1937325p. Thirty-two illustrations by the author. Tall 8vo. Original full decorated cloth binding. First Edition. A tight copy. Hardbound. Good. NH 1 x2

Bookshop Family Album · Vereinigte Staaten9,27 €

Pinnock, S. G.MareMagnum

THE ROMANCE OF MISSIONS IN NIGERIA.

1917176p. + Plus photographs and a map. Penciled ownership of Miss Shearer. Insert pamphlet "A Personal Word To Group Leaders" by Bertha Conde. Published by National Board Young Women's Christian Assoc, New York: 1918. 8vo. Original full green printed wraps, slight tear without loss. Nice copy. AFRICA/1

Bookshop Family Album · Vereinigte Staaten21,33 €

Gide, Andre.MareMagnum

TRAVELS IN THE CONGO. Translated From the French by Dorothy Bussy.

1937pp. 305, (2)[Publisher's catalogue]. Map. Paper browned but not brittle. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Original dust jacket, stain bottom front cover. Red seal edition. Softbound. Very Good. AFRICA/2

Bookshop Family Album · Vereinigte Staaten18,54 €

NADEL, S.F.MareMagnum

Byzance noire. Le royaume des Nupe du Nigeria.

fort vol. in-8°, 615 pages, tabl., notes, broche, couverture illustree plast. à rabats. Tres bel exemplaire [CA27/7][109B-18]

Pique-Puces · Frankreich19,50 €

CARY, Joyce.MareMagnum

Missie Johnson. Roman.

in-12 broche de 322 pages. Bel exemplaire. [CA2/3]

Pique-Puces · Frankreich10,00 €

SERLE, W. & MOREL, G.J.MareMagnum

Les Oiseaux de l’Ouest africain.

in-12, 331 pp., 20 planches en noir, 28 planches en couleurs, index, cartonnage editeur avec jaquette illustree plastifiee. Tres bel exemplaire. [CA-13] Plus de 500 espèces illustrées et décrites, avec tous les renseignements sur leur identification, caractère, dimensions, habitations, nids et oeufs.

Pique-Puces · Frankreich19,88 €

SERLE, W. & GEROUDET, G.J.MareMagnum

Les Oiseaux de l’Ouest africain.

in-12, 331 pp., 20 planches en noir, 28 planches en couleurs, index, cartonnage editeur avec jaquette illustree plastifiee. Tres bel exemplaire. [CA-13] Plus de 500 espèces illustrées et décrites, avec tous les renseignements sur leur identification, caractère, dimensions, habitations, nids et oeufs.

Pique-Puces · Frankreich19,88 €

SERLE, W. & MOREL, G.J.MareMagnum

Les Oiseaux de l’Ouest africain.

in-12, 331 pp., 20 planches en noir, 28 planches en couleurs, index, cartonnage editeur avec jaquette illustree plastifiee. Bon etat [SC-2] Plus de 500 espèces illustrées et décrites, avec tous les renseignements sur leur identification, caractère, dimensions, habitations, nids et oeufs.

Pique-Puces · Frankreich19,88 €

Michell, JocelynMareMagnum

Dear Friends - Letters from a Parish Priest

1997148 pages. Month by month over the years Jocelyn wrote a letter to his parishioners in which he tried to put into words the high drama of the Church's year. He found stories from years ago and parables of our own days to illustrate time-honoured truths. Taking the reader into his confidence, he imparts something of his enjoyment and wonder at making fresh discoveries of God's love in Christ, which he wants to share with us, his dear friends. Author was born in 1921 and passed away in 1996. Book

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De la Haye, SophieMareMagnum

Tread Upon the Lion - The Story of Tommie Titcombe

1973Circa 1973. 135 pages including index. Titcombe was the first missionary to live among the Yagba people of Nigeria, West Africa. His story is a blood-stirring pioneer thriller. Above average wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding aging but remains intact. Book

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Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine - August 1949 Vol.103, No.616

1949Features include: The Donkey - A humble donkey co-operates to bring about the discomfiture of sundry Arab thieves; It Pays to Advertise - The Amazing result of the nefarious activities of a rascally 'wild-cat' company promoter and an unscrupulous newspaper reporter in Canada; Mr. Zaru - story from a ship; Into the Unknown - exploratino work in Tanganyika; Farm Life in South Africa - intended for aspiring British immigrants to South Africa; Through the Iron Curtain - an ambitious motor-cycle voyage through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey; Beyond the Barrier - Extraordinary incidents related by a famous stage magician, Jasper Maskelyne; A Matter of Boundaries - an amusing tale of a tribal land-dispute in Nigeria; The Little Gold Disc - A veteran seafarer's account of a remarkable experience on the China Coast; The Tiger That Thought; The Red Lacquer Pagoda; The Ship That Became a House; Guarding New Zealand's Forests - Illustrated in black and white. Chips from and tears to base of spine else average wear. Two inch opening at top of back cover. Magazine

