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A Night of Their Own

By: Abrahams, Peter

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1965

Edition: First

Seller ID: 007834

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean black boards with black cloth spine, silver decorative band on boards and spine, silver lettering. Light bumping and fading to edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has small corner chips at spine, light wear at top and bottom of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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One Dry Season: In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley

By: Alexander, Caroline

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015274

ISBN: 0-394-57455-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean beige boards with clean green cloth spine with gold 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. 290 pgs. with bibliography. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no wear, no tears. As new book and dustjacket. Jacket enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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The Man Who Could Grow Hair or Inside Andorra

By: Attwood, William

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1949

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028392

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean first edition hardcover book in original dust jacket. Clean decorated paper-covered boards. Tiny bump to one corner tip. No soiling or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with fun drawings by Roger Duvoisin. 240 pages. Clean dust jacket is price-clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has tiny chips at top spine edge, a couple of very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Hilarious autobiogaphical book chr...
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Days of Honey: The Tunisian Boyhood of Rafael Uzan

By: Awret, Irene

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Schocken Books: 1984

Edition: First

Seller ID: 017034

ISBN: 0-8052-3923-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Clean unfaded maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 245 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, with very slight fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A memoir capturing the personalities and traditions of Jewish-Tunisian culture. 6-1/2" x 9-1/4". Biography.
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Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa

By: Bass, Thomas A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1990

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 022933

ISBN: 0395415020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped jacket, SIGNED by author. Clean orange boards with maroon cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright, with slight dust speckling to text block edges. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page: "11-04-90 - Clinton, New York - For a friend in the Kirkland Art Center - with All My Best Regards, Thomas A. Bass." 304 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (20.95 on front inside flap); small...
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Curse of Magira - A Novel of East Africa

By: Bee, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1964

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027170

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Golden brown cloth boards with small blind-stamped design on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Small water mark at base of spine, very faint. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with bright yellow endpapers - small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. Illustrated with drawings by Joan Markham. 415 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A n...
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In Africa with Schweitzer

By: Berman, Dr. Edgar

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Far Hills, NJ, New Horizon Press: 1986

Edition: First

Seller ID: 007716

ISBN: 0-88282-025-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Clean gold boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 308 pgs. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has very light wear at top & bottom of spine and to one corner, very small closed edge tear (1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "A remarkable memoir by the U.S. surgeon who worked with Schweitzer". "A moving, in-depth portrait of one of this century's most remarkable men and of the prova...
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In Africa with Schweitzer

By: Berman, Dr. Edgar

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Far Hills, NJ, New Horizon Press: 1986

Edition: First

Seller ID: 008195

ISBN: 0-88282-025-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Clean beige boards with toast brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 308 pgs. illustrated with photographs, map. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with light corner wear, one closed edge tear (1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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Fire in the Bush: A Novel of Africa

By: Bernier, Paul

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, P. F. Kenedy & Sons: 1957

Edition: First

Seller ID: 010508

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

First Edition in original unclipped jacket. Very clean yellow cloth boards with brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Translated from French by Roch Le Page. 225 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has some edgewear and very small closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Novel set in French Colonial Africa.
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Fire in the Bush: A Novel of Africa

By: Bernier, Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, P. J. Kenedy & Sons: 1957

Edition: First

Seller ID: 014963

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean yellow cloth boards with brown lettering on spine. No surface wear or bumping. Binding is tight and square. Pages, edges and endpapers are clean and bright; no writing or marks. 225 pgs. Clean, bright dustjacket is not price clipped, with a very light hint of edge wear to top/base of spine; no significant chips, tears or creases. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Translated from French by Roch Le Page.
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Kalahari

By: Bjerre, Jens

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Hill and Wang: 1960

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027792

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First American edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean gold cloth boards with blue lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and hinges are sound - no cracking. Illustrated with map, amazing full color and black and white photographs. 227 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine ends, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. First published in Denmark by Carit Andersens Forlag under the title, Kalahari Atomtidens Stenalder, this is the fi...
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Episode in the Transvaal

By: Bloom, Harry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Co.: 1955

Edition: First

Seller ID: 019393

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean original unclipped jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Very slight surface wear at top and bottom spine edges, no fraying, no bumping. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, but tanned. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 295 pp. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap), unchipped, with a few short closed edge tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author's first novel, set in South Afri...
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Man Eater Motel - And Other Stops on the Railway to Nowhere: An East African Traveler's Nighbook

By: Boyles, Denis

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Ticknor and Fields: 1991

Edition: First

Seller ID: 011044

ISBN: 0-395-58082-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean beige boards (one tiny small faint spot on lower edge of front board), clean brown 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. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated with photographs. 253 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "Denis Boyles tells the truth about Africa, something few modern writers do. He tells the truth about Africa in a way no one has dared to since Evelyn Waugh. And he fac...
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An American Family on the African Frontier: The Burnham Family Letters, 1893-1896

By: Bradford, Mary and Richard

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Roberts Rinehart: 1993

Seller ID: 007798

ISBN: 1-879373-66-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean beige cloth boards with red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Small remainder mark on bottom page edges. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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Roadless Area

By: Brooks, Paul

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1971

Edition: Fourth Printing

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 026381

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Fourth printing of the first edition, SIGNED by the author, in original dust jacket. Clean unfaded turquoise cloth boards with bright gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Signed "Paul Brooks" on front free endpaper. Pages are clean (very slight foxing to endpapers). With 67 pen-and-ink sketches by the author. 260 pages. Dust jacket is clean, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, no chips or tears, nice photo of author and his wife on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable myl...
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Rooster Crows for A Day

By: Burman, Ben Lucien

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1945

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027823

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold riverboat on cover, 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 endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with drawings by Alice Caddy. 308 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), unchipped - enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. By the author of "Steamboat Round the Bend," this book was the winner of the 1944-1945 Th...
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Ghosts of Tsavo - Tracking the Mythic Lions of East Africa

By: Caputo, Phillip

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington DC, National Geographic: 2002

Edition: First

Seller ID: 024934

ISBN: 0792263626

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Printing, June, 2002 in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean toast brown boards with unfaded black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean gold endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with full color photographs. 275 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Valley of Gold

By: Cartwright, A. P.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Capetown, Howard Timmins: 1961

Seller ID: 008124

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Map & decoration on endpapers. Some glue residue to endpapers (1961 "The Natal Daily News" newspaper articles on South African gold mining enclosed -- had been glued in by edges but are now enclosed loose). 194 pgs. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has some small edge & corner chips, short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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Mister Moses

By: Catto, Max

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 1961

Edition: First

Seller ID: 019317

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in clean original jacket. Marbled green boards with yellow cloth spine, black lettering on spine. Hint of fading to board edges; very light dust soiling to spine. Binding is tight & square, no bumping or wear. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 218 pp. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, unchipped, tiny closed tear at upper rear spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel set in Africa, where a certain valley is soon to be flooded by the opening of a new dam--and where a District Officer is having his...
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Lightest Africa

By: Chapman, F. Spencer

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1955

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026276

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (small previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper). Full color frontispiece photo illustration of Masai girl with gourds for cows' blood and milk. Many more color and monochrome plates. 288 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket has very shallow chipping at top spine edge (1/4" max). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cov...
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Keyword: Africa