Category: Africa

The Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places

By: GORDIMER, Nadine; CLINGMAN, Stephen

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A., Alfred A. Knopf Inc : 1988

Seller ID: 25044

ISBN-13: 9780394573977

Condition: VG+

Collection of 23 of Gorimer's best essays - on writing and on South Africa. 356pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Minor edge wear to dustjacket. Weight, 580g. 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, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, t...
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The South and East African Year Book & Guide with atlas, town plans and diagrams.1949 edition

By: GORDON-BROWN, A. - editor for the Union -Castle Mail Steamship Company

Price: $29.95

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. : 1949

Seller ID: 057351

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Solid Very Good

Massive but compact Year Book and Guide, the 49th Annual Issue. Full of information on the area, towns and cities, trade and commerce, tourism, export opportunities, governments, population etc etc. lxxx, 1165pp [some colour], advertising. Plus, the Union-Castle Atlas, in colour, of 64pp. Plus a fcascinating advertising section of 241pp. Fancy adverting bookmark is still attached to the book by a silk ribbon. Binding is tight, hinges sound. Green cloth boards show only slight wear. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada ...
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Nellie: Letters from Africa

By: GRANT, Nellie; HUXLEY, Elspeth

Price: $17.50

Publisher: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson : 1980

Seller ID: 29491

ISBN-13: 9780297777069

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

By Nellie Grant ; with a memoir by Elspeth Huxley. x, 326 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 22 cm. Book is clean and unmarked, pages bright white. Binding is tight and square, hinges sound. No wear to the green cloth. Unclipped dustjacket is similar. About 'as new' condition. Unpacked weight, 595g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the US...
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The Discovery of the Nile

By: GUADALUI, Gianni

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Edison, NJ, Chartwell Books Inc. : 2002

Seller ID: 19265

ISBN-13: 9780785815273

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: As New

Sumptuous, profusely illustrated book telling the stories of explorers of the River Nile, from ancient times to modern. 351pp, profusely color illustrated. Mint copy, 'as new', from stock of a bankrupt bookseller. Massive, oversize book weighing over 6lbs. Requires additional postage. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and w...
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An African Survey Revised 1956

By: HAILEY, Lord

Price: $38.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press : 1957

Seller ID: 16760

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: About VG

Revised edition of the original 1938 publication. A study of problems arising in Africa south of the Sahara. 1676pp, numerous maps. An ex-libris copy with minimal marks all of which have been removed. No external marks. Other than removed marks, book and DJ are in VG or better condition. Very heavy book weighing approx 5lbs.
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Amba Ras: Ein Reise Durch Das Kaiserreich Athiopien

By: HARTLMAIER, Paul

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Frankfurt am Main, Buchergilde Gutenberg : 1954

Seller ID: 21798

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

German language text. 231pp, 80 photo illustrations. Very bright, clean copy. Unmarked. Sound binding. No wear to cloth Unclipped dustjacket has a little wear, otherwise bright and clean. Weight, 520g. 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. Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weigh...
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Sudan Republic

By: HENDERSON, K. D. D.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: London, Ernest Benn Limited : 1965

Seller ID: 19942

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

A volume in the 'Nations of the Modern World' series. History of the Sudan to the 1960's. 256pp, large folding map at back. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Almost Fine. Small bookstore stamps to front endpapers. Dustjacket, in brodart, has some edge wear but is 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. This item weighs 570g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the U...
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Hinein Nach Afrika: Erlebnisse in Nubien und Somaliland

By: HEYE, Artur

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Zurich, Albert Muller Verlag : 1940

Seller ID: 20971

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: About Fine

Wilde lebensfahrt. Band 3: Hinein nach Afrika. German language text. 160pp. Very bright, clean copy. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket is fine, and in brodart, fixed to boards. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 340g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates are based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correc...
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Long Shadows

By: HOFFMAN, Stanley Wally

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Vantage Press : 2002

Seller ID: 037450

ISBN-13: 9780533138920

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

Memoir of a Christian missionary in Africa combatting witchcraft. Dedicated presentation inscription in the hand of the author to the ffep. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in glossy wrappoers with no creasing to the spine. Weight,
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Bourguiba

By: HUISMAN, C.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Den Haag, Kruseman : 1963

Seller ID: 18932

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Fine

Kopstukken uit de geschiedenis, #12. Biography of Habib Bourguiba [1903-2000], Tunisian leader and statesman. Dutch language text. 95pp. About 'as new'. 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 110g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight.
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Hunter's Tracks

