Softcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 434 pages, clean. A hilarious account of Peter Biddlecmbe's ten years traveling across West Africa on a long and lingering 'liason dangereuse' with the sixty per cent of the continent that is French-speaking.
Hardcover. New York , Morrow, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The mother of Elspeth Huxley recounts her life in East Africa before WWI in letters, with a memoir by Huxley
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Orange cover boards, brown quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean. Binding tight. Green endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Like new. Michael Branch has elegantly and creatively helped imagine John Muir's "missing years" and his astonishing journey to the tropics.
Softcover. Toronto, ON, Broadview Literary Texts, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This is a memoir written by Olaudah Equiano, an influential African advocate of abolishing the slave trade in Britain during the late 18th century. Clean copy. Record # 33665
Hardcover. London, John Murray, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. by Victor Ambrus. 229 pages. Light edgewear to dj, price clipped. Previous owner's signature front end paper.
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Harcourt, 1st, 1994-02-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages, b&w photos. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462310
Softcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 2nd, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 2nd, 1984, #0. Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, Black and white photographs. Light edgewear to wrappers. Small crease to bottom edge to page 378. Discoloration to page edges. . 516 pages. Record #:467153
Hardcover. New York, NY, D. Appleton-Century Company, First Edition, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 175 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with brick colored titles to spine. Light wear to crown & heel of spine. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Light toning to edges throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.
Paperback. Madison WI, The University of Wisconsin Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 244 pages, paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front flyleaf, inscribed to Bill McKibben. The life and times of Jeffrey Brace, a well-respected abolitionist with legendary powers of memory.
Hardcover. London, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Black fabric covers. Author photo glued to page opposite title page and original cover from dust jacket partially glued to title page. Spine slightly cocked. Mostly clean inside with a touch of foxing to endpapers and edges. Original owner inscription on front endpaper dated 1955, and personalized ink stamp on top edge. In very good shape considering age.
Hardcover. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages. Ink notation s, underlining to about third of the pages. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf.
Chicago, Unif. of Chicago, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 229 pages. Memoir of a family's 2 year sojourn in Botswana and their assimilation into the local culture.
Hardcover. Baltimore MD, Gateway Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 91 pages, b&w illustrations, in blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Author was a staff officer with the air force in North Africa, Sicily and Italy during World War II.
Hardcover. New York, 1st, August 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 239 pages, several b&w maps. Large piece missing from rear of dust jacket; protected by mylar cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 373 pages. Light bumping to corners, foxing to top edge. Dust jacket with minor wear and sunning to lower edge of front cover. A nice, tight copy.
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages. Clean, tight copy in lovely condition. Record # 453528
Softcover. US, Peter Owen Publishers, 1st us, 1990-05-17, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Soft Cover. Black and white photographs. Light edgewear to wrappers.
Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., First Edition, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with white printed titles to spine. Full color photography throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.