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Safari of Discovery: The Universe of Albert Schweitzer

By: Phillips, Herbert M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Twayne Publishers: 1958

Seller ID: 007984

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs. 271 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has chips at spine corners, very light edge chipping, two short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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The Living Forest

By: Prickett, R. J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Nairobi, East African Publishing:

Seller ID: 002832

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

163 pgs. Nr Fine in VG DJ - new archival quality mylar cover INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Very clean tight book, illustrated with drawings and photographs of the wildlife of Kenya. Clean bright dust jacket with small closed tear at bottom rear, and a little wear at top of spine area. 8vo. Africa.
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Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide

By: Prunier, Gerard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press: 2005

Seller ID: 015461

ISBN: 0-8014-4450-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean gray cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names,writing or marks. 212 pgs. with index. Clean crisp dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book explains what lies behind the conflict and the genocide in Darfur, how it came about, why it should not be oversimplified, and why it is so relevant to the future of the continent.
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A Man Apart

By: Rabie, Jan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: St. James Place, London, Collins: 1969

Seller ID: 008816

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean brown cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 287 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket has been price clipped, no chips, but has a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Fiction.
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In the Forests of the Night

By: Riddell, James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Robert Hale Limited: 1948

Seller ID: 025653

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with yellow-green lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Decorated endpapers with a tiny "Good!" penned at top corner of front free endpaper. Clean glossy pages. Illustrated with maps, over 100 dramatic black and white photographs. 229 pages. Dust jacket with price intact has piece missing across top of rear panel, edge wear, chips at spine ends. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Two amateur Englishmen armed with twenty Leica camer...
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Horn of the Hunter - The Story of an African Safari

By: Ruark, Robert C.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday: 1953

Seller ID: 026783

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold decoration on cover and spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with 32 drawings by the author and 32 pages of photographs. 315 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped (5.95 on front inside flap), has two small corner chips at spine corners, very slight edge wear, very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new arch...
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An Ordinary Man - An Autobiography

By: Rusesabagina, Paul (with Tom Zoellner)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 2006

Seller ID: 026407

ISBN: 0670037524

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean mustard yellow boards with brown spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. Inscribed and signed on title page by author: "To Ariela - Paul Rusesabagina." Frontispiece map of Rwanda. 207 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author was the inspiration for the film ...
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The Gates of Africa - Death, Discovery, and the Search for Timbuktu

By: Sattin, Anthony

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2005

Seller ID: 018859

ISBN: 0-312-33643-8

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First U.S. Edition, with full number line, in clean unclipped jacket. Clean unfaded black baords with gold lettering on spine. Slight bumping to spine ends, corners tips are sharp. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 382 pgs. Illustrated with full color plates. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderfully written book combining scholarship and romance in perfect balance. Begins in 1788, when a group o...
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Golden Shadows, Flying Hooves

By: Schaller, George B.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1973

Seller ID: 009035

ISBN: 0-394-47243-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green cloth boards with blind-stamped illustration and lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean illustrated endpapers (small previous owner name/date on lower corner of front free endpaper). Pages and edges are clean. 287 pgs. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with very slight edgewear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "The full personal story behind his now famous study about lion behavior--what it was like to live for three years in the wi...
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Red Dust of Kenya

By: Simpson, Alyse

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y Crowell & Co.: 1952

Seller ID: 015706

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean unfaded red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Light surface wear to top and bottom spine edge; no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 282 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has faintest hint of soiling, two tiny edge chips at top rear panel edge (match-head size), slight wear at top and bottom spine edge. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Beautiful and sensitively written autobiography of a young bride who followed her husband to Africa ...
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Before the Knife: Memories of an African Childhood

By: Slaughter, Carolyn

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2002

Seller ID: 012114

ISBN: 0-375-41397-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean yellow-gold boards with black cloth spine with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 222 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no wear or tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Memoir of a young woman who was raised in Africa. 8vo. Biography.
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Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure

By: Stevens, Stuart

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1989

Seller ID: 024468

ISBN: 0871132788

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean beige boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. Small return address label at top corner of front fixed endpaper. 237 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, one very small closed edge tear at base of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Clean, collectible quality first edition. A tale of high adventure across Afr...
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I Take Pictures for Adventure

By: Stobart, Tom

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Co.: 1958

Seller ID: 010784

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean black boards with gray cloth spine, silver lettering on cover and spine. Slight wrinkle to cloth on rear board. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 288 pgs. illustrated with photographs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight soiling and some rubbing, no chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Extraordinary personal adventures in such places as the jungles of Africa, the swamps of Australia, and the heights of Mount Everest, by the outstanding photographer who accompanied Hillary and Tenzing and recorded their his...
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Off the Rails

By: Stonier, G. W.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson: 1967

Seller ID: 028614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or bumping. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean - previous owner name address and date neatly penned on front fixed endpaper under dj flap. Illustrated with glossy black and white photographs by Laurie Kaye. 232 pages. Dust jacket is clean, unchipped, price clipped on front inside flap, very slight edge wear. Nice photo on rear panel of the author. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar covr. At sixty, G. W. Stonier decided that in...
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The Last Train to Zona Verde - My Ultimate African Safari

By: Theroux, Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 2013

Seller ID: 027504

ISBN: 061883933X

Binding: Trade Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Dark green boards with brown spine, gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump at top spine corner, otherwise fine condition. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and brIght with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Newspaper article about the trip by Theroux is also laid in. 353 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Warrior Herdsmen

By: Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1965

Seller ID: 010790

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean blue cloth boards with bright gold title box and author lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. 254 pgs. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, map. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The absorbing chronicle of an expedition to the tribesmen of northern Uganda.
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The Heart of the Hunter

By: Van der Post, Laurens

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 1961

Seller ID: 015262

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

First American Edition. Clean light beige cloth boards with blue cloth spine (hint of slightest fading to blue cloth), silver lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, nice sharp corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean black endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 269 pgs. Illustrated with line drawings by Maurice Wilson. Dustjacket is not price clipped, is bright with very slight edge wear, tiny chip at top rear spine corner, one short closed edge tear; slight foxing to interior flaps of dustjacket. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cove...
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The Heart of the Hunter

By: van der Post, Laurens

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, The Hogarth Press: 1961

Seller ID: 015930

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, second impression. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, with very tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. No other marks. 256 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, no tears, with slightest hint of edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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A Walk with a White Bushman

By: van der Post, Laurens (in conversation with Jean-Marc Pottiez)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1986

Seller ID: 028911

ISBN: 0701131683

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition in clean dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean (slightly yellowed). Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. 326 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, price clipped at lower corner of front inside flap, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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A Tent With a View: An Intimate African Experience

By: Vavra, Robert

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co: 1991

Seller ID: 021693

ISBN: 0688098908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean bright unclipped jacket, SIGNED by the author. Large format (11-1/2 x 11-1/2"). Clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold plane tree decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Note on nice quality paper from Robert Vavra glued to front free endpaper and signed by author: "For Erich - I have just viewed your images - and 6414, 6416, 6215 and "Smoke" are SPLENDID! If I can ever be of help, let me know - All best, Robert Vavra - Aug. 12, 2009....
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Category: Africa