African History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingHigh above the African continent, with nothing but clouds below and sky above, Cecil Lewis charts one of aviation's most daring personal odysseys...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the skies over Southern Rhodesia during the Second World War, a remarkable chapter of Allied aviation history was quietly written —...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of a newly independent African nation, where the jungle presses against the edges of a...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom one of the twentieth century's most commanding literary voices comes Five, a masterful collection of novellas that...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the edge of the Kalahari Desert, where survival demands extraordinary ingenuity and grace, lives one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodDeep within the remote Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania — one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth — naturalist and writer Peter...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of ancient Egyptian and sub-Saharan African civilizations, the Meroitic culture of Nubia left behind an extraordinary archaeological legacy—one meticulously documented in this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of wildlife conservation and scientific urgency, S.O.S. Rhino sounds an alarm for one of the world's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the heart of Johannesburg, where gold-rush ambition gave way to intellectual endeavour, the University of the Witwatersrand rose from modest colonial origins to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew mountain ranges on Earth carry the weight of history, myth, and raw natural grandeur quite like South Africa's Drakensberg — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Long before the world's gaze turned to South Africa's political upheavals,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageCry Rage! is a landmark work of South African protest poetry, a raw and unflinching outcry...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Published in Cape Town in 1976, With Mixed Feelings is a striking photographic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Remainder mark,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersRising dramatically from the rolling plains of KwaZulu-Natal, the Drakensberg — the Dragon's Back —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Some wear around edges of binding but...

Edition: 2nd paperback ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A - paperback with red card cover, some wear and fading to edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging....

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A richly detailed work of historical biography, The Life...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, lightly yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact. A landmark work in African American intellectual history, The Crisis...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: yellowed; minor stain on fep. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Usual shelf-wear. Faded and worn spine. Rubbed edges. At...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - booklet/pamphlet format in fair condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Staple-bound pamphlet, intact with general wear. At the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: faded, small tears. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. This omnibus edition brings together three of Wilbur Smith's most celebrated African adventures —...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: faded, no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with sogns of ageing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Three of Wilbur Smith's most pulse-pounding novels unite...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — no loose pages or broken binding. Few...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In the sweltering isolation of a remote East African outpost, a small...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. In the sun-scorched, famine-stricken nation of Kush — a landlocked African republic...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, tears along folds and corners of jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Intact. At the volatile...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the height of the Cold War, the political futures of newly...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in twentieth-century history burned as brightly — or as controversially...

Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Poor - faded and discoloured boards. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: name penned on fep....

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few figures in American...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with foxing. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Faded spine. In the sun-scorched wilds of...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. In the shadow of apartheid South Africa, a young woman named Rosa Burger...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Good. In one of the most passionate and consequential wildlife conservation stories...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good; stained boards. Out of Africa is a celebrated autobiographical memoir that chronicles the seventeen years...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In apartheid-era South Africa, Rosa Burger lives under the long...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Binding intact, no loose pages. Map and table in rear pocket intact. The Letters of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good/Fair. Jacket: Wear and tear on dust jackets across all four volumes, with some fading and minor edge wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good/fair. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears, with some discolouration and shelf-wear. Slipcase: worn and faded. Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner's plate affixed to feps. Binding: Hardcover...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good, rubbed edges. Usual shelf-wear. For tens of thousands of years, the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. A landmark work in conservation science, The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests:...

Condition remarks: Hardcover - dust jacket Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges....

A sophisticated publication dedicated to one of the most astonishing collections of African art. This book presents a variety of ritual figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Figurative sculpture...

Complete reproduction of Ani's papyrus, finest ever found. Full hieroglyphic text, interlinear transliteration, word-for-word translation, smooth translation. The sacred wisdom of the priests of ancient Egypt and the experiences of...

"An engaging romp." - New York Times Book Review "A haunting, quietly devastating excavation of a story we should all know but don't: how a surfing legend became the target...

The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series At the root of all riches lies evil... Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on...

Silver Medal winner in Military History Matters 'Book of the Year' Award "Written with great accuracy, detail, enthusiasm, and insight " Military History Matters judges' comment Striking where the enemy...

In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, Shias and Sunnis attempted to modify the laws relating to their places...