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Skyways to a Jungle Laboratory - An African Adventure

By: Crile, Grace

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 1936

Seller ID: 026256

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, SIGNED by the author ( association copy - inscribed to her friend) - in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the author: "To Armenie Lawson with greetings and best wishes from her old friend - Grace Crile." Two articles about Grace Crile and her husband, their book and their African adventures are laid in, and have caused some brown shadowing to front free endpapers. Otherwise there are no marks, pages ar...
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Safari By Jet Through Africa and Asia

By: Del Rey, Sister Maria

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1962

Seller ID: 011371

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean red cloth boards with black lettering on cover, black and gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 308 pgs. Illustrated with photographs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has light edge wear and very light foxing. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A Maryknoll Sister tells of her journeys around the world. With humor and anecdote, she shares the mood of country after country in her travels. 8vo. Adventure.
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On Safari: The Story of A Man's Life in Search of Adventure

By: Denis, Armand

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1963

Seller ID: 015628

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition. Clean green cloth boards with three small elephants on cover, black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers (illustrated with maps); no names, writing or bookplates. 320 pgs. Illustrated with 64 superb black & white photographs. Clean bright color illustrated dustjacket is corner price clipped on front inside flap, one tiny chip (size of small pea) at rear spine edge. Photo of author and his wife on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The life of an explore...
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Shadows On The Grass

By: Dinesen, Isak

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1961

Seller ID: 015011

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean olive cloth boards with turquoise cloth spine, gold lettering and illustration on cover, gold lettering and blue decoration on spine. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; small previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. 149 pgs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has small edge chips and two closed edge tears (one is 1", one is 2" on rear panel fold edge), sunning to margins of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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The Ivory Crocodile

By: Drew, Eileen

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Coffee House Press: 1996

Seller ID: 009869

ISBN: 1-56689-042-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean red boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Clean red endpapers. 289 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with small closed crack in paper on spine (barely noticeable). Book was wrapped in original cello shrinkwrap, unread. Dustjacket enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Mesmerizing story of an American whose longing to 'know' Africa produces the unexpected. She looks for Africa--and finds herself. 8vo. Fic...
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Behind God's Back

By: Farson, Negley

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace: 1941

Seller ID: 028613

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Second printing of the first edition, Published February, 1941, in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine Hint of fading to edges. No fraying or bumping. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 555 pages. Dust jacket has small edge chips, short closed edge tears, nicks and edge wear, but is clean and not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of a seventh month journey through Africa by the author, and about Africa's people, their...
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Nomad: One Woman's Journey Into the Heart of Africa

By: Fitzgerald, Mary Anne

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1993

Seller ID: 011125

ISBN: 0-670-84846-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean white boards with blue cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Remainder mark on bottom of book. 289 pgs. with glossary. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, no wear, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Nomad is an incisive account of the author's journeys across sub-Saharan Africa. A riveting mix of political notebook, travel story, and the odyssey to discover her inner self. 8 vo.. Africa.
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The Sa'-Zada Tales

By: Fraser, W. A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1905

Seller ID: 013696

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

Clean green cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration, gold lettering on cover and spine. Some wear-through to corner tips, lighter wear to spine corners. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Partial cracking to paper at front hinge, but still firmly attached. Previous owner name, address neatly printed on front fixed endpaper. 231 pgs. Beautiful illustrations. 8vo. Children's.
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Africa is Adventure

By: Gatti, Attilio

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Muller Ltd.: 1960

Seller ID: 013253

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean maroon cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. 240 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has very slight edge wear, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "In 39 years of African travel, Commander Gatti has come to know the Continent as few men can. On his latest expedition to Kenya, Tanganyika nad Zulu-land, he faced the most unusual challenges of his en...
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Africa in My Blood

By: Goodall, Jane

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 2000

Seller ID: 022652

ISBN: 0395854040

Binding: Trade Cloth

Condition: Very Good +

First Edition in clean unclipped jacket. Beige/gray paper covered boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers. No previous owner markings. Illustrated with photographs. 386 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (28.00 on front inside flap), no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Stanley: An Adventurer Explored

