Africa from Page 1 Books

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good+. First of the South African mini-series tie-in paperback published by Penguin. 7.25" x 4.75", black paper covers. Good+ (used and worn; covers show creases to spine, some folds, particularly lower left corner of rear panel; pink circular sticker on spine and previous owner's sticker on rear panel; lightly toned;… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co., 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. First edition, published October of 1911. 12mo, red cloth with gilt stamped title. No jacket. Good+ (cocked; boards bowed; board corners, spine ends bumped and worn; spine quite sunned; rear panel worn; cracked pp. 240-241, pp.272-273; toned, with a few small spots throughout not affecting text). 394pp.… Read more about this item

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. First, published January 1906 stated with NAP. Small 8vo, green cloth boards with white stamped title and design. No jacket. Good (cocked; boards bowed; corners, ends of spine bumped; spine, edges rubbed and worn; shelfrubbed; remains of a torn-out bookplate on front pastedown; browned and… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. Soft cover. Good+. Advance Reading Copy of Run for the Trees, to be published in 1966, by James S. Rand - the pen name of Bernard George Attenborough. Black illustrated paper covers. Good+ (rubbed and worn, particularly the spine and especially at the head; toning and a bit handled, but pages… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. First edition stated. 12mo., blue cloth boards with white stamped title and design. Good+ (cocked; front board bumped at corners and edges; rear board corner bumped; toned and dustsoiled; original owner's notes written lightly in pencil on ffep) in a fair original unclipped dj (1.5"… Read more about this item

Cape Town: University of Cape Town, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Limited first edition: hand numbered #113 of 200 copies. SIGNED by the author on limitation page in blue ink. Thick 4to., orange cloth boards with blue stamped title on spine. No dustjacket. Good (cocked; boards bowed, marked, soiled and rubbed; spine toned, edges bumped; edges dustsoiled;… Read more about this item

Cincinnati: Moore, Wilsatch, Keys, & Co., 1858. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition, no additional printings indicated. Recased small 8vo with original blind embossed cloth panels, gilt illustrations and title. Good (boards bowed; spine sunned; corners bumped and worn; gilt to spine has completely rubbed away; board edges rubbed and lightly worn; frontis page torn; 2"-tear… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY / New York, NY: Garden City Publishing Co./Simon & Schuster, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. Three vol. collection of the Life and Works of Trader Horn. First volume is SIGNED in bold pen "Aloysius Horn" with the original owner's inscription: "Dear Dad Vermillion: I met this interesting old adventurer when he was here and I had… Read more about this item

NY: Putnam, 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1st, black cloth, good (rear hinge starting, gilt dull, spine ends worn, lt. spotting on covers, spine ends bumped and worn; cracked at pp64-65; stains to top edges of p3-24, does not affect text), in a facsimile dj which is not quite large enough; a line of text on the… Read more about this item

NY: Harper, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Edition stated, letter code A-Q; good (cocked, boards bowed; spine ends crimped; white stain at spine tail; owner's name front pastedown; rear hinge starting; light, sporadic foxing; second rear blank flyleaf creased) in fair dj (heavily chipped on all edges and especially at spine, part of 'D' of title… Read more about this item