'A play in three acts, is centered on a small village, and lays bare the full miseriues of matrilineal inheritance in the Ghanian Society'. 52pp. Bright, clean copy with a tight, square binding. Colorfully illustrated front panel. Weight, 60g. View More...
Single 'Special' issue of an illustrated magazine from Denmark. This is an Extra Number of the 'Illustreret Famile-Journals' featuring an episode in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 - the Bombardment of Alexandria. Danish language. 24 pages, profusely illustrated with engravings. Great images particularly of British Forces. This issue is complete and unmarked with some raggedness to the edges. A decent issue considering is age, size and paper-type. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overchargin... View More...
Single 'Special' issue of an illustrated magazine from Denmark. This is an Extra Number of the 'Illustreret Famile-Journals' featuring an episode in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 regarding the Suez Canal. Danish language. 24 pages,uncut, profusely illustrated with engravings. Great images particularly of British Forces. This issue is complete and unmarked with some raggedness to the edges. A decent issue considering is age, size and paper-type. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overchargin... View More...
Single 'Special' issue of an illustrated magazine from Denmark. This is an Extra Number of the 'Illustreret Famile-Journals' featuring an episode in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. Danish language. 24 pages,uncut, profusely illustrated with engravings. Great images particularly of British Forces. This issue is complete, except for the rear cover which is missing - no loss of content. Unmarked with considerable raggedness to the edges. Still, not a bad issue considering is age, size and paper-type. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive ... View More...
A naturalist travels in Nyasaland, modern Malawi, observing and recounting encounters with animals etc. xi, 219 p. : illus., port., map ; 22 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. The dustjacket is similar except for slight wear to the top edges. Unpacked weight, 374g. Too thick to qual;ify for lettermail. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total ... View More...
The author recounts time spent in South Africa as a member of the Peace Corps. Introduction by President Jimmy Carter. 278pp, color photo illustrated. Mint copy, quite 'as new'. Weight, 610g. View More...
Story of the Consolidated Gold Fields Company of South Africa from Rhodes to modern times. 1st printing, 8vo, 326pp, photo illustrated, maps. Hardcover in red cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Book is tight and clean. DJ has a little edge wear mainly along top-edge. Weight, 708g. View More...
A British professor's experience in East Africa 1961-5 with particular reference to education. 272pp. Fine copy. Dustjacket has been professionaly [?] taped to book, almost invisibly. Weight, 644g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, ca... View More...
'Osprey Military Campaign Series, 14'. A study of the war between the independent Zulu nation and the British in 1879. The British administration aimed to crush the Zulus so that their authority in the region was unchallenged. 96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, still fresh, unmarked. Very tight binding. [We have in stock many contemporary prints from Illustrated papers of the periord] Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.90 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. ... View More...
Collection of essays on the vast problems surounding the construction of a giant dam on the Volta River in Ghana. xvi, 286pp, photo illustrated. Bright copy with a sound binding. No wear to cloth. A little edge wear to dustjacket. Good copy. 540g. View More...
Travel and description in South Africa. 386pp, , photo illustrated, color plates, endpaper maps. Bright, clean copy with sound binding. Would be fine but for a crease on the front board. Dustjacket has loss at extremities of spine, closed tear etc. View More...
The history of the African empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhay from the 8th-16th centuries. Written for the younger reader. 120 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. Bright, clean copy looking 'as new' but with an ink signature to the verso of the front wrapper. Weight, 177g. Lettermail may apply. View More...
A memoir of the author's life in Africa during the waning days of British colonial government. 1st U.S. printing, 8vo, 304pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover with dustjacket. Book is about Fine - bright, fresh and unmarked. Dustjacket has tiny wear at head of spine and 1/4" tear at bottom of front cover. About Fine/VG+. Weight, 665g. View More...
Photographs and text profile the different kinds of mammals, reptiles, and birds found in Africa. 'Breathtaking and as grandly sized as the countryside and wildlife it captures, every outstanding page in this collection of photographs will leave you completely awestruck by the magnificence of nature'. 512 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm. In 'As New' condition this large, heavy volume will require extra postage. Weight, 2.35kg. View More...
Study of a Lost Tribe of Bushmen. Foreword by R.C.J.Van Hoogstraten. 1st ed., 8vo, 232pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in brown coth with clipped dustjacket. Dustjacket has small repaired tears. VG/G+. Weight, 508g. View More...
Comprehensive history of South Africa to 1985. 692pp, illustrated. Bright, fresh copy, 'as new'. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Very thick and heavy for a paperback at 1.06g. View More...
History of the Afrikaner Bond, the first real political party in South Africa. 431pp, photo illustrated, maps. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. No wear to green cloth. Previous owner's name to ffep, the only defect. Dustjacket is nearly similar, bright and clean. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. Unpacked weight 680g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone. World rates based on specific destinatio... View More...
Record of a journey into the jungles of the Ivory Coast in search of a secret school of magicians and witch doctors. 334pp, photo illustrated by the author and his wife. Tight, clean copy. Dustjacket has faded spine & edge wear but is generally very clean. Weight, 600g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. WE use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $... View More...
The dramatic story of the sinking of the Dunedin Star on the coast of Namibia during the Second World War, and of the survivors struggle to stay alive and be rescued. 262 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. A 'mint' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 630g. View More...
Travel and descrition of South West Africa in the late 1940's. Text in Afrikaans. 187pp, photo illustrated. Book is clean and bright with sound binding. Dustjacket had edge wear, chips etc. View More...
