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The Life of Mary Kingsley
by Gwynn, Stephen
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- Used - good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$30.00
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London: Macmillan Company, 1933. Second Edition. Hardcover. good. 285p octavo. A good copy in green cloth boards. Stated second edition. Boards are worn, with creasing and small dents, scuff and small hole on spine affecting gilt lettering of title. Text block is foxed. Map intact but lightly foxed.
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$30.00
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Der Helden-Kampfe der Buren und Die Geschichte Sudafrikas
by Groningen, Paul
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- Used - good
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- 1902
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- Hardcover
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$50.00
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Wald-Solingen: Verlag von Hartkopf & Torley, 1902. Hardcover. good. 232p, octavo. German language edition. On the Boer War in South Africa. A good copy in red cloth boards, with wear to extremities. Inner hinges just starting to crack, but holding. Foldout map intact with one small closed tear.
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$50.00
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The Albert N'Yanza
by Baker, Samuel White
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- Used - Fine
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- Later edition
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$35.00
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New York: Horizon Press, 1962. Later edition. Hardcover. Fine. 569p octavo, illustrated. A fine clean set in brown cloth, name on inside front panel.
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$35.00
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Jungle Doctor' Enemies
by White, Paul
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- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First Edition?
- Published
- no date circa 1950
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$100.00
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Sydney Australia: George M Dash, no date circa 1950. First Edition?. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 115p duodecimo illustrated A very good copy in a very good dust jacket
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$100.00
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Generals of the Anglo-Boer War
by Bateman, Philip
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1977)
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- Full leather
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$50.00
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Cape Town South Africa: South African Historical Mint/Purnell, (1977). First Edition. Full leather. Fine. 131p quarto, illustrated a fine copy in blue leather, silk book mark.
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$50.00
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The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr
by King, Martin Luther Jr
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- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1994)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$60.00
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 645p quarto, at the base barely showing through the dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy. Contents fine .
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$60.00
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Long Walk to Freedom
by Mandela, Nelson
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- Used - Fine
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- very good
- Edition
- Later printing
- Published
- (1995)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$35.00
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South Africa: Macdonald Purnell Ltd, (1995). Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 630p octavo, illustrated A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with 2 closed tears at the crown.
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$35.00
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Rwanda Means the Universe
by Mushikiwabo, Louise and Jack Kramer
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- Used - fine
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- fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$20.00
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. fine/fine. 367p, 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by co-author Jack Kramer on title page with inscription to previous owner.
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$20.00
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Agikuyu Folk Tales
by Njururi, Ngumbu
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$50.00
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London: Oxford University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 109o octavo. a fine copy in a very good dust jacket name on front fly leaf
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$50.00
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No Easy Walk to Freedom
by (Nelson Mandela)
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1965)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$3,500.00
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New York: Basic Books Inc, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 189p octavo illustrated. First American edition from the British Sheets. Small sticker shadow on front flyleaf, paperclip offsetting on a few pages else near fine in dust jacket. George M Houser and Jean Houser's copy signed: "Jean & George Houser" in Jean's hand. with pencil underlining and… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,500.00
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Gleanings in Africa Exhibiting a Faithful and Correct View of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope.............Interspersed with Observations and Reflections on the State of Slavery in the Southern Extremity of the African Continent
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1805
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$445.00
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London: James Cundee, 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 320p octavo, illustrated with 10 engravings one of which is a foldout. A very good copy in original blue boards but with a less than professional simple repair with plain blue cloth spine.Boards wearing along the edges.
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$445.00
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Free Space Number 1 Summer 1977
by Schwartz, Stephen and others
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Original wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$250.00
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San Francisco, Ca: Free Space, 1977. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 62p quarto, illus. A fine copy in pink printed wraps. Complete in one issue, this short lived bulletin brought together themes of surrealism and liberation. Articles of note include : The Breytenbach Case (B. Breytenbach was an imprisoned South African poet and member of the anti apartheid… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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African Shadows
by Mochi, Ugo
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$500.00
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New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 209p oblong octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket has stains on the spine and front cover. Illustrated with sihlouettes. Includes a "supplement" of twenty sihlouettes,octavo enclosed in publisher's wrappered envelope, very scarce thus.
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$500.00
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Tripoli: Letter Book
by Cathcart, James Leander
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1901)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$1,200.00
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Laporte, IN: Herald Print, (1901). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 355p octavo. An important history of the Barbary Pirates by the first Consul to Tripoli and including last letters from Tunis compiled by his daughter. This book, written in the late 18th century, is here finally published in 1901 by the grand children of James Cathcart. A unique… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,200.00
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Tramps Round the Mountains of the Moon and Through the Back Gate of the Congo State
by Johnson, T Broadwood
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1908
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- Full calf
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$100.00
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London: T Fisher Unwin, 1908. First Edition. Full calf. Very good. 316p ocatvo, illustrated. A very good copy boud in full green calf, marbled edges,leather label Spine sunned. bookplates A handsome copy
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$100.00
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An African Journal
by Klemm, Horst
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1994)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$75.00
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Auckland Park, South Africa: Privately Printed, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, illustrated a fine copy in brown cloth and leather spine. Limited to 5000 numbered copis this copy #540 ad signed by Klemm. Enclosed in publisher's slipcase also fine.
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$75.00
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Gold and Poverty in South Africa
by Yergan, Max
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Original wraps
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$35.00
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New York: International Industrial Relations Institute, 1938. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 24p quarto, a fine copy in green and yellow printed wraps.
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$35.00
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History of the African Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.......
by Hening, Mrs. E F
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- Later printing
- Published
- 1853
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Stanford and Swords, 1853. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. 300p octavo, chipped at the crown otherwise a very good tight copy in the original brown cloth. There are 2 misplace pages . After page 290 there is a blank leaf and an add leaf, and in the appendix after page 298 there are 2 ad leaves… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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Journal of an African Cruiser; Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, The Cape de Verds;Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa
by By an Officer of the U.S. Navy Nathaniel Hawthorne editor
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1845
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 179p octavo. A very good copy in a 3/4 green leather binding with marbled boards. Leather very rubbed, wearing at the corners. Exlibrary but with no external markings and just a label on the inside front panel. Bound with Big Abel, and the Little Manhattan and… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
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Longing For Darkness with Original Photographs (January 1914 -July 1931
by Beard, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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$1,750.00
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Quarto, illustrated. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with 2 tiny nicks at the spine head and a crease on the front flap of the dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by Beard "Dear Ed all best as ev(er), keep grazing Peter Beard May 15, '80"… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,750.00