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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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THE SOURCE OF THE NILE: THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Written by Richard Burton; Ian Curteis.
Stock no. 1826959
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition.

A picture of Exploration by Richard F. Burton. Introduced by Ian Curteis. Brown pictorial cloth. 604 pages. B/w illustrations. Loosely inserted map. Minor bump to lower rear corner of boards. Top corner crease to pages 495-502. Map present. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a fairly heavy knock to one corner and is worn across join at open end corner.

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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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THE NUBA: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE HILL TRIBES IN KORDOFAN
Written by S.F. Nadel.
Stock no. 1825650
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book embraces both anthropological analyses proper - of the Nuba economic system, of kinship organization, of religious beliefs and tribal morality - and the discussion of 'practical' topics such as the policy of Nuba-Arab assimilation, the prospects of native administration in so primitive and heterogeneous a society, and the evolution of a Nuba law adapted to modern conflicts. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge red. Light browning and scuffing to endpapers. Text block browned and dusty. Contents clean. Orange dustwrapper is browned, edge-creased, worn at top of spine, tiny hole to rear edge of spine.

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THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Harry Johnston. Illustrated by Harry Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1825648
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

An attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of South latitude and the fifth degree of North latitude. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour plates, maps and numerous b/w illustrations. A very heavy set. Both volumes rubbed and scuffed to boards, top & tail of spines worn. Text block a little grubby. Name in ink to half-title pages. All colour plates & maps present. Some hinges lightly pulled. Rear joint of volume 2 is cracked exposing cloth beneath but is still quite firm.

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THE SILVER BLIMP
Written by Leo Walmsley.
Stock no. 1325218
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1931. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Adventure in the African Tropics. Orange cloth with black titles and illustration. B/w frontis. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some childish writing in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and page margins.

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HEMMED IN: A TALE OF THE WESTERN SOUDAN
Written by A.F. Mockler-Ferryman. Illustrated by John Jellicoe.
Stock no. 1324701
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1912. Very good condition.

Green cloth with vignette to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. 10 b/w plates. 301 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to corners. Prize plate to front pastedown. Slight fingering to margins and some light foxing else contents clean.

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FLIGHT FIVE: AFRICA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1324674
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped else a fine copy. Wrapper is just a little edge rubbed to top edges.

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