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THE CHILD'S LIVINGSTONE
Written by Mary Entwistle.
Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1507690
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Beige matt boards with large pictorial onlay and dark titles, 8 x 7.25". Illustrated with 6 colour and 6 b/w full page illustrations, incl. front cover. 32 pages. Minimal bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few fox spots to covers and contents. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and slightly grubby, front panel and spine darkened.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
- EXPLORATION
RORKE'S DRIFT & ISANDLWANA 1879
Written by Chris Peers.
Stock no. 1609336
Published by The History Press.
2017.
Nearly fine condition.
Card wraps. A Battlefield Guide. 191 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780750967303. Reprint.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- AFRICA
- MILITARY
- ZULU
THE PERILOUS ROAD TO ROME & BEYOND FIGHTING THROUGH NORTH AFRICA & ITALY
Written by Edward Grace.
Stock no. 2122374
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Memoirs of a Gordon Highlander. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781844155606. Light bumping to corners. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- AFRICA
- MILITARY
- BIOGRAPHY
STANLEY: SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
Written by Frank McLynn.
Stock no. 2118550
Published by Constable.
1st
1991.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second Volume of Frank McLynn's biography of Henry Morton Stanley. It covers the years 1877 to 1904. ISBN: 0094702209. Wrapper is edge-chipped with small chip/nick to base of spine, which is also faded.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
- EXPLORATION
- BIOGRAPHY
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THE BIRDS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND AND THE GULF OF ADEN VOLUME III
Written by Geoffrey Archer; Eva M. Godman.
Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Henrik Gronvold.
Stock no. 1811162
Published by Oliver & Boyd.
1st
1961.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 7 superb colour plates and folding map to rear. 1042 pages. Deckle-edged. Light marks to endpapers (minor). Contents clean. Front flap of dustwrapper sports '1965' in blue ink to top. Dustwrapper slightly faded at spine and slightly scuffed to side of onlay.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- YEMEN
- ETHIOPIA
- SOMALIA
- AFRICA
THE BIRDS OF NORTH AFRICA FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS TO THE RED SEA
Written by R.D. Etchecopar; Francois Hue.
Illustrated by Paul Barruel.
Stock no. 1811050
Published by Oliver & Boyd.
1st thus
1967.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Revised version of the French edition. First English edition, translated by P.A.D. Hollom. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. B/w drawings. xx + 612 pages. Tape marks to endpapers else fine. Dustwrapper very slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- AFRICA
SOME VEGETATION TYPES OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIA IN RELATION TO THOSE OF AFRICA & AMERICA
Written by J.S. Beard.
Stock no. 1809078
1967.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Journal of Ecology 1967. Blue cardwraps. Pages 271-290. B/w photos. Light creasing to covers. Contents fine.
AN EYE FOR COLOUR
Written by Norman Silver.
Stock no. 1808853
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1991.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Growing up against the backdrops of Table Mountain and the iniquities of apartheid, Basil Kushenovitz - Jewish and White - sees through teenage eyes the constant contradiction between the physical beauty all around him and the insidious ugliness of a political system rooted in prejudice... essential reading for young people concerned with the basic issues of human rights. Brown boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571161553. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and slightly scuffed to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (YOUNG ADULTS)
- AFRICA
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THE MIGHTY NIMROD
Written by Stephen Taylor.
Stock no. 2113828
Published by Collins.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002175045. A few small marks to covers. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with light edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- BIG GAME
- AFRICA
- BIOGRAPHY
A CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA
Written by Emil K. Urban; Leslie H. Brown.
Stock no. 2112201
Published by Haile Sellassie I University.
1971.
Very good condition.
Limited to 2000 copies. Cardwraps. 143 pages including index. Creasing to cover edges and corners. Some browning.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ETHIOPIA
- AFRICA
- LIMITED EDITION
IN LIMBO THE STORY OF STANLEY'S REAR COLUMN
Written by Tony Gould.
Stock no. 2112115
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth. A most interesting study of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887. Illustrated in b/w. ISBN: 0241101255. Bumping to spine. Some page browning and light foxing. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- CONGO
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- MILITARY
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
TOM BURNABY
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1108917
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press.
1929.
Very good condition.
A Story of Uganda and the Great Congo Forest. New Edition. Beige cloth with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. 5 b/w plates and 3 b/w plans. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little scuffing to covers. Spot marks to spine. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing.