Africa & South America from Lawrence Jones

Johannesburg: Books of Africa, 1968. 441pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Pictorial cloth- no jacket as issued. Spine darkened, top corners a bit rounded, some foxing to page edges and prelims. Prospectors, hunters, adventurers -the stooy of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Telford, A.A.. 8vo.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1908. 2 volumes-complete. xviii, 594pp, folding map, frontis portrait; xiv, 601pp, index, chronology. Volume I has some surface insect damage to cloth on rear cover, both volumes a little rubbed, boards a bit worn at edges, even toning to page edges and offset toning to endpapers.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Robert Hale, 1960. 191pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, map. Maroon cloth in jacket. Jacket price-clipped with several short tears and small chips, remaining bright and fresh. Small bookseller label to front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims and page edges. Biography of early Scottish missionary to central Africa and the Congo, Frederick Stanley Arnot.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

Salisbury, Zimbabwe: Pioneer Head, 1977. 143pp, bw ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Cover rubbed at folds. Skipper Hoste was Captain of B Troop of the Pioneer Corps and in charge of the flag raising ceremony at Fort Salisbury (Rhodesia) in 1890. This book is a personal account of the occupation and settlement of Rhodesia, including the search for… Read more about this item

Weltvreden Park, South Africa: Covos-Day Books, 1999. ii, 183pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, endpaper illustration/map. Tan cloth in jacket. A couple of tiny edge tears to jacket. Colenso was a disaster for the Brtitish but resulted in the awarding of 7 Victoria Crosses.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1982. viii, 203pp, index, references, appendices, line drawings maps. Brown cloth in jacket. Spine faded, small prev owner name stamp at rear. The Cotingidae are one of a small number of passerine families that evolved in South America with many being specialized fruit eaters. There were 65 species recognised at the time of publication ranging… Read more about this item

London: Royal Colonial Institute, 1908. xii, 492pp, index, list of fellow. Burgundy cloth titled and decorated in gilt and blind. Page edges evenly toned. Articles on Minerals of New Zealand; Nyasaland; Cotton Growing and Nigeria; Ceylon; Education in India; East Africa; Irrigation in Australia and more.. Periodical. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Harare, Zimbabwe: Tutorial Press, 1994. 143pp, index, bibliography, num col photographs, bw sketches, maps, diagrams. Blue boards in jacket. Lightest of edge wear to jacket. The history of the falls, natural history and people of the region-with stunning photographs.. Revised Editio, Fourth Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Norton, Larry (sketches). 4to.

London: Catholic Truth Society., 1930. 45pp, bw ills. Pictorial blue stapled wraps. No date- c1930s. A bit pulled at staples, bottom corner creased. Juvenile title following the conversion of two young Africans to the Catholic faith. The language used is very politically incorrect with frequent use of the n* word.. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. x, 377pp, index, sources, biographical dictionary, chronology. Pictorial card. Near new. English translation of the correspondence of two of the most influential and respected women in 20th century Latin America. Mistral, a self-educated Chilean woman of the mountains who was apoet, journalist and educator became Latin America's first Nobel Laureate. Ocampo, an Argenine women… Read more about this item

London: Letts, Son, & Co / Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1868. vi, 262pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear, folding map at rear, bw ills. Original bevelled green cloth boards with gilt vignette to front, titled in gilt to spine, hinge starting at pp96, light foxing to prelims, handwritten prize presentation (for Industry) on front blank dated 1872. Royal Navy… Read more about this item

Vlaeberg, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 1996. HEAVY. 240pp, index, bibliography, glossary, hundreds col photos, map. Green cloth in jacket. 2cm tear top rear jacket, minor edge wear to jacket, light foxing to endpapers. Liberally illustrated accounts of more than 90 groups of species of southern Africa's avifauna giving details of courtship and pairing, nest construction and eggs, chicks and their… Read more about this item

Cape Town: Struik, 1995. HEAVY. 304pp, index, further reading, hundreds col photos, bw ills, distribution maps, map, errata. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. Surface abrasion at top of contents page from adhesion, prev owner details pencilled on front free endpaper, some fading to spine. Presents over 700 species of southern Africa's avifauna.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1931. 399pp, index, bw ills. Blue cloth, no jacket. Cloth faded, bookseller label inside front cover, small prev owner name stamp on front free endpaper, page edges and margins foxed. Autobiography of Lt-Col GS Hutchinson. From childhood, his military career (inc Omdurman, Khartoum, India and WWI) and post war activities in various countries including Australia and… Read more about this item

Sydney: Naval Historical Society of Australia., 2004. 109pp, bw ills, maps. Pictorial wraps with clear plastic cover overlay, blue cloth spine. Near new. Naval warfare durign the First World War in river deltas of the Cameroons and the Rufiji River in what is now Tanzania. Notable was the sinking of the Konigsberg in Rufiji.. Abridges Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Max Parrish & Co. Ltd, 1957. 240pp, index, bibliography, bw & col ills, maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clippedwith slight rubbing and very small scuff at bottom front corner, small bookseller label inside front cover, brief gift note on front pastedown under flap. Former British Ambassador writes of his time in Addis Ababa and travels in Ethiopia,… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965. xi, 234pp, index, notes, maps, bw ills. Green cloth, no jacket. Ex-Australian High Commission, Nairobi with their stamp to title page. Pre-colonial, colonial, Italian East Africa and through to independence.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Whitfield, UK: Messuage Books, 2000. xii, 404pp, index, bw & col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Near new. Autobiography of a naturalist with sections on early days, army service (India, Malaya etc), East Africa, The Gambia and Argentina. Includes material on malaria research.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Southern Rhodesia: Curator, Zimbabwe Ruins, 1934. 86pp, folding map, folding plan, bw ills. Pictorial wraps. Vertical crease, bottom rear corner creased, short margin tear to last page, small corner folds/creases to last several pages. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo, 1996. HEAVY. 237pp, num col ills. Pictorial glossy boards, no jacket. SLight fading to spine, a couple of tiny scuffs to rear edge of spine. The collection of the Sao Paulo Municipal Art museum. Text mainly in Portuguese with a section in English at rear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item