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1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 205 pages. Map endpapers. Description: Illustrated with numerous small black and white drawings by C T Astley Maberly (who also provided the illustrated map endpapers and the panoramic dust jacket art). Frontis portrait plate. The publisher's blurb reads: ''The uproarious story of Bvenkenya the greatest of all poachers, and his wild companions who followed the Ivory Trail. Bvenkenya -- S C Barnard to give him his real name -- is almost a legend in the wilderness and on the great Limpopo River. Here he relives the strange adventures of ivory poaching and outlawry, which made him one of the most colorful of all African personalities. We read of the hunts, fights, escapades and adventures of a man who was an outlaw for twenty years, an adventurer of the wilds who defied the police of three countries and fought a one-man war with authority with complete success. This is the story of the king o f the Ivory Poachers, as told by himself to T V Bulpin.'' BINDING/CONDITION: ivory colored binding; name and date written on the half-title page; a Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B000KFT8VM. Seller Inventory # 068128
Title: The Ivory Trail.
Publisher: Howard Timmins Publishers, South Africa
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 3rd impression, school edition. Damaged through to page edges- not affecting the text. The boards are worn, chipped, sunned, marked. Tanning, minor marks. Poor but tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 11rd
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. the boards are rubbed and bit knocked.Marked. tanning.damp marked. previous owners inscription.creased.tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 61gj
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Third edition of this South African classic. Illustrations by C. T. Astley Maberly. 8vo; original cream pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. (viii) + 235; frontis. portrait; double-page colour illustrations; line drawings in text. Dustwrapper slightly edgeworn, and sunned on spine panel; some foxing to reverse of dustwrapper, edges, outermost leaves. Very good condition. "The uproarious story of Bvekenya, the greatest of all poachers, and his wild companions who followed the ivory trail, does for Rhodesia, Moçambique and the northern areas of the N.E. Transvaal, what Jock of the Bushveld has done for the men of the old Lourenço Marques road. Bvekenya (S. C. Barnard to give him his real name) is almost a legend in the wilderness and on the great Limpopo river. Here he relives the strange adventures of ivory poaching, blackbirding and outlawry, which made him one of the most colourful of all personalities in Africa. We read of the hunts, fights, escapades and adventures of a man who was an outlaw for twenty years, and adventurer of the wilds who defied the police of three countries and fought a one-man war with complete success against all control and authority. The story of the king of the ivory poachers, as told by himself to T. V. Bulpin.". Seller Inventory # 13730
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Seller: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Basel, Switzerland
Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Seller Inventory # 008339
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Seller: CHAPTER TWO, Pinetown, KZN, South Africa
Hard Cover Illust Laminated. Condition: Very Good. Maberley, C.T. Astley (illustrator). Second Edition Second Impression. A hardcover book at paperback size with illustrated laminated boards which are clean and bright. Pages are tanned. Foxing to eps. 235 pages. (Wdn-NY-NYY-Wa) Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 160635
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. the boards are bit torn, worn and marked. stained. foxing. tanning. previous owner's inscription. tightly bound. Poor copy. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 84ft
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd edition . The jacket and boards are edge rubbed with creasing and scuffing along the edges. The binding is secure. Ex-libris plate on the half title page. Browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*07/02/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 6qkao
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are creases and closed tears along the edges. The bottom of the spine is missing. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*22/08/2023. [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # atqz
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Impression . The jacket is shelf rubbed with light creasing and a small closed tear. The boards are light edge rubbed with light scuffing along the edges. The binding is secure. Ink annotations on the title page and half title page. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*30/05/2024 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # bjhq
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards are rubbed and marked.Light insect damage on front end page.Previous ownership inscription.Tanning.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # aeet
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