Search Results: East Africa

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Garden City, NY Doubleday: Anchor , 1969. Paperback First Edition Thus, so stated. Twenty-five pages show MARKINGS IN THE TEXT. Else, Good in Wraps: shows indications of considerable use: moderate wear to the extremities; significant rubbing, creasing and soiling; moderate spine lean; the backstrip shows several creases. Despite noted flaws remains a sturdy, functional reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 338pp. First Edition Thus, so stated. Mass Market Paperback. Basil Risbridger Davidson MC (1914 – 2010) was a British historian, writer and Africanist, particularly knowledgeable on the subject of Portuguese Africa prior to the 1974 Carnation Revolution. From 1951, he became a well-known authority on African history, an unfashionable subject in the 1950s. His writings emphasised the pre-colonial achievements of Africans, the disastrous effects of the Atlantic slave trade, the further damage inflicted on Africa by European colonialism and the baleful effects of… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Pub., 1962. (1962), 456pp, illus., maps, usual lib. markings, dj flaps trimmed, pocket in rear em has been removed, front inner hinge starting, contents clean.. Cloth. Good/Very Good -. Ex-Library.

Boston University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 93 pages; End-paper maps .

New York & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1967. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front endpaper. Pages have some browning. .

Nairobi: National Council of Churches of Kenya, 1993. x, 60p., preface, introduction, notes, tables, some small stains on the margins of several pages, wraps.

Nairobi: Published for the Historical Association of Tanzania by the East African Publishing House, 1973. 42p., line map, staplebound 5.5x8.5 inch wraps, a very good copy. Historical Association of Tanzania Paper No. 11.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963. Hardcover. xvi, 119p., introduction, index, tables, very good first edition in cloth, gilt and clipped dj.

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984. Paperback. viii+133p., preface, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, illustrated with figures and maps, some damp stains to page edges, else very good first paperback edition in original decorative wraps.

Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1955. Hardcover. xxx, 245p., foreword, introduction, key, appendixes, index, slight foxing on endpapers, else good in soiled dj. Dj has a small section of the front flap torn off with no loss of text.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1914. 15p., 5.5x8.5 inches, preface, erratum slip bound-in, sewn wraps with covers detached but present.

Dar Es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House, 1977. Paperback. 177p., very good first edition small trade paperback in printed wraps. Parallel stories of two Bulembe families coming to terms with Independence.

Longmans. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover.

Longman's, 1965. hardcover in very good condition with very good dust jacket. 3rd edition. a little foxing on top edge of pages. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

(London, Longmans, 1964). Laminated pictorial dustwrapper, little rubbed and slightly marked, pp. xiii + 210, black-and-white photographic plates. Endpapers and edges foxed. .

(London, Williams & Norgate, 1930). Original wraps, soiled, some fraying at extremities of the spine, owner's inscription on the upper wrap, price-clipped on upper flap, pp. 96. Some foxing and pencilling in the margins. Bookseller's address label tipped to contents page. Fair condition. 'Well qualified by many years' experience in British tropical Africa, both as a Government official and as a trained ethnologist, Mr. Driberg criticises the present system of Imperial colonisation and advances some revolutionary and constructive proposals for the better government of Africa in general and East Africa in particular.' .

(London, Collins, 1968). With drawings by Victor Ambrus. Pictorial dustwrapper, soiled, pp. 224, line illustrations. Inscription on the front free endpaper, edges lightly foxed. 'The impact that this East African safari had on Evelyn Ames, her husband, an architect friend and his wife, was quite unforeseen. 'Nothing, really, prepares you for life on the East African Highlands,' she writes.' .

(Hawthorn, Lonely Planet Publications, 1991). 180 x 130 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 294 + 32 page colour safari guide, illustrated with 50 detailed maps and colour photographs. Very good condition. "With its balmy white-sand beaches, snow-capped mountains and wild scrub deserts, Kenya is a land of spectacular contrasts. It is also home to some of the most exotic wildlife in the world - lions, elephants, leopards, rhinoceroses, baboons, zebras, impala, flamingos - and fascinating tribal people, such as the Maasai and the Kikuyu. This comprehensive guide has all the facts on how to get there, what to see, and the best places to eat and stay ... no matter what your budget." .

East African Publishing House. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965(68). First Paperback Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. Some light cover wear. .