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Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill
The dramatic story of one of the most formative years in the life of Winston Churchill. The dramatic story of one of the most formative years in the life of...
Liberty's Exiles: The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British
$12.00 AUD
'More than just a work of first-class scholarship, Liberty's Exile's is a deeply moving masterpiece that fulfil's the historian's most challenging ambition: to revivify past experience.' Niall Fergusson On a...
The End Of The Game
$100.00 AUD
Author: Peter BeardBinding: HardbackPublished: Taschen, 2020Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work The End Of The Game chronicles the devastating decline of African wildlife, particularly the elephant...
City Of The Dead: Thebes In Egypt
$15.00 AUD
Author: Lise MannicheBinding: HardbackPublished: British Museum Publications., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, City Of The Dead: Thebes In...
Roots: The Saga Of An American Family
$15.00 AUD
Author: Alex HaleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsRoots: The Saga Of An American Family chronicles the harrowing yet ultimately...
The Elite: The Story Of The Rhodesian Special Air Service
$30.00 AUD
Author: Barbara ColeBinding: HardbackPublished: Three Knights., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-fading to spine and tears to edges of DJ,...
Negotiation And Social Space: A Gendered Analysis Of Changing Kin And Security Networks In South Asia And Sub-Saharan Africa
$20.00 AUD
Author: Carla Risseeuw, Kamala GaneshBinding: HardbackPublished: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to board.The...
Maritime South Africa: A Pictorial History
$25.00 AUD
Author: Brian Ingpen - Robert PabstBinding: HardbackPublished: Jane's, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMaritime South Africa: A Pictorial History chronicles the rich and vibrant seafaring heritage...
A New Earth: An Experiment In Colonialism
$30.00 AUD
Author: Elspeth HuxleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Clean text....
War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia,
This book investigates the political context and intentions behind the trialling of Japanese war criminals in the wake of World War Two. After the Second World War in Asia, the...
Abandon Ship!: The True World War II Story about the Sinking of the
On September 12, 1942, the RMS Laconia was attacked by a German submarine five hundred miles off the coast of western Africa. What the Germans didn't know was that they...
The Rainbow People of God: South Africa's Victory Over Apartheid
Through a collection of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's speeches, letters, sermons and off-the-cuff remarks, this book sketches the story of South Africa from 1976, when apartheid oppression was at its peak,...
Circling Africa
$50.00 AUD
Author: Isabel Anderson, Litt.D. (Mrs. Larz Anderson)Binding: HardbackPublished: Marshall Jones Company, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Signed by the...
YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD, IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. In A Series of Letters from Java, Singapore, China, Bengal, Egypt, The Holy Land, The Crimea and Its Battle-Grounds, England, Melbourne, Sydney, etc., etc.
$150.00 AUD
Author: George Francis TrainBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1857Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Damaged green...
Selous Scouts: Top Secret War
$250.00 AUD
Author: Lt. Col. Ron Reid Daly As Told To Peter StiffBinding: HardbackPublished: Galago Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light fading of board edges. Strong spine....
Sea Safari: British India S.N.Co. African Ships & Services
$20.00 AUD
Author: Peter C. KohlerBinding: HardbackPublished: PM Heaton Publishing, 1995Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account, Sea Safari: British India S.N.Co. African Ships & Services, chronicles the...
Six Feet Of The Country
$30.00 AUD
Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon and Schuster, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dull and worn spine. Clean copy. This collection of short stories, Six...
The Boer War
$40.00 AUD
Author: Thomas PakenhamBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, New York, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor marks and specks on boards. Yellowed DJ. Clean and sturdy copy. A...
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences Of Slavery And Emancipation
$40.00 AUD
Author: Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, Steven F. MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: New York-Washington, New Press-Library of Congress, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRemembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal...
Lightning Bird: The Story Of One Man's Journey Into Africa's Unknown Past
$15.00 AUD
Author: Lyall WatsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction narrative chronicles an extraordinary expedition into the...
The Nuclear Age: Ad 1950-1990
$15.00 AUD
Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE BOOKS, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account, The Nuclear Age, chronicles the...
Imagining Egypt: A Living Portrait of the Time of the Pharoahs
The glory of ancient Egypt comes alive as never before in this colourful, information-packed book featuring new and detailed recreations of ancient pyramids and temples, plus the history, rituals, language,...
Battle for the Elephants
At the 11th hour, shocked by pictures of rotting carcasses plundered for their ivory, the world has woken up to the plight of the African elephant. But the seeds of...
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
$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
$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:...
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
$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
$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
$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
$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...
Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War
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
$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....
Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara
Blue-veiled nomads, camels crossing infinite dunes, oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure. But they can never truly capture a region that crosses...
Impressions of Africa
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,...
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
$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
$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
$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...
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
$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
$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
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
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
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
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...