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Sand Rivers
by Peter Matthiessen
"In late 1979, the writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen and the wildlife photographer Hugo van Lawick joined a safari into the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania, one of the largest yet least known strongholds of wild animals left on earth. Sand Rivers is their beautiful account of a remarkable trip into this quintessential East African wilderness."
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Sand Rivers
by Matthiessen, Peter
"In late 1979, the writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen and the wildlife photographer Hugo van Lawick joined a safari into the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania, one of the largest yet least known strongholds of wild animals left on earth. Sand Rivers is their beautiful account of a remarkable trip into this quintessential East African wilderness."
The Literature of Burroughsiana
by John Harwood
A 105 page booklet listing all manner of works by and about Edgar Rice Burroughs. The previous owner has made what look to be corrections to the text on a few pages, and typed pages also laid in. Condition: Wear to covers, The first signature has been re-glued in to the binding with brown paper tape. numerous pages with toning from tape residue, and 3 typed [pages laid in. See photos.bx169E
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NZ$85.73
East African Playing Cards
Vitoria, Spain: Heraclio Fournier, S. A., 1957. Very Good. 55 cards. Four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades) of 13 cards (with the fact of each suit printed in a different monochrome color), two jokers and one introductory card. Also a small folded sheet titled "East Africa invites you!" and is dated March, 1957. The sheet, printed on one side, includes a tourist-oriented color map of Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda and some text by V. M. Mohindra who writes as if he was responsible for this set...
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NZ$128.60
Zanzibar; City, Island, and Coast
by Burton, Richard Francis, 1821-1890
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. folding map, 4 plans, 11 plates, xii, 503, vi, 519p. Hardcover in original chocolate brown cloth with gilt stamped design of an Indian on front covers. 23cm. Corners frayed. Recased with new inner hinges. Original endpapers preserved. Other restoration includes releasing the free front endpapers from the pastedowns along the gutter areas. Minor chipping and tears at ends of backstrip have been repaired. Binder's conservation report...
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NZ$10,287.60
Sand Rivers
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter
New York: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Photographs by Hugo van Lawick. Quarto. Boards a bit age-toned else near fine in fine dustwrapper.
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NZ$60.01
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On Ship and Shore along the East African Coast. [our title]
by [Photo Album]
1937. Paperback. Very Good. Approximately 100 photos. Almost 90% are 11 x 8cm.; the rest are snapshots (6 x 4cm. or a bit larger). All are pasted down, 4-9 to a page on both sides of 14 album leaves. Amateur photos, generally with Very Good detail. A few photos worn or creased along side or at a corner. Captions inked on album pages for almost all photos. The final ten leaves in the album are unused. Tied oblong softcover album with a gray cover. Minor soiling and light wear. The compiler appears to...
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NZ$428.65
Tarzan El Terrible Historia De Tarzan De Los Monos VIII
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice [traduccion de Natal A. Rufino] [cover art by Palau?]
Buenos Aires: Editorial Tor-S.R.L. 1945. First Thus. Paperback. Presumed first edition thus [with all text in Spanish without English Language translation]. Pictorial wrappers [about 4.75" x 7"], 188+ pages. Good or better copy slight spine cocking, light cover creasing, small piece off the lower left corner of the rear cover, paper browned. bx258
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NZ$25.72
Sand Rivers
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter
New York: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Photographs by Hugo van Lawick. Fine in near fine dustwrapper. Red marker remainder dot along top edge.
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NZ$42.86
Lake Manyara National Park- A Guide
by Northwood, Sally
Tanzania, Africa: Tanzania Litho Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; Reprint. Paperback. 1970 reprint of the first. Lion in tree on cover. Illustrations of animals in park along with information on each. Endpapers has some spotting due to age otherwise excellent condition. In archival protective sleeve. Map drawn in center showing roads, rivers, lake shore and tracks. ; Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages .
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NZ$17.09
Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; Performed in H. M. Ships Leven and Barracouta, under the Direction of Captain W. F. W. Owen....Volume 2 Only
by Owen, William Fitzwilliam
New York: J & J Harper, 1833. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 2 ONLY (of 2). viii, [9]-240p. Original reddish brown cloth. 20cm. Endpapers foxed. Some text leaves browned and there is scattered foxing in the text.
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NZ$342.92
New Light on Dark Africa: Being the Narrative of the German Emin Pasha Expedition
by Peters, Carl, 1856-1918
London: Ward, Lock, and Co, 1891. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. Fair. frontis (portrait), illustrations, index, xviii, (1), 597p. Original reddish pictorial cloth. Rebacked with most of original worn backstrip mounted. 22cm. Covers faded, worn and scuffed. Contents sound although lacking the folding map. Translated from the original German by H. W. Dulcken. A worn (and mapless) copy of a scarce work. Peters was a bit of an adventurer. It seems unclear whether his actions during this expedition...
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NZ$342.92
The politics of environmental control in northeastern Tanzania, 1840-1940
by Giblin, James L
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 209, [1]; 4 maps, 6 figures in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "A historical study of the relationship between political and environmental change in Tanzania's northeastern lowlands, an impoverished region that has been afflicted by severe food shortages throughout the twentieth century" (jacket blurb).
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NZ$49.29
German African Possessions (Late)
by Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
London: HMSO, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. index, iv, [6], 55, 83, 114, 115, 50, 41p. Original olive green cloth. 22cm. No Jacket (probably as issued). Peace Handbooks, Vol. XVIII. Includes0 five handbooks: No. 110 - Togoland; No. 111 - Cameroon; No. 112 - South-West Africa; No. 113 - Tanganyika (German East Africa); and No. 114 - German Treatment of Natives.
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NZ$257.19
Sand Rivers
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from photographs by Hugo van Lawick. Small quarto. 213pp. Endpapers with a tiny bit of foxing, foot lightly bumped, near fine in a slightly toned very good dust jacket with two small tears to rear panel and modest edgewear.
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NZ$34.29
An Affair with Africa : Expeditions and Adventures Across A Continent (Inscribed & Signed by Author)
by Kistner, Alzada Carlisle
Washington & Covelo, CA: Island Press/Shearwater Books. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Inscribed & Signed by the author on half-title page. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 246 pages. Describes the author and her family's five expeditions to Africa starting with the Belgian Congo in 1960 and ending in 1972-73 with a...
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NZ$44.06
Sand Rivers
by Matthiessen, Peter
Bantam Books, 1982. Very Good softcover . Softcover. Very Good.
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NZ$24.00
The Role of Tone in the Structure of Sukuma
by Richardson, I
London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. ii, 124p. Cloth. 22cm. Backstrip faded. Former owner's name. A few ink underlinings. No Jacket.
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NZ$145.74
Four Centuries of Swahili Verse: A Literary History and Anthology
by Knappert, Jan
London: Heineman, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. index, xxi, 323p. Cloth. dj. 24cm. Scuffing on jacket.
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NZ$128.60
Sand Rivers
by Matthiessen, Peter
Collins, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The jacket is a bit torn and worn. Internally clean and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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NZ$22.29
