Search Results: History / Africa from Hall of Books

Cape Town: C. Struik Publishers, 1976. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Jean Morris. First edition hardback, 1976, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges; brown cloth boards slightly scratched to front lower rh corner. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner’s bookplate to front pastedown; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Cambridge University Press, 1975. Paperback. Good. First paperback edition, 1975, in overall good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - rubbing to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, maps, diagrams and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

The Beacon Library, 1937. Hardback. Good. First Beacon Library edition hardback (number 4), 1937, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner’s bookplate to front paste-down; toning and light spotting to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Cassell, 1970. 1st. Hardback. Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1970, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage. - dj rubbed to edges with a couple of nicks. Internally clean. Binding tight; no annotations or inscriptions - owners bookplate to front pastedown; toning to page-ends and stain to front endpaper but text, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Dawsons Of Pall Mall, 1968. Hardback. Good. Hardback reprint of the 1805 original in the Colonial History Series, 1968, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - tan cloth boards slightly darkened and rubbed with light scratch to front board. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner’s bookplate to front pastdedown; toning to page-ends but text, fold-out map and plan bright and clear throughout. This book is both large (220mm x 270mm, 500pp) and heavy (2kg). Not an old library book.

Jonathan Cape, 1974. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1974, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket faded to spine and edges (now protected); cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1983, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Oxford University Press, 1966. Hardback. Very Good/Fair. Hardback reprint, 1966, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a fair dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed and chipped (now protected). Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

London Missionary Society, 1925. Hardback. Good. Hardback edition, 1925, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards a touch rubbed and darkened. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - presentation stamp to front endpaper; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1975. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First edition hardback in the African Bibliography Series (No. 4), 1975, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - brown cloth boards slightly rubbed to edges with faint mark across front board. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner’s bookplate to front pastedown and hand-written bibliographical note tipped-in to ffep; faint spotting to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book

Jonathan Cape, 1953. 1st. Hardback. Good/Fair. Bill Ryan. First edition hardback, 1953, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition in a fair dj with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj generally rubbed with several small chips to edges and spine a touch faded; black cloth boards rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner’s bookplate to reverse of ffep; toning and slight spotting to page-ends but text, illustrations and maps to endpapers bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

John Murray, 2002. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition hardback, 2002, with unclipped jacket. In overall near-fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - a little very minor lining in the margin to several paragraphs; text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1937. Hardback. Very Good. First English edition hardback translated by E. W. Dickes, 1937, with no jacket. Ex library book, rebound into quality library binding with the usual markings, maps to endpapers not included in the rebinding. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly rubbed but protected in clear plastic wrapper. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. An excellent reading or study copy. Photographs available.

Alger: Society Nationale D’Edition Et De Diffusion, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. French paperback edition, 1983, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly rubbed. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text (French) bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

White Lion Publishers, 1974. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback reprint, 1974, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket faded to spine and slightly rubbed to edges (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Robert Hale Limited, 1957. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition hardback, 1957, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards rubbed to edges, spine a touch tanned and trace of old sticker to lower front cover. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - private ex libris bookplate to front endpaper; toning to page-ends but text, map and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available.

Church Of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1946. 1st. Paperback. Fair. First edition paperback, 1946, with in jacket. In overall fair-to-good used condition with some signs of age, handling and storage - flexible card covers are rubbed and soiled, spine repaired. Internally clean. Binding overall tight; no annotations or inscriptions - owner’s bookplate to reverse of front cover; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Forces Postal History Society, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. Centenary special edition paperback, 2011, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - edges a touch rubbed. Stapled binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. A4-sized paperback pamphlet (36pp) edited by Colin Tabeart. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Third printing first edition hardback, 2005, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - small name and address label to front endpaper; text and illustrations in the text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Lovedale Press, South Africa; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, London, 1934. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1934, with no jacket. Ex. Manchester Guardian Library book with only a couple of the usual library stamps, no pages removed. In overall good to very good used condition with minor signs of handling and storage - red cloth boards rubbed to edges and slightly faded to leading edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photograph available.