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197034884London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1970. Second Edition. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; vi66pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities and light dust-soil to rear wrapper else Near Fine. "Apartheid - or the system of "separate development" as the South African authorities prefer to call it - is not self-enforcing. It is maintained by an elaborate system of penal laws backed up by the powerful weaponry of a modern state. This study deals with the special character of law enforcement in a society where race distinction lies at the root of government policy" from introduction. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
55New York; London: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated likely first American edition c. 1929. xix 609 pp 25 illustrations with index b/w illustrations from photographs. Author photograph tipped in as frontispiece. Foreword by "Dr. Laws of Livingstonia." Ex-library copy with normal markings stamps etc including call number label on spine. Binding is sound text is clean and bright. An account of Dan Crawford's life from his birth in Scotland through his 37 years in Africa. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Fleming H. Revell Company hardcover books
196713023London: Frank Cass and Co. Ltd 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition a reprint of the 1877 edition with a new introduction by A.G. Hopkins. xxii 355 pp. Boards are bumped at the corners and slightly sunned at the edges top edge is dust soiled. Binding is tight and square text unmarked. Dust jacket is chipped at the corners and has a few short tears. Whitford an English trader visited and wrote about nearly all the major commercial centers in West Africa. Frank Cass and Co., Ltd hardcover books
1930181New York: Whittlesey House 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xv 320 pp with color frontispiece index illustrations from photos and drawings by the author maps one folding. Short tear in cloth along rear joint at head of spine paper cracked over front hinge occasional penciled lines in the margine; else sound and clean. No dust jacket. Willis was a mining engineer who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey. "In 1929 after attending an IGC conference in South Africa Willis traveled the length of Africa accompanied by his wife and supported by the Carnegie Institution of Washington to study the geologic structure of the deep rift valleys that bisect the East African plateau. His study convinced him that the valleys had not developed because of separation as most geologists thought but were the result of "ramping" caused by compression and vertical movement" ANB. Whittlesey House hardcover books
13168London: Lutterworth Press. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated. 190 pp in original orange cloth; no dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped one scuff mark on front board. Internals fine. Foreword by H.S. Keigwin. Chapters on marriage kinship coming of age taboos religious beliefs and practices etc. Lutterworth Press hardcover books
195413169London: Paternoster Press 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Uniform edition Number 4 in the Jungle Doctor series. 121 pp with 30 illustrations by Harry Swain. Edges of text block dust soiled otherwise minimal wear. Dust jacket is price-clipped chipped at the corners. Paternoster Press hardcover books
188452579New York: John B. Alden 1884. First edition 12mo pp. 215 1; wood-engraved frontispiece portrait; evidence of pocket removal on rear pastedown label neatly removed from spine name eradicated from front free endpaper; all else very good and sound. <br/><br/> John B. Alden unknown books
190852594New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Co 1908. Second edition 8vo pp. 4 9-380 4 ads; 17 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; fine in original green pictorial cloth stamped in orange black and gilt. <br/><br/> Fleming H. Revell Co hardcover books
1996136603Washington DC: National Academy Press 1996. Softcover. VG- Ex-library with spine label bookplate few marks a corner bumped slightly. Brown & illus. wraps 308 pp. graphs charts. Addresses: The Context of Mortality and Morbidity ; Nutritional Status ; Obstetric Morbidity and Mortality ; Nervous System Disorders ; Mental Health Problems ; Cardiovascular Dieases Cancers and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases ; Injury ; Occupational and Environmental Health ; Tropical Infectious Diseases ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Infection ; Demographic OVerview and State of the Data. National Academy Press unknown books
195348281Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations 1953. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; stapled wrappers; 62pp. Light wear and scattered foxing to extremities some oxidation to staples else Very Good. Covers criticisms of the then-current system for native education in South Africa the aims of Bantu education proposed schemes for the re-organization of Bantu education and schemes of educational development for the period 1952-1962. Part of the Donaldson Blueprint Series. South African Institute of Race Relations unknown books
193321499New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1933. Hardcover. Good. 251 pp with illustrated endpapers. Spine darkened some soiling and minor markings on endpapers; previous owner's plate affixed to half-title page; text clean and sound. No dust jacket. Robert M. McBride & Company hardcover books
