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A Cure for Serpents

By: PIRAJNO, Alberto Denti Di

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, Pan Books: 1957

Seller ID: 23500

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: VG+

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.
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Sins of the Fathers: A Study of the Atlantic Slave Traders 1441-1807

By: POPE-HENNESSY, James

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Readers Union/Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1968

Seller ID: 27313

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

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.
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Conservationists and the Killers: Story of Game Protection and the Wild Life Society of Southern Africa (The Heritage of Africa series)

By: PRINGLE, John A. et al

Price: $50.00

Publisher: South Africa, T. V. Bulpin: 1982

Seller ID: 052853

ISBN: 0949956236

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

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...
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Souvenir of Rhodesian Natives: 12 Gravure Post Cards in High Grade Process

By: RHODESIA

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Port Elizabeth, SA, H. & Co.:

Seller ID: 28483

Binding: Stapled, Printed Wrappers

Condition: VG+

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.
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Economic Integration in Africa

By: ROBSON, Peter A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd: 1968

Seller ID: 23877

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

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.
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Encyclopedia of Southern Africa

By: ROSENTHAL, Eric - Compiler

Price: $14.50

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co.: 1970

Seller ID: 11225

ISBN: 0-7232-1260-0

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

Panorama of the variegated south of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to the borders of the Congo. Over 5000 entries. 653pp, photo illustrated, decorated endpapers. Bright copy withna sound binding. Small owner's name on verso of frontis and on rear endpaper. Dustjacket is also bright and clean with a little edge wear and tape reinforcement to edges.
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Map of the Snowy Mountains Kilima-ndjaro; Illustrating the Paper of Baron C. Von der Decken

By: ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Price: $22.00

Publisher: London, J. Murray: 1864

Seller ID: 042292

Condition: About Fine

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.
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Arabs and Nubians in New Halfa: A Study of Settlement and Irrigation

By: SALEM-MURDOCK, Muneera

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press: 1989

Seller ID: 18715

ISBN: 0874803101

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

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.
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Arabs and Nubians in New Halfa: A Study of Settlement and Irrigation

By: SALEM-MURDOCK, Muneera

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press: 1989

Seller ID: 18796

ISBN: 0874803101

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

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.
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The Suez Canal in Peace and War 1869-1969

By: SCHONFIELD, Hugh J.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Coral Gables, University of Miami Press: 1969

Seller ID: 07476

ISBN: 87024-126-5

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

History of the Suez Canal up to, and including, the Suez Crisis of 1956 and the Six-Day War. 214pp, photo illustrated
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Afrikanisches Skizzenbuch: Verschollene Merkwurdigkeiten

By: SCHWEINFURTH, Georg

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Berlin, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft: 1925

Seller ID: 21840

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: About Very Good

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...
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On the Edge of the Primeval Forest, &, More Fro the Primeval Forest: Experiences and Observations of a Doctor in Equatorial Africa

By: SCHWEITZER, Albert

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, A. & C. Black: 1951

Seller ID: 08951

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

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.
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Crisis in Rhodesia

By: SHAMUYARIRA, Nathan M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1965

Seller ID: 14281

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Near Fine

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.
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The Igbo-Igala Borderland: Religion & Social Control in Indigenous African Colonialism

By: SHELTON, Austin J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Albany, State University of New York Press: 1971

Seller ID: 23001

ISBN: 0873950828

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

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...
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In Southern Light: Trekking Through Zaire and the Amazon

By: SHOUMATOFF, Alex

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Hutchinson: 1987

Seller ID: 27058

ISBN: 0091700701

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

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.
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Aspects of the History of Copper Mining in Namaqualand, 1846-1931

By: SMALBERGER, John M.

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Cape Town, C. Struik: 1975

Seller ID: 24577

ISBN: 0869770438

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

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...
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The Boer War: 1899-1902

By: SMURTHWAITE, David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: UK, Hamlyn: 2002

Seller ID: 25644

ISBN: 0600607739

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

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.
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Cango: The Story of the Cango Caves of South Africa

By: South African Spelaeological Association

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Cape Town, Maskew Miller: 1960

Seller ID: 11948

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Story of the Cango Caves in South Africa by members of the South African Spelaeological Association. 77pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps.
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The Sphinx Awakes

By: SPARROW, Gerald

Price: $8.95

Publisher: London, Robert Hale: 1956

Seller ID: 34353

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

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.
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Animals of East Africa

By: SPINAGE, C. A.

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co: 1963

Seller ID: 31715

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

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.
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Category: Africa