sands of Valour

by Wagner, Geoffery

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Cassell, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Pino Dell'Orco -- Dustwrapper. 406pp., last 2 blank. Cream coloured spine with speckled boards and dark brown writing on the spine. Very minor shelf wear to the bottom edge and some dust marks to the top paper edge. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Pino Dell'Orco , with green black writing on the front panel and spine. Slight fading to the spine and there are slight crinkling to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. A novel set in North Africa at the beginning of World War II. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Pino Dell'Orco -- Dustwrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Africa; Inventory No: 0101617. .
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Soldiers of the Queen; War in the Soudan

Soldiers of the Queen; War in the Soudan

by Sutton, Ralph

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9780958932301
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New South Wales Military Historical Society and the Royal New South Wales Regiment, Sydney, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. By Author On the Title Page. XXVIII, 324 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally, foreword by Major-General G.L. Maitland, foreword by Brigadier E.J.H. Howard, acknowledgements, Battle Honours the Royal New South Wales Regiment, Appreciation, preface by author, short chronology of events, four appendices, a selected bibliography and index. At the rear of the book are 2 foldout maps -- 1 is showing country adjacent to Sudan and the other showing a map of Africa from Egypt to Uganda. On the half title page is a $.33 stamp is a first day issue of this particular set of stamps being "Colonial Uniforms" -- and has been cancelled at Paddington and New South Wales on the 25th of February 1985. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and illustrations, colour illustrations… Read More
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Strange Safari

by Ruthin, Margaret

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Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London and New York, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: H. Johns -- Cover Art and Frontispiece. IV, 5-256 pages, last two pages blank. Colour illustrated frontispiece, by H. Johns. Green coloured boards with red titles to the front panel and backstrip. Bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Wear to the book edges and there is light staining to the front book panel but significant staining to the backstrip and back book panel. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and to the internal text. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, again by H. Johns, with white and yellow titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping, significant, to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Numerous small tears and chips to the dustwrapper edges with creasing also present. Rubbing to the backstrip edges and fold over creases. Browning and staining to the back… Read More
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The Strong Brown God the Story of the Niger River

The Strong Brown God the Story of the Niger River

by De Gramont, Sanche

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Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various Contemporary. 352 pages, last two pages blank, includes bibliography, index, 32 pages of black-and-white cartoons, paintings, and photographs, as well as a double page, and six other maps. End page maps. The top edge of the text block is a darkened and has traces of foxing, . Black-and-white illustrated dust jacket. This enthralling narrative is combined with personal experience of the author's 2600 mile trip down the entire length of the river. It is the fullest account ever of the history of the Niger Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various Contemporary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Maritime; Africa; Local History -- Africa; ISBN: 0246107596. ISBN/EAN: 9780246107596. Inventory No: 0217758. . 9780246107596
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A Surfeit of Sun

by Graham, Sean

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Jack Larkin -- Cover Art. Green/blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Jack Larkin, with white coloured background With black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A young lawyer returns home to find that the fetish-priests are demanding a human sacrifice so that the fish will return to her home island. She finds herself caught up in events beyond her control. Author's first book. Bumping to the top spine edge and to the top book edges. Foxing and browning to the top paper edges and there is lighter foxing and browning to the other paper edges. Offset tanning and browning to the endpapers and the internal pages had become quite age toned. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and there has been rubbing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. There is a 0.25 "split to the top right-hand corner of the spine… Read More
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