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	BARTON, PETER Day Outings from Blantyre: A Guide for Visitors and Residents Blantyre, Malawi, The Wildlife Society of Malawi. 1989. Soft Cover. Green covers, gilt lettering & motif, 82 pages, 16 colour photo illustrations, maps & diagrams, fold-out map. Contents include National Parks, Game Reserves, Forest Reserves, other places of interest, bibliography. Surface crease on corner, no previous owner marks. Very Good. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 5095 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	COTLOW, LEWIS.: Zanzabuku [dangerous safari]. London; Robert Hale, 1957.. VG. Hardcover, 8vo, red cloth, xii + 370 pages, 22 b/w photographs, index. No previous owner name. Spine sunned, lacks dustjacket. Account of the author's expeditions to Africa to film wildlife and to meet the indigenous peoples. Illustrations include still pictures from the RKO and Republic Pictures films "Savage Splendor" and "Zanzabuku". GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 2718 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	DESMOND, COSMAS; FOREWORD BY NADINE GORDIMER.: The Discarded People: An Account of African Resettlement in South Africa. Penguin African Library, 1971.. G. Paperback, 265 pages, preface by Lord Caradon, foreword by Nadine Gordimer, b/w illustrations, glossary, bibliography, maps, index. Slight crease to cover & page edge browning. Early in 1968, the black population - tenants and parishioners - were abritrarily removed from the author's mission in Natal and 'resettled' on an unprepared stretch of veld twenty miles away. The book factually records what he found - thousands of families uprooted (with fire and force if necessary) and dumped on bleak, barren sites which offered little hope of food, work or even water. GBP 2.50 [Appr.: EURO 3 US$ 4.17 \| JP¥ 370] Book number: 3789 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	GUNTHER, JOHN.: Inside Africa. London; Hamish Hamilton, 1955.. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo, black cloth, silver lettering, endpaper maps, xiii + 960 pages, bibliography, sources, statistical charts, index. VG in dustjacket, slightly chipped. Comprehensive single volume covering the whole vast area, packed with history and background information, seen from the viewpoint of 1955. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.16 \| JP¥ 1260] Book number: 2090 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	KUP, A.P. A History of Sierra Leone 1400-1787 London, Cambridge University Press. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Red cloth, viii + 212 pages, 2 maps, references, index; no previous ownership marks, in dustjacket with minor wear. Scholarly account of the early history of the country, from its colonisation by the Portuguese to the last quarter of the 18th century. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.83 \| JP¥ 1408] Book number: 6641 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	MACINTOSH, DONALD.: Travels in the White Man's Grave: Memoirs from West and Central Africa. London; Abacus, 2001.. (ISBN: 0349114358) . F. Paperback, 245 pages. Foreward by Richard Ingrams. Fine condition . The author spent 30 years in the rainforests of West Africa. During this time he lived with an astonishing heterogeneity of tribes, from the Krahn hunters of Liberia to the pygmies of West Central Africa. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 2667 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	MANDELA, NELSON.: The Struggle is My Life. London; International Defence & Aid Fund for Southern Africa, 1986.. VG. Revised edition. Paperback, 8 x 6 ins, 249 pages, 38 b/w illustrations, appendices, index. VG+ condition. His speeches and writings brought together with historical documents and accounts of Mandela in prison by fellow-prisoners. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 3380 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	SHARMAN, ANNIE The Martyrs' Isle or Madagascar: The Country, the People and the Missions London, London Missionary Society. 1909. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Red cloth with black/gold decoration, bright covers only slightly marked, presentation endpaper browned, some light foxing prelims, 74 pages, 83 b/w illustrations. Written for children from a Christian missionary viewpoint, but with some interesting historical sketches and many photographs of Madagascar and its inhabitants at the beginning of the 20th century. Good. GBP 9.25 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 US$ 15.41 \| JP¥ 1371] Book number: 2761 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	WARNER, ESTHER.: Trial by Sasswood. London; Readers Union, 1956.. VG/VG. Hardcover, 8vo, green cloth, 208 pages, 12 full-page sketches by Joss. Very good clean condition, no previous owner name, in dustjacket, no tears. Account of the author's journey to West Africa accompanied by an African friend returning to his tribal village to undergo a trial by ordeal to vindicate himself of a charge of theft. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2665 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.

