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A selection of Books, CDs and videos relating to Africa (particularly East Africa) and African Wildlife. Note that the prices given are those at time of publication (where known). Many of these books have been obtained second-hand, typically from bookshops in Hay-on-Wye as they are now out of print. Date of publication refers to the books in my collection, not necessarily the first editions. Prices are original cover price where shown.

Contents

Books
CDs
Videos

Click on the title link where available for one or more of the following supplemental details:

Cover picture
Reviews
Sample extracts
Further notes
Errata

Books

 

Title Author Publisher Year ISBN pp Price
A Field Guide to the National Parks of East Africa J.G. Williams Collins - - 336 £9.95
African Seasons, Wildlife at the Waterhole Craig Bone Parkgate Books 1997 1 85585 340 X 224 £25.00
An African Experience Simon Combes Clive Holloway Books 1989 1 85310 124 9 143 £19.95
Barefoot over the Serengeti David Read Cassell 1979 0 304 30057 8 187 -
Birds of East Africa J.G. Williams, N. Arlott HarperCollins Publishers 1995 0 00 219179 2 415 £15.99
Back in the Wild Sue Hart Collins Harvill 1977 0 00 262049-9 158 £5.50
Born Free Joy Adamson The Reprint Society 1961 - 144 -
Bwana Game George Adamson Collins & Harvill Press 1968 - 320 -
Cats of Africa Paul Bosman and Anthony Hall-Martin Swan Hill Press 1997 1 85310 936 3 152 £30.00
Dawn to Dusk Jonathan Scott B.B.C. Books 1996 0 563 37195 1 224 £19.99
Dying to be Free Gareth Patterson Viking 1998 0670 88469 3 205 -
East Africa Handbook Michael Hodd Footprint Handbooks 1996 0 900751 80 0 816 £14.99
Elsa and her Cubs Joy Adamson Harcourt, Brace & World Inc 1965 - ~48 -
Eyelids of Morning Alistair Graham
Peter Beard
Chronicle Books 1990 0-87701-539-2 260 $24.95
Facing Mt. Kenya Jomo Kenyatta Vintage Books - 0-394-70210-7 326 -
Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa Chris and Tilde Stuart Struik Publishers 1997 1 86825 757 6 319 £17.99
Fly, Vulture Mervyn Cowie George G Harrap & Co Ltd 1961 - 221 21/-
Forever Free Joy Adamson Fontana 1990 - 274 £4.99
Friends from the Forest Joy Adamson Collins and Harvill Press 1981 0 00 262458 3 89 £4.95
From the Ngong Hills Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) Penguin 1996 0-146-00124-9 85 £0.60
Golden Shadows, Flying Hooves George Schaller Collins 1974 0 00 216264 4 287 -
Great Cats Simon Combes The Greenwich Workshop 1998 0-86713-048-2 168 $35.00
Green Hills of Africa Ernest Hemingway Touchstone
Simon & Schuster
1996 0-684-80129-9 295 $12.00
Hunters of the Plains John Pearson The Quality Book Club 1979 0 491 022 883 172 £5.95
Hunting with the Moon, The Lions of Savuti Dereck Joubert, Beverly Joubert National Geographic Society 1997 0-7922-7020-7 168 $40.00
Innocent Killers Hugo and Jane van Lawick-Goodall Collins 1970 0 00 211354 6 222 -
Journey to the Jade Sea John Hillaby Paladin 1988 0-586-08140-2 208 £3.50
Joy Adamson Behind the Mask Caroline Cass Orion 1997 0 75281 118 5 236 £6.99
Kenya The Rough Guide Richard Trillo Rough Guides 1993 1 85828 043 5 528 £9.99
Kenya Travel Atlas Hugh Finlay Lonely Planet Publications 1997 0 86442 442 6 71 £8.99
Kingdom of Lions Jonathan Scott Kyle Cathie Limited 1992 1 85626 180 8 192 £12.99
Larger Carnivores of the African Savannas J du P Bothma, Clive Walker JL van Schaik Publishers 1999 0 627 02411 4 277 R216
Last Days in Eden Elspeth Huxley
Hugo van Lawick
Harvill Press 1984 0-00-272447-2 192 -
Last of the Free Gareth Patterson Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 1994 0 340 61324 6 157 £15.99
Lions Brian Bertram Colin Baxter Photography 1998 1-900455-51-X 72 £11.00
Lions, King of Beasts Lee Server Todtri 1993 1-880908-08-5 144 -
Liontide Christopher McBride Jonathan Ball Publishers 1990 0 947464 69 7 189 -
Living Free Joy Adamson Fontana 1990 - 218 £4.99
Life with Daktari Susanne Hart Bles/Collins 1969 7138 0234 0 224 £3.00