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Various ContributorsMareMagnum

The Illustrated London News - May 30, 1959

1959Features: Death of John Foster Dulles; British Royal Visitors in Nigeria; Photo of one of the world's largest floating docks; Remains Lydian, Roman, Christian - from Sardis; 2-page illustration of the Westminster Clock Mechanism; Hovercraft Diagrams; New Black and White Cameras; St. Felix School, Southwold; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada169,95 €

Nwankwo, Arthur Agwuncha; Ifejika, Samuel UdochukwuMareMagnum

The Making of a Nation: Biafra - My People Suffer

1969361 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Deals with the events that led from Nigerian independence to the secession of Biafra in 1967. The authors describe many of these events in greater detail than other author's have done, with a wealth of documentation. Their's is the Biafran point of view - the exposition of which is an important object of the book... Ends with Col. Ojukwu's declaration of Biafran independence and does not attempt to deal with the war situation." - from dust jacket. Light wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Prior owner's name inside front board. Handwritten notes upon back endpaper. Occasional markings throughout contents. A sound clean copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada129,95 €

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The Mining Magazine Vol. XXX. No. 6 June 1924

1924Approximately 100 pages. Features: A Reconnaissance in Turkestan and Southern Siberia; Native Tin Smelting in Nigeria; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada99,95 €

Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

The Mining Magazine Vol. XXVII. No. 2 August 1922

1922Approximately 100 pages. Features: The Nevill-Soanes Copper Process; Gold Prospects in Nigeria; The Premier Mine Aerial Ropeway; Metals during 1921; Mesopotamia - A Review of its Geology and Petroleum Resources; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada119,95 €

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The Nautical Magazine - September, 1927, Vol. 118

1927Contents include: Manavilins - III; The Great Ship Swallower; Private Trading; Those Puzzling Star Names; Collections Lost at Sea; In Memoriam - the British Square Sailer; Speed Sound Signals - stoppage - Collision; Dramatised Versions - V. Hotkins' Code; Wanted - an Esprit de Corps of the Sea; The Good Old Days; The Marine Services of Nigeria - III; Ships of South Kensington; Swediish East India company; Watermen of the Thames - a company centenary; Leaves from a Longshore log; and more. Above-average wear. Spine leaning. Bit of writing atop front cover else unmarked. Worthy copy of this fascinating periodical. Book

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The Wide World Magazine, May 1955 - Australian Edition

1955Features: Dead Men's Diggings - Diamon seekers in British Guiana; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang in the South-West United States (Part 2); Bush Pilots of the Northlands - the far north of Canada and Alaska - photos; The Golden Chain - a delicious story from Malaya by a Quantas engineer; Unlucky Ship - the Ecola; The Silent Killer - a python story; Phases of Life from all over the world - kilometre eight in Venezuela; Stretton's Luck - Gold Prospecting in Sokoto, Nigeria; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Front cover partially loose. A worthy copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada149,95 €

Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, January 1955 - Australian Edition

1955Features: The Mystery of Dead Man's Valley - a series of uncanny tragedies connected with a sinister region in the far north of Canada, by Philip H. Godsell; Saharan Adventure - a fascinating journey across the Sahara (to be continued); The "Moorish Prince" Affair - a strange story from aboard a British steamer; Aboriginal Rain-Making in Australia; The thing that eats men - a tale of the 'tree crocodile' from Papua; Hunting Polar Bears, by J.C. Carp, with photos; The Big Bang - a wartime story from Lagos, Nigeria; The Jail Breaker - the case of John Carroll; and more. Few chips from backstrip. Average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada149,95 €

Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, December =1953 - Australian Edition

1953Features: Jungle Man-Hunters - horse-mounted frontiersmen of Ecuador - photos; The Secret Submarine Agent - describes the author's meeting with "Storsand," a Scandinavian inventor who devised a curious one-man diving bell; Terror by Night - Man-Leopard killings in Nigeria (part I); Vagabond in Corsica - a tramp through the interior of Corsica - photos; The Dope-Runners - illegal drug traffic in South Africa; Diving for Crocodiles - at the Tanganyila-Nyasaland border; The "Mulga Wire" Mystery; The "Football Wallahs" - an amusing story from India of how a British soldier made friends; My Friend Sung Li - the companion of an ex-sailor; Beware of Elephants - encounters with elephants on the Queen's Highway; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada149,95 €

