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The Road From Sharpeville

The Road From Sharpeville

$35.00 AUD
Author: Bernard SachsBinding: HardbackPublished: DENNIS DOBSON, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the profound societal and personal transformations...
Windmills Of The Gods

Windmills Of The Gods

$12.00 AUD
Author: Sidney SheldonBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing London, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTracing a significant historical diaspora, The Trail Of The Huguenots:...
The Sound Of Thunder

The Sound Of Thunder

$120.00 AUD
Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann London, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Excellent condition. Slight fading to colours on spine of DJThis sweeping historical saga, The...
The Roots Of Heaven

The Roots Of Heaven

$30.00 AUD
Author: Romain GaryBinding: HardbackPublished: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe novel The Roots of Heaven presents a...
Seven Seasons

Seven Seasons

$35.00 AUD
Author: Peter ForbathBinding: HardbackPublished: Atheneum, NY, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSeven Seasons chronicles the intricate journey of a protagonist navigating the ebb and flow of life's most...
The Rehearsal: Australians At War In The Sudan 1885

The Rehearsal: Australians At War In The Sudan 1885

$30.00 AUD
Author: K. S. InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear to board. Faded board spine with chip to same. Light tanning to block. Pages...
Liberty's Exiles: The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British

Liberty's Exiles: The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British

$20.00 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

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

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...
Negotiation And Social Space: A Gendered Analysis Of Changing Kin And Security Networks In South Asia And Sub-Saharan Africa

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

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

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....
The Rainbow People of God: South Africa's Victory Over Apartheid

The Rainbow People of God: South Africa's Victory Over Apartheid

$52.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imagining Egypt: A Living Portrait of the Time of the Pharoahs

$20.00 AUD
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,...
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:...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...