19911852Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xiv 283 pp folding map illustrations with maps illustrations bibliography index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1972 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. 142. Includes documentation of voyages to England the Canary Islands Puerto Rico Tierra Firme and Avellaneda. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint hardcover books
19911857Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xlix 271 pp folding map illustrations with frontispiece bibliography index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. III only. Reprint of the 1918 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XLIII. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint Limited hardcover books
19911850Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xii 212 pp with index. Minimal wear to edges name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1913 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XXXI. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint Limited hardcover books
19911858Kraus Reprint 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xxvi 221 pp 2 folding map illustrations with frontispiece bibliography index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. III only. Reprint of the 1907 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XXI. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint hardcover books
19911855Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. xliii 209 pp folding frontispiece illustration with maps index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1943 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. LXXVIII. Includes sections on the Last East-Indian Voyage Narrative of Thomas Clayborne Nautical Observations Fragment of a Journal Kept in the Ascension and an Exact Discourse of the Subtleties of the East Indians. Kraus Reprint hardcover books
187114190Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1871. Hardcover. Near fine. Reprint complete in one volume. vi 9-434 pp. Publisher's green cloth with blind-stamped decoration gilt lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to corners previous owner's name and date on front flyleaf; otherwise unmarked clean and sound. Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger hardcover books
1994TB02437New York: Orion Books 1994. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and charcoal gray paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by author on the title page. Sub-titled: The Life and Death of an American River. Orion Books hardcover books
1967TB30751Englewood: Prentice-Hall Inc 1967. First Edition. Fine in black and light green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with illustrated end papers. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with the spine slightly faded. The fifth volume in the American Forts Series. 335 pages including an index bibliography and text. Prentice-Hall Inc hardcover books
197047443London: International Defence and Aid Fund 1970. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Octavo; mimeographed wrappers; 47pp. Fine unread copy. Case of 22 Black defendants arrested in 1969 under the Suppression of Communism Act. International Defence and Aid Fund unknown books
196934842London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1969. First Edition. Slim octavo 20.75cm; stapled wrappers; 462pp; illus. Pinpoint wear to extremities else Fine. Discussion of the South African government's policy of mass "resettlement" which uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and moved them to so-called "homelands." One of the pillars of apartheid. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
197034841London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1970. First Edition. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; 18pp. Some pinpoint wear along spine-fold else a Fine copy. "This pamphlet does not attempt to deal with all aspects of the sale of arms to South Africa. It answers two popular fallacies: a that trade investment and friendship are persuading the South African government to abandon apartheid; and b that economic forces inside South Africa are eroding apartheid and bringing about political changes leading to a democratic and just society" from introduction. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
19911846Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. lxxix 437 pp illustrations 3 folding maps with bibliography index. Minimal wear to corners name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. II only. Reprint of the 1914 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XXXV. Includes Mundy's travels in Surat Agra Koil Patna and other locations. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint Limited hardcover books
191213356New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 291 pp with index illustrations and folding map. Original pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Corners bumped inscription partially erased from front endpaper all else very good. In his Introduction the author an American war correspondent compares Africa to the nineteenth century American West praising the "pioneers of the desert the jungle and the veldt" who are engaged in "the conquest of a continent by men with levels and transits drills and dynamite ploughs and spades with courage daring resource and tenacity unsurpassed in history." Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
19281268London: Longmans Green & Co 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii 623 pp with 12 maps 2 colored select bibliography index. Very light general wear to boards some offsetting and previous owner's label on endpapers contents clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on Dutch occupation colonization Parliament and Volksraad unification and other topics. Longmans, Green, & Co hardcover books
