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Rolprentavonture
by Sangiro [Andries Albertus Pienaar]
(no place: Voortrekkerpers, 1951). 8vo; original blue papered boards; pp. 287; photographs. Boards a little splayed; some foxing to page edges. Good. Afrikaans text. Although Rolprentavonture saw several printings, it is probably the hardest of Sangiro's works to find. The origins of Sangiro's move from hunting and journalism to wildlife filmmaking are described thus in P. J. Nienaber's 'Hier is ons Skrywers': 'Terwyl hy in Duitsland was, het die UFA-filmmaatskappy hom...
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A$19.38
Early Trade in Eastern Africa
by Sutton, J. E. G
Nairobi: Published for the Historical Association of Tanzania by the East African Publishing House, 1973. 42p., line map, staplebound 5.5x8.5 inch wraps, a very good copy. Historical Association of Tanzania Paper No. 11.
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A$15.49
The Study Tour to East Africa 1970; Report by the Participants
by Blanner, Peter, student leader; et alia
Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen, The Natural History - Geographical Subject Group, 1972. 439p., in-text illustrations from photography, diagrammatic sketches, and maps; softbound in 9.2x6.7 inch wraps, cover shows slight edgewear and handling soil, a clean, sound, very good copy.
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A$46.48
Socialism and Social Accountability in a Developing Nation; problems in the transformation of the Tanzanian Economy and Society
by Nsekela, Amon J
Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1978. Paperback. x, 179p., first edition 7.2x4.8 inch coated turquoise wraps, paperstock toned and spine panel yellowed, sound and entirely clean within, a very good copy.
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A$30.99
Sleepless Nights
by Obasa, G., and S. N. Waititu
Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, 1975. 64p., 5x7 inches, poetry, text in English, first and last pages evenly toned else very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps.
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A$30.99
A History of East Africa
by Ingham, Kenneth
London : Longmans, 1963. Stated 2nd Edition, 1st Printing. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 458 pages; Description: xii, 458 p. , 8 leaves of plates : illus. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Africa, East --History.
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A$39.04
Mothers and Wives: Gusii Women of East Africa
by LeVine, Sarah
Chicago. Chicago: U. Chicago Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No defects in book or jacket. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. Jacket now protected by fresh mylar cover. . A beautiful copy. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 391 pages. M3 .
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A$38.74
A Most Surprising Man The Life of Victor Marra Newland
by Fitzgerald, Mary Anne
Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press. 2020. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 288 pages. Victor Marra Newland OBE MC DCM - hunter, soldier and entrepreneur - was descended from Australian pioneers. In 1904 he started British East Africa's first safari company. Along the way...
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A$35.00
Native Life in East Africa The Results of an Ethnological Research Expedition
by Weule, Dr Karl
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. 1909. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Fold-out map to rear. Translated by Alice Werner. xxiv, 431pp + 22pp Publisher's Catalogue. The findings of the German Geographer and Ethnologist's expedition to German East Africa in 1906. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. ....
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A$90.00
A History of East Africa
by INGHAM, Kenneth
(London): Longmans, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with a darkened spine.
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A$77.47
A HISTORY OF EAST AFRICA
by INGHAM Kenneth
Longmans, 1963. 2nd edn. Original gilt lettered green cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (spine lightly tanned - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 458 (no inscriptions).
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A$18.41
Der Kilimandjaro: sein land und seine menschen, mit 156 abbildungen und vier tafelin nach autochromaufnahmen
by Geilinger, Dr. med. Walter
Bern-Berlin: Verlag Hans Huber, 1930. Hardcover. 182p., text in German, illustrated with b&w photos on plates, folding map at rear, very good first edition in pictorial green cloth with stain on cover.
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A$38.74
The Maasai of Matapato a study of rituals of rebellion
by Spencer, Paul
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. xii, 297p., line maps, charts and diagrams; first edition hardbound in cloth boards gilt and dust jacket, entirely clean and sound, a near-fine copy.
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A$38.74
The gathering storm; a novel
by Sokko, Hamza
Dar Es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House, 1977. Paperback. 177p., very good first edition small trade paperback in printed wraps. Parallel stories of two Bulembe families coming to terms with Independence.
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A$23.24
East of the Atlantic, West of the Congo; art from Equatorial Africa, the Dwight & Blossom Strong Collection
by Siroto, Leon, Kathleen Berrin, editor, Dwight & Blossom Strong
San Francsic & Seattle: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco & The University of Washington Press, 1995. 62p., 8.5x11 inches, preface, essay, catalogue, map, bibliography, b&w and color plates, very good first edition catalogue of the exhibition in trade paperback format, pictorial wraps, personally inscribed and signed by the collectors, the Strongs.
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A$54.23
A History of East Africa
by Ingham, Kenneth
London: Longman, 1965 This is an authoritative history of East Africa from the earliest times to the present day, written for students in sixth forms and universities. It is also intended to serve as a source book for school history books. The publication of so balanced and com prehensive a study is especially welcome at this point in African affairs. The author shows clearly both the diversity of African history and the potential for unity which exists in a part of the world where circum stances have...
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A$775.28
