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ALEXANDER, CAROLINE  One dry season: in the footsteps of Mary Kingsley
Bloomsbury, 1989, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7475 0078 9.Fine /Fine.Scarcely used.(14), 291 pp. In English.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 4015
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ANDERSSON, CHARLES JOHN  Lake Ngami: or explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of South Western Africa
C.Struik (Pty) Ltd, 1987, Facsimile reprint of 1856 2nd edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 86977 341 0.As new /As new.Two expeditions, on one of which the author was accompanied by Francis Galton to the Ovambo country, and the other when he went alone to Lake Ngami.Pioneering descriptions of Namaqualand, Damaraland and the Ovambo country.xviii, 546 pp. latin index of species. In English.
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 | JP¥ 5870] Book number: 3418
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BAUMANN, O. (TRANSLATED BY G.E. ORGAN)  Ngorongoro's first visitor
East African Literature Bureau, 1969, 3rd printing; translated from the original work of 1892.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.Pocket book, with photographs and map, in the series 'Ngorongoro Conservation Area Booklets'; this appears to be no.1 of the series.26 pp. In English.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 3437
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BROWN, JOHN  The thirsty land
Travel Book Club, n.d.(c.1960), Book Club edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Edges of jacket frayed.Former owner's signature on ffep.192 pp. In English.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 3347
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CAMPBELL, FFYONA  On foot through Africa
Orion, 1994, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85797 946 X.V.g./V.g. Jacket clipped, internally near fine.A modern odyssey from Cape Town to the Med on foot.x, 349, (1) pp. In English.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 3653
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DU CHAILLU, PAUL B.  Exploration and adventures in equatorial Africa
Laurie (Live Books Resurrected), 1945, Facsmile reprint of the 1861 Laurie edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. In original dust wrapper, chipped at tip of spine.Classic travel book, reprinted from the John Murray edition of 1861.xxviii, 179 pp. map. In English.
GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.5 US$ 83.05 | JP¥ 7337] Book number: 3363
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CHAPMAN, F. SPENCER  Lightest Africa
Chatto & Windus, 1955, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Fore-edge spotted.Travels in Africa.288 pp. In English.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 3352
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CHAPMAN, ABEL, WITH A MEMOIR BY GEORGE BOLAM; ILLUSTRATIONS BY W.H. RIDDELL & THE AUTHOR  Memories of fourscore years less two, 1851-1929
Gurney & Jackson, London, 1930, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Fair.Jacket chipped at top and bottom of spine, browned at edges; internally v.g.with slight tanning towards page edges.Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed.A companion volume to 'Retrospect'.xix, 257, (3) pp. In English.
GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 US$ 99.66 | JP¥ 8805] Book number: 3413
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DAVIS, JOHN GORDON  Operation Rhino
Michael Joseph, 1972, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7181 0888 4.V.g./V.g. Little used; slight edge wear.224 pp. In English.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 6187
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DENTI DI PIRAJNO, ALBERTO  A grave for a dolphin
Andre Deutsch, 1956, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket frayed at tip of spine, internally very good, end papers a little tanned.Written by an Italian duke, this book details his experiences as a doctor and administrator in Italy's African colonies.Not a translation; the book was originally written in English.192 p. In English.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 3695
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DRUMMOND, HENRY  Tropical Africa
Hodder and Stoughton, 1895, 6th edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Prize bookplate on front pastedown.Spine bumped at extremities, hinge just starting to split; folding map torn at one hinge; prize bookplate.Otherwise a tidy copy.xiv, 228, (16) pp. In English.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3359
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GALTON, FRANCIS (EDITED BY G.T. BETTANY)  Narrative of an explorer in tropical South Africa, being an account of a visit to Damaraland in 1851
Ward, Lock & Co. 1890, 3rd edition.Green cloth, gilt titling on spine.Good /No Jacket.From 'The Minerva library of famous books'.Donor's inscription (dated 1892) on ffep.Spine starting, especially at rear hinge; tips and edges of spine worn.xviii, (2), map, 320, (4) pp. In English.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3411
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HECK, LUTZ  Animal safari: big game in South West Africa
Methuen, 1956, Translation from the German edition of 1955.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Former owner's discreet signature, spine a little sunned, otherwise a very good copy.xii, 212 pp. In English.
