An account of a 19999 expedition down the Blue Nile, through Ethiopia.324pp, color photo illustrated. Mint copy, as bright and fresh 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 654g. 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 $6.50. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere with... View More...
Travel and exploration in the Sudan. German language text. 432pp, mit 56 Abbildungen. Book is bright, clean and fresh. Unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. About as new. Dustjacket is nearly similar except for slight sun-fading to spine and slight rubbing to spine edges. Weight, 540g. View More...
A famous world travellerspent the Summer of 1964 exploring South Africa. 222 pages, maps; 23 cm. very bright, clean interior. Tight, square binding, no wearto the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket shows a very bright, clean, illustrated, front panel and spine. Rear panelshows light creases, slight soilinh and minor edge wear. Unpacked weight, 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... View More...
Small volume containing three plays by African playwright, James Ng'ombe [Nigeria]. 71pp. Interior is clean and unmarked, pages lighly browned. Stapled binding is soind and tight. Minor rubbing and edge wear to card wrappers and a corner crease to rear panel. Weight, 90g. View More...
A young game warden's 2 years in the primitive Simien mountains of Ethiopia, and his attempt to build a national park and game preserve. 361 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. A bright, clean copy, unmnarked. Tight, square binding, sound hinges, no wear to the cloth. A nearly similar dustjacket. Unpacked weight, 514g. 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 consid... View More...
Biography of explorer-missionary David Livingstone [1813-1873]. 140pp, fold-out maps. Hardcover in gold cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Ink dedication to inside front board. Otherwise bright and clean. Weight, View More...
Collection of articles on the Atlantic Slave Trade by a variety of authorities. xvii, 221 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Interior is very bright and clean and is unmarked. Wrappers show light wear to some edges. Front wrapper shows a moderate, top-corner crease. Weight, 275g. View More...
Book examines the nature of public authority and the Civil Service in Nigeria. 176pp. Hardcover in black cloth, with dustjacket. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with no wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket show minor rubbing to some surfaces. Solid, sound copy. Weight, 342g. View More...
Folkd-out Tourist Brochure from Morocco, dated 1957. Unfolds to 16" by 17"Full color on one side, monochrome verso. Exterior, in color, is all photois; Verso shows lots of text, a small map and 21 photos.Bright, clean and unmarked with sound folds. Ships via Canada Post Lettermail. View More...
Published by the Durban & Coast Horticultural Society. OCLC Number: 896565489. 101 pages : photo frontis. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Botyh boards are Fine; front board with attractive colour illustration. Dustjacket is comple, lightly soiled, minor edge wear, small lost piece to bottom edge of rear board. 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 201g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the ... View More...
Biography of Alexander Murdoch Mackay, [1849-1890], Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Uganda known as 'Mackay of Uganda'. xi, 143 pages illustrations, plates, maps; 19 cm. Six illustrations in color by Ernest Prater. Book is clean and unmarked, except for a Gift inscription to the ffep dated Christmas, 1918. Tight, square binding. Clean red cloth showing no wear excvepting a little 'bubbling to the cloth on the back pane. The illustration, in color, pasted to the front is bright, clean and complete. View More...
The author examines the problems of the many new States created in Asia and in Africa, in the years from 1945 to 1957. 104pp. Bright, clean, unmarked interior with a sound binding. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket is bright and clean but with some wear to head of spine. Weight, 210g. View More...
The author writes on South Africa, '...the day to day experiences of a group of men and women whose lives reflect the human costs of maintaining a racially divided society'. 271pp. Bright, clean interior, unmarked. No wear to boards. Dustjacket is price clipped and has a little creasing to its inside flaps. Otherwise a near Fine dustjacket. Weight, 515g. View More...
An account of the dramatic Drakensberg mountain range in South Africa spanning the borders of Natal and Lesotho - exploration, mountaineers, wildlife, natural history etc. xi, 304 pages illustrations (some color), endpaper maps; 29 cm. Internally bright and clean, unmarked. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Attractively patterened blue and white cloth binding is bright and clean. Mild corner bumps to the top fore-edge. The unclipped dustjacket shows some wear only at the corners and the extremities of the spine. Unpacked weight, 1.192kg. We ship Worldwide using both Canada Post and the Uni... View More...
Advertisin g cookbook promoting the use of 'African Maid' Cornflour in Cooking. Published in South Africa. Back-to-back text in English and Afrikaans. 12pp + 12pp, not illustrated. Undated - circa 1950s. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, stapled binding. Black/White Yellow wrappers illustrated with an image of the boxed product. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Politics of Central Africa, particularly the former British Territories of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, up to circa 1960. 384pp, photo illustrated, maps, endpaper maps. Bright, clean copy with a tight, sound binding. Unmarked. Dustjacket is bright and clean with a little edge wear. Weight, 820g. View More...
Vintage, British paperback. Details a Doctor's experiences in the Italian Colonies of North Africa of the 1920s & 1930s. Great Pan GP70. 272pp, photo illustrated. Extremely bright, attractive front cover - display quallity. Slight forward lean. Tight binding. No creasing to spine. A little rubbing to back panerl. Weight, 200g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Four hundred years of history in the Atlantic Slave Trade. 296pp, maps. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding with only very minor wear to red cloth. Unclipped dustjacket shows some rubbing to edges. Weight, 420g. View More...
Heritage of Africa series'. 319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. John A. Pringle ; assisted by Creina Bond and John Clark ; editorial supervision, Hilary Rennie. Signed by the author on the title page. Interior is bright, clean and unmatrked. Binding is tight and square. No wear to the boards. The unclipped dustjacket show some minor edge wear and is bright, clean and unmarked. Heavy book weighing 1.551kg. 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 1.55kg un... View More...
personal account of a Boer soldier in the Boer War, 1899-1902. Preface by General the Right Honourable J. C. Smuts. 331pp, large folding map at the back. Clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding, sound hinges, slight wear to the cloth at the extremities. 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 competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $6.90 - $9.... View More...
