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Entertaining with Wines of the Cape
Paarl, Cape (RSA), 1971
Choosing, Cellaring, Serving, Cooking, Recipes. 4th ed, 8vo, 80pp, color illustrated, printed rear endpapers. Hardcover in pictorial boards. Tiny edge wear. Good VG
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8.00 USD
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Souvenir of Rhodesian Natives: 12 Gravure Post Cards in High Grade Process
Port Elizabeth, SA H. & Co. First [presumed] Stapled, Printed Wrappers VG+ Postcard Folder 3.5" by 5"
Booklet of 10 gravure postcards featuring Rhodesian 'natives'. Undated, circa 1910-20. Postcards can be removed from the central core by means of perforations. Three of the 10 cards are loose, but these, and all others, are unused and unmarked. Postcards and wrappers are nearly 'as new'. Weight, 56g.
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20.00 USD
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The Pictorial Story of the Royal Tour of India and Pakistan
London Pitkin Pictorials Ltd. First Edition [presumed] Printed Card Wrappers About Fine Softcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Commemorates the visit of Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh, to India and Pakistan in 1961. Also includes the State Visits to Nepal and Iran. The book is not dated but was published probably in 1961. 32pp, profusely photo illustrated in color and in b&w. Bright, clean copy with a sound, stapled binding. Weight, 94g.
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9.00 USD
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ABSHIRE, David M. and SAMUELS, Michael A. - Editors Portugese Africa: A Handbook
London Pall Mall Press 1969 269025812 First Edition Cloth, Gilt Titles About Fine Good VG 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Handbook to Portugese Africa - Angola, Mazambique, Portugese Guinea, the Cape Verde Islands, and the two islands of Sao Tome and Principe. 480pp. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Previous owner's signature to ffep and details to rear endpaper. Bright orange cloth boards without wear. Dustjacket is bright and clean but with a little tape re-inforcement to extremities of spine. Weight, 830g.
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35.00 USD
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ALDRIDGE, james Cairo: Biography of a City
London Macmillan 1970 First British Edition Cloth VG+ VG Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
History of the city of Cairo, Egypt from the earliest days to modern times. 1st British edition, 8vo, 370pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Hardcover in brown cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Book is tight, clean and unmarked; unclipped dustjacket shows minor edge wear. Weight, 860g.
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14.50 USD
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ALLEG, Henri; SARTRE, Jean-Paul The Question: Preface by Jean-Paul Sartre
London John Calder 1958 First British Edition Cloth VG+ G Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾
An account of the brutal repression and torture used by the French in post-war Algeria. Wonderful anti-torture essay by Jean Paul Sartre as a Preface. Translated fropm the French. OCLC Number: 258045979. 96pp. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to the red cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket is quite clean but with moderate edge wear, margin tears, etc. Weight, 222g.
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9.50 USD
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ANKEI, Takako Dialogues with a forest people : the Songola and their plant world in the tropical rainforest of Central Africa
Tokyo To¯kyo¯ gaikoku daigaku Ajia, Afurika gengo bunka Kenkyu¯jo 2008 4863370202 / 9784863370203 First Edition Paper Covered Boards As New No Dustjacket: None Issued Hardcover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
ILCAA study of languages and cultures of Asia and Africa., Monograph series, 47. Japanese title - Mori no hito to no taiwa : nettai Afurika Songo¯rajin no kurashi no shokubutsushi. Japanese language text. 613 p. : illustrated. ; 27 cm. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy. The latest scholarship on the plants of the Songola region of Central Africa. Weight, 1.214g.
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40.00 USD
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ATKIN, Mary Gage Paul Cuffe and the African Promised Land
Nashville Thomas Nelson 1977 0-8407-6521-5 / 9780840765215 First Edition Cloth, Gilt Titles Fine Good VG 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A biography of the Afro-American sea captain who sought to attract freed blacks from America to the colony of Sierra Leone. Written for Juvenile market. 160pp. Book is as new. Dustjacket has minor edge wear.
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11.00 USD
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AXELROD, Dr. Herbert R. African Cichlide of Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika
Neptune City, NJ TFH Pubications Inc. 1974 Second Edition Laminated Pictorial Boards Near Fine No Dustjacket [None Issued] 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Cichlids from Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika in Africa. 256pp, profusely photo illustrated, mostly in color. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Glossy boards with no wear. Weight, 700g.
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9.00 USD
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BALLS, W. Lawrence Egypt of the Egyptians
London Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1920 First Edition Cloth, Gilt Titles Good VG No Dustjacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
History of Egypt and an account of the modern country. 266pp, photo illustrated, 20pp publisher's catalog at back. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Very minor wear to green cloth at tips. Attractive copy. Weight, 530g.
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28.50 USD
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BARNES, J. A. Oilitics in a Changing Society: A Political History of the Fort Jameson Ngoni
UK Manchester Univ Press 1967 Second Edition Cloth Fine VG+ Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Sociological analysis of political developments over a period of about 150 years, from 1821-1949, among a group of Ngoni now living in Zambia and Malawi. Second edition, of 1949 first, incorporates, 'Seven Types of segmentation'. Institute for Social Research, University of Zambia. 245pp, photo illustrated, tables, folding chart. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Virtually 'as new' except for slight wear to the foot of the spine on the dustjacket only. Weight, 462g.
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35.00 USD
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BASCOM, William R. African Dilemma Tales
The Hague Mouton Publishers 1975 9027975094 / 9789027975096 First Edition Cloth About Fine Good VG, or Better 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Collection of African folklore, 'dilemma' tales. Signed by the compiler on the ffep. Errata slip pasted to ffep. 162pp. Clean copy with a sound binding. No wear to black cloth. Dustjacket, in brodart, is unclipped, bright and clean, with one small edge tear to top margin. Weight, 460g.
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60.00 USD
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BERLINER, Paul The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe
Berkeley Univ of California Press 1979 0520033159 / 9780520033153 First Edition, First Printing Cloth About Fine Near Fine Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Dedicated Author's Inscription
Detailed, scholarly work on the popular Africam musical instrument, the Mbira, and its use by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. 280pp, photo illustrated, musical figures etc. Bright, clean copy. Unmarked except for a dedication, in the author's hand, to the ffep - 'To the Kneiders with great affection, from Paul'. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 650g.
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40.00 USD
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BEWES, T. F. C. Kikuyu Conflict: Mau Mau and the Christian Witness
London Highway Press 1953 First Edition Stiff Card Boards VG+ VG Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Story of the Christian Church under assault by the Mau Mau tribesmen in the eraly 1950s. 76pp, photo frontis, map. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, insde and outside. Tight, square binding, clean boards. Price-clipped dustjacket shows minor edge wear, and wear to extremities of spine. Weight, 132g.
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20.00 USD
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BIERMAN, John Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley
Austin, Texas, U.S.A. Univ of Texas Press 1993 0292708025 / 9780292708020 First UofT Press Edition Printed Card Wrappers About Fine Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Biography of Henry Morton Stanley [1841-1904], British explorer of Africa and Victorian hero. 401pp, illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. An almost 'as new' copy. Weight, 685g.
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9.95 USD
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