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...
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. View More...
Study for Africa of the opportunities and problems of economic integration between independant states. 320pp, map. Book is a lightly marked, ex-library. No external marks. Internal marks only on title page. Otherwise, very bright and clean with a tight, square binding. No marks to boards. Unclipped dustjacket has no library marks and is almost as bright and clean as new. Weight, 630g. View More...
Map of the mountains surrounding M. Kilimanjaro. 1:400,000, 19.4 by 19.4 cm, plus margins. From the RGS Journal Vol. 34, before p.1. Inset is a sketch map of Baron C. Von der Decken's journeys fom the East Coast of Africa to Mt. Kilimanjaro [now in Tanzania]. Bright, clean and unmarked, original fold. View More...
A study of settlement and irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa - the New Halfa Scheme in the Sudan. 205pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Book is 'as new', dustjacket has minor signs of wear mainly to back panel. 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 550g . Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone. World rates based on specific destination and weight. View More...
Foreword by Michael M. Horowitz. 205pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Sound binding. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket is bright and clean with a small, internal tape repair to bottom of spine. 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 540g. 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. View More...
History of the Suez Canal up to, and including, the Suez Crisis of 1956 and the Six-Day War. 214pp, photo illustrated. 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 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 f... View More...
German language text. 312pp, illustrated, photo illustrated, fixed silk page marker. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is sound though front hinge is partly cracked. Small name stamps in a couple of places. Minor wear to edges of boards. Very little wear to leather spine. Gilt titles and decoration are bright. Weight, 430g. 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... View More...
Schweitzer's own observations on his mission in Africa. Combined edition of two parts. Translated from the German by Ch. Th. Campion. 222pp, 25 photo illustrations, map, 4pp ads. Gift inscription to ffep. Binding solid, interior clean, boards clean and without wear. Price-clipped dustjacket is complete but showing some edge wear and is quite heavily sun-darkened. Weight, 512g. 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 - b... View More...
Story of the political crises in Rhodesia in the years 1955-1964. Foreword by Sir Hugh Foot. 240pp. Bright, clean interior with a sound binding. Inked-out name on ffp. Dustjacket has a little edge wear and some light rubbing. Weight, 370g. View More...
History of the Nsukka borderlands of Nigeria. 274pp, illustrated.Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. No wear to cloth. Unclipped dustjacket has a little edge wear, some rubbing and fading to spine. Weight, 570g. 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 rat... View More...
Travel to Zaire and the Amazon by a gifted travel writer. 239pp. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding.No wear to cloth. unclipped dustjacket with only very slight wear to some edges. Weight, 410g. View More...
Colourful hsitory of copper mining in Namaqualand, South Africa, from the 1600 until the 1970s. 152 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates, tables; 22cm. Book is clean amd unmarked with bright, white pages. Tight, square bindin g, sound hinges. Bright, clean, cloth boards. Mild, lower corner bumps. Unclipped dustjacket shows a little edge wear nd a couple of minor chips. Unpacked weight, 433g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. No taxes on Canadian, American or Overseas Orders. Ima... View More...
Fascinating account of the Boer War in South Africa, 1899-1902. The Boer War pitted the might of the British Empire (with more than half a million men mobilized) against 80,000 South African Boers--and this detailed and lavishly illustrated history goes right to the heart of the struggle. Originally published: 1999. 208 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 28 cm. Profusely photo illustrated. Bright, fresh and unmarked - `as new`. Tiught, square binding, no spine creasing. Heavy book weighing 1.026kg. View More...
Story of the Cango Caves in South Africa by members of the South African Spelaeological Association. 77pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. View More...
Egypt at the time of Nasser and the early days of President Nasser. 1st edition, 8vo., 217pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in black cloth, no dustjacket. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. No wear to black cloth except a little rubbing to boards. Weight, 520g. View More...
Introduction to African wildlife with more than 90 photos depicting wildlife in action.160pp, photo illustrated in b&w. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket, with price clip, show minro edge wear, a tape repair to head of spine, etc. Weight, 740g. View More...
Decorative, steel engraved map with contemporary hand-coloured outlines of counties, routes, roads etc. From 'Tallis's Illustrated Atlas' of 1851 published in London at the time of the Great Exhibition. Engraved by John Rapkin. This map from a recently disbound Atlas. It is accompanied by the original two page printed description. Also available is a copy of the original title page of the Atlas from which this map was removed. The map illustrates Cape Colony in South Africa. Included are decorative vignettes of Christiansborg; Cape Coast Castle; Sierra Leone; and Bakel. The map itself is very ... View More...
Decorative, steel engraved map with contemporary hand-coloured outlines of counties, routes, roads etc. From 'Tallis's Illustrated Atlas' of 1851 published in London at the time of the Great Exhibition. Engraved by John Rapkin. This map from a recently disbound Atlas. It is accompanied by the original two page printed description. Also available is a copy of the original title page of the Atlas from which this map was removed. The map illustrates Natal in South Africa including Kaffraria. Included are decorative vignettes of the Entrance to Port Natal; and a large vignette of Port Natal and To... View More...
