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New York, New York, USA: John Day Company, 1972. BX2 - A hard cover first American edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. Stated first American edition with no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated green and white cloth covered boards with minor overall shelf wear plus there is a patch of surface damage (about 0.5"x0.5") on the front board cover from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there is also some tape staining on the front and back free endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the front board surface, front fixed endpaper, front and back free endpapers, and table of contents page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. This is a title in the publisher's Young Historian Book series. This is a young adult nonfiction book on the history of… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1977. F2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has price clipped, light wrinkling on the edges, and light discoloration (browning) otherwise very good. Book has previous library's name stamped on the top and on the copyright page, "discard" stamped on the top, label on the copyright page, card holder glued on the back of the last page, tape stains on the top and bottom of front and back cover, front loose end paper, and lightly on the bottom of the front fixed end paper, wrinkling on the spine edges and some corners, some wear on the edges, some discoloration mostly on the cover and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Same date appears on the title page and copyright page. This book is concered with the creation and organization of the principal African Kingdoms.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1987. BX4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in silver wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus some light soiling on the outside paper edges plus some very, very light creasing on the covers. The story of the author's growing up white in the remote Transkei Territory of South Africa, his increasingly passionate struggle against the pro-Apartheid government, the guerilla tactics used by and against him, and his dramatic life with his wife and children. A revealing and provocative story about a one-man fight against racism that gained the attention of the world. Indexed, 373p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.5".

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 1987. CB5 - A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow, black, and purple vinyl covered boards with the usual library marks and stamps on the inside surface of the front board, top and bottom outside paper edges, and title page plus the residue of a library label on the front endpaper plus some yellowing of the paper edges. A book about life under apartheid. It is about a year inside a so-called colored high shcool in South Africa. Indexed, 418p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8". Ex-Library.

London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Penguin Books, 1995. CE2 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some light creasing on the spine plus there is some light creasing on the front cover at the extreme top right and bottom right corners and on the back cover at the extreme top left and bottom left corners plus there is some light scattered surface chipping along the spine edges plus there is some very light yellowing of the outside paper edges plus there are several dogeared pages plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked. A book about the author's exploration of a the southern beginnings of a 'road to the north' planned by British colonialists and imperialists. It involves travels in the area of the north-western border of the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, and the west-central region of Zimbabwe and examines the history of the region. this includes conflict between the Boers and Britons as well… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 2001. CH4 - A trade paperback advance reading copy (ARC)/advance uncorrected proof first edition book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). A tight, clean, sound copy in white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus the book is slightly shelf cocked. A book the authors' founding of the Mountain Gorilla Project at the same times that the Rwandan civil war degenerated into genocide. 370p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).