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The Jews Of South Africa: What Future?

The Jews Of South Africa: What Future?

$35.00 AUD
Author: Tzippi Hoffman; Alan FischerBinding: HardbackPublished: Southern Book Publishers., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed edges, minor tear to back of DJ...
The African Adventure: Four Hundred Years Of Exploration In The Dangerous Continent

The African Adventure: Four Hundred Years Of Exploration In The Dangerous Continent

$50.00 AUD
Author: Timothy SeverinBinding: HardbackPublished: E.P. Dutton, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has minor wear and tear along some edges and light tanningThis compelling historical...
A Century Of South African Steam Tugs

A Century Of South African Steam Tugs

$120.00 AUD
Author: David ReynoldsBinding: HardbackPublished: Downstairs Graphics & Publications, Pretoria, South Africa , 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...
David Livingstone: His Labours And His Legacy.

David Livingstone: His Labours And His Legacy.

$25.00 AUD
Author: A. Montefiore-BriceBinding: HardbackPublished: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1900Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn boards with...
Gordon Of Khartoum

Gordon Of Khartoum

$20.00 AUD
Author: Patrick TurnbullBinding: HardbackPublished: Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography chronicles the extraordinary life and military career of General Charles George...
The Story Of Kingsley Fairbridge

The Story Of Kingsley Fairbridge

$20.00 AUD
Author: By HimselfBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1938Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Rhodesia map on endpapers. Award plate on fep, otherwise internally sound. The...
Hunter Squadron: Airman In The Congo Conflict

Hunter Squadron: Airman In The Congo Conflict

$55.00 AUD
Author: Robert JacksonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light tanning to spine, some light foxing to page...
Myths And Legends Of Southern Africa

Myths And Legends Of Southern Africa

$130.00 AUD
Author: Penny MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: T.V. Bulpin Publications, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and general wear and tear, previous owner name...
The White Nile

The White Nile

$20.00 AUD
Author: Alan MooreheadBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the dramatic nineteenth-century quest to...
Pharaohs

Pharaohs

$30.00 AUD
Author: Aude Gros de BelerBinding: HardbackPublished: Moliere., 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis non-fiction book of Ancient Egypt showcases the centuries past and gves insight into the lives...
A Bushman's Harvest

A Bushman's Harvest

$20.00 AUD
Author: Jack HyettBinding: HardbackPublished: F.W.Cheshire, Melbourne., 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerA Bushman's Harvest chronicles the authentic experiences of a bushman, presenting a vivid...
Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War

Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War

$65.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
Adrian Greaves uses his exceptional knowledge of the Anglo-Zulu War to look beyond the two best known battles of Isandlwana and the iconic action at Rorke's Drift to other fiercely...
Seychelles Global Citizen: The Autobiography of the Founding President

Seychelles Global Citizen: The Autobiography of the Founding President

$12.00 AUD
This title offers an insightful and informative look at the remarkable life and times of Sir James Mancham - founding President of the Republic of the Seychelles. James Mancham (b....
Impressions of Africa

Impressions of Africa

$64.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Illustrates the emotional attraction of the continent's very being - the grandeur, the natural beauty and the multifarious animal kingdom - and inspires a dream of the magic of Africa,...
Woman In The Mists: The Story Of Dian Fossey And The Mountain Gorillas Of Africa

Woman In The Mists: The Story Of Dian Fossey And The Mountain Gorillas Of Africa

$25.00 AUD
Author: Farley MowatBinding: HardbackPublished: Warner Books, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Very light wear to top of dust jacket spine, pages have some foxingDeep...
Barbarian Tides: 1500-600 Bc

Barbarian Tides: 1500-600 Bc

$15.00 AUD
Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBarbarian Tides: The Aggressive Empires - Egypt's Golden Age,...
Roots: The Saga Of An American Family

Roots: The Saga Of An American Family

$25.00 AUD
Author: Alex HaleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAlex Haley's monumental work, Roots: The Saga Of An American Family, chronicles the harrowing yet ultimately...
The Shameful Trade

The Shameful Trade

$45.00 AUD
Author: F. George KayBinding: HardbackPublished: White Lion., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Minor bumps and rubbing to cover, slight stain...
The Story Of South Africa

The Story Of South Africa

$30.00 AUD
Author: Leo MarquardBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Limited, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe acclaimed "The Story Of South Africa" chronicles the complex and often tumultuous...
Vanishing Africa

Vanishing Africa

$60.00 AUD
Author: Mirella RicciardiBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Size: Folio.Vanishing Africa presents a poignant visual chronicle of traditional African cultures on the cusp of...
Burger's Daughter

Burger's Daughter

$15.00 AUD
Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerNadine Gordimer's "Burger's Daughter" presents a compelling narrative set against the tumultuous backdrop of apartheid South Africa....
The Boer War

The Boer War

$40.00 AUD
Author: Thomas PakenhamBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some wear and tear esp along edges and corners,...
Colonial Ladies

Colonial Ladies

$20.00 AUD
Author: Maggie WeidenhoferBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil Melbourne, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Green cloth with some marks and specks. This is a historical fiction novel that...
An All Consuming Passion: The Life of Georgiana Molloy

