TRAVELS IN THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE
Written by Donald Macintosh; Richard Ingrams.
Stock no. 1327880
Published by Neil Wilson. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Memoirs from West and Central Africa. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 189778483X. Spine and corners bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and rubbed at corners.

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NEW TALES FOR OLD
Written by Geraldine Elliot. Illustrated by R.W. Coulter.
Stock no. 1828154
Published by Elkin Mathews & Marrot. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A book of African folk stories for children. Yellow cloth boards, blue titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Boards just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. A few small foxspots and margin marks to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, is browned and foxed.

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AGAINST GREAT ODDS
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1828066
Published by Sifton Praed & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the first offensive in Libya in 1940-41 - the first British victory in the Second World War. Red cloth boards, black tittle to spine. B/w photos. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine and corners, lightly scuffed and grubby.

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THE UGLY FIVE
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1327532
Published by Alison Green Books. 1st 2017. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A picture book celebrating real-life 'Ugly Five' animals in Africa (Wildebeest, Warthog, Hyena, Vulture and Marabou Stork. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781407174198. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is just a little rubbed at corners.

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WINGS ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
Written by Alex Henshaw.
Stock no. 1827793
Published by Cirrus Associates. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Postwar flying in Africa in the 1940s. A fascinating glimpse of the last days of relative freedom in the air overseas, before stricter regulations and universal air traffic control virtually closed the doors to the intrepid long-distance non-radio pilot. Sequel to 'The Flight of the Mew Gull' and 'Sigh for a Merlin'. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 1902807197. Boards ligthly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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ZOO QUEST TO MADAGASCAR
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827660
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The full account of four months David Attenborough spent travelling several thousand miles throughout the island of Madagascar to meet the varied peoples whose origin stems from the Far East rather than from nearby Africa, study their local customs, and film some of the remarkable animals which occur nowhere else in the world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour photos. Light wear to top & tail of spine, very narrow band of browning to horizontal edges of boards. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of closed tears repaired with tape, edges-rubbed, rear panel a little grubby. Overall a decent copy.

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KENYA RAILWAYS MUSEUM - NAIROBI
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827128
Published by Kenya Railways Museum. 1984. Very good condition.

Thin, cream cardwraps with stapled binding. B/w photos. 4th reprint. Covers and text block lightly browned. One or two grubby marks to contents but generally clean.

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A JOURNAL OF A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AFRICA
Written by The Marchioness Of Londonderry.
Stock no. 1827124
1st 1843. Almost very good condition.

'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item.

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WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME ONE: EUROPE & AFRICA
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826757
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802015700. Presentation plate attached to front endpaper '...on the occasion of planting a tree in the Arboretum at the White House to mark the centenary of the Benn Brother's publication Timber Trades Journal June 7 1973', large b/w photo depicting this to front pastedown. Marks to front endpapers. Text block browned and page edges lightly so. Black dustwrapper with red spine is worn at edges, spine and front panel title is faded, some loss to top and tail of spine, some damp staining present mainly to verso and flap edges.

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WINGS ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
Written by Alex Henshaw.
Stock no. 1826644
Published by Cirrus Associates. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Postwar flying in Africa in the 1940s. A fascinating glimpse of the last days of relative freedom in the air overseas, before stricter regulations and universal air traffic control virtually closed the doors to the intrepid long-distance non-radio pilot. Sequel to 'The Flight of the Mew Gull' and 'Sigh for a Merlin'. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 1902807197. Boards lightly scuffed, a few minor knocks to board edges. Front pastedown creased (caused during binding process). Contents clean.

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SANDI, THE KING-MAKER
Written by Edgar Wallace.
Stock no. 1826289
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 26 in the Target Series. "Sanders of the River," who with a handful of Houssas, and a steam launch, kept order in a Central African territory larger than Great Britain. As soon as native Chiefs realised that "Sandi" had gone the fat was in the fire. This story stells of his recall and how he restored peace to the land. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Endpapers and text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine, lightly edge-worn and is scuffed and grubby to rear panel.

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A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR 1940-1945 VOLUME THREE: TUNISIA AND THE END IN AFRICA NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943
Written by Christopher Shores; Giovani Massimello; Russell Guest; Frank Olynyk; Winfried Bock.
Stock no. 1825996
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The background to the first major Anglo-American venture - Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 680 pages. ISBN: 9781910690000. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased with a few minor marks to rear panel.

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