Search Results: Africa from Quickhatch Books

Ottawa: Éditions de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 30 Jours en mer, 300 jours sur terre, 30 heures dans l'air ; Rélation d'un voyage au Basutoland et au Nyasaland, 9 janvier - 22 décembre 1946. 298pp., photos, maps. Ex-institutional library, bumped, with typical ex-library flaws including card pocket, call label, and some stamps. Minimally circulated, and only light wear other than the corner bumps..

Ottawa: Éditions de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 30 Jours en mer, 300 jours sur terre, 30 heures dans l'air ; Rélation d'un voyage au Basutoland et au Nyasaland, 9 janvier - 22 décembre 1946. 298pp., photos, maps. Ex-institutional library, bumped, with typical ex-library flaws including card pocket, and some stamps, but no call label. Small cracks to interior hinge papers, else undamaged, binding and stitching sound..

Moncton: Revue de l'Université de Moncton, 2000. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 416pp., figures, bibliographies. Revue de l'Université de Moncton, numéro hors série, 2000, Actes du colloque, Moncton, 10 au 13 août, 1999. Papers include: Cas de la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, France; La participation du public à la récupération des usages du Saint-Laurent; Les programmes d'enquête en pêche artisanale sénégalaise; Pêches artisanales au Cap-Vert; Analyse des grandes ménaces sur l'écosystème lagunaire et lacustre du Sud-Bénin; Le banc d'Arguin et la gestion durable des ressources de la ZEE mauritanienne; Le gestion écosystémique des pêches dans le détroit de Northumberland; Gestion des pêches côtières en Manche occidentale: le cas du golfe Normand-Breton; etc., etc..

London: Elek Books, 1962. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160pp., index, ill., photos. Good or better, previous owner's name inside front, only light wear, but in poor to fair, edgeworn, nicked and scuffed DJ..

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 306pp., index, biblio., notes, tables, figures. Very light wear..

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Westview Press, 1988. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 335pp., index, maps, figures, notes, tables, biblio. references. Previous owner's name inside front, only very light wear otherwise. "Many African countries are experiencing severe problems with the use of inappropriate urban management approaches in the face of the crisis conditions faced by rapid growth. In Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Zaire, Tanzania, Kenya, and the Sudan, the optimism of the early years of independence has been dampened by the proliferation of unplanned shanty towns and squatter areas, the marked deterioration in health facilities and public transportation, and rising unemployment. Based on recent original fieldwork down by teams of African researchers, this book assesses the problems of managing rapid urban growth in countries representing diverse African settings, taking into account language, colonial and planning… Read More

Boulder: Westview Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 302pp., references, tables, maps. A handful of light pencil marks, previous owner's name inside front..

Stanford: The Hoover Insititution on War, Revolution, and Peace, 1964. Book. Good. Soft cover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vii, 109pp., biblio., notes. Light wear to edges and corners, rear top corner creased, inscription on half-title page..

London: Heinemann, 1971. Book. Fair. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 291pp., index, maps, notes. Cover sun-faded, other light to moderate wear..

Montreal: Canadian Association of African Studies, 1994. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ii, 311pp., index, in English and French. Nearly as new..

London: Longman, 1970. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxvii, 671pp., index, ill., maps. African Handbook of Birds, Series III Volume I. Very light wear, in clipped and edgeworn jacket..

Edinburgh and London: Williams Blackwood and Sons, 1933. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 269pp., previous owner's name, blue cloth, some bump and wear. Contents: 'Linesman', The Burden and Heat; Brigadier-General Cosmo Stewart, The Baptism of a Battery; 'Linesman', Dies Irae; From Argin to Toski; E.F.K., Saragarhi; 'Shalimar', Mist, Salmon and Crocodiles; 'Linesman', Night; 'Linesman', Day; 'Fulanain', The Taming of the Bait Hashim; 'A Staff Officer', Campaigning with Kitchener; Ole Luk-Oie, Methods of Barbarism; W.H.H., His Daisy..

Edinburgh and London: Williams Blackwood and Sons, 1935. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 310pp., blue cloth, some bump and wear, previous owner's name. Contents: Jack London, Love of Life; J. Stanley Hughes, Indomitable; Sir Hugh Clifford, In Chains; A.J. Reynolds, An Educated Bloke; J. Stanley Hughes, Sheep-Droving; Humfrey Jordan, The Basin; Ernest Dawson, The Affair at the Green River Mine; Gordon Lloyd, The Bridge; L.S. Norman, Cattle Driving in Central Africa; Lieut-Colonel N.L. Craig, A Well is Shot..

Edinburgh and London: Williams Blackwood and Sons, 1935. Book. Fair. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 279pp., blue cloth, previous owner's name. Would be good or better, except that the top rear board corner has been worn away (almost looks "chewed") by three or four millimetres, but interior is unaffected. Contents: Akso Wad Dok - Speech Day in Crocodile Country - The Abu Zait Conspiracy - Piloting Princes - Experiences in a Quarantine Camp - Silhouettes from the Sudan - Lustral Waters - The House of Healing - Murder and Magic - An Indian Sensation - Dacoity..

Edinburgh and London: Williams Blackwood and Sons, 1934. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 313pp., blue cloth, some bump and wear. Contents: E.F. Knox, Border Manners; Edmund Candler, Going North; Lieut-General Sir George MacMunn, Zur, Zun, Zumeen; X, Fort Drouthy; Wana; J.K., Our Friend the Mule; 'Ballam', Grit; A.H. Grant, Outside the Pale of the Law; 'Pousse Cailloux', Retalliation; Anthony Gordon, Babju Bahadur; Alfred Ollivant, Old For-Ever; 'Hathi', The Capture; E.B.M., A Regrettable Incident; The Counter-Raiders..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Everest House, 1982. Book. Illus. by Villet, Grey. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255pp., index, photos. VG in edgworn and nicked DJ..

Cape Town: Southern African Migration Project, 2002. Book. Good. Saddle-stitched. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 65pp., notes, tables. Very light wear. Migration Policy Series No. 26..

Cape Town: Southern African Migration Project, 2000. Book. Very Good. Saddle-stitched. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 35pp., notes, tables. Migration Policy Series No. 20..

New York: Howard Fertig, 1969. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 487pp., index, biblio., notes, tables, map. Very light wear..

Cape Town: Southern African Migration Project, 2003. Book. Very Good. Saddle-stitched. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 34pp., notes, tables. Migration Policy Series No. 28..