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Ajayi, J.F.A. Christian Missions in Nigeria 1841-1891 The Making of a New Elite
London Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd 1965 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. B/W illustrations & photos, Bibliography. Index. Previous Owners name/details to Preliminary Pages. 317pages As a major contribution to African History, this book covers the vital years of missionary activity and its effects in Nigeria between 1841 and 1891. The author surveys the work of missionary bodies as one factor making for change in the country during that period. He assesses the effects of this change on the new and highly conscious Nigerian elite formed by the effects of missionary education. ID175379
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Bibby, Geoffrey Looking For Dilmun
New York Alfred A Knopf 1969 1st Edition Hardbound
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. 383 pages The author has discovered an ancient society older than Sumer located along the Persian Gulf in the maritime highway between Mesopotamia and India. This is the kingdom known to the Sumerians and Babylonians as Dilmun, the legendary land of immortality referred to in Assyrian records and the Gilgamesh Epic. ID243978
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Cartwright, A.P. The First South African: The Life and Times of Sir Percy FitzPatrick
Cape Town Purnell 1972 0360001505 / 9780360001503 2nd Impression Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Good in Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Some speckling to board edges. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 256 pages A portrait not only of a great South African but also of of the age in which he lived. Percy Cartwright was the author of Jock of the Bushveld as well as a prominent South African ID265500
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Cartwright, A.P. Valley of Gold
Cape Town Timmins Publishers 1984 0869780433 / 9780869780435 5th Impression Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Endpaper maps. 187 pages More than 100 years ago, when the old South African Republic was about to be declared bankrupt, gold was found in a remote corner of Transvaal. Diggers from Australia and California, deserters from the British Army, an unfrocked Parson and many, many others rushed to the scene and called their camp Pilgrim's Rest. This was the grand, but rough and ready, birth of South Africa's great gold mining industry. This edition takes account of changes since the authors first visit in 1961. ID265915
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Chadwick, Owen MacKenzie's Grave
London Hodder & Stoughton 1959 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owners name to ffep. 254 pages Livingstone believed in 1856 that he had opened Central Africa to industry, commerce and Christianity. He summoned Britain to plant a settlement which would destroy the slave-trade by teaching the Christian faith. Mackenzie led the mission and this book describes the ensuing tragedy which nevertheless helped establish Nyasaland. ID259357
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Crouch, Michael An Element of Luck. To South Arabia and Beyond
London Radcliffe Press 1993 1850437394 / 9781850437390 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ has some slight fading to spine and upper section. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed by the author. 270 pages A powerful and poignant story of the last years of the British in South Arabia. Gives a full account of the struggle between the British-run administration in Aden and South Arabia and the oppositiion groups and offers a unique perspective on the establishment of People's Republic of Yemen. ID201733
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Foster, Paul White to Move? A Portrait of East Africa Today
London Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961 1st Edition Hardcover
Octavo Size. Very Good+ in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in plastic sleeve. A little rubbing and light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to front free endpaper (flyleaf). 199 pages ID253174
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Gallagher, Nancy Medicine and Power in Tunisia 1780-1900
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1983 0521251249 / 9780521251242 1st Edition Hardcover
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Pages lightly tanned. 145pages Looks at the impact of epidemics of plague, cholera and typhus and the resultant growth of European power on Tunisia. ID3188
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Grieshaber, Nicky [Editor] Chronicles from the Bushveld. Adventures of Pioneering Engineers in Southern Africa
Cape Town Jeffares & Green 2007 0620390859 / 9780620390859 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Maps. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies - this is copy 816. A lovely book in excellent condition. 319 pages Issued to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Jeffares & Green Engineering company but not a company history - rather it was produced to pay tribute to the achievements of the pioneers of engineering in Southern Africa. ID265925
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Hanna, A.J. The Story of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland
London Faber & Faber 1965 Reprint Hardback
Octavo Size. Very Good in Very Good [price-clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners with slight marking to rear. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings/Maps. Colour frontispiece 331 pages ID259205
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Immelman, R.F.M. Men of Good Hope. The romantic story of the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce 1804-1954
Cape Town The Cape Town Chamber of Commerce 1955 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some light wear & is now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A small amount of paper resideu to rear board where dustjacket has lightly stuck - probably at binding. Maps to endpapers. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 377 pages The history of the Chamber of Commerce and also an economic history of South Africa from the time of European colonization ID265377
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Kaunda, Kenneth David Kaunda on Violence
London Collier Books 1980 0002161435 / 9780002161435 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 184 pages Edited and with an Introduction by Colin M. Morris. ID244179
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Lang, John Bullion Johannesburg. Men, Mines and the Challenge of Conflict
Johannesburg Jonathan Ball Publishers 1986 0868501301 / 9780868501307 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 509 pages The book is named after the telegraphic address of the Chamber of Mines and tells the story of the Chamber from its foundation in 1886 through to the centenary in 1986. ID265907
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