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London: Penguin Books, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 142 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates. The Chapters are: Full Moon Island; Emanuele's Chameleons; The Brigadier's Cheetah; A Maasai Woman; Mwtua; The Bull Shark of Vuma; Langat; The Story of Nungu Nungu; The Tale of Two Bushbabies; The Pendulum; A Bed Like a Vessel; The Rhino that Ran Fast Enough; Fifty Guineas' Pike; The Cobra Who Came from the Dark; Elephant Ballad; Aidan's Return; Upon the Wings of the Wind; The Ring and the Lake; The Rain Stick; Birthday in Turkana; and The Magic Cove..
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AFRICAN NIGHTS
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AFRICAN MYTHS AND TALES
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New York: Dell Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 318 pp. Dell Book 0041. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and a crease on the back cover; no interior markings. There are far too many stories here to list them all but some of the highlights are: God Retreats to the Sky - Barotse; The First Human Family - Dahomey; The Dogon Myth of Creation - Dogon; The Perverted Message - Hottentot; How Man Lost Eternal Youth - Djaga; How It Came About that Children Were First Whipped - Ashanti; Why the Leopard Hunts the Antelope - Bakongo; The Children of the Knee - Masai; and many, many more..
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THE BITTER CHOICE - Eight South Africans' Resistance to Tyranny
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Cleveland: Excalibur Books - World Publishing, 1968. Book. Illus. by Eric Carle;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 207 pp. Beige cloth with a gilt pictorial on the front panel; decorated in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some chipping along the upper edge, front and back; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj art by Eric Carle. The Chapters are: The Oppressors and the Oppressed; South Africa's Dilemma; Alan Paton: Author of Liberal Protest; Albert Lutuli: Zulu Chief - Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Nelson Mandela: The Black Pimpernel; Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: Scholar and Rebel; C. F. Beyers Naude: Christian Witness; Nana Sita: Gandhi's Disciple; Dennis Brutus: Poet and Sportsman; Michael Scott: International Mediator; and The Bitter Choice; followed by a chronology and an index..
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BLACK AND WHITE IN SOUTH AFRICA - The Politics of Survival
by Le May, G. H. L.
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London: Macdonald and Company, 1971. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 128 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white and colour photographs and maps. The cover features The Zulus Struggle for Survival at Isandhiwana, 1879. The Chapters are: Slaves and Frontiers; The Growth of Afrikaner Nationalism; The Status of the Afrikaner; The Genesis of Afrikaner Supremacy; Apartheid and the Congress Movement; The Appeal of Apartheid; Republicanism Regained; and Conclusion..
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THE BLACK HEART - A Voyage into Central Africa
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: PART ONE: TO THE POOL: The Mouth; Black Gold; The Seat of Government; City of Rocks; The Haunted Path. PART TWO: TO THE FALLS: Journeying Deep; A Muddy Hole; A Moveable Equator; The Great Bend; The Inner Station. PART THREE: TO THE GREAT WHITE WATER: Low-Level History; A Most Malarious Marsh; Exodus; Konga Vantu; and Black Thoughts; followed by a bibliography and an index..
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BLACK MAN'S TOWN
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Book. Illus. by Bill Ryan;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Black boards decorated in orange on the front panel and spine; orange upper edge; endpaper maps. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some fading on the spine; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Bill Ryan. The Contents are: Here It Is Again; Go Home Missus; All the Amenities Including Bagpipes; The Wood and the Trees; An Office by the Harbour; Excursions and Diversions; This Is West Africa; Up the Creeks; The Big city; and A House in Black Man's Town..
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CAMPING WITH THE PRINCE - and Other Tales of Science in Africa
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Book. Illus. by Marty Blake;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xv) 304 pp. Quarter-bound in purple cloth on orange boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; endpaper maps. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Marty Blake. The Contents are: Preface; Camping with the Prince; The Dudu World; Going Lake; The Voice of the Ear; The Fourth World; Missing Links; and Virus Hunting on the Niger; followed by a selected bibliography and an index..
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CURFEW
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London: Methuen, 1975. Book. Illus. by Graham Humphreys;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 152 pp. Blue boards lettered in silver on the spine. Light chipping at the corners of the dustjacket with a short tear on the upper edge of the rear panel; slight fading on the lower edges of the boards; price clipped; no interior markings. Dj art by Graham Humphreys. When he helps a stranger whom he believes to be an escaping poacher, he recieves a gift in return. And a few hours later, he is a wanted man on the run from the law. By chance, he meets the stranger again and they make their way to the coast and a ship bound for America....
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ENGLISH - SWAHILI - Useful Phrases
by Lacasse, Aime F.
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Tabora, Tanzania: T. M. P. Book Department, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 16mo. 64 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some fading around the edges; no interior markings..
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THE FOREST PEOPLE - A Study of the Pygmies of the Congo
by Turnbull, Colin M. (foreword by Harry L. Shapiro)
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New York: Simon and Schuster - Touchstone Books, 1962. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 295 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with faint creasing on the spine; ink mark on the upper edge of the text block; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps and black and white plates. The Contents are: Foreword by Harry L. Shapiro; The World of the Forest; The Good Death of Balekimito; The Making of Camp Lelo; The Song of the Forest; The Crime of Cephu the Bad Hunter; The Giver of the Law; The Play World of the BaMbuti; Molimo: The Dance of Death; The World of the Village; Elima: The Dance of Life; The Marriage of Kenge; Village Initiation and Magic; Forest Horizons; The World Beyond; and The Dream World; followed by a glossary and an index..