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 | JP¥ 4402] Book number: 3365
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HOLUB, EMIL  Seven Years in South Africa volume 2 (only)
Africana Book Society, Johannesburg, 1976, Facsimile reprint of 1881 edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 949973 16 5.As new /As new.Volume 2 only (lacks vol.1).A classic account of travels, translated into English from the original Czech by Ellen E.Frewer, and produced to a high standard of production, including tissue guards to plates, by the publisher.(4), ix, 479 pp. In English.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3420
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JOHNSON, MARTIN  Congorilla
George G.Harrap, 1936, Reprint of 1932 edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Slight tanning to pages.236 pp. In English.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 6184
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LORIMER, NORMA  By the waters of Africa: British East Africa, Uganda, and the Great Lakes
Robert Scott, 1917, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Hinges starting, owners' signature on ffep, slight edge wear to spine.In English.
GBP 56.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.25 US$ 93.02 | JP¥ 8218] Book number: 5483
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LOVERIDGE, ARTHUR  Tomorrow's a holiday: twelve glorious months hunting rare species in Tanganyika
Panther, 1956, Originally published in 1951.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cover creased, torn at rear, mild foxing to edges.328 pp. In English.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 3373
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MACAULAY, RORY  Crocodile trader
The Adventurers Club, London, 1960, Book Club edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Capturing live crocodiles - the lowdown on a man who 'went bush'.208 pp. In English.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 3360
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MACKIE, JOHN  The life adventurous: a personal record of battlefield, bush and prairie
Jarrold & Sons, n.d.(c.1900), 1st edition.Red cloth, gilt title on front board and spine.Good/No Jacket.Spine sunned, prize book plate on end paper, t.p.slightly dusted.Outer and bottom edges untrimmed; top edge gilt.Frontispiece portrait of the author.403 pp.In English.
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 | JP¥ 5870] Book number: 2544
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MILLAIS, JOHN GUILLE  A breath from the Veldt
Henry Sotheran & Co. London, 1899, New edition, first published in 1895.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Front free end paper and the next two pages (the first blank, the second with half-title) detached, edge-wear to extremities of spine, corners bumped.A much enlarged edition, with more than 100 pages added to the original version.x, 345 pp. In English.
GBP 1900.00 [Appr.: EURO 2107.25 US$ 3155.9 | JP¥ 278811] Book number: 3790
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MOORHEAD, ALAN  The Blue Nile
Four Square, 1964, Paperback edition, first published in 1962.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Slight tanning of page edges.318, (2) pp. In English.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 3377
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MOORHEAD, ALAN  The White Nile
Penguin, 1963, 1st paperback edition, originally published in 1960.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Slight tanning of page edges.384 pp. In English.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 3378
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MURPHY, DERVLA  South from the Limpopo: travels throughout South Africa
John Murray, 1997, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7195 5789 5.V.g./Fine.Fine except for p.197, which seems to have been read in the shower.A typically seat-of-the-pants account of travels in South Africa at a time of great transition (straddling the elections of 1994).Written as a journal, it completes her coverage of Africa following journeys to Madagascar, Cameroon, Ethiopia and the region of E.Africa from Zimbabwe to Kenya.She shocked a doctor in Natal by confessing to being an atheist.Her close collaboration with the Murrays has, as ever, produced a work of enduring quality.xv, 432 pp. 29 monochrome photographs. In English.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 2187
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MURRAY, JON; EVERIST, RICHARD; WILLIAMS, JEFF  South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland
Lonely Planet Publications, 1996, 2nd edition, first published in 1993.Paper covers.0 86442 323 3.V.g./No Jacket.Little used.698, (6) pp. In English.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 4088
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PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY, CLIVE ET AL.  Big game shooting
Longmans, Green & Co. 1894, 2 vols.Pictorial hard covers.Good /No Jacket.Covers worn and stained, internally with sporadic foxing.In English.
GBP 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 199.75 US$ 298.98 | JP¥ 26414] Book number: 3948
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