Kato, WycliffeMareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 172pp. An account of the depraved regime of Idi Amin in Uganda in the late 1970s where murder, torture, imprisonment and mutilation were standard methods used on anyone he wanted to by Amin who had been humiliated by the Israeli's Entebbe Raid. The story is told by Wycliffe Kato who had been Assistant Director General of Civil Aviation at the time of his arrest and imprisonment. He tells of his time in custody and how he managed to escape to Nairobi. Very scarce.
48 pages. Features: cover photo of the paddle steamer Waverley; Large photo of the Cunard passenger/cargo liner Media inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Uganda "looking somewhat the worse for wear'; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Cruise Ship Review; Govan Shipbuilders - Ian Johnston describes the history of one of the Clyde's last active shipyards; The Post-Dunkirk Evacuations - John de S. Winser describes the maritime evacuations from the ports of Western France and the Channel Islands in the summer of 1940; Paddle Steamer Nostalgia - photos; The ss Uganda Story - Part 2 - Schools and Discovery Cruises Ship 1968-1982; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Ferry Fleet Updates; Mersey farewell - photos of the last Isle of Man Steam Packet sailling from Liverpool to Douglas, 30 March, 1985; Nice photo of the Finnwhale inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
In 8°; XVI, 138, (4 di catalogo) pp. e 23 c. di tav. fuori testo con fotografie di personaggi e scorci ugandesi. Bellissima legatura editoriale in piena tela verde con illustrazioni e titolo in nero ed oro al piatto anteriore ed al dorso. Qualche leggero foxing in poche pagine dovuto alla qualità della carta utilizzata e nel complesso, esemplare in buone condizioni di conservazione. Prima non comune edizione di questo importante scritto dedicato all’Uganda dell’inizi del XX° secolo. Charles William Hattersley (1866–1934) era un missionario britannico che si unì alla Church Missionary Society all'inizio del 1897 dopo aver gestito una coltelleria a Sheffield. Nel settembre dello stesso anno lasciò l'Inghilterra per l'Uganda, dove aiutò a creare il sistema di istruzione primaria, fu coinvolto nell'educazione dei figli dei capi ugandesi e alla fine prestò servizio come preside della scuola della Missionary Society Church sulla collina di Mengo a Kampala. Fotografo dilettante entusiasta, Hattersley divenne il fotografo ufficiale della corte e della chiesa ugandesi. Il suo Uganda descritto in “Pen and Camera”, pubblicato dalla Religious Tract Society a Londra, venne edito con lo scopo principale di reclutamento di nuovi missionari, ma il libro contiene anche informazioni preziose sulla storia e la cultura dell'Uganda. Il primo capitolo descrive l'arduo viaggio intrapreso dai missionari per raggiungere l'Uganda. Altre materie trattate sono la religione tradizionale, il personaggio e il ruolo del re Daudi Chwa II, nipote del re Mutesa I e figlio del re Mwanga II, e la diffusione del cristianesimo e il suo effetto sulla società ugandese. Il capitolo sulla religione discute di Katonda, come il Baganda chiamava Dio e della tradizionale convinzione di Bagand che Katonda avesse mandato Kintu e la moglie di Kintu, Nambi, nel mondo per dare alla luce bambini e popolare la Terra. Sono incluse circa 30 belle delle fotografie di Hattersley. Prima edizione, in legatura originale.
