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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
$60.00
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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
$20.00
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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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Huxley. Elspeth & van Lawick, Hugo
Last Days in Eden
"GH28014" "Huxley, Elspeth & van Lawick, Hugo" "Last Days in Eden" "Africa," "LAST DAYS IN EDEN. Amaryllis Press, N.Y.1984, first U.S.edition, large octavo, 192 pages, spectacularly illustrated with 100 dramatic color photography of award wining wildlife photographer, Hugo van Lawick. The author and photographer combine to provide a unique and exciting account of the threatened world of African wildlife and a strong plea for its preservation. Dust Jacket and book are Very Fine. $45.00 ID#: 4759
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Isak Dinesen
Shadows on the Grass
GH27995" "Dinesen, Isak" "Shadows on the Grass" "Autobiography & Biography, Africa" "SHADOWS ON THE GRASS. Random House, N.Y. 1961, first American edition, 149 pages plus two page sketch about the author, B & W illustrations. Stories about Africa. Dust Jacket is price-clipped otherwise Very good Plus. There is a s previous owner signature on the front endpaper otherwise the book itself is Fine. $50.00" $50.00 ID#: 4735
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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
$175.00
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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
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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
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Labuschagne, R.J.
THE KRUGER PARK AND OTHER NATIONAL PARKS
"T30386" Da Gama Publishers, Johannesburg on behalf of the National Parks Board of South Africa, Pretoria, no date (about 1970,) folio,, profusely illustrated in color and B & W, pictorial endpapers. Outlines in thrilling detail everything about the various National Parks of South Africa, and what is to be found in them.. The author is internationally known for his knowledge and and achievements in sonnection with South Africa's incomparable wild life, There is a small previous owner signature on the front endpaper. Dust jjacket shows only minor wear asnd is complete. The book is Fine ID#: 2817
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Labuschagne, R.J. (editor)
South African Animal Guide
[T29964] A publication of the National Parks Board of Trustees of the Union of South Africa, n.d., wide 12mo, 55 pages, softbound pamphlet. Features the mammals of South Africa large and small, illustrated in color with accompanying descriptions. A Near Fine copy. ID#: 401
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