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Smuts: 2. The Fields Of Force 1919–1950
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the turbulent decades following the First World War, few figures navigated the shifting tectonic plates of global politics with...
With The White People
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWith the White People stands as a landmark work in Australian colonial history, casting unflinching light...
Refuge On The Roper: The Origins Of Roper River Mission Ngukurr
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDeep in the remote Northern Territory of Australia, where the Roper River winds through ancient floodplains and...
Beloved African (SIGNED)
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sun-scorched plains of Africa emerges a story as rich and complex as the continent itself...
Roger Casement
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew lives in modern history burn with as much contradictory brilliance as that of Roger Casement...
90 Minutes At Entebbe: The First Full Inside Story Of Operation Thunderbolt, The Spectacular Israeli Strike Against Terrorism
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the night of July 4, 1976, an elite squad of Israeli commandos touched down at...
The White Nile
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew chapters of history burn as brightly as the Victorian obsession with Africa's great...
History Of Zanzibar: From The Middle Ages To 1856
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: front hinges cracked; sticker on the copyright page. Long before the age of...
The Bloemfontein Diary Of Lieut. W.J. St. John 1852-53
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent years following the Sand River Convention, a young British officer stationed in the newly established Orange River Sovereignty set down his...
Goodbye Bussamarai: The Mandandanji Land War, Southern Queensland 1842-1852
$80.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slightly creased spine. In the fertile river country of southern Queensland, a war was fought...
To The African Wilderness With Dick Roughsey O.B.E. (SIGNED)
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedA remarkable journey unfolds in To the African Wilderness with Dick Roughsey O.B.E., a vivid travel narrative that chronicles the extraordinary adventure...
Bwana Game
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before wildlife conservation became a global cause, one man walked among lions on the vast, sun-scorched plains...
Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life And Violent Death On The Colonial Frontier
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the might of the British Empire swept across the Australian continent, there were...
The Masque Of Africa: Glimpses Of African Belief
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn his final work of travel writing, Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul embarks on an unflinching journey across...
The Great Boer War
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the British Empire found itself locked...
Five Years Hard: Being An Account Of The Fall Of The Fulani Empire And A Picture Of The Daily Life Of A Regimental Officer Among The Peoples Of The Western Sudan
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the dust of the Western Sudan to the collapse of one of...
Travels With A Tangerine: A Journey In The Footnotes Of Ibn Battutah
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat happens when a modern wanderer sets out to retrace the footsteps of history's greatest traveller? Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes...
L'Égypte D'Un Architecte: Ambroise Baudry (1838-1906)
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. French text.At the crossroads of 19th-century European ambition and the ancient grandeur of the Nile, L'Égypte d'un...
South Africa: The Struggle For A Birthright
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of one of the twentieth century's most profound moral and political battles stands a story...
Nasser's Egypt
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of one of the twentieth century's most turbulent political transformations stands Gamal Abdel Nasser —...
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...
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...
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
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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...
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 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 —...
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...
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
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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...
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...