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Uganda arriving home from the Falklands; Great photo of Orcades inside front cover; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; New Ship News; Ferry to the Falklands - Captain Chris Clarke, master of the Townsend Thoresen ro-ro ferry ``Europic Ferry``, describes the part played by his ship in the Falklands War; Enter the Uganda; The Luckiest Ship Afloat - Robin A. Walker reports on HMS ``Glamorgan`s`` role in the Falklands conflict and her lucky escape after being struck by an Exocet missile - the only ship in the RN Task Force to survive such an attack; Task Force Tankers; The Norwegian Veteran Ship Club - how Norwegian steam ship enthusiasts are achieving what other shiplovers dream of; Fleet List 1982 - Pennant Numbers of Warships of the Royal Navy and Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - Part 1 - A to F; Ship Sales; Cruise Ship Pictorial; Under Sail; Letters, European Ferry Commentary; Nice photo of the HMS Loch Lomond in 1959 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the British India turbine steamer Uganda; Photo inside front cover of Uganda in her original form as a British India passenger/cargo liner; Great full-page photo of Uganda berthed at the Tilbury passenger landing in 1952; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Naval Review; European Ferry Commentary; Seamarks - The Automatic Tide Marker Station at Irvine - the history of a unique apparatus for the assistance of mariners; Where to See the Cruise Ships; The ss "Uganda Story" - part 1 - British India Line Passenger/Cargo Service 1952-1967; Cable Ship "John W. Mackay" - Captain W.D. Harper, recent master, reviews the career of a veteran vessel, now a familiar sight in the Thames; Underneath the Arches - photos of commercial craft still navigating upstream on the tide through the arches of London's bridges; Under Sail; Ship Sales; Letters. Nice photo of the bulk carrier British Steel inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of B.I.'s Discover Cruise Ship Uganda; Great photo of Ceramic in 1972 inside front cover; Nice photo of German cruise ship Astor; On the Waterfront; Obituaries for Bob Roberts and Alan Villiers; Ships Pictorial; European Commentary; Where to see the Cruise Ships; Naval Review - The State of the Fleet; A Voyage of Discovery - report on the first reader cruise in the BI Discovery Cruise Ship "Uganda" to the northern capitals of Oslo, Copenhagen and Amsterdam; Shipping of the Clyde Ports - part 2 of a review of current activity; From Bay to Broadsword - part 2; Waverley's New Boiler - Ian Muir describes the background to the boiler transplant that has given the world's last sea-going paddle steamer a new lease on life; Limerick Steamship Co Fleet List; Ship Sales; Letters, Nice photo of the HMS Rotherham in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the British India cruise ship Uganda; Nice photo of RFA Grey Rover; Full-page photo of passenger-cargo liner Rangitata in 1937; On the Waterfront; New Ship News; European Commentary; 'Tribal' Class Frigates; 'Result' goes home - the career of the last of the merchant schooners; British India's Educational Cruise Ships; The Battle of Cape Matapan - Brenda Ralph Lewis relates the action in the decisive naval engagement with the Italian Fleet in March, 1941; Coasters Past and Present; Irish Greeks - four sister ships owned by the Irish Shipping Company of Dublin; Ships of the Seven Seas - Havjo, Liebenwalde, Matadi Palm, and La Cordillera; Letters; Ship Sales; Nice photo of the HMS Manxman in 1953. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Smoke Jumpers of Silver City - forest firefighters of the United States Forest Service; Buffalo Bull - a gripping story set in the wild Acholiland province of Uganda; Contraband Cruise - sten gun pirates terrorize Tangier's 'free-traders' on the Mediterranean; Search for the Sahara Stallion - a quest for a fabulous strain of horses; The Gold-Rush Murders - the most shocking crime the Yukon had ever seen; The Fang Men of Malaya - The Hairy Giants/Ape Men of the Malayan Jungles; I Had a Man Friday - I Know an Island, Part IX - Antigua; Struggle for Survival - a continuation of 'Manhunt in Green Hell' - adventure in the jungle of French Guiana; and more. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: I'll Climb Mount Everest Alone - the amazing story of Maurice Wilson (continued in a later issue); Death in a Bamboo Staff - Investigating snakes; An extraordinary affair at Upper Blackwood, Australia - mysteriously appearing stones and other objects; A Leopard came by Night - a fright in Uganda; Dogged by a Ghost Ship - aboard the whaler George Henry in Hudson Strait, between Labrador and Baffin Land in 1861; Ice Giving Way - An Anarctic Story; The Dead Walk Here - an incident in Algiers; He Built a Light for All Nations - no two lighthouses are the same; The Pawang's Triumph - an attempt to rid Malayan padi fields of the dreaded Beranang disease; Wild Boar at Bay - an unusual pig hunt; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Front cover partially loose. Book
