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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SEABIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE WORLD
Written by Gerald S. Tuck.
Illustrated by Hermann Heinzel.
Stock no. 1828459
Published by Collins.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A comprehensive guide. Matt pictorial boards. B/w line drawings, colour illustrations. xxviii and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 0002197146. Boards browned and a little marked. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- AFRICA
DRUMBEATS
Written by David Severn.
Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1328142
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A desperate drama taking place in the steaming, tortuous jungle of Central Africa. Orange boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 155 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, slight browing to cover edges. Heavy foxing, mainly at textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned to rear panel.
TRAVELS IN THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE
Written by Donald Macintosh; Richard Ingrams.
Stock no. 1327880
Published by Neil Wilson.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Memoirs from West and Central Africa. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 189778483X. Spine and corners bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
- BIOGRAPHY
NEW TALES FOR OLD
Written by Geraldine Elliot.
Illustrated by R.W. Coulter.
Stock no. 1828154
Published by Elkin Mathews & Marrot.
1st
1932.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A book of African folk stories for children. Yellow cloth boards, blue titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Boards just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. A few small foxspots and margin marks to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, is browned and foxed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- AFRICA
- FOLK TALES
AGAINST GREAT ODDS
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1828066
Published by Sifton Praed & Co. Ltd..
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the first offensive in Libya in 1940-41 - the first British victory in the Second World War. Red cloth boards, black tittle to spine. B/w photos. Fold-out map to rear. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine and corners, lightly scuffed and grubby.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AFRICA
- LIBYA
THE UGLY FIVE
Written by Julia Donaldson.
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1327532
Published by Alison Green Books.
1st
2017.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A picture book celebrating real-life 'Ugly Five' animals in Africa (Wildebeest, Warthog, Hyena, Vulture and Marabou Stork. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781407174198. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is just a little rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- PICTURE BOOK
- AFRICA
ZOO QUEST TO MADAGASCAR
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827660
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The full account of four months David Attenborough spent travelling several thousand miles throughout the island of Madagascar to meet the varied peoples whose origin stems from the Far East rather than from nearby Africa, study their local customs, and film some of the remarkable animals which occur nowhere else in the world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and 5 colour photos. Light wear to top & tail of spine, very narrow band of browning to horizontal edges of boards. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of closed tears repaired with tape, edges-rubbed, rear panel a little grubby. Overall a decent copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- AFRICA
- MADAGASCAR
KENYA RAILWAYS MUSEUM - NAIROBI
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827128
Published by Kenya Railways Museum.
1984.
Very good condition.
Thin, cream cardwraps with stapled binding. B/w photos. 4th reprint. Covers and text block lightly browned. One or two grubby marks to contents but generally clean.
A JOURNAL OF A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AFRICA
Written by The Marchioness Of Londonderry.
Stock no. 1827124
1st
1843.
Almost very good condition.
'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- PORTUGAL
- SPAIN
- AFRICA
- TRAVEL
- ANTIQUARIAN
WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME ONE: EUROPE & AFRICA
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826757
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802015700. Presentation plate attached to front endpaper '...on the occasion of planting a tree in the Arboretum at the White House to mark the centenary of the Benn Brother's publication Timber Trades Journal June 7 1973', large b/w photo depicting this to front pastedown. Marks to front endpapers. Text block browned and page edges lightly so. Black dustwrapper with red spine is worn at edges, spine and front panel title is faded, some loss to top and tail of spine, some damp staining present mainly to verso and flap edges.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- ARCHITECTURE
- EUROPE
- AFRICA
WINGS ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
Written by Alex Henshaw.
Stock no. 1826644
Published by Cirrus Associates.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Postwar flying in Africa in the 1940s. A fascinating glimpse of the last days of relative freedom in the air overseas, before stricter regulations and universal air traffic control virtually closed the doors to the intrepid long-distance non-radio pilot. Sequel to 'The Flight of the Mew Gull' and 'Sigh for a Merlin'. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 1902807197. Boards lightly scuffed, a few minor knocks to board edges. Front pastedown creased (caused during binding process). Contents clean.
SANDI, THE KING-MAKER
Written by Edgar Wallace.
Stock no. 1826289
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
No. 26 in the Target Series. "Sanders of the River," who with a handful of Houssas, and a steam launch, kept order in a Central African territory larger than Great Britain. As soon as native Chiefs realised that "Sandi" had gone the fat was in the fire. This story stells of his recall and how he restored peace to the land. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Endpapers and text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine, lightly edge-worn and is scuffed and grubby to rear panel.