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AFRICAN MASKS
Monti, Franco
Paul Hamlyn Limited London 1969
Cloth 158pp; 69 colour illusts. Illust d/w price clipped. Translated from the Italian original by Andrew Hale. Only one very faded library stamp noted to inside title page. ; Ex-Library; 190 x 130mm Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Price: $33.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 1664 Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers
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ANY OLD LION
Jay, John Mark
Leslie Frewin London 1966 First Edition
Hard Cover ix, 138pp; illustrations, previous owner's inscription to verso endpaper, dustwrapper has 3 small closed tears. The Hilarious Story of the filming of "Born Free" in Africa. ; 215 x 135mm Very Good in Good dust jacket
Price: $12.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 11421 Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers
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EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals
Du Chaillu, Paul B.
Negro Universities Press New York 1969 Reprint
Hardcover Originally published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1861. With numerous illustrations, xxii, 531 pages, 79 illustrations + folding map at rear of book, small stamp on verso of title page indicates this was a library book, no other library marks noted, original brown cloth boards, a very good copy. ; 220 x 140mm
Price: $100.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 16328 Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers
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FLORA OF TROPICAL AFRICA In 10 Volumes
Oliver, Daniel. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T.
L. Reeve Kent Reprint
Cloth Reprints from 1957-1963. 8 vols in 10 books. Blue cloth, spine faded in 3 vols, all very good copies. Vol. 1. Ranunculaceae to Connaraceoe. --vol. 2. Leguminosae to Ficoideae. --vol. 3. Umbelliferae to Ebenaceae. --vol. 4. Pt. 1. Oleaceae to Gentianeae. --vol. 4. Pt. 2. Hydrophyllacaea to Pedalineae. --vol. 5. Acanthaceae to Plantagineae. --vol. 6. Pt. 1. Nyctagineae to Euphorbiaceae. --vol. 6. Pt. 2. Ulmaceae to Cycadaceae. --vol. 7. Hydrocharideae to Liliaceae. -- vol. 8. Pontederiaceae to Cyperaceae. Heavy book set will require extra postage cost. ; 220 x 140mm
Price: $450.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 2923 Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers
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HAVASH! Frontier Adventures in Kenya
Lloyd-jones, Brevet-Major W.
Arrowsmith London 1925 First Edition
Cloth 318pp; 28 photographs and a map. Original dark red cloth with gilt dec to front, cloth a tad marked, spine faded, minor repair to small split in spine, corners bumped, previous owner's inscription to ffep, slight foxing throughout, small tear to side illust pg 126, (doesn't obstruct illust). A nice copy despite faults. ; 225 x 150mm Good
Price: $350.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 1419 Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers
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KENYA DAYS
Buxton, M. Aline
Edward Arnold & Co. London 1927 First Edition
Cloth xi, 242pp; 16 pages of publisher's 'Autumn announcements' at rear, 14b/w photographic illusts, folding map of Kenya colony. Original black cloth showing wear, corners rubbed, as are spine ends and base, mark on spine from ? previous sticker, title in gilt, new endpapers, page edges uncut, otherwise clean copy. Includes chapters on Nairobi, Kenya tribes, game, a safari round Mount Kenya.; 230 X 150mm Good
Price: $110.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 1381 Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers
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LAND AND LAND CONDITIONS IN THE COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF KENYA and 10 Other Articles Related to Coffee Growing
no author
Department of Lands Nairobi 1926
These articles have been bound into one volume, covers are red leather and are rubbed in patches. An amateur index has been written onto front endpaper. 1.Land and Land Conditions in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, 19pp. 2.Coffee Industry of Kenya Colony by Arthur D. Le Poer Trench, 18pp. 3.Coffee. Principles of Pruning and Observations on Trials by Arthur D. Le Poer Trench, 38pp, illustrations. 4.Department of Agriculture. Fungoid Diseases of Coffee in Kenya Colony by J. McDonald, bulletin no 3, 17pp. 5. Notes on Insects Injuries to Coffee by T. J. Anderson, 48pp. 6. A Practical Guide Pulping Station, reprinted from the E. A. Farm & Home Journal, 29th Sept, 1926, 4pp. 7. Notes on Coffee Cultivation in Costa Rica by H. Douglas and R. V. Lane, printed by The East African Standard, Nairobi, 23pp, illustrated. 8. Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, Department of Agriculture, Report on Visit to Guatemala and Costa Rica to Investigate Methods of Cultivation of Coffee, and its Diseases and Pests, by A. D. Le Poer Trench, 1920, 19pp, illustrations. 9. Notes on Coffee Cultivation in Central America by Roger Norton, 19pp. 10. Air Ministry Meteorological Office. The Observer's Primer being Short Instructions in the Method and Taking and Reporting Readings of Temperature and Rainfall, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1924, 13pp. 11. Meteorological Records 1927, Department of Agriculture Kenya, 31pp.; 235 x 150mm Good
Price: $200.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 8858 Bookseller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers
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