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The groundbreaking scientific masterpiece that permanently reshaped our understanding of life on Earth.

This collectible 1979 Avenel edition features Charles Darwin's first edition text alongside his later historical sketch and glossary. Richly enhanced, the volume includes classic natural history illustrations sourced from J.G. Heck's The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration. It offers a beautiful presentation of the foundational theories of evolution, natural selection, and the survival of the fittest.

Author: Charles Darwin

** Note ** Light water stains to the top of the pages

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In The Compassionate Englishwoman, Robert Eales tells the remarkable story of Emily Hobhouse, the British humanitarian whose efforts exposed the suffering of Boer women and children during the Anglo-Boer War. Travelling alone through war-torn South Africa, Hobhouse investigated conditions in the concentration camps established by the British military and campaigned tirelessly for reform. Eales recounts her courageous mission, the resistance she faced from the British government and press, and the lasting impact of her work on public awareness of the humanitarian crisis. The book offers a compelling account of one of the most significant figures of the Boer War.

Author: Robert Eales

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This is Major General Philip Efiong’s account of the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War (1967–1970). As a key player and second-in-command to Biafran leader General Ojukwu, Efiong details the January and July 1966 coups and the ensuing ethnic conflicts. Forced to escape to the East after the second coup, Efiong recounts the breakdown of talks that led to the Eastern Region's secession and the outbreak of war in July 1967. During the conflict, Efiong served as Chief of General Staff. When Ojukwu fled, he handed power to Efiong, who performed the final task of leading a delegation to Lagos to negotiate peace and deliver Biafra’s surrender. 

Author: Major General Philip Efiong

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An unusual and extensive compilation of pictorial material featuring 766 vigorous, primitive designs from early Mexican civilizations. Sourced directly from the carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, and Toltec cultures, this collection showcases beautifully rendered plumed serpents, wind gods, real and mythological animals, and hundreds of unique abstract ornamental designs. Because all the featured material is completely copyright-free, this book serves as both a captivating historical record and an invaluable, highly practical source of inspiration for artists, commercial designers, and handicraft hobbyists alike.

Author: Jorge Enciso

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Permits the reader to determine his own I.Q. In the first part of it the well-known author of Sense and Nonsense in Psychology and Uses and Abuses of Psychology describes clearly what an I.Q. is, how it can be applied, and what the shortcomings of this system of rating may be.  The second part of the book contains eight sets of forty I.Q. problems each, and these are graduated from 'quite easy' to 'very difficult'. There are tables for converting results into an I.Q. rating, and also explanations of the problems, together with the right answers, at the end of the book.

Author: H.J. Eysenck

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Hadrian’s Wall examines the Roman Empire’s most spectacular British monument. Stretching from the Tyne to the Solway Firth, this massive fortification physically divided Britain, serving as a strategic barrier between Roman civilization and northern barbarian tribes. The authors frame the wall’s construction and tactical usage within the context of imperial frontier policy. For three centuries, auxiliary troops maintained this frontier until the fall of the Western Empire led to the soldiers' departure and the wall's decay. 

Author: David J. Breeze and Brian Dobson

Extra Note: Contents is in very good vintage condition. Listed as worn for the spine tear as visible on the photos.

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While visiting her parents' farm in Zambia, bestselling memoirist Alexandra Fuller meets "K," a intense banana farmer and deeply troubled veteran of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Intrigued by his radical contradictions—a man capable of both shocking historical violence and deep emotional vulnerability as a born-again Christian—Fuller embarks on a journey with him through Zimbabwe and Mozambique to retrace his old battlefields.

Author: Alexandra Fuller

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1989 First Printing of the St. Martin's Press paperback edition. Legendary professional hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick delivers a heart-racing, true-life excursion into the African wild. Drawing from his years of experience on the continent's deadliest terrain, Capstick confronts the raw terror of Africa’s most lethal big game. From the skull-crushing jaws of lions and raging charges of seven-ton elephants to the lightning-fast strikes of the black mamba, this thrilling memoir unmasks the classic "Big Five" killers alongside underrated predators like the hyena and wild dog.

Author: Peter Hathaway Capstick

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Uncover the greatest mystery of all—the private life of the Queen of Crime herself—with this collectible 1977 William Collins hardcover edition of An Autobiography by Agatha Christie. Published posthumously following her death in 1976, this massive 544-page volume is Agatha Christie’s most personal, humorous, and enduring legacy. 

Author: Agatha Christie

Overall rating is good. Dust jacket is fair due to water stains. Book not affected and in very neat vintage condition.

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The work collected here is drawn from lectures, essays and journalism. Ranging in tone from academic speculation to bare-knuckle polemic, with the occasional gleam of personal reminiscence, they interweave to form a vision of a decade in which the habits of centuries were hurled, by choice, into reverse. Defining the role of the writer in society was no longer an abstract theme to stir debate, but a pressing and dangerous necessity. The world of letters had to confront the urgent need to open up the franchise, hand over the levers and the engines of power: the need to reinvent an entire continent.

Author: André Brink

**Note: One page has pencil notes. Overall in a good condition.

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