By: HUNTER, J. A.; WYKES, Alan

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Hamish Hamilton : 1957

Seller ID: 765

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Stories of Big Game Hunting and Safari's in Kenya. 240 pages, photo illustrations; 23 cm. Interior of the book is bright and clean. Unmarked except for a previois owner's signature in ink to the ffep. Tight binding. No ewra to the cloth. The dustjacket is missing several small pieces and has been taped on the inside - now fallen away. Unpacked weight, 461g. 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. Canadia...
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Census of the Cape of Good Hope,1904: Preliminary Report of the Director of the Census with Detailed Returns of Population and Buildings

By: JANISCH, Noel - Director

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Cape Town, Government Printers : 1904

Seller ID: 26828

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

Official Government Census of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, for 1904. xxi, 73pp, tables. Bright, clean interior. Tight, square binding. Slight sunning to edges of wrappers. Very little wear evident. Weight, 280g.
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Livingstone

By: JEAL, Tim

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, Pimlico : 1994

Seller ID: 037488

ISBN-13: 9780712656382

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

A superb biography of a man central to the Victorian imagination, David Livingstone - explorer &, missionary, 1813-1873. 425pp, photo illustrated. Small gift inscription to verso of front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding with a simgle, central craese to the spine. Weight, 582g.
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A History of the African People

By: JULY, Robert W.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner's Sons : 1970

Seller ID: 037607

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

History of the African people. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1971. xxii, 650 pages illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked; binding is tight and square and the cloth boards show no wear. The price-clipped dustjacket, in brodart, shows only minmor edge wear. Weight, 1.229kg.
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Nubian Rescue

By: KEATING, rEX

Price: $7.95

Publisher: London, Robert Hale & Co. : 1975

Seller ID: 13191

ISBN-13: 9780709147206

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Good VG

Story of the archaeological work done in the 1960's on the site of the Assuan Dam, in Nubia. 269pp, photo illustrated, diagrams. Bright copy with a sound binding. Previous owner's name label on ffep. Small stain affecting only the bottom edge, not the interior. Dustjacket is similarly bright with minor edge wear and a small stain affecting a small part of the bottom edge on the back panel only.
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Story Time with the Animals

By: KEELSON, M. B.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tema, Ghana, Ghana Publishing Co. : 1986

Seller ID: 26380

ISBN-13: 9789964101077

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Collection of short stories, taking place in rural Africa, for juvenile audiences. 49pp, illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding. Colorful, illustrated wrappers. Weight, 50g.
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Tunisia

By: KNAPP, Wilfrid

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson : 1970

Seller ID: 17187

ISBN: 500-12020-X

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Near Fine

A volume in the series 'New Nations and Peoples Library'. The development of modern Tunisia in the context of its history. 224pp, 27 illustrations, 3 maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket has a little wear at some edge s and tips. Weight, 540g.
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Rorke's Drift 1879; Pinned Like Rats in a Hole

By: KNIGHT, Ian

Price: $12.00

Publisher: UK, Osprey Publishing : 1999

Seller ID: 056735

ISBN-13: 9781855325067

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

'Osprey Military Campaign Series, 41'. Just over 150 British and colonial troops defended the station against attacks by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors in 1879. 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. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations.
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Six South African Scenes and Verse

By: KOLBE, F. C. et al

Price: $20.00

Publisher: CapeTown - Johannesburg, Juta & Co. : 1925

Seller ID: 038789

Binding: Ribbon Tie at Spine

Condition: Near Fine

Verses by F.C. Kolbe, herbert Tucker, 'Gordonia', and Maud Wynne Colel; illustrated by W. Westhofen.1 volume (unpaged) : tipped-in illustrations in color ; 24.5 cm. Bright, clean interior, nmarked and undamages. Wrapers show slight age soiling. String-tied binding is tight and sound. Weight, 129g. Lettermail rates apply.
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Postcards of Egypt c1920s; Lot of 9 Different Views

By: L. C. [publisher?]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Egypt, L. C.

Seller ID: 057358

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Fine

Lot of Nine Different, mint condition, unused postcards of Old Egypt, circa 1920s. Printed, sepia tones with fancy serrated edges. Divided backs. No publication data is shown except L.C. - apparently a prolific producer. Number include L.C.117, 122, 151, 184, 210, 212, 214, 393, 397. Variious scenes, buildings, etc in and around Cairo all identified on the back in English and French. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, or via the USPS Media Mail, in card sleeve. From $3.00 p. Those requiring Tracking in Canada will be charged more - at cost. One pic showing al...
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Category: Africa