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New York: The Metropolitan Musuem of Art, 1988. Egyptian Expedition, Volume XXII, The South Cemeteries of Light, Volume I. First Edition.
Seller ID: 5640fd
Folio, gray cloth (hardcover), 156 pp., 105 plates (some folding). 6 fold-out plates in rear pocket. Near-Fine; ex-library copy, bearing a rear pocket and no other marks, in a Fine dust jacket. View More...
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London: Phaidon Press, (1996). First edition.
Seller ID: 5630fd2
4to, black boards, 256 pp. Illustrated with photos throughout. Fine in dust jacket. Photography. Large, heavy volume will require additional shipping for international orders. View More...
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1956.
Seller ID: vas627
Octavo, orange cloth (hardcover), xi, 134 pp. Near Fine, with darkened pages; in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with sunned spine and light edgewear. From dust jacket: In the last few years there has been a flood of books on Africa, testifying to America's fast growing interest in this rich and explosive continent. Yet this is the first volume to deal primarily with America's relations to Africa and the dilemmas and opportunities with which American policy is confronted in Africa. Chester Bowles, former United States ambassador to India and former governor of Connecticut, is res... View More...
Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), 396 pp. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Breytenbach is one of South Africa's finest contemporary writers. The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist is his record of seven years-- much of the time in solitary confinement -- in South Africa's prisons...Here, in pitiless and gripping detail, is the anatomy of life in one of the worst prison systems in the world: the depersonalization, the physical and psychological torture, the condemned lives on Death Row, the hangings, the warders, the routines, and above all, the thousand-and-one tiny obsessions of a man lef... View More...
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Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, (2006).
Seller ID: qms49
Octavo, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. wrappers), 340 pp. Fine (as New). From lower cover: Images of the genocide in Darfur have shocked the Western world: Upwards of 300,000 of its inhabitants have died, and another 2.5 million have become refugees. Those affected by the violence are estimated at almost 4 million, 700,000 of whom are now beyond the reach of humanitarian assistance. These are staggering numbers, and the fractious insurgent groups involved -- Islamist Arab tribal militias against Christian black Africans and other militias made up of deserters of the Chad Army... View More...
Octavo, (hardcover), gold cloth, gilt letters, v, 204 pp. Fine, in a price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing to spine and light edgewear. Illus. Plates. Ô...Professor Cloudsley-Thompson traces the history of man's impact on African animals from the Roman games, where they were put to fight men or other animals, to their display as a tourist attraction in the wider arena of a National Park. The book abounds with extracts of particular interest from the works of great hunters and early explorers and details the methods and causes which have depleted the great herds of animals which once roam... View More...
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Cape Town: Juta and Company Limited, 1976.
Seller ID: qms1286
Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, [vi] + 531 pp. Very Good+, with former-owner signature & lightly rubbed edges, in a Very Good dust jacket with edgewear. From dust jacket: For nearly one hundred years the territory on the Atlantic Ocean to the north of South Africa and the the south of Angola has been trying to grow up and become a fully fledge member of the cummunity of nations. It has been assisted in this process by the unique educational experience of becoming the first German cology the only mandate to be expressly named in the Covennt of the League of Nations, and the onl... View More...
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New York: The Free Press, 1995. First Edition.
Seller ID: vas718
Octavo, brown cloth & boards (hardcover), gilt letters, x, 293 pp. Very Good, with former-owner stamp and light foxing to page edges; in a Near-Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: In 1817, the first British envoy to meet the king of the Asante of West Africa was dazzled by his reception. A group of 5,000 Asante soldiers, many wearing immense caps topped with three foot eagle feathers and gold ram's horns, engulfed him with a Òzeal bordering on phrensy,Ó shooting muskets into the air. The envoy was escorted, as no fewer than 100 bands played, to the Asante king's palace an... View More...
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Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1982.
Seller ID: vas625
Octavo, softbound (stiff, map illus. orange wrappers), 185 pp. Very Good+, with light sunning to spine and edges. From lower cover:p In this book, Jeffrey Fadiman seeks to preserve the legacy of African warriorhood for the generations yet to come. To achieve this, he spent 18 months among the Meru of Mt. Kenya, interviewing over 300 of its oldest members on every aspect of their warrior years. As a result, he reconstructs a way of warfare that was close to medieval Western chivalry. Warriors battled strictly for glory, never for personal gain. Women were sacrosanct, even if captured. R... View More...
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Tampa, FL: US African Christian Publishing, Inc., (2003).
Seller ID: vita5409
Signed & Inscribed by the Author. Octavo, softbound (stiff white, black & white photo. illus. wrappers), 206 pp. Fine. From lower cover: This is the first authentic biography of Chief Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola, presumed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria. It captures the life and times of unarguably Nigeria's most flamboyant, richest and famous politician. It is about his parentage, birth, school years, his much-talked about rags-to-riches story, business exploits, military contacts, his foray into Nigeria's murky politics, his presidential electi... View More...
Publisher:
Government Communication and Information System.
Seller ID: 12567scs
Octavo, paperbound (full-color illus. black stapled wrappers), [8] pp. Fine. Illustrated in full-color. Contents: The Role of a Coat of Arms; The Design of the New Coat of Arms; The Symbols Used in the New Coat of Arms; The Design Process; The New Coat of Arms Enhances Betho Pele. View More...
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974.
Seller ID: vas626
Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xi, 354 pp. Near-Fine; in a Near Fine, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: The early years of the British South Africa Company have ususally been viewed in relation to the drive and ambition of Cecil John Rhodes. The great dreams of Rhodes, his success in winning for Britain vast estates in Central Africa, and his fall from grace after the disaster of the Jameson Raid have preoccupied historians. But John S. Galbraith shows in this book that these dramatic events obscure the nature of Rhodes and distort the earl... View More...
Octavo, paperbound (stiff burgundy & gold wrappers), 429 pp. Light speckling to page edges; otherwise, Near-Fine. Inhalt: Einleitung; Aus Gustav Voigts' Leben; Das erfullte Versprechen; Halbich; Funf Farmen; Zur Geschichte eines Vieh-, Rancho; Die weisse Frau von Haruchas; Tierarzt in Sudwest; Vedder; Minenarbeiter statt Farmer; Farm im Sandfelde; Hans Kiskers Anfang in Sudwest; Kaempffer, ein junger Deutscher. View More...
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International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, n.d.
Seller ID: 4573s
Quarto, illustrated stapled wrappers (softbound), 36 pp. Maps, charts, tables, photos. Near-Fine, with light fading to covers. ÔThis document presents the findings and recommendations of the African Elephant and Rhino Specialist groups of the Species Survival Commision of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), following extensive surveys and consultations with individuals involved with the management of elephants and rhinos in Africa.' View More...
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New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, (1883).
Seller ID: 335479qs
Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decorations to spine and upper covers (spine decorated with gilt horse illus.; upper cover illus. with lion heads and camping scene); fold-out maps, 280 pp. Very Good+, with lightly rubbed edges. From Preface: I feel that some apology is due for adding another to the numerous books of travel that have been written, during the last few years, on Africa. My excuse must be the interest always taken in whatever relates to Africa and the African, and the fact that a considerable part of the ground traversed -- namely, that through the base coun... View More...
Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 379 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Africa has fewer orchid species than the other tropical continents, with some 1550 species in 99 genera. Most African epiphytes do not have bright colors or large flowers, yet possess a subtle beauty; the terrestrial orchids, on the other hand, include some of the most beautiful and vividly colored species in the world. Although African orchids are increasing in popularity, relatively few are found in cultivation. This book covers the orchids of sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Madagasca... View More...
