African History

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew waterways have shaped the destiny of nations as profoundly as the Suez...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodBefore the wilderness vanished and the age of the great safari drew to a close, one man stood at the crossroads of...

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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...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before modern travel apps and online itineraries, a compact and authoritative volume offered the discerning traveller an unparalleled passport into one...

Edition: 3rd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew works of cultural documentation have endured with such scholarly tenacity as Edward...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Large tears now repaired with non-acidic tape.Long before mass tourism and modern travel opened Egypt's wonders to the world, the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew cities on earth carry the weight of millennia as Cairo does — a metropolis where pharaonic grandeur, Islamic splendour, and colonial ambition have all...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingLong before the age of modern archaeology, Egypt's magnificent ancient treasures were plundered, bartered, and shipped across the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStep into the sun-scorched sands of antiquity with Egypt: A Journey Through the Land of the Pharaohs, a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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....

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...

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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...

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...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA landmark work of seventeenth-century travel literature and historical memoir, The Itinerário of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed biography, Speke chronicles the extraordinary and turbulent life of John Hanning Speke, the Victorian explorer who claimed...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of narrative history, Africa Explored: Europeans in the Dark Continent, 1769-1889 chronicles the dramatic era of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA masterwork of nature writing and travel literature, Sand Rivers chronicles a 1979 wilderness expedition into the Selous Game Reserve...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in the history of archaeology, The Tomb of Tutankhamen chronicles one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in Egyptology, Valley of the Kings chronicles the dramatic history of one of the ancient world's most extraordinary...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA gripping work of historical narrative, The Search for the Niger chronicles the centuries-long quest by European explorers...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A gripping work of narrative history, Quest: The Story of Stanley and Livingstone...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing and political observation, My African Journey chronicles Winston Churchill's 1907 expedition through British East Africa and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark work in hydrology and geography, The Nile presents a comprehensive...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsWhimsical, adventurous, and thoroughly entertaining, An Elephant Charging My Chookhouse is a captivating autobiographical memoir by the colorful Australian...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of travel writing and historical biography, Journey to the Source of the Nile chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA vivid work of travel writing and cultural observation, The Lands of Barbary chronicles Geoffrey Furlonge's journey through the North...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA compelling work of literary nonfiction, In Search of a Character: Two African Journals presents the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Hinges cracked. An account of a journey by motor-car across the length and breadth...

Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean and bright text. Rob...