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Sand Rivers
by Peter Matthiessen
"In late 1979, the writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen and the wildlife photographer Hugo van Lawick joined a safari into the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania, one of the largest yet least known strongholds of wild animals left on earth. Sand Rivers is their beautiful account of a remarkable trip into this quintessential East African wilderness."
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Sand Rivers
by Matthiessen, Peter
"In late 1979, the writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen and the wildlife photographer Hugo van Lawick joined a safari into the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania, one of the largest yet least known strongholds of wild animals left on earth. Sand Rivers is their beautiful account of a remarkable trip into this quintessential East African wilderness."
Slave-Catching in the Indian Ocean: A Record of Naval Experiences
by Colomb, Captain Philip Howard
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, illustrations, folding map, index, viii, 503p. Green cloth. 22cm. Light cover soil and wear. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1873 London edition.
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£60.71
Afrique en Images: A l'Ombre du Kilimanjaro
by Canetti, Nicolai, photos, Sandy Lesberg, Texte
New York: Preebles Press, 1975. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. text followed by uncaptioned full-page photos (many black and white and some color), pages unnumbered. Original green boards. dj. 31cm. Cover corners bumped. Jacket has modest wear.
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£32.38
East African Playing Cards
Vitoria, Spain: Heraclio Fournier, S. A., 1957. Very Good. 55 cards. Four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades) of 13 cards (with the fact of each suit printed in a different monochrome color), two jokers and one introductory card. Also a small folded sheet titled "East Africa invites you!" and is dated March, 1957. The sheet, printed on one side, includes a tourist-oriented color map of Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda and some text by V. M. Mohindra who writes as if he was responsible for this set...
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£60.71
Four Centuries of Swahili Verse: A Literary History and Anthology
by Knappert, Jan
London: Heineman, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. index, xxi, 323p. Cloth. dj. 24cm. Scuffing on jacket.
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£60.71
Sand Rivers
by Matthiessen, Peter
Bantam Books, 1982. Very Good softcover . Softcover. Very Good.
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£11.33
Sand Rivers
by Matthiessen, Peter
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in white cloth covered boards with blue and red text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 6 3/4 inches with minor soiling to the cloth on the boards. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with the soiling from the boards offset onto the verso of the dust jacket and with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author without an inscription on the title page. 213 pages including notes and text....
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£36.43
The Role of Tone in the Structure of Sukuma
by Richardson, I
London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. ii, 124p. Cloth. 22cm. Backstrip faded. Former owner's name. A few ink underlinings. No Jacket.
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£68.81
German African Possessions (Late)
by Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
London: HMSO, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. index, iv, [6], 55, 83, 114, 115, 50, 41p. Original olive green cloth. 22cm. No Jacket (probably as issued). Peace Handbooks, Vol. XVIII. Includes0 five handbooks: No. 110 - Togoland; No. 111 - Cameroon; No. 112 - South-West Africa; No. 113 - Tanganyika (German East Africa); and No. 114 - German Treatment of Natives.
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£121.42
Sand Rivers
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from photographs by Hugo van Lawick. Small quarto. 213pp. Endpapers with a tiny bit of foxing, foot lightly bumped, near fine in a slightly toned very good dust jacket with two small tears to rear panel and modest edgewear.
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£16.19
Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; Performed in H. M. Ships Leven and Barracouta, under the Direction of Captain W. F. W. Owen....Volume 2 Only
by Owen, William Fitzwilliam
New York: J & J Harper, 1833. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 2 ONLY (of 2). viii, [9]-240p. Original reddish brown cloth. 20cm. Endpapers foxed. Some text leaves browned and there is scattered foxing in the text.
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£161.90
New Light on Dark Africa: Being the Narrative of the German Emin Pasha Expedition
by Peters, Carl, 1856-1918
London: Ward, Lock, and Co, 1891. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. Fair. frontis (portrait), illustrations, index, xviii, (1), 597p. Original reddish pictorial cloth. Rebacked with most of original worn backstrip mounted. 22cm. Covers faded, worn and scuffed. Contents sound although lacking the folding map. Translated from the original German by H. W. Dulcken. A worn (and mapless) copy of a scarce work. Peters was a bit of an adventurer. It seems unclear whether his actions during this expedition...
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£161.90
An Affair with Africa : Expeditions and Adventures Across A Continent (Inscribed & Signed by Author)
by Kistner, Alzada Carlisle
Washington & Covelo, CA: Island Press/Shearwater Books. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Inscribed & Signed by the author on half-title page. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 246 pages. Describes the author and her family's five expeditions to Africa starting with the Belgian Congo in 1960 and ending in 1972-73 with a...
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£21.16
The politics of environmental control in northeastern Tanzania, 1840-1940
by Giblin, James L
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 209, [1]; 4 maps, 6 figures in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "A historical study of the relationship between political and environmental change in Tanzania's northeastern lowlands, an impoverished region that has been afflicted by severe food shortages throughout the twentieth century" (jacket blurb).
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£23.27
Tarzan El Terrible Historia De Tarzan De Los Monos VIII
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice [traduccion de Natal A. Rufino] [cover art by Palau?]
Buenos Aires: Editorial Tor-S.R.L. 1945. First Thus. Paperback. Presumed first edition thus [with all text in Spanish without English Language translation]. Pictorial wrappers [about 4.75" x 7"], 188+ pages. Good or better copy slight spine cocking, light cover creasing, small piece off the lower left corner of the rear cover, paper browned. bx258
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£12.14
Sand Rivers
by Matthiessen, Peter
Collins, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The jacket is a bit torn and worn. Internally clean and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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£10.52
