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The Afro-Asian States and Their Problems

By: PANIKKAR, K. M.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin: 1961

Seller ID: 21012

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

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.
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Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful

By: PATON, Alan

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 1982

Seller ID: 34347

ISBN: 0684173360

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

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.
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Barrier of Spears: Drama of the Drakensberg

By: PEARSE, R. O.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: [Cape Town], H. Timmins: 1973

Seller ID: 040333

ISBN: 0869780506

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

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...
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African Maid Cornflour Recipe Book

By: PERKS, Mary

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Germiston, RSA, African Products Mfg Co:

Seller ID: 256

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Good Very Good

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.
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The Vision Splendid: The Future of the Central African Federation

By: PHILLIPS, C. E. Lucas

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Heinemann: 1960

Seller ID: 17331

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

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.
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Gentleman's Walk: The Romantic Story of Cape Town's Oldest Streets, Lanes and Squares

By: PICARD, Hymen W. J.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cape Town, C. Struick Ltd.: 1968

Seller ID: 041944

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

The Story of Cape Town's streets, lanes and squares in the colorful setting of South Africa. This is the first of two books on the same subject by the same Author. 188pp, illustrated, color plates, maps. Near Fine copy of a beautiful book. Heavy to ship weighing 1.295kg.
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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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Category: Africa