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Ethiopian Magic Scrolls
by Mercier, Jacques
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Oversized Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£28.25
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New York, NY: George Braziller, 1979. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 118 p. w/40 color plates, introduction, and commentaries. Includes a brief discussion of talismanic art in Ethiopia.
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£28.25
The Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon C.B. At Kartoum [ Khartoum ]
by Gordon, Charles George. introduction and notes by A. Egmont Hake
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1885
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£121.07
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thick octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Rebound in red library cloth with gilt letting on spine. NOT ex-library. lxv, 587 p. w/2 maps (1 at rear, folding, backed in canvas), frontis, 30 illustrations. Approx. 1/3 of the book is… Read more about this item Item Price
£121.07
Banda
by Short, Philip
- Condition
- Used - good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1974
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£32.28
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. good/good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Ex-library, with call no. on dj, libray stamps, and remnants of check out label at rear. Name of former owner on flyleaf. 357 p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, endnotes, index. A largely positive, anti-colonial biography… Read more about this item Item Price
£32.28
Land Beyond the Rivers : the Southern Sudan, 1898 - 1918
by Collins, Robert O.
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- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£52.46
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New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. 368 p. w/ maps, footnotes, bibliographic essay, index. A study of the complex interplay of native cultures, Arab merchants, and colonial British soldier-administrators in the Upper Nile basin.… Read more about this item Item Price
£52.46
Empire and Commerce in Africa : a Study in Economic Imperialism
by Woolf, Leonard
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint of a 1920 work
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£24.21
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1970. Reprint of a 1920 work. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dust jacket and boards. Name of former owner and date on flyleaf. 374 p. w/ fottnotes, index. A look at the relationship between European states with their… Read more about this item Item Price
£24.21
A History of the Upper Guinea Coast 1545 - 1800
by Rodney, Walter
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover in full cloth
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£32.28
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very Good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Missing the dj. Small spot on page opposite title. 283 p. w/ bibliogaphy, index. A solid survey of this small part of West Africa during the time of the European penetration, colonization, and slave trade.… Read more about this item Item Price
£32.28
A South African Kingdom : the Pursuit of Security in Nineteenth Century Lesotho
by Eldredge, Elizabeth A.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£24.21
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Octavo (standard size). Some wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Slight soiling to edges of textblock, more so at top. 250 p. w/charts, notes, bibliography, index. A study of the BaSotho kingdom and its industry and politics in a time… Read more about this item Item Price
£24.21
The Wild Sports of Southern Africa.
by Harris, Captain William Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author and Frank Howard. Modern foreword by Tom Ofcansky
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Collector's Reprint edition.
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- 1987
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- Full Dark Brown Leather hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£52.46
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Camden, SC: African Collection series - Briar Patch Press, 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full Dark Brown Leather hardcover. Very Good. Thick octavo (a bit larger than standard size). Gilt design and lettering on spine, with gilt lettering on cover. All pages edges gilt. Some shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. 359 p. w/color… Read more about this item Item Price
£52.46
The Recollections of William Finaughty, Elephant Hunter 1864 - 1875
by Finaughty, William. foreword by Paul J. Rundell. Illustrated by William R. Leigh
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- Used - Very Good
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- Collector's Reprint edition.
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- 1987
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- Full blue calf hardcover in cloth-bound slipcase
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£68.60
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Camden, SC: African Collection series- Briar Patch Press, 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full blue calf hardcover in cloth-bound slipcase. Very Good. Thick octavo (larger than standard size). Gilt design and lettering on spine, likewise on cover. A limited edition of this series, #14 of 500, with better quality leather than in the regular run. All pages… Read more about this item Item Price
£68.60
A Hunter's Life in South Africa
by Cumming, R. Gordon. Modern foreword by Gary W. Clendennen
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Collector's Reprint edition.
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- 1987
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- Full Red Leather hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£48.43
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Camden, SC: African Collection series - Briar Patch Press, 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full Red Leather hardcover. Very Good. Thick quarto (oversized book). Gilt design and lettering on spine, similar on cover. All pages edges gilt. Slight shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. Slight scuffing to cover. 352 p. w/illustrations. The… Read more about this item Item Price
£48.43
Burkina Faso: Unsteady Statehood in West Africa.
by Englebert, Pierre.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Second printing
- Published
- 1996
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£40.36
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Boulder: Westview Press, 1996. Second printing. Cloth. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear and rubbing to edges of covers with some light scuffing. Slight crease… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.36
The Quaternary in the Coastlands of Guinea.
by Davies, Oliver.
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
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- Hardcover
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£48.43
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Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Company, 1964.. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First edition. Very good quarto hardcover with good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and a bit of bumping to the corners of the panels. Back of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reports on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners and Natives of German East Africa. Miscellaneous. No. 13 (1917).
by [ British Government ].
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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£36.32
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1stEd WWI POWs Pamphlets Colonialism Prisoners War German East Africa Military History Great Britain Germany World War One. 1st edition. Very good. Unbound oversize pamphlet. Staplebound. Very slight rust at staples. Folded in half at middle, some wear and browning to cover at crease. Small tear at spine near crease, and at heel. Some smudging to covers. Edges… Read more about this item Item Price
£36.32