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Africa

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1 "Reliable sources" The Life and explorations in South Africa of David Livingstone LL.D
London James Blackwood & Co Very Good 
No date,but previous owner inscription has date of 1892. Attractive decorated binding in good condition - bottle green cloth with gilt titling, frontispiece portrait, foldout map, b/w illustrations, clean pages, overall v.good. No named author, but "compiled from reliable sources". 324pp. 
Price: 27.49 GBP
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2 Alhaji Mahmudu Koki (Editor Skinner, Neil) Kano Malam
Nigeria Ahamdu Bello University Press 1977 First Edition Paperback Very Good 
Paperback in v.good condition, tight binding, clean pages, signed by the translator/editor "to an old friend with best wishes, Neil Skinner". Autobiographical account that sheds light on life in Nigeria - through the period of British colonial rule and the Nigerian Civil War 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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3 Bahnemann, Gunther New Guinea Crocodile Poacher
London The Adventurers Club 1965 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Very Good 
Excellent dustwrapper and binding, clean pages, overall v.good. 192pp. 
Price: 4.50 GBP
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4 Bankoff, Greg and Swart, Sandra Breeds of Empire - the Invention of the Horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa 1500 - 1950
Denmark Nias Press 2007 Paperback Very Good 
Some sporadic pencilling to occasional margins, not too serious, overall a v.good copy, with tight binding, and clean pages (aside from the occasional pencilling.) 
Price: 9.90 GBP
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5 Bennett, Benjamin Was Justice Done? The Scissors Murder
Cape Town Howard Timmins 1975 First Edition Very Good Good 
Dustwrapper has closed tear to front, but basically intact, binding good (couple of minor marks), pages clean, overall v.good. 
Price: 10.10 GBP
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6 Birkinshaw, Philip The Livingstone Touch
London Macdonald and Jane's 1973 0356047180 / 9780356047188 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 
Dustwrapper is very good, binding excellent, pages clean, foldout map, illustrated, overall very good. 
Price: 5.61 GBP
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7 Bjerre, Jens Kalahari
London Michael Joseph 1960 First Edition Very Good Very Good 
Dustwrapper is v. good - lightly chipped at edges, binding is very good, pages clean. Slightly musty aroma. Otherwise v.good. 
Price: 4.49 GBP
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8 Blaikie, William Garden Personal Life of David Livingstone
London John Murray 1913 Very Good 
Good solid binding, slight spine slant, clean pages, overall good to v.good. 
Price: 5.05 GBP
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9 Blaikie, William Garden The Life of David Livingstone
London John Murray 1911 Good 
Binding a little age-worn, but solid, title page loosening, otherwise binding tight and pages clean - overall good condition. 
Price: 5.05 GBP
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10 Bruce, C Round Africa - Being Some Account of the Peoples and Places of the Dark Continent
London Paris and New York Cassell, Petter, Galpin 1882 Hard Cover Poor 
Book is in poor condition, needs restoration - i.e. binding is loose, and pages also. Numerous fascinating illustrations from engravings. Reading copy only. 
Price: 5.40 GBP
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11 Campbell, R J Livingstone
London Benn 1929 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 
Excellent brown cloth binding, clean pages, frontispiece portrait and illustrations throughout text, foldout map with tissue covering at rear of book, overall a very good copy. 
Price: 8.98 GBP
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12 Chapman, David Hunter Hunter
Cape Town Howard Timmins 1988 0869783017 / 9780869783016 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 
Minor damp marks to otherwise very good binding, excellent dustwrapper, clean pages. 
Price: 7.85 GBP
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13 Chilvers, Hedley A and Campbell, Alexander Out of the Crucible - Being the Romantic Story of the Witwatersrand Goldfields; and of the Great City Which Arose in Their Midst with an Epilogue 1929 - 1948 By Alexander Campbell
Johannesburg Juta 1948 First Thus Hard Cover Very Good Good William M Timlin 
Dustwrapper is worn, but more or less intact, binding very good and solid, pages clean, 14 illustrations by William Timlin, overall good to v.good. 
Price: 4.49 GBP
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14 Cloete, Stuart The Fiercest Heart
Boston Houghton Mifflin 1960 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good 
Dustwrapper has minor edge-chipping, otherwise v.good, binding v.good, and pages clean. A novel of the Great Trek of the 1830s. 
Price: 3.96 GBP
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15 Coupland, Reginald Livingstone's Last Journey
London Collins 1945 First Edition Very Good 
Good solid cloth binding, internally very good with clean pages. Illustrated with four maps, overall v.good. 
Price: 2.81 GBP
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16 De Villiers, H H W Rivonia - Operation Mayibuye
Johannesburg Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel 1964 First Edition Good Very Good 
Lightly worn dustwrapper, some damp marks to otherwise solid and good binding, clean pages, overall good condition. 
Price: 10.10 GBP
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17 Debenham, Frank Kalahari Sand
London Bell 1953 First Edition Hard Cover Good No Jacket 
Good cloth binding, no dustwrapper. Previous owner inscription to flyleaf. Foxing to pages, but pages otherwise clean. Rear hinge exposed. Overall good condition. 
Price: 5.61 GBP
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18 Douglas, M In Lion Land - the Story of Livingstone and Stanley
London Nelson Very Good 
No date, c. 1910s, very good green decorated binding, clean pages, colour frontispiece is loose, and there are 7 other colour plate illustrations, overall v. good. 
Price: 8.42 GBP
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19 Douglas, M In Lion Land - the Story of Livingstone and Stanley
London Nelson 1900 Very Good 
Assumed first edition, very attractive decorated binding, with gilt titling, prize sticker to flyleaf, frontispiece portrait and b/w engravings through text, one plate has small closed tear to border, clean pages, overall v.good. 
Price: 14.03 GBP
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20 Dugauquier, D P Congo Cauldron
London Jarrolds 1961 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good 
Excellent copy, in v.good dustwrapper and binding, clean pages. Illustrated. An account of life in the Belgian Congo, for the ten years prior to independence. 
Price: 5.40 GBP
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