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The Wide World Magazine, March 1952

1952Features: The Vengeance Trial - An unusual murder in Ecuador; Our New Guinea Cruise - the natives of New Guinea have acquired a certain level of sophistication, with photos; Northland Mountaineering - ascending some difficult peaks in Norway, with nice photos; Carlson's Mermaid - a fantastic story from the Niger delta; The Hidden Gold Murders; Ghulam Haidar - Opium Peddler; Two Bad Men - tracking down two killers in America's wild North-West; A Wierd Quest - seances are held to help prospectors find gold in the U.S.; Behind the Door - a curious story from a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy; Bush Nightmare - tough luck for a wanderer in the wilds of Queensland; Forewarned - a puzzling affair in Nigeria; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book

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The Wide World Magazine, December 1954

1954Features: The Mystery of Dead Man's Valley - a series of uncanny tragedies connected with a sinister region in the far north of Canada, by Philip H. Godsell; Saharan Adventure - a fascinating journey across the Sahara (to be continued); The "Moorish Prince" Affair - a strange story from aboard a British steamer; Aboriginal Rain-Making in Australia; The thing that eats men - a tale of the 'tree crocodile' from Papua; Hunting Polar Bears, by J.C. Carp, with photos; The Big Bang - a wartime story from Lagos, Nigeria; The Jail Breaker - the case of John Carroll; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada149,95 €

Mandy, C.R.; Taylor, Carl N.; Walker, F.G.; Garnett, Colonel B.G.; Murphy, G.K.; Brennan, James; Clarke, G.; Hoskins, H.A.; Kenny, H.T.; Lyster, Joseph; Wright, CassiterMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine, February 1944

1944Pages 223-290 plus ads. Features: The Taxi-man's Revenge - officers shot at Prince Rupert, British Columbia Court House in 1937; The Miracle; The Shooter; The Man Who Waited - a story from Oto in southern Nigeria in 1911; Loot From Peking - an important ring and tablets circa the Boxer Rebellion; The Human Tiger; First Blood - an amusing tale from India; Burton's Boots; My Wife; The Clue of the Single Finger-print, Part II - the hold-up of the First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado, and its bloody aftermath; O-I-L - a story from the wilds of Patagonia; Diamond Cut Diamond - A Gold Coast mining struggle; The "Debbil-Debbil" Stone - what happened when the grave of a medicine man was unearthed; short article on the "Padley Martyrs" with photo; many nostalgic ads; and more. Covers present but detached as one. Bit of price sticker remnant on front cover. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book

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Charnley, W.; Gilhespy, W.; Lambe, A.J.; Lee, Herbert Patrick; Richardson, Leslie; Macdonald, Robert M.; Barkas, Geoffrey; Vivian, Herbert; Reekie, A.S.; Stuart-Reid, G.E.; Desmond, Shaw; Parsons, Captain AnthonyMareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, April 1927 - American Crime - The RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment

1927Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Kanada295,00 €

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The Geographical Journal, January 1925

192587 pages + viii pages of advertisements. Large fold-out map of Onitsha Province, Nigeria affixed inside back cover. Articles include: The Fourth Centenary of the Death of Vasco da Gama; Physiological Difficulties in the Ascent of Mount Everest; The People of the Aures Massif; Notes on the Ibo Country, Southern Nigeria; The Japanese Earthquake of 1 September 1923; The Mount Everest Film of 1924; Two Ancient Monuments in Southern Kurdistan (including two pages of black and white photographic plates); Memorial to Mungo Park and Richard Lander; Notes on the Ross Sea. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book

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Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

Maclean's Magazine, February 14, 1983 - Kate Nelligan on Broadway

1983Features: Why our MPs fail us - a Q&A with Arthur Lower; Joe Clark Rallies his allies; Will and Patricia Steger charged in the Arctic; Ghanaians fleeing Nigeria; Zimbabwe - charge of the fifth brigade; Leo Rautins - young Canadian basketball star with dreams of the NBA; Gold fever strikes a moose pasture - Murray Pezim and Hemlo; Divided, Bell Prospers; Peter C. Newman discusses how Big Oil is sticking around; A Media Judgement on surrogate birth - The Stivers and Malahoff on The Phil Donahue Show; Wind-Skiing on water and ice; Bumpy birth for pay TV - demonstrators protest soft-core porn in Ottawa; Cover Story - Kate Nelligan's Broadway Triumph - nice photos; The bulk food fad - a sanitary concern?; David Cronenberg - a vivid obsession with sex and death - Videodrome. Average wear. Book