Melville / Pietermaritzburg: Scripta Africana / Hans Strydom Publishers / Interpak Natal. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover.
Limited edition, #746 of 1000 copies, signed by publisher on limitation page. Slipcase rubbed.
246 pp. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations in text. Includes: Prelude to Disasters: The Letters of Philip Anstruther, 1879-1880; Introduction: The.....
Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Company, 1881. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. Ink gift note on front free endpaper, light general wear.
761 pp. Brown cloth, gilt titles and decorations. A biographical account of the careers of two famous explorers of the African continent, gleaned from their memoirs and contemporary sources.....
New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Kuhn, Bob. Large Hardcover.
Multiple chips and tears to jacket edges, some mended with tape on jacket reverse, jacket lightly toned. Address label on dedication page.
154 pp. "No other animals in the world have ever quite captured man's imagination as have the fabled "Big.....
Savannah, Georgia: First Bryan Baptist Church, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed.
x, 169 pp. Historic First Bryan Baptist Church is an African-American church that was organized in Savannah, Georgia, by Andrew Bryan in 1788. Considered to be the Mother Church of Black Baptist, the site.....
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "11/1/76 For George--my very best wishes!" Multiple tears and chips to jacket edges which have been mended with tape.
viii, 587 pp. "Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976.....
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Multiple tears and some chips to jacket edges. Pencil note and ink name on front endpapers.
188 pp. Black-and-white photographs follow text. Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer.....
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, 1900. Large Hardcover.
Stain on rear board, boards lightly soiled, rear hinge starting, ink stamp on front endpaper, front endpaper and title page torn and previously mended with tape.
xviii, 208 pp. 11 1/2 inches x 17 inches. A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer.....
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1908. McManus, Blanche. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. A very nice copy.
ix, 442 pp. Top page ridge gilt. Color frontispiece by Blanche McManus. With illustrations from drawings and paintings done by Blanche McManus. A travelogue of Mediterranean Africa.
Philadelphia: Lutheran Board of Publication, 1859. Small Hard Cover.
Only seven in OCLC. Large stain to bottom half of front board and first eight pages, spots to pages throughout.
69 pp. "...it is certain that during the time which I spent in that [Africa] country, I was often forcibly reminded.....
Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1971. Stedman, Captain J.G. Large Hardcover.
Near fine large hardcovers in a near fine publisher slipcase.
Two volume set with publisher slipcase. Includes 80 engravings, including several maps and fold-outs. John Gabriel Stedman (1744 – 7 March 1797) was a Dutch-born Scottish soldier who wrote The.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Large chip to front jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed with additional smaller chips, tears and creases, label on jacket spine. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.
409 pp. Fold-out map follows text. "Few people yet know just what the.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Ward, Herbert. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Boards a bit rubbed, 1 inch internal split to spine cloth, small dealer plate on front endpaper.
xvi, 330 pp. 8vo. Includes illustrations from photographs, sculpture, and drawings by the author. Ward participated in the.....