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FOUR GUINEAS - A Journey through West Africa
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London: RS - Chatto and Windus, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 12mo. 320 pp. Black cloth decorated in red and gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some fading on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Gambia; Sierra Leone; The Gold Coast; Nigeria: The West; The North; The Southern Cameroons; and The East; followed by an index..
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GET THROUGH OR DIE - David Livingstone
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New York: Friendship Press, 1943. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First U.S. Editions. 8vo. 23 pp. Staple-bound in pictorial paper covers. Eagle Books 23. Edge and corner wear with a bit of a crease on the front cover and a tear in the back cover; no interior markings..
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HANDBOOK TO BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA - Shire Hightlands and Nyasaland, etc.
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London: British Central Africa Company, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (viii) 112 pp. Limited to 1000 copies, of which this is 523. Pictorial boards with a cloth spine; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light rubbing on the corners; previous owner's name inside. Subtitled: Issued for the Information of Intending Settlers, Planters, Miners and Travellers..
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INTO THE MUMMY'S TOMB
by Stephens, John Richard (editor) (Arthur Weigall; Louisa May Alcott; Tennessee Williams; H. P. Lovecraft for Harry Houdini; Howard Carter; Agatha Christie; Mark Twain; H. Rider Haggard; Ray Bradbury; Rudyard Kipling; Sax Rohmer; Anne Rice; Bram Stoker)
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New York: Berkley Books, 2001. Book. Illus. by Danilo Ducak;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 352 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with some creasing on the lower right of the front cover and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Danilo. This anthology contains: Introduction: The Truth of the Mummy's Curse by John Richard Stephens; The Malevolence of Ancient Egyptian Spirits by Arthur Weigall; Lost in a Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse by Louisa May Alcott; Raiding Mummies' Tombs - by various Egyptologists; The Vengeance of Nitocris by Tennessee Williams; Under the Pyramids - a novelette by H. P. Lovecraft, written for Harry Houdini; Opening King Tutankhamen's Tomb by Howard Carter with A. C. Mace; The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie; The Demon Possessed Princess - by an ancient Egyptian priest; The Majestic Sphinx by Mark Twain; Smith and the Pharaohs - a novella by H. Rider Haggard; Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan…
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ISO LE NKHONO - African Folktales for Children in English
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Johannesburg, South Africa: Skotaville Publishers, 1983. Book. Illus. by Gamakhulu Diniso;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 58 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art and interior line drawings by Gamakhulu Diniso. This story collection contains: Mamasianoke; Rammuthi and the Crocodile; Mutlane; A Nation Builder; Phokojwe le Phiri; Phiri Is Cheated Again; and Madiepetsana and the Milk Bird..
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KRUGER PARK SAGA
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South Africa: PMP, 1976. Book. Illus. by T. O. Honiball; Chris Ebersohn;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 228 pp. Brown cloth lettered in black on the spine; illustrated endpapers. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some fading on the spine; no interior markings. Dj and interior line drawings by T. O. Honiball and Chris Ebersohn. The Chapters are: War and Peace; 500 Elephants on One Slate; All the Heart May Covet; Poachers and Biltong Hunters; Wolhuter and the Lion; The Great Encounter; Lions at Night; Was the Boer the Culprit; The Great Conservationist; The Last of the Old Timers; Tame People in the Wilds; Behind the Scenes; Water Flows in Paradise; A Fence for the Game; The Hand of Man; Where Has the Game Gone; Managing the Works; How the Game is Counted; Why a Canning Factory; The Loneliest Animal; Return of the Rhino; The Veteran Game Ranger; Facing Death Daily; The War on the Border; A Bell for the Baboons; All in a Day's Work; The Ranger's Best Friend; The Woman…
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LION HUNTING IN SOMALILAND
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 186 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Editor's Note to the Reprint Edition by Peter Hathaway Capstick; Lion Hunting in Somali-land; and Pigsticking in the Somali Country, East Africa - The African Wart Hog..
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LIVINGSTONE THE LIBERATOR - A Study of a Dynamic Personality
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Glasgow, Scotland: The David Livingstone Trust, 1976. Book. Illus. by Annie MacNair;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 16mo. 382 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Annie MacNair. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. The Chapters are: Africa in Livingstone's Day; Boy and Student; A Brave New World; The Missionary; A Conflict of Loyalties; The Explorer; Fame; The Consul; The Second Visit Home; The Martyr; and The Last Journey; followed by appendices and an index..
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THE LOST WORLD OF THE KALAHARI
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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1962. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 253 pp. Penguin Book 1716. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with a map. The Contents are: The Vanished People; The Manner of Their Going; The Pact and the Random Years; The Break Through; The Shadow in Between; Northern Approaches; The Swamp of Despond; The Spirits of the Slippery Hills; The Hunter at the Well; and The Song of the Rain..
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MAROONED
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New York: Ace Books, 1961. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 157 pp. Ace D-512. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; some darkening in the text block; no interior markings. He's a pirate and an anti-pirate, scum of the sea to some and a hero to others, the kind of reckless sea rover that haunts the Spanish Main....
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