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Cloete, Stuart
The Honey Bird and other African Stories
T29202 THE HONEY BIRD AND OTHER AFRICAN STORIES. Collins, London 1964, first edition, 224 pages. A collection of stories set in Africa where skyscrapers are built and the veneer of modernity shines, not far, in the bush lions kill cattle and people, witchcraft and ritual murder are still realities, and ancient rites are now practiced by men in business suits. Stories told by a master writer who can describe vividly the continent in which he lived and loved. Dust jacket is price clipped. Jacket and book are Very Good Plus.. $45.00 ID#: 4596
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Cloete, Stuart
Three White Swans and Other Stories
THREE WHITE SWANS AND OTHER STORIES. Collins, London 1971, 1st edition, 254 pages. Unlike the earlier collections of Cloete's short stories, this book's tales range all over the world, from Malaya and the Far East to England and America. The only African story in this collection entitled ""Man of God"" is set in West Africa in the last days of British colonial rule and is one of his best examples of short-story writing. Dust Jacket and book are Very Fine. $50.00 ID#: 4603
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Connor, Ralph
BLACK ROCK; A TALE OF THE SELKIRKS
"T30118" Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. 12mo, 270 pages. Western life in the mines and lumber camps of the Canadian Northwest. No dust jacket. Previous owner inscription on the front endpaper. A little soiling on the rer cover other wise tight, clean and Very Good. ID#: 2110
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Dinesen, Isak
Anecdots of Destiny
T26890" "Dinesen, Isak" "Anecdotes of Destiny" "Fiction" "ANECDOTES OF DESTINY. Random House 1958, stated third printing, 245 pages. Five new stories - ""The Diver,"" ""Babette's Feast,"" ""Tempesta,"" ""The Immortal Story,"" and ""The Ring."" Dust Jacket price clipped .but otherwise complete and is Near Fine. The book itself is Very Fine.. An extremely nice copy. $18.00 ID#: 4767
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Dinesen, Isak
CARNIVAL
"T25687" University of Chicago Press 1977, 1st American edition, 338 pages. ""Entertainments and Posthumous Tales."" A collection of previously unpublished stories. Unclipped dust jacket and book are Very Fine. ID#: 3442
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Dinesen, Isak
LAST TALES
"T26052" Random House, N.Y. 1957, stated first printing which precedes the English edition, 342 pages. A collection of twelve tales of compelling beauty and enchantment. .Dust jacket is price-clipped but is otherwise complete with only slight wear. Jacket has publisher's code ""11/57"" at the bottom of the front flap. The book itself has its top edge dyed pink, It is without marks or inscriptions and is tight, clean and Fine. ID#: 3440
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Dinesen, Isak
THE ANGELIC AVENGERS
"T27959" Random House, N.Y. 1947, first printing stated, 402 pages. A novel of Victorian England written under the pseudonym ""Pierre Andrezel."" This is the only time Isak Dinesen used this pseudonym. Dust Jacket is not price-clipped ($3.00) and is complete but with considerable wear.The book has a previous owner small name label on the front endpaper but is otherwise Fine. ID#: 3436
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Dinesen, Isak
WINTER'S TALES
"T30012" Random House 1942, wartime book, 313 pages, A collection of eleven short stories The cover is solid but with and some spine sunning. The contents are tight and clean with no marks or inscriptions.. No dust jacket. Very Good Plus.. ID#: 3443
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Dorn, Karthe
TURNED INTO JOY, AIMING TOO HIGH, TWO STORIES
"T30448" Ernst Kaufmann, N.Y., no date (about 1900), 12mo, 96 pages, illustrated with full page paintings in color. Hard cover book with an intact cover illustration in color. Other than some edgewear to the red cover and a bent endpaper, the book is solid with no marks or inscriptions and considering its age is Very Good Plus. ID#: 2970
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Esteves, Carmen C. & Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth (editors)
Green Cane & Juicy Flotsam
[T29975] Rutgers University Press 1991, 273 pages, paper wraps. Short Stories by Caribbean Women. Fine. ID#: 1030
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Frazier, Charles
Cold Mountain
[W29942] Atlantic Monthly Press, N.Y. 1997, first edition stated, 356 pages, map endpapers. Best-selling novel of a Confederate soldier's perilous journey home at the end of the Civil War. The first state dust jacket has the John Berendt sticker blurb on the front panel. It is unclipped and is Fine. The book has the intact 10987654321 number sequence. It has the "man-woman" print error on page 25. It is Very Fine. ID#: 1032
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Freuchen, Peter
White Man: A Novel of Greenland
[T29896] Rinehart, N.Y. 1946, first edition, 275 pages. A strong and bloody story of the 17th century, of a man and a women sent from Danish prisons to help poulate that remote land. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and is complete with only slight edgewear. Except for a couple of roughly opened pages, the book is Fine. ID#: 1033
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Glanville, Ernest
The Hunter, a Story of Bushman Life
[W29516] Harcourt Brace, N.Y. 1926, 320 pages, illustrated by J. Abbey. Here is a fast moving novel of a family of Bushmen, hunting, then gorging themselves, fighting, gallantly retreating, arriving finally in the land of plenty. No dust jascket. Portion od dust jacket and promotional clip affixed to the front endpaper. A Very Good Plus copy. ID#: 1034
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Greey, Edward
ATAE
"T30022" Moussant Vallon, n.d., first edition, 24 pagss 12mo, elaborate embossed wrapper. Title and author name in tiny red letters in the center of cover. A Chinese love story. Becaue the cover wrapper is larger than the text pages, there is slight edgewear of the cover. The contents are tight and clean with a little foxing on two of the pages. Overall a Very Good Plus copy of a scarce item. ID#: 1843
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Hagerfors, Lennart
THE WHALES IN LAKE TANGANYIKA
"N27145" Grove Press, N.Y. 1989, 1st edition, 172 pages translated from the Swedish by Anselm Hollo. A fictionalized version of Stanley's journey to find Livingstone as seen through the eyes of John Shaw, an alcoholic ex-sailor. Has a small remainder mark on the bottom edge, otherwise dust jacket and book are Very Fine. ID#: 2736
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