"A fascinating journey through the worlds of the hyena, the jackal, and the wild dog". Reprint. Originally published: London : Collins, 1970. 222 pages, 52 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Color maps on lining papers: Wild dogs, Lake Legaja; and, Jackals and hyenas, Ngorongoro Crater. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. The price-clipped dustjacket is bright and clean in the main but with some top edge wear and a couple of very small chips. Unpacked weight, 842g. We ship Worldwide using both Canada Post and the United States... View More...
'...a fascinating ethnography -an informative and engaging stugy of the Dobe !Kung peoples of Botswana, foragers of the Kalahari desert'. xvii, 173pp, illustrated. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked - no notes or underlines. Binding is tight and square. Slight curl to the fore-edge of the front wrapper. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada, slightly more to the USA and other Countries. View More...
History of the Town of Vereeniging in the Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. Text in English and in Afrikaans. 332pp, photo illustrated, color plate of Town Arms. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Red cloth boards show no wear. Previous owner's stamp on ffep. Dustjacket has edge wear, margin tears and small tape repairs. Heavy book weighing 1.45kg. View More...
Authoritative guide to the Great Pyramid. 243pp, illustrated, diagrams, plans etc. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 500g. View More...
David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. First published in 1857, this is a later edition in 'The World Library'. xv, 617pp, not illustrated. Peacock-themed endpapers. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked.Bindind is tight and square. Bound in dark green cloth showing only minor wear to the tips of the corners. Blind-stamped design to the front board; bright, gilt titles and design to the spine. View More...
Cover features artist drawn portrait of the Second President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser [1918-1970]. Canada edition - same content as USA edition, plus Canadian news, and scarcer. 80pp. Bright and clean copy. Sound, stapled binding. Address label to left foot of front cover. Pages slightly browning at edges, as usual. Slight edge wear only. Scan available, and many more issue. Weight, 160g. View More...
Early history of Natal from its discovery by Vasco da Gama in 1497 until the annexation of Natal to the Cape. 348pp, photo illustrated. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Bookplate to fpde, otherwise unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is clean and unmarked but has several msmall, missing chips and light edge wear. Weight, 608g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additional, or reduced postage may be re... View More...
Biography of South Africa's Nelson Mandela. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, many never seen before. 208 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes index. An 'as new' copy - bright, clean, unmarked and still fresh. Heavy book weighing 1.065kg. View More...
General history of South Africa. 1st printing, 8vo, 251pp, photo illustrated, maps. Hardcover in gold cloth with red ink titles and decoration, and with price-clipped dustjacket. Excellent copy, clean and tight. Weight, 502g. View More...
Story of the still-existing Slave Trade in West Africa around the area of Timbuktu. 234pp, photo illustrated. Clean, bright copy with firm binding. Unmarked. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and is otherwise clean and quite bright. View More...
Madani "and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan Caid by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the almost medieval state of Morocco at the end of the nineteenth century. This is the epic story of the more than fifty years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956"--Jacket. Originally published: London : Longmans, 1966. 272 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. Bright, clean and unmarked, still 'fresh' and 'as new'. Weight, 1.026kg. View More...
Fascinating memoir of a missionary doctor in South Africa attending to patients among the Zulus. First published in 1946. 308 pages, not illustrated. Interior is very clean and is unmarked. The binding is tight and square showing no wear to the cloth and sharp corner tips. The unclipped dustjacket is complete but with light fore-edge wear, minor top edge wear, two small chips at the head of the spine. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitiv... View More...
Deutsche Kolonialsprachen, Band II. German language text. 116pp. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Virtually no wear to wraps. Weight, 170g. View More...
Biography of Cecil Rhodes, the great British Imperialist. 1st, tall 8vo, 389pp, endpaper maps. Hardcover in black cloth lacking dustjacket. Boards a little scuffed. About VG. 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 weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate]. View More...
Life of Cecil John Rhodes [1853-1902], African statesman. A volume in the 'Golden Library', No. 3. 389pp, death-mask frontis. endpaper maps. Bright, clean interior. Binding good though front hinge cracked. Minor wear only to cloth. Weight, 610g. View More...
Examples of South African architecture which can be shown, in the Author's opinion, to enhance the quality of life. 1st edition, 9.75"x9.75", 128pp, profusely photo illus in b&w and in color. Hardcover with dustjacket. Ink gift inscription to half-title page. Dustjacket shows minor edge wear. Weight, 775g. View More...
Study of the Yao people of Nyasaland. Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute by Manchester University Press. First printed in 1956. xviii, 235 p. : ill., ports., maps, diagrs., tables ; 23 cm. OCLC Number: 1729006. A bright, clean, unmarked copy, still fresh, in a similar, price-clipped dustjacket. See scan. Weight, 562g. View More...
Autobiography of an African Chief. Translated from the English of 'I was a Savage'. Dutch language text. 194pp. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. No wear to boards. Boards have a slight, forward curve. Attrative silk-screened dustjacket show virtually no wear. Attractive copy. Reduced 40%. 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 350g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as pe... View More...
"A re-issue of the 1891 edition with a new introduction by Colin Wilshaw and contemporary photography added." Originally published: Glasgow, Scotland, 1891. xxvii, 67 pages : illustrations (1 folded), maps ; 19 cm. Series Title: ``Centennial series (Blantyre, Malawi), no. 3``. An s new`copy - bright, fresh and unmarked, seemingly never read. Weight, 205g. Lettermail may apply. View More...
Early edition of a Life of the African explorer and Journalist, H. M. Stanley. Undated. Gift inscription on verso of frontis is dated 1889. 160pp, illustrated, 16pp book catalog. Clean interior and a sound binding. Front cover is attractively illustrated with some parts gilt. Slightly darkened spine. Weight, 360g. View More...