An All Consuming Passion: The Life of Georgiana Molloy

$49.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
This epic story of settlement and colonization is, specifically, the story of the settlement of the southeast of Western Australia. At its heart is the story of Georgiana Molloy and...
Footfalls Echo in the Memory: A Life with the Colonial Education

Footfalls Echo in the Memory: A Life with the Colonial Education

$90.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
The Education Service was a vital arm of the British Colonial Service while the British Council has been paramount in promoting the English language and culture overseas. But are both...
Our Land in Colour

Our Land in Colour

$50.00 AUD$20.00 AUD
A breathtaking collection of 200 photographs expertly colourised by Aotearoa New Zealand's premier colourist, Brendan Graham, with commentary from award-winning historian Jock Phillips ONZM Our Land in Colour celebrates the...
A Cruise on the Nile: Or the Fabulous Story of Steam Ship Sudan

A Cruise on the Nile: Or the Fabulous Story of Steam Ship Sudan

$125.00 AUD$60.00 AUD
This sumptuous book invites you to follow the course of the Nile and Egyptian history on board a floating historical monument, the Steam Ship Sudan. At 100 years old, and...
Empires of the Mind: The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present

Empires of the Mind: The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present

$44.95 AUD$22.50 AUD
'The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. Robert Gildea exposes instead the brutal realities...
Taking Liberty: Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in

Taking Liberty: Indigenous Rights and Settler Self-Government in

$203.95 AUD$100.00 AUD
At last a history that explains how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. The legacy of seizing a continent and alternately destroying and governing...
African Stories

African Stories

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of stories of Africa from centuries past to the present, selected by the Booker Prize-winning Nigerian novelist Ben Okri. A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of...
Living Africa

Living Africa

$76.99 AUD$40.00 AUD
This magnificent photographic survey is a personal tour through the length and breadth of Africa by one of the world's leading nature and wildlife photographers. Steve Bloom achieves here a...
Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive

Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive

$49.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
This is the story of Winston Churchill's exploits during the Boer War, the springboard from which, overnight, he leapt to fame on the international stage. Within three months of his...
Eyes Over Africa: Special Selection

Eyes Over Africa: Special Selection

$99.00 AUD$90.00 AUD
In 2006, to fulfill a long-held dream, widely acclaimed photographer Michael Poliza and friend Stefan Breuer undertook a helicopter journey across Africa. Skimming close to the ground, they flew over...
The Elizabethan World Picture

The Elizabethan World Picture

$40.00 AUD
Author: E. M. W. TillyardBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, light wear to cloth cover, previous owner name and marks insideThe...
A Tourist In Africa

A Tourist In Africa

$20.00 AUD
Author: Evelyn WaughBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman & Hall, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear to dust jacket, tanning along spineFew people go to East and Central...
Leni Riefenstahl's Africa

Leni Riefenstahl's Africa

$80.00 AUD
Author: Leni RiefenstahlBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins/Harvill, London, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating photography collection presents Leni Riefenstahl's stunning visual chronicle of her decades-long immersion in the Nuba...
Elephant Song

Elephant Song

$15.00 AUD
Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWilbur Smith's "Elephant Song" is a gripping adventure novel that transports readers to the heart of Africa....
Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley

$20.00 AUD
Author: Cecil HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of London, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Frayed, dull and faded spine. This biography...
Eyes Over Africa

Eyes Over Africa

$199.00 AUD$169.15 AUD
In 2006, to fulfill a long-held dream, widely acclaimed photographer Michael Poliza and friend Stefan Breuer undertook a helicopter journey across Africa. Skimming close to the ground, they flew over...
Lords of the Earth: The Entwined Destiny of Wildlife and Humanity

Lords of the Earth: The Entwined Destiny of Wildlife and Humanity

$145.00 AUD$20.00 AUD
For more than 40 years, Cyril Christo son of the artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude his wife Marie, and his son Lysander have been travelling among the last indigenous peoples...
Atrocities, Diamonds and Diplomacy

Atrocities, Diamonds and Diplomacy

$57.99 AUD$49.29 AUD
In early 1997 Peter Penfold, arrived in Sierra Leone as the British High Commissioner. This fascinating book describes not just his eventful three year tour but the background and subsequent...
Who's Who in the Zulu War 1879, Vol. 2: Colonials and Zulus

Who's Who in the Zulu War 1879, Vol. 2: Colonials and Zulus

$59.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 has a character that inspires and fascinates readers and increasing numbers of visitors to South Africa. The two volume biographical dictionary of the participants is...
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life

The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life

$50.00 AUD$15.00 AUD
With the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist. Kapuscinski has been visiting Africa since...
Winds of Change, 1914-39

Winds of Change, 1914-39

$30.00 AUD
Author: Harold MacmillanBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper and Row, New York, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn this compelling work of political history, Harold Macmillan, former Prime Minister of the United...
The Trade Makers: Elder Dempster In West Africa 1852-1972

The Trade Makers: Elder Dempster In West Africa 1852-1972

$45.00 AUD
Author: P. N. DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the extensive operations of Elder...