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1) Daily Life in the Kingdom of the Kongo from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Balandier, Georges

Daily Life in the Kingdom of the Kongo from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century
New York, New York: Pantheon Books, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Poor. Moderate rubbing to covers with some soiling to page edges. Previous owner stamp and inscription to the front endpaper. Dustjacket is heavily worn with chips at corners and edges, tears up to two-inches in length. Creasing to torn areas of jacket. more information

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2) The River Nile
Bander, Bruce (And the National Geographic Society)

The River Nile
Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Some light rubbing at cover edges and corners. Map that came in pocket (at the back of book) is missing. Dustjacket shows some rubbing, scuffs along edges with a few small wrinkles at corners. more information

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3) The Memory of Birds in Times of Revolution: Essays on Africa
Breytenbach, Breyten

The Memory of Birds in Times of Revolution: Essays on Africa
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A nice copy. more information

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4) Martyrs and Fanatics: South African & Human Destiny
Dreyer, Peter

Martyrs and Fanatics: South African & Human Destiny
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book has small remainder mark to bottom edge, else fine. Dust jacket shows some shelf wear with a 1/4-inch closed tear to rear top corner, else a fine attractive copy. more information

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5) History of Africa from Earliest Times to 1800
Gailey Jr., Harry A

History of Africa from Earliest Times to 1800
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1970. paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Heavy rubbing to covers with some scuffing, small tear at spine. Reading creases at hinges with corner creasing to both covers. Previous owner mark to title page. more information

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6) Discovery in Africa : A Grosset All-Color Guide
Hall, Richard

Discovery in Africa : A Grosset All-Color Guide
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Corner clipped dust jacket shows rubbing along edges and corners with some small tears at corners (1/8-inch or less). Head of book spine has a 1/8-inch tear with light rubbing along edges and corners. more information

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7) Secrets Of the Pharaohs
McMahan, Ian

Secrets Of the Pharaohs
New York: Avon Books, 1998. Later Printing. paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Remainder mark. Rubbing to covers with some scuffs at corners. Faint reading creases at hinges, some very tiny corner creases to covers. ISBN: 0-380-79720-8. more information

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8) King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa
Minter, William

King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa
New York: Basic Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Price clipped dust jacket has a small color chip and some light shelf wear besides, else a fine attractive copy. more information

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9) My President, My Son . . . Or One Day That Changed the History of Libya
Muscat, Frederick

My President, My Son . . . Or One Day That Changed the History of Libya
Valetta, Malta: Aedam Publishing House Limited, 1980. Later Printing. paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Light shelf wear. Faint reading crease to spine. One small corner crease. more information

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10) Justice in South Africa
Sachs, Albie

Justice in South Africa
Berkley, CA: University of California Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. 1/4-inch black square on jacket. Jacket shows shelf wear with a 1/4-inch chip at one corner, and a 1/4-inch and 1/2-inch chip along flaps. Top edge of jacket has a 1/2-inch closed tear, else fine. more information

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11) Treasures of Tutankhamun
Trustees of the British Museum

Treasures of Tutankhamun
London: Thames and Hudson, 1972. Possible First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. George Rainbird (colour plates) et al. Book has some light bumping, else fine. Dust jacket has several closed tears, the largest is 1 inch, some wrinkling with these tears, and some color wear to extremities. more information

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12) The Lonely African
Turnbull, Colin M

The Lonely African
New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. Later Printing. paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Rubbing to covers with scuffing along edges and corners. Faint reading creases to hinges with a couple tiny corner creases to covers. A remainder mark to the bottom of page edges. ISBN: 0-671-64101-8. more information

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13) Upper Volta: Environmental Uncertainty and Livestock Production
Vengroff, Richard

Upper Volta: Environmental Uncertainty and Livestock Production
Lubbock, TX: International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies, 1980. paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Moderate rubbing to covers with scuffing at corners and edge extremities. Reading creases at hinges with corner creases to both covers. more information

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