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London: Cassell. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. "Examines a campaign which was almost as great a fiasco as much of the grim activity on the Western Front of WWI. The Allied conquest of German East Africa proved a desperate and outlandish struggle. The story abounds in disastrous misunderstandings and stupid underestimations… Read more about this item

Toronto: United Church of Canada. Fair. 1959. First Edition. Paperback. "Provides authentic and fascinating data concerning the influence of the Christian faith among the Umbundu people. The 'eye witness' quality and conversational style of the narrative are only two of its great attractions. And no one who reads [this book] should fail to see its… Read more about this item

Des Moines, Iowa: Look/Cowles, 1939. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Includes fascinating six-page photo-illustrated feature by William P. Hitler, Adolph's nephew "who tells so candidly some things about his uncle that only a relative could know". Other features include: Student Nurses - their work and their uniforms; Stockings - short… Read more about this item

New York: The International News Company, 1927. Book. Illus. by Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Cleaver, Reginald; Prater, Ernest; Potts, Leonard; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; York, W.G.. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt -… Read more about this item

New York: The International News Company, 1925. Book. Illus. by Wood, Stanley L.; Hiley, F.E. Vedder, S.H.; Brock, R.H.; Eyles, D.C.; De Walton, John; Brock, H.M.; Holmes, Fred; Brightwell, L.R.; Nicholson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Crozier, Frank. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features:… Read more about this item

New York: The International News Company, 1923. Book. Illus. by Elcock, Howard; Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Pears, Charles; Holloway, W.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, Francis G.; Soper, G.; De Walton, John; Wigfull, W.E.; Prater, E.; Pears, Charles; Holloway, W.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, Francis G.; Soper, G.. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.… Read more about this item

England: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1919. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 344 pages. Index. Aims to "examine in the history of the Independent State of the Congo the defects of the Berlin Act, and to indicate the amendments which must be made in that international compact if it is to… Read more about this item

Cape Town, South Africa: Unie-Volkspers Beperk, 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, [2], 229 pages. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white plates. "How this farmer's son, who never read a military textbook in his life, outwitted and outfought some of the greatest soldiers of his day - until… Read more about this item

London: Constable and Co. Limited, 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xl, 403 pages. Six maps, including two which fold out inside back board. New edition of the 1902 first edition. "In the first place [the Battle of Adowa] may rank as a peculiar phenomenon, - for it amounts to… Read more about this item

London: George Newnes, Limited, 1898. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story… Read more about this item

Toronto: Canada Congregational Foreign Mission Society, Publishers, 1916. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 212 pages. Fold-out frontispiece plan of Chisamba 1913, plus 26 pages of black and white plates consisting mainly of wonderful photos plus some maps. Includes chronology of Chisamba. The inspiring history of the ambitious Christian missions operated… Read more about this item

London: The Wide World, 1957. Book. Illus. by Nicolson, W.C. (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to… Read more about this item

London: George Newnes Ltd., 1948. Book. Illus. by Nicolson, W.C. (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 18 [ads], 251-312 pages. Features: The Strange Case of Herman Crowell - the life of a senior insurance official turns to mystery and romance; The Stolen Mine-Dump - a Gold Coast mine story; Among the… Read more about this item

London: The Wide World, 1957. Book. Illus. by Nicolson, W.C. (cover);. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 62 pages. Features: First to Sail the Sahara - article (with cover illustration) about the Sheppard family which attempted to windsail across the Sahara Desert - with map and photos; The Bull of Contention… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1866. Book. Illus. by Arrowsmith, John. Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii, 638, 6 (ads) pages. Fold-out map. Occasional black and white illustrations. "It has been my object in this work to give as clear an account as I was able of tracts of… Read more about this item

Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 571 pages. Bibliography, index, and list of cases cited. "This revisionist analysis of the construction of South African legal culture illustrates the larger processes of legal colonisation, while the consideration of the interaction between imported doctrine and legislative models with… Read more about this item

Canada: Battleline Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920849032 . Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 260 pages. Index. Black and white maps and illustrations. "A first-hand account of the East African Campaign, perhaps the least known of the regional battles of World War II,… Read more about this item

London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., 1964. Magazine. Illus. by Wood, L. Ashwell; Driscoll, Barry L.; Beaton, Cecil. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 749-800 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for the Riley elf Mark II Car (red); One page colour photo add for Harvey's… Read more about this item

Vancouver: The Vancouver Sun, 1966. Magazine. Illus. by Pickerell, James; Beaver, Bert; Wright, Doug. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 32 pages. Features: Great cover photo of Jomo Kenyatta in regal attire; The Comfortable Pew revisited; New York's Famed Metropolitan Opera (Met) sponsors a company of young hopefuls touring Canada - article… Read more about this item

New York: The International News Company, 1918. Book. Illus. by Peddie, Tom; Prater, Ernest. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of… Read more about this item