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The Niger Explored
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London: Oxford University Press, 1968. xi, 263 pp. Dustwrapper is unclipped, but has some edgewear including wrinkling and rubbing. Foxing to upper and fore edges of text block. Illustrated with 10 b/w maps in the text and b/w plates.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. more information
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The World of Albert Schweitzer
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London: Adam & Charles Black, 1955. 144 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is price clipped. Dustjacket is chipped and abraded, especially along edges of backpanel and at corners. There are wrinkles and one or two small closed tears along the upper edge. Green cloth boards are square and clean, with only small bumps and a bit of fading at the top of the backpanel. Internally unwrinkled, unmarked.. First. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. Illus. by Anderson, Erica (photog.). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Alexandria: A History and a Guide
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Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Ltd, 1938. 218 pgs. Cover is worn, mottled and stained. Corners are rubbed, there are small dents to bottom edges of covers, a small hole in the spine, and a scratch on the front cover that has erased part of the A in Alexandria. Pages have been clumsily cut between pp 207-210, leaving an uneven tear. Small stains and light foxing to page edges. Interior is unmarked, unwrinkled and tightly bound. Nice inked inscription on ffep: "W. McGuinness/RAAF/c/o RAF HQs/Middle East". Maps (pull-out map tipped in), drawings, diagrams, photos.. Second Edition. Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier
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London: Picador, 2004. 256 pp. Light wear to wraps, lower corner bumped, spine uncreased, edges of text block a little yellowed. Internally clean and solidly bound.. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Travels in the Congo
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London: Penguin, 1986. viii, 309 pp. Very light wear to cover. Page edges uniformly sunned. Translated by Dorothy Bussy. Gide's travels in the Congo and Chad in 1925-6.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Search for the Niger
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London: Collins, 1973. 220 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is price clipped and has light discolouration along the upper edge. Maroon cloth boards are square and clean. Sticker residue to front pastedown. Illustrated with b/w plates and maps.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Zambesi River
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London: Macmillan Pty. Ltd., 1955. viii, 236 pp. Light wear to grey cloth boards. Foxing to edges of text block. Some offsetting to eps. Occasional foxing throughout. At least one instance of pencilled annotation. Fold-out map.. First. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. more information
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Speke and the discovery of the source of the Nile
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London: Constable & Co., 1971. 245 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in removable archival mylar sleeve, is price clipped and has light foxing to reverse side. Foxing to upper edge of text block and verso of frontis. Otherwise internally unmarked and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates and sketch map of the Lakes Region by the author.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Livingstone's River: A History of the Zambezi Expedition 1858-1864
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1970. xi, 260 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in removable archival mylar sleeve, is price clipped and has light general and edgewear. Light edgewear to blue cloth boards, spine very slightly canted. Foxing to upper edge of text block. Internally clean and solidly bound. Illustrated with black-and-white photos and maps, including fold-out map of the area of the Zambesi Expedition.. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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African Heroes
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London: Bodley Head, 1968. 190 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected, is not price clipped but has some edgewear. Wrinkling and discolouration to rear panel, slight sticker residue to front panel. Green boards very slightly dented along edges. Internally clean, bright and tightly bound. Line drawings.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Stobbs, William. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Africans: a history
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London: Anthony Blond, 1970. 232 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in clear removable sleeve, is price clipped and has light edgewear. Fore- and upper edges of text block are foxed. Internally unmarked, unwrinkled and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w maps.. First. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Innocents in Africa
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London: Granta Books, 1995. 338 pp. Light wear to cover, uniform yellowing around page edges, internally unwrinkled, clean and tightly bound. Black-and-white plates.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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The High Price of Principles: Kaunda & the White South
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. 256 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in clear removable sleeve, is price clipped and has general light wear. upper and fore- edges of text block sunned. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Maps to eps. Internally unwrinkled, unmarked and solidly bound.. First. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Mind of South Africa: The Story of the Riser and Fall of Apartheid
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London: Heinemann, 1990. xviii, 424 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not clipped, but has very slight edgewear. Text block edges are uniformly yellowed. Internally unmarked, unwrinkled, solidly bound.. First British. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: AUD $18.00
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Rhodes: The Race for Africa
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Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1996. 368 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated wraps. Internally as new. Illustrated with b/w map and photos.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. more information
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