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Farwell, Bryan
The Great War in Africa
THE GREAT WAR IN AFRICA (1914- 1918) W.W. Norton, N.Y. 1986, 1st edition, 382 pages, B & W photos, maps. ""Unmatched as the historian of the British imperial military experience, Byron Farwell has written a lively dependable account of World War I's most exotic campaign. The book is an impressive blend of action and analysis."" Previous owner neat signature on front endpaper otherwise Dust Jacket, and book are Very Fine. $60.00 ID#: 4623
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Gallmann, Kuki
AFRICAN NIGHTS
"N27799" Viking, London 1994, 1st English edition stated, 142 pages, illustrated with photos in color and B & W, maps. Further stories about her life in Africa. Dust Jacket, Very Fine. ID#: 2821
$20.00
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Gates, Elgin T.
Trophy Hunter in Africa
TROPHY HUNTER IN AFRICA. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ 1988, numbered copy of an edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Elgin Gates and Jim Rikhoff, 315 pages, 4to, profusely illustrated with photos in B & W taken all over Africa. A famous big game hunter's experiences with the heaviest emphasis on elephant. The gilt lettering on the book is bright and intact and the contents are tight, clean and without any marks. Slipcase, Very Fine. $350.00 ID#: 4680
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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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Hahn, Emily
CONGO SOLO
N01920N CONGO SOLO - Emily Hahn. Bobbs-Merrill,IN. 1933. Stated 1st edition. Black cloth boards with bright gilt lettering on both front cover and spine.This is a very scarce and early book on big game hunting in the Congo, by a woman adventurer/hunter. A couple of small age spots on pastedowns, otherwise Fine ID#: 4496
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Hallet, Jean-Pierre
Animal Kitabu
[W29221] Random House, N.Y. 1968, third printing, 294 pages, illustrated with B & W photographs. Written with Alex Pelle. Unclipped dust jacket is only slightly worn. The book is Very Fine. ID#: 139
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Hallet, Jean-Pierre
ANIMAL KITABU
"W29216" Random House, N.Y 1868, fourth printing, 294 pages, illustrated with B & W photographs. Written with Alex Pelle. The author explores the hidden world of Africa's big game - a unique and controversial expose bringing to life the real animals behind the man-made legends. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Unclipped dust jacket and book are Very Fine. ID#: 2021
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Hanks, John
A Struggle for Survival, the Elephant Problem
[W29539] C. Struik, Cape Town 1979, stated first edition, 176 pages, profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings, charts and maps in color and B & W, pictorial endpapers. Dust Jacket, Fine. ID#: 143
$12.50
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Harden, Blaine
Africa, Dispatches from a Fragile Continent
[T29622] W.W. Norton, N.Y. 1990, first edition stated, 333 pages, illustrated with B & W photographs, map. The author was bureaur chief for sub-Saharan Africa for the Washington Post from 1985 to 1989. Dust jacket, Very Fine. ID#: 144
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Johnson, Martin
Lion
LION. Putnam's, N.Y. 1929, first edition stated, 281 pages, with 63 illustrations from B & W photographs, folding map intact, pictorial endpapers. ""African Adventures with the King of Beasts."" No dust jacket. Small previous owner signature on an interior endpaper.. Contents clean and tight. Very Good Plus. $75.00 ID#: 4697
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Johnson, T. Broadwood
TRAMPS ROUND THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND THROUGH THE BACK GATE OF THE CONGO STATE
"JL30912" T.Fisher Unwin, London 1908, first edition, 316 pages, profusely illustrated with B &W photographs and drawings, folding map intact. Story of the author's rambles about the great mountain ranges of Central Africa. He answers questions about the customs of the people and the prospects of the country. The blue cover shows wear on the spine. Czech writes: ""While this is primarily a narrative of observation and exploration by a missionary who traveled to Uganda and the Belgian Congo, there are descriptions of encounters with elephants and a marauding lion, and hunting antelopes.""The title on the cover in black is supplemented by a vignette of two natives holding ivory tusks. Gilt lettering on spine is intact but somewhat dull.. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown. Contents are tight but there is occasional foxing. Very Good. ID#: 4337
$225.00
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Kearton, Cherry
IN THE LAND OF THE LION
"T30300" McBride, N.Y. 1929 reprint, 298 pages, pictorial endpapers. Overview of the big game animals of Central Africa by the well known photographer and author, No dust jacket. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown but no other marks or inscriptions. Very Good Plus. ID#: 2570
$15.00
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KIRKLAND, CAROLINE
SOME AFRICAN HIGHWAYS
[N001754A] BOSTON: Dana Estes & Company, 1908. 1st. Hardcover. Travel and adventure in Uganda and the Transvaal by two American women. Pictorial cover & spine w/gilt lettering Very Good Plus/No DJ. Light wear to rear cover and spine. Folding map present. ID#: 158
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Knight, Ian J.
THE ANATOMY OF THE ZULU ARMY
"T28057" Greenhill Books, London 1995, 1st edition, 282 pages, profusely illustrated with historic B & W photos, drawings and maps. Covers the period from Shaka to Cetshwayo 1818-1879, the latter date the Anglo-Zulu War seen from the Zulu perspective. The author explains how the Zulu warriors were enlisted, trained and housed, what they wore, what weapons they carried, their ornate ceremonial costumes, what duties they performed and what rewards they expected, how they functioned in wartime, from complex preparatory rituals to battlefield tactics, and the shock of battle itself. Dust jacket, Very Fine. ID#: 2225
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Knight, Ian J.
WARRIOR CHIEFS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
"T28055" Firebird Books, Poole, Dorset, U.K. 1994, 1st edition, 191 pages, 4to, profusely illustrated in B & W with historic photographs, drawings and maps. Shaka of the Zulu, Moshoeshoe of the BaSotho, Mzilikazi of the Matabele, Maqoma of the Xhosa. The author provides both an historical background to the origins of contemporary Southern Africa, and an exciting military account of the regions's main black empires - a fascinationg picture of a massive tribal power struggle in the days before European domination of Southern Africa. Ian Knight is a leading authority on Zululand and its history. Dust Jacket, Very Fine. ID#: 3165
$40.00
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