Search Results: Africa from JimsOldBooks

Oxford: George Ronald, 1953. Creasing and tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spune ends of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1942, this is a later "Revised Edition" from 1953. The author's account of his time in Africa (Kenya mostly, but also West Africa) where he worked in forestry. Quite a lot on Native customs. 159pp, 48 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development, 1993. A scuff-mark to the spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book looking at economic performance in Agriculture in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in the thirty years up to 1990. 139pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Codesria, 1994. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. A collection of ten pieces by African scholars on aspects of the individual's relationship to the State in modern African society. 281pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co Ltd, 1961. Dustwrapper has a number of small tears and creases along the top edge, otherwise a good clean tight copy in unclipped dustwrapper of this book dealing with the experiences of the author who, aged 18, accompanied her husband to a remote part of Zululand where the husband was working on a Government scheme to drain swampland for sugarcane and build a bridge. Most of the book describes life in the small settlement consisting of around ten White people and various Native servants. 188pp, 1 map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cape Town, South Africa: J H De Bussy, 1954. Unclipped dustwrapper is generally torn and creased along the edges, red cloth-covered boards have some damp-staining. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book looking at Rhodesia in the early days of White settlement. Prospectors, Native risings, all that sort of thing. 244pp, 23 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Frontline Books, 2013. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also to inner flaps of same, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Portuguese in Africa between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries in what became their colonies of Mozambique and Angola, as well as in Morocco, the Congo, Ethiopia and the wider East African coastline. 262pp, 17 colour and 34 b&w illustrations, 11 maps.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1962. Reprint Society edition. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of dark red spine strip and to corners of yellow boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1961, this is a Reprint Society edition ffrom the next year. The author's account of an expedition with her husband to a remote part of Mozambique in 1959 in search of a pot of diamonds buried in the grave of a Native chief. 190pp, 7 b&w illustrations, 4 maps.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cape Town: David Philip, 1982. Paperback edition. Minor scuffing to spine ends and a crease to the spine, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good tight copy of this soft-cover book. Contains eleven essays by different authors on various aspects of Church-State conflict in Apartheid-era South Africa. 197pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. Slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of traditional folk-tales featuring animals, originally from the Acholi people of northern Uganda but here re-told for children by the author. 124pp, b&w drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Paige, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber, 1999. Paperback edition. Minor bumping to top end of spine, some yellowing to the pages, a bookseller's ink stamp (Shakespeare and Company) on half-title, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine , of this soft-cover book. The author's visit to South Africa after many years in exile, and bits and pieces of his family history going back to the nineteenth century. Signed by the author to original owner on title page "To .... from a countryman with best regards, Mooiloop! Breyten Breytenbach". 197pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cape Town: David Philip, 1983. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of blue-green boards, and the book smells a bit of being kept in a shed though this should fade. Otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with birds of he orders Columbiform (doves), Psittaciform (parrots), Musophagiform (Louries) and Cuculiform (cuckoos) in southern Africa. 429pp, 8 full-page colour illustrations, some b&w maps and diagrams in the text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Arnott, Graeme. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. Some fading to dustwrapper spine, also minor creasing to top edge of same, slight wear to top edge of blue boards, and the book does smell a bit of being kept in a shed or similar, though this should fade. But otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the Congo Free State (later the Belgian Congo) in the late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries, when the area was the personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium. 284pp, 37 b&w illustrations plus 11 others in the text, 5 maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. Some creasing and small tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of dark red boards, a previous owners name on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of her time working in South Africa as warden of the Tumelong womens mission at Lady Selborne near Pretoria, where she became involved in anti-Apartheid activities and was arrested and later deported. 254pp, 16pp b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Chest and Heart Association, 1962. Minor scuffing on the back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book, being a collection of pieces by different authors all originally given at the Sixth Commonwealth Conference on Tuberculosis which was held at University College, Ibadan, Nigeria. Mostly the pieces relate (understandably) to the disease in Africa. 248pp, 4pp b&w illustrations, tables and diagrams in the text.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Companion Book Club, 1962. Companion Book Club edition from 1962. Some creasing and small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A sequel to the author's ''The Lost World of the Kalahari'', dealing with his journey out of the Kalahari desert along with the rest of his group, but also with the myths and legends of the Bushman people. 256pp, b&w drawings in the text.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. Unclipped dustwrapper is very badly creased and torn, particularly at the front fold, and with the bottom two inches or so at the spine torn away but still present. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some corrugation to the b&w plates due to the book havng been damp at some point, but no damage to the pictures. Otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book, tales from the author's forty-odd years as a big-game hunter in Kenya from the early 1900s onwards. Originally published in October 1952, this is a seventh impression from October 1954. 242pp, 33 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lagos, Nigeria: Department of Culture, 1987. Some wear to outer edges of cover, but no creasing to the spine of this soft-cover book. A ''Nigeria Magazine'' publication, this book deals with the use of masks in traditional drama of the Igbo (formerly Ibo) people of southern Nigeria. 164pp, 33 b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Canongate, 1980. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to spine ends of black boards, a previous owner's address label on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Eleven short stories by the author, all set in Africa. 139pp, b&w drawings at chapter heads and elsewhere in the text. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Hutcheson, James . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Paternoster Press, 1953. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Number five in the author's "Jungle Doctor" series of stories for children about the adventures of a medical missionary worker in (then) Tanganyika in East Africa. Originally published (in Australia) in 1948 and in the UK in 1950, this is a slightly later reprint from October 1953. 121pp, b&w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Swain, Harry. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Nairobi, Kenya: Ines May Publicity, 1985. Slight scuffing to spine ends and outer corners of cover, previous owner's name on title page, some rusting to staples, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Various ways of wearing the Kanga, a a traditional garment worn by women in East Africa which is a rectangular piece of patterned cloth measuring about 110 by 150 cm (or about 3.5 by 5 feet in old money). 83pp, b&w drawings throughout.. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bygott, David. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.