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IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS IN AFRICA AND ASSOCIATED ISLANDS
Written by Lincoln D.C. Fishpool; Michael I Evans.
Stock no. 1324275
Published by Pisces Publications; Birdlife International. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Priority sites for conservation. Birdlife Conservation Series No. 11. Large and VERY heavy format. Glazed pictorial boards. 1144 pages. ISBN: 187435720X. Contents are fine. Spine and corners are bumped. 2" splits at top and tail of spine edge on front cover. Top edge of textblock is very slightly grubby. Barcode label to rear cover.

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THROUGH VELD AND FOREST
Written by Harry Collingwood. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1323810
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

An African story. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 tinted plates. 351 pages, all edges green. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink (dated Xmas 1913) to half title-page. Frontis has been reinserted with glue leaving glue marks at inner margins of opposite pages. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Foxing to textblock.

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GIDEON IN AFRICA
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1824208
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Red cloth spine. The adventures of Gideon the duck and his animal friends. ISBN: 041686290X. Spine lightly faded, boards a little grubby but still nice and bright. Contents are lovely and bright.

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FLIGHT FIVE: AFRICA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1323153
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and has remains of white label to top of front panel. Last title listed on rear panel is this one (5 titles listed).

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THE TIGER KILLS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140366
Published by HMSO. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The story of the Indian Divisions in the North African campaign of World War II. Splits to top and tail of spine. Creasing to cover corners. Initials and date in ink to title page. Some foxing and marks to outer page edges.

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FORAGING FOR SURVIVAL: YEARLING BABOONS IN AFRICA
Written by Stuart A. Altmann.
Stock no. 1823747
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

One of the most intensive investigations ever carried out on foraging behavior and its consequences for survival and reproduction. This study is based on field observations of eleven yearling baboons. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0226015963. Spine lightly faded, creasing to top rear corner, a few minor grubby marks to covers. Text block lightly grubby. Contents clean.

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TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA
Written by Mary Kingsley.
Stock no. 2139465
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Fine condition.

Observations of Charles Kingsley's sister of life in Africa in Victorian times. Edited by Elspeth Huxley. Abridged edition. Green, brown & cream decorated covers. B/w photos. Slip case is better than very good.

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BRINGING AFRICA TOGETHER
No author listed.
Stock no. 2138586
Published by Ethiopian Airlines. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. The Story of Ethiopian Airlines. Colour and b/w photos. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapepr is edge-creased.

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ABU GEILI AND SAQADI & DAR EL MEK
Written by O.G.S. Crawford; Frank Addison.
Stock no. 2137708
Published by Oxford University Press. 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. The Wellcome Excavations In the Sudan Volume III. Large format. Brown cloth with dark brown titles. Text and Plates. Some spotting to covers. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; a few bits of loss; some grubby marks and foxspots.

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FROM SKETCH-BOOK AND DIARY
Written by Elizabeth Butler. Illustrated by Elizabeth Butler.
Stock no. 2137357
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1909. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. 28 colour plates + b/w illustrations. A & C Black 10 Shillings Series. 2 page original booklist + 4 page additional booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to covers, especially spine and edges. Some fraying to cloth at edges. Foxing throughout. Light browning to plates.

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THE LUNATIC EXPRESS: AN ENTERTAINMENT IN IMPERIALISM
Written by Charles Miller.
Stock no. 1823230
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Magnificent Saga of How the White Man changed Africa / The Pioneers, Visionaries and Politicians and their crazy railway. A tale of high adventure at the high noon of imperialism. Red cloth spine with gilt title, green cloth boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Light mottling and fading to green cloth boards. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and lightly browned.

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THE TRADE MAKERS: ELDER DEMPSTER IN WEST AFRICA 1852-1972
Written by P.N. Davies.
Stock no. 1823228
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The growth and changing fortunes of the Elder Dempster shipping company from its origins in the formation of the African Steam Ship Company in 1852 until the present day (1973). Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0043870031. Boards clean. Slight loss to lower corner margin of page 317/318 (printing error). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge-worn.

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