By: Hall, Richard

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1975

Seller ID: 013790

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean charcoal gray cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 400 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has one very small corner chip at top rear corner, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A magnificent biography revealing Stanley in all his complexity and greatness. Large 8vo. Biography.
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The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands

By: Hartley, Aidan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: 2003

Seller ID: 023965

ISBN: 0871138719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean beige boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean black endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 414 pages. Dust jacket has no tears, not price clipped, small scrape to surface lamination of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Beautiful, sweeping book about Africa, written by a man who grew up there, and returned as a journalist covering Afric...
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Wonders of the African World

By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1999

Seller ID: 026697

ISBN: 0375402357

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated front and rear boards with black spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. As new condition. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean black endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with maps, gorgeous photographs by Lynn Davis. 275 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. "From Ethiopia to Nuia, from Swahili country to West Africa, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us on a fascinati...
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An Elephant's Ear: The Diary of an American Housewife in Africa

By: Hicks, Beverly R.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: 1973

Seller ID: 028024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in original unclipped jacket, SIGNED by the author and with a letter signed by the author laid in. Green boards with unchipped silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Signed in upper left corner of front free endpaper by the author: "Best Wishes - I hope you enjoy it. - Beverly Hicks." Illustrated with black and white photographs. 108 pages. Clean dust jacket has slight edge wear, one short closed edge tear; nice photo and brief bio of the author on rear panel...
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A Guide to Kenya and Northern Tanzania

By: Horrobin, David F.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Scribners: 1971

Seller ID: 002191

ISBN: 684-12629-X

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Near FIne

304 pgs. Nr Fine in VG+ DJ - archival quality mylar cover Very clean tight book with no names or writing inside. Illustrated with beautiful color photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, unclipped. Author is professor of Medical Physiology at University of Nairobi, Kenya. A beautiful book.Africa.
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A Leaf in the Wind: Travels in Africa

By: Hudson, Peter

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Walker & Co.: 1988

Seller ID: 015216

ISBN: 0-8027-1098-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean black boards with red lettering on spine. Nice sharp corners, no bumping; binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers with no names, writing or marks. 267 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, with slightest hint of wear to top and bottom spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Author's first book--a vivid description of the people and places during a year spent exploring in Africa. 8vo. Africa.
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Soldier Boy

By: Hutton, Keely

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus And Giroux: 2017

Seller ID: 026609

ISBN: 0374305633

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with blind-stamped image of boy with a rifle on cover, crisp yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean midnight blue endpapers (signed by author on front free endpaper in silver ink: "Keely Hutton". 326 pages. Clean crisp dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel based on a true story from the...
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The Big Footprints

By: Innes, Hammond

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1977

Seller ID: 011829

ISBN: 0-394-41162-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. Slight fading to extreme upper edge of front & rear boards. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Tasteful previous owner custom printed bookplate with lion's head on front free endpaper. 294 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Clean, collectible quality. 8vo. Africa.
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The Story of an African Farm

By: Iron, Ralph (Olive Schreiner)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, F. M. Lupton:

Seller ID: 009321

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

Beige cloth boards with black, gold and yellow decoration. Gilt lettering on spine. Slight wear to corners and spine edges. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages are clean but tanned. No names, writing or bookplates. 232 pgs.
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Stories Told in an African Forest (by Grown-up Children of Africa)

By: Jephson, A. J. Mounteney

Price: $120.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1893

Seller ID: 014240

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition. Clean beige boards with stamped gold lettering and illustration of small black children dancing with spears on cover; navy blue cloth spine with bright gold lettering. A few tiny spots of wear to cloth at spine edges; some wear to corner tips. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean black endpapers and gilt page edges. No foxing. No names, writing or bookplates. Beautifully illustrated by Walter W. Buckley. 168 pgs. RARE.
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Category: Africa