Search Results: Africa from Turtleman Used Books

Stated first edition (in this series). A reprint from the original (ca. 1920), translated from the original Swedish by F. H. Lyon. The author was the husband of author Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Green textured paper covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Book shows little wear other than some spotting on the top page edges (only on the half adjacent to the spine). The dust jacket has two tears (1 cm each) along the lower edge and additional edge and corner wear throughout. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with 22 photos in black and white. A rather rare book. Part of a larger series of reprinted African hunting books from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The publishers included a disclaimer about their use of the original language and attitudes, much of which may be offensive by today's standards (see photo #5).

First edition. Book shows very little wear. Gray paper covered boards with red fabric at the spine, with gilt print. The dust jacket shows a little wear, mostly along the upper and lower edges of the back cover. The dust jacket is plastic over paper, and in a few places the plastic has started to peel, allowing atmospheric moisture to discolor the dyes used on the underlying paper. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, and loaded with black-and-white illustrations. The author of the Amelia Peabody mysteries, Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz) held a PhD in Egyptology, so was well versed in the history of exploration in the time that those mysteries were set. A rare book. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear to the book. A few shallow creases on the spine and a scattering of underlining and margin notes throughout the text. About 30 essays on the topic.

Very little wear to the book. The dust jacket also shows little wear, but has residue from a bookstore sticker on the front top right and remains of another, very stubborn price sticker on the front lower right. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Set in South Africa.

A large book with color charts and graphs. There has been margin notes on pink post-it notes, which have left behind a little pink residue and some slight bleed-through. There are also a few instances of underlining in places.

No dust jacket. A rather famous account of the author's time in East Africa. The author has a definitely colonial attitude as might be expected in the 1930s. The book has some wear along the top and bottom edges. The green fabric does not look faded, and the spine is solid. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and intact, with many black and white photographs. Originally published in 1941. This appears to be a rare book.

Trade paperback. Very little wear. Spine has no creases, pages are clean, tight and intact. Autobiography of a former President of Egypt.

Trade paperback. The sixth of 21 in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Set in Botswana. Book shows very little wear. There is a slight crease in the back cover and page 51 got creased somehow, but even shelf wear is minimal.

Minor wear. A few chips along the edges. Spine is square and uncreased; pages are clean, tight and a bit yellowed. An accounting of the Biafra gemocide of the 1960s. A rare and highly valued book.

First edition, in this format. Green textured paper covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Minor edge wear to book and dust jacket. Little else. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with a few black and white photographs. The publisher included a disclaimer on the copyright page related to their use of the original language and attitudes, which many will find offensive today (see photo #5). Part of a larger library of books reprinting classic accounts of hunting in Africa in the 19th and early 20th century. A rare book.

Very little wear. No spine creases. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Owner's name inside the front cover, in two places. The author traveled to Africa in the 1970s. visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. His report is described as "intimate, comic and controversial."

This book shows no significant wear that I can find. Blue fabric covered boards with silver print on the spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with many illustrations in black and white. The dust jacket has a small amount of wear, with mild crimping along the top edge. A rather scarce book, in great shape. Not ex-library. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

No dust jacket. Cover has light blue fabric with black print. There is some wear along all edges and a stain at the lower right corner, both front and rear. May be a first edition, they don't really say. Owner's name on front endpaper, with a six-digit phone number. Otherwise, pages are clean and tight. The physical features are much the same today as in 1934, but any political and economic information would have to be considered as historical today. Seems to be a rare book.

A small amount of wear, including a bumped corner, a sticker and two shallow creases on the spine, and the owner's name inside the front cover. Originally published in 1949, this is the tale of three Americans adrift in Northern Africa in the years right after WWII.

Little wear, very nice. The second novel (out of 21 so far) about The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the best (and only) ladies' detective agency in Botswana.

Some wear at the corners. Highlighting, underlining and margin notes throughout. Owner's name inside front cover. Things Fall Apart is Achebe's first novel of his African Trilogy/ He related readings include four poems, two short stories, and essay and a Bible passage, all by other authors.

No dust jacket. The author recounts his 22 years in southern Africa, between 1889 and 1912. Cover shows some wear and a few strains. Pages are clean, tight and intact, with a number of black and white photographs (photos #6, 7 and 8) and four full color drawings inset on black paper with tissue paper coverings (photos #4 and 5). Endpapers are splitting over the spine (photos #3 and 9), but the binding is still solid. The route of Crawford's travels is shown on both endpapers. This is a rare and valued book. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

A story of an elephant mother and calf. Full color illustrations on all pages, with images of many more animals than just the elephants. No wear other than to the free edges of the four-panel fold-out section at the end of the book (see photo #3), which has a few small creases along those edges. Provides good educational images of some of the animals of the African savanna.