60 pages. Features: John Lennon cover photo; Winnipeg's Christmas Cheer Board; Gloomy view from Jim Gray of Canadian Hunter in Alberta's Oil Patch; Newspaper groups have become too large, too wealthy and too successful; Silo construction halts air travel to Chatham, Ontario's municipal airport - farmer Bob Walker does not agree to expropriation; Jeworski's general store near Regina does booming liquor business; UBC Professor Cyril Belshaw acquitted of murdering his wife; Jean Lesage - reluctant reformer; Poland marks time on a tightrope; El Salvador's Col. Adolfo Arnoldo Majano; Ballots and Bullets in Uganda; Ronald Reagan's new cabinet; Murder of Dr. Michael Halberstam by Bernard Welch; Oilmen keep up pressure on Ottawa's energy plan; The UTDC and its ALRT; Canada's prime interest rate hits 17%; The Legacy of John Lennon - photo-illlustrated article; Photo of figures skaters Baier and Eisler; Surgeons at Toronto General Hospital lose their viewing gallery in exchange for a new wing; Parapsychologists and the long road toward respectability; Pop Psychology is the newest gimmick on the AM Dial - with photo of Nadine Berger at work; Anne Murray in 'Save the Children' ad; Bruce Springsteen - photo-illustrated article; Book and movie reviews; and more. Neat 2"x1" clipping from bottom corner of front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa Edizione Inglese di Marijke Van Der Veen (a cura di) Editore: Springer US EAN: 9781441933164 ISBN: 1441933166 Pagine: 300 Formato: Paperback This volume presents a completely new and very substantial body of information about the origin of agriculture and plant use in Africa. All the evidence is very recent and for the first time all this archaeobotanical evidence is brought together in one volume (at present the information is unpublished or published in many disparate journals, confer ence reports, monographs, site reports, etc. ). Early publications concerned with the origins of African plant domestication relied almost exclusively on inferences made from the modem distribution of the wild progenitors of African cultivars; there existed virtually no archaeobotanical data at that time. Even as recently as the early 1990s direct evidence for the transition to farming and the relative roles of indigenous versus Near Eastern crops was lacking for most of Africa. This volume changes that and presents a wide range of ex citing new evidence, including case studies from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt, and Sudan, which range in date from 8000 BP to the present day. The volume ad dresses topics such as the role of wild plant resources in hunter-gatherer and farming com munities, the origins of agriculture, the agricultural foundation of complex societies, long-distance trade, the exchange of foods and crops, and the human impact on local vege tation-all key issues of current research in archaeology, anthropology, agronomy, ecol ogy, and economic history.
In two volumes. Only vols. I. An attempt to give some description of the phisical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under the British protection in east central Africa…. Disponiamo solo del primo volume. In 4to, cm. 20x25; pag. XIX + 470, con 42 illustrazioni a colori, 7 mappe, 253 illustrazioni in bianco e nero. Splendide sguardie illustrate a colori, bell'ex libris " Thomae N. Dick Lauder 1901", applicato al contropiatto anteriore. Legatura editoriale in tutta tela nera con impressione a rilievo e dorata sul piatto, titoli al dosrso, tagli dorati. Ottima la conservazione. Codice inv.1030654
Signed and dated by author, without inscription, upon title page. "The first documented and eyewitness account of Canada's only cruiser in World War Two and her part in the Pacific War." - subtitle. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, illustrations and maps. Glossary, bibliography and index. xii, 282 pages. Includes list of crew members as of December 15, 1944. Map endpapers. Two custom bookmarks laid-in. Prior owner's armorial bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear and lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. COOKE [3e] p.85. Book
Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
In-8 gr., solo vol. 2° (su due), tela edit. azzurra, pp. XIX,(5),286,(2). L’opera è così composta: A. Roccati “Osservazioni geologiche nell’Uganda e nella catena del Ruwenzori fatte durante la spedizione di S.A.R. il Duca degli Abruzzi nell’anno 1906” - A. Roccati “Osservazioni petrografiche su alcuni fra i principali tipi di roccie incontrate nell’Uganda e nella Catena del Ruwenzori” - L. Colomba “Ricerche litologiche e chimiche sulle formazioni vulcaniche della Serie Vijongo (Fort Portal) - G. Piolti “Sabbie della catena del Ruwenzori e della regione del Toro - L. Colomba “Sopra alcuni minerali del Ruwenzori”. Il volume è ben illustrato da: 40 tavole fotografiche in b.n. di cui 7 sui minerali con relativa spiegazione a fronte, tutte protette da velina + 2 carte geognostiche dell’Uganda e 1 schema geologico del gruppo centrale del Ruwenzori. Esemplare ben conservato.
The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story of an ocean-liner race; The Queerest Monarch in the World - Mwanga, King of Uganda (illustrated article); The Wreck of the "Rising Sun" - fire at sea; Picnics in Perak - article with photo of many Malay sultans aboard elephants crossing a river; The Telegraphist of Neufchateau - true WWI story; The Romance of the Mission Field - part 1; Across the Atlantic in an Open Boat - article with photo of Harvo and Samuelson in their rowboat "Fox"; The Mysterious Tramp; Tree-Blazing - how explorers in Australia's interior mark trees to guide those who may come after them; Bagging a Man-Eater - Major A. St. H. Gibbons kills a lion to protect villagers - article with photo; "The Miracle of Moses" - the Platte High Line Canal in Colorado - article with photos; In Search of an Orchid; The Fiery Ordeal of Fiji - walking on coals (illustrated article; In the Ocean Depths - illustrated recollections of ocean diver John Pearce. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Last page is 224. It is uncertain if any pages were included after that. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
93 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
