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An Arab Philosophy Of History: Selections From The Prolegomena Of Ibn Khaldun Of Tunis (1332-1406)
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew thinkers in the medieval world possessed the intellectual audacity of Ibn Khaldun, the fourteenth-century North African polymath whose sweeping vision of history remains...
Edward John Eyre: The Hero As Murderer
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in the annals of colonial history are as morally complex and fiercely contested as...
Among The Elephants
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the sweeping wilderness of Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park, Among the Elephants chronicles one of the most intimate and groundbreaking scientific studies ever...
Speaking From The Desert: A Record Of The Eighth Army In Africa
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the blazing heat of the North African theatre, one BBC war...
Egypt's Destiny
$30.00 AUD
Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA gripping firsthand account of one of the twentieth century's most turbulent political...
Nisa: The Life And Words Of A !Kung Woman
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the vast Kalahari Desert of Botswana, a remarkable woman named Nisa spoke her truth — and in...
If Everyone Cared: Autobiography Of Margaret Tucker M.B.E.
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew voices in Australian history carry the moral weight and lived experience of Margaret Tucker M.B.E., a Yorta Yorta woman whose extraordinary life...
The Cry For The Dead
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodA searing indictment of colonial violence and a profound meditation on memory, The Cry for the Dead by Judith Wright...
The Lost Pharaohs: The Romance Of Egyptian Archaeology
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadow of the pyramids, where shifting desert sands conceal the secrets of a civilisation lost to time, The Lost Pharaohs: The Romance...
Tobruk
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn the scorching desert of North Africa, the Siege of Tobruk stands as one of the most extraordinary...
Alexandria: A History And A Guide
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew cities have captured the imagination of Western writers and historians quite like Alexandria — and few guides...
Bessie: Empress Of The Blues
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageShe was the highest-paid Black entertainer of the 1920s, a woman of volcanic talent and fierce independence who...
Laura Was My Camel
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingWhat happens when an Egyptologist's beloved camel becomes the unlikely heart of a life lived...
The History Of Egypt: From Muhammad Ali To Mubarak
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFrom the iron-willed moderniser Muhammad Ali to the complex political landscape of the Mubarak era, The History of Egypt: From...
The Power Of One (SIGNED)
$180.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd prCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: VG+. DJ unclipped in mylar. Binding remains tight; clean and bright copy. Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1930s...
The Tomb Of Tutankhamen
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn November 1922, beneath the sun-scorched sands of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, archaeologist Howard Carter made the most sensational...
The Illustrated Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography Of Nelson Mandela (SIGNED by Nelson Mandela)
$5,500.00 AUD
Edition: No. 406 of 425 copies.Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Excellent/Fine - Signed on 06 October 1996. Quarter bound by hand from SA. Clamshell slipcase in very...
Jan Christian Smuts
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew lives have bridged the chasm between battlefield and statecraft as dramatically as that of Jan Christian Smuts — soldier,...
Remote People
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the early 1930s, Evelyn Waugh embarked on a journey through East Africa and the Horn of Africa, and Remote People chronicles that extraordinary adventure...
Every Day: The Story Of Joe Williams
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the smoky jazz clubs of Chicago to the grand stages of international concert halls, Every Day: The...
The Boer War
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the British Empire launched what its commanders promised would...
Gemini To Joburg: The True Story Of A Flight Over Africa
$30.00 AUD
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...
Noble Six Hundred: The Story Of The Empire Air Training Scheme With Particular Reference To 674 Australians Who Trained In Southern Rhodesia
$40.00 AUD
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 —...
The Harmless People
$10.00 AUD
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...
Triumph Over Tunisia: Being The Story Of The Part Of The Royal Air Force In The African Victory
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the scorching skies and shifting sands of North Africa, the Royal Air Force fought one of its most decisive and underreported...
The White Nile
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grand tradition of Victorian adventure, The White Nile chronicles one of history's most dramatic...
Sand Rivers
$15.00 AUD
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...
Wits The Early Years: A History Of The University Of The Witwatersrand Johannesburg And Its Precursors 1896–1939
$12.00 AUD
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...
Barrier Of Spears: Drama Of The Drakensberg
$30.00 AUD
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...
Abantu: An Introduction To The Black People Of South Africa
$25.00 AUD
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,...
The Life And Times Of Cleopatra
$12.00 AUD
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...
The Crisis Of The Negro Intellectual
$50.00 AUD
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...
Ramses II And His Time
$12.00 AUD
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...
The Strange History Of Pierre Mendès-France And The Great Conflict Over French North Africa
$30.00 AUD
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...
Black Star: A View Of The Life And Times Of Kwame Nkrumah
$12.00 AUD
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...
Mary Kingsley
$25.00 AUD
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....
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight For Equality And The American Century, 1919-1963
$40.00 AUD
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...
Serengeti Shall Not Die
$20.00 AUD
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...
Out Of Africa
$15.00 AUD
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...
Burger's Daughter
$15.00 AUD
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...
The Letters Of Emma Sarah Hahn: Pioneer Missionary Among The Herero
$90.00 AUD
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...
Watoto: Rescue Raise Rebuild
$50.00 AUD
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....
Moses Pharaoh Of Egypt: The Mystery Of Akhenaten Resolved
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library stamps visible. A bold work of historical investigation, Moses Pharaoh...
Ramses Ii And His Time
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Ramses II and His Time is a bold work of...
Cry Of The Kalahari
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of natural history and adventure, Cry of...
Lovers On The Nile
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A gripping work of narrative history, Lovers on the Nile...
The Mottled Lizard
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A vivid memoir and sequel to The Flame Trees of Thika, The...
Monarchs Of The Nile
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Good, minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A compelling work of Egyptology, Monarchs of the Nile chronicles the lives and...