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	BARTON, PETER Day Outings from Blantyre: A Guide for Visitors and Residents Blantyre, Malawi, The Wildlife Society of Malawi. 1989. Soft Cover. Green covers, gilt lettering & motif, 82 pages, 16 colour photo illustrations, maps & diagrams, fold-out map. Contents include National Parks, Game Reserves, Forest Reserves, other places of interest, bibliography. Surface crease on corner, no previous owner marks. Very Good. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 5095 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	COTLOW, LEWIS.: Zanzabuku [dangerous safari]. London; Robert Hale, 1957.. VG. Hardcover, 8vo, red cloth, xii + 370 pages, 22 b/w photographs, index. No previous owner name. Spine sunned, lacks dustjacket. Account of the author's expeditions to Africa to film wildlife and to meet the indigenous peoples. Illustrations include still pictures from the RKO and Republic Pictures films "Savage Splendor" and "Zanzabuku". GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 2718 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	DESMOND, COSMAS; FOREWORD BY NADINE GORDIMER.: The Discarded People: An Account of African Resettlement in South Africa. Penguin African Library, 1971.. G. Paperback, 265 pages, preface by Lord Caradon, foreword by Nadine Gordimer, b/w illustrations, glossary, bibliography, maps, index. Slight crease to cover & page edge browning. Early in 1968, the black population - tenants and parishioners - were abritrarily removed from the author's mission in Natal and 'resettled' on an unprepared stretch of veld twenty miles away. The book factually records what he found - thousands of families uprooted (with fire and force if necessary) and dumped on bleak, barren sites which offered little hope of food, work or even water. GBP 2.50 [Appr.: EURO 3 US$ 4.17 \| JP¥ 370] Book number: 3789 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	GUNTHER, JOHN.: Inside Africa. London; Hamish Hamilton, 1955.. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo, black cloth, silver lettering, endpaper maps, xiii + 960 pages, bibliography, sources, statistical charts, index. VG in dustjacket, slightly chipped. Comprehensive single volume covering the whole vast area, packed with history and background information, seen from the viewpoint of 1955. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.16 \| JP¥ 1260] Book number: 2090 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	KUP, A.P. A History of Sierra Leone 1400-1787 London, Cambridge University Press. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Red cloth, viii + 212 pages, 2 maps, references, index; no previous ownership marks, in dustjacket with minor wear. Scholarly account of the early history of the country, from its colonisation by the Portuguese to the last quarter of the 18th century. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.83 \| JP¥ 1408] Book number: 6641 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	MACINTOSH, DONALD.: Travels in the White Man's Grave: Memoirs from West and Central Africa. London; Abacus, 2001.. (ISBN: 0349114358) . F. Paperback, 245 pages. Foreward by Richard Ingrams. Fine condition . The author spent 30 years in the rainforests of West Africa. During this time he lived with an astonishing heterogeneity of tribes, from the Krahn hunters of Liberia to the pygmies of West Central Africa. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 \| JP¥ 963] Book number: 2667 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	MANDELA, NELSON.: The Struggle is My Life. London; International Defence & Aid Fund for Southern Africa, 1986.. VG. Revised edition. Paperback, 8 x 6 ins, 249 pages, 38 b/w illustrations, appendices, index. VG+ condition. His speeches and writings brought together with historical documents and accounts of Mandela in prison by fellow-prisoners. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 3380 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	SHARMAN, ANNIE The Martyrs' Isle or Madagascar: The Country, the People and the Missions London, London Missionary Society. 1909. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Red cloth with black/gold decoration, bright covers only slightly marked, presentation endpaper browned, some light foxing prelims, 74 pages, 83 b/w illustrations. Written for children from a Christian missionary viewpoint, but with some interesting historical sketches and many photographs of Madagascar and its inhabitants at the beginning of the 20th century. Good. GBP 9.25 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 US$ 15.41 \| JP¥ 1371] Book number: 2761 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.
	WARNER, ESTHER.: Trial by Sasswood. London; Readers Union, 1956.. VG/VG. Hardcover, 8vo, green cloth, 208 pages, 12 full-page sketches by Joss. Very good clean condition, no previous owner name, in dustjacket, no tears. Account of the author's journey to West Africa accompanied by an African friend returning to his tribal village to undergo a trial by ordeal to vindicate himself of a charge of theft. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2665 Click here to order or inquire at Books with care.