Hardcover 1st edition - 33 pp, pictorial cover - a wonderful tale of 10 year old Affa who lives in the North Eastern part of Ghana in West Africa. Some shelf and edgewear, along with bowing of covers, interior fine. A VERY HARD TO FIND item View More...
Hardcover presumed first- some general shelf and edgewear, publication data page removed, some ex-library stamps and stickers but generally a good solid reading copy View More...
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - the personal story of a Canadian family from Burlington Ontario who went to live in Kenya for two years. Some minor shelf and edgewear otherwise a fine clean tight copy. Dust jacket is a little tattered View More...
Written in Afrikaans - a illustrated work on folk art, literature and culture 156 pp very nice condition, only one very small mark on cover - red board gilt lettering on cover and spine View More...
Professionally rebound with leather spine, raised bands, gilt lettering and floral motif on backstrip. Very tight 3 volume set, dull grey topstain, remaining edges with speckled stain. Magnificent maps and (copper)plate illustrations, all present with the exception of Plate 4 volume 1 and plate 15 volume 3. Some foxing throughout, otherwise exceptionally good condition. François Le Vaillant (1753-1824) was an adventurer and natural historian. He was the son of the French Counsel to Dutch Guiana. He grew up there and spent his early years studying and collecting specimens of birds. His firs... View More...
Hardcover, profusely illustrated with vintage photographs. Condition is quite good. Text in German. reich mit Vintage-Fotografien veranschaulicht. Zustand ist sehr gut. Text Deutsch View More...
Hardcover presumed first. Set in Africa, b&w illustrations. Some shelfwear and light bowing of covers, gift inscription. There is a slightly darkened area along the right edge of the front cover and a circle mark on the back otherwise a good solid copy View More...
Hardcover 1st editon edition - yellow cloth with illustration of an African man holding a spear aloft. Some shelf and edgewear,& age toning, otherwise a fair solid copy. View More...
Hardcover 1st edition - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Some shelf and edgewear, & has a gift note on the fist page, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed, otherwise still a good copy. Although he had reported from some of the most dangerous places on earth, none were more dangerous than Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Few journalists dared venture there, but Ian Stewart was one of them. On January 10, 1999, Stewart and two colleagues were ambushed as they drove through the streets of Freetown. One of his colleagues was killed instantly, and Stewart,... View More...