Mammals of Africa Including Madagascar T. Haltenorth, H. Diller HarperCollins Publishers 1994 0 00 219778 2 400 £14.99
More Great Railway Journeys - Penguin Books 1997 - 190 RM36.20
My Kenya Days Wilfred Thesiger Flamingo 1995 0 00 638392 0 160 £6.99
My Pride and Joy George Adamson Simon & Schuster 1987 0 671 62497 0 304 -
National Audubon Society Guide to African Wildlife - Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1995 0 679 43234 5 988 $19.00
Nine Faces of Kenya Elspeth Huxley Harvill 1997 1 86046 407 6 451 £8.99
No Picnic on Mount Kenya Felice Benuzzi The Lyons Press 1999 1-55821-876-9 239 $14.95
Out in the Midday Sun Elspeth Huxley Pimlico 1985 0-7126-6437-8 262 £10.00
Out of Africa Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) Penguin - - 330 £6.99
Painted Wolves Jonathan Scott Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1991 0 241 12485 9 233 £25.00
Photographing on Safari Joe McDonald Amphoto Books 1996 0-8174-5440-3 144 -
Pictorial History of the 20th Century - Hamlyn 1991 0 600 50353 4 576 £16.99
Pippa's Challenge Joy Adamson Collins & Harvill Press 1972 0 00 262101 0 175 -
Queen of Shaba Joy Adamson Collins and Harvill Press 1980 0 00 262640 3 190 -
Red Strangers Elspeth Huxley Penguin 1939 - 406 £7.99
Return to the Wild Norman Carr Collins 1962 - 127 -
Road Atlas of Kenya - New Holland Publishers 1995 1 85368 384 1 64 -
Roaring at the Dawn Brian Jackman Swan Hill Press 1995 1 85310 570 8 138 £19.95
Running Wild, Dispelling the Myths of the African Dog Hélène Heldring, Dave Hamman, Text by John McNutt, Lesley Boggs Southern Book Publishers 1996 1 86812 666 8 149 -
Safari, A Chronicle of Adventure Bartle Bull Penguin Books 1992 0-14-016885-0 383 £15.00
Serengeti, Dynamics of an Ecosystem A.R.E. Sinclair, M. Norton-Griffiths The University of Chicago Press 1979 0-226-76028-6 389 -
Serengeti Shall Not Die Bernhard & Michael Grzimek Fontana 1970 - 256 £0.425
Shadows on the Grass Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) Penguin 1984 0-14-018043-5 128 £5.99
Signs of the Wild Clive Walker Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd 1996 1 86825 896 3 215 -
Solo, The Story of an African Wild Dog Hugo Van Lawick Fontana 1976 0 00 634569 7 126 £0.65
Something of Value Robert Ruark Buccaneer 1955 0-89966-816-x 566 -
South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland Richard Everist, Jon Murray Lonely Planet 1993 0 86442 158 3 558 £10.95
Straight on Till Morning Mary S, Lovell Vermilion Books 1987 0-312-01096-6 408 $10.95
Swahili Martin Benjamin, Charles Mironko, Anne Geoghegan Lonely Planet 1998 0 86442 509 0 236 £3.99
Tanzania - New Holland 1996 1-85368-456-2 - £4.99
Tanzania Rwanda Burundi - Nelles Maps - 3-88618-651-2 - -
The Best of African Wildlife - Struik 1993 1 86825 450 X 128 RM109
The Big Cat Diary Brian Jackman, Jonathan Scott B.B.C. Books 1996 0 563 38752 1 192 £14.99
The End of the Game Peter Beard Chronicle Books 1988 0-87701-516-3 ~290 $24.95
The Exploration of Africa Anne Hugon Thames and Hudson 1991 0 500 300275 175 -
The Flame Trees of Thika Elspeth Huxley Penguin - - 281 £7.99
The Great Migration Jonathan Scott Elm Tree Books 1988 0 241 12163 9 159 £25.00
The Great Safari Adrian House HarperCollins Publishers 1995 0 00 638437 4 465 £9.99
The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals Jonathan Kingdon A.P. Natural World 1997 0-12-408355-2 465 RM199.30
The Leopard's Tale Jonathan Scott Elm Tree Books 1985 - 192 -
The Lion's Legacy Gareth Patterson Robson Books Ltd 1991 0 86051 775 6 173 -
The Lives of Beryl Markham Errol Trzebinski Mandarin 1994 0 7493 1479 6 402 £5.99
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo Lt Colonel J.H. Patterson D.S.O. Pocket Books 1996 0-671-00306-2 190 $6.99
The Marsh Lions Brian Jackman, Jonathan Scott Elm Tree Books 1982 0 241 10827 6 224 £12.50
The Mottled Lizard Elspeth Huxley The Reprint Society 1962 - 335 -
The Myth of Wild Africa Jonathan S Adams, Thomas O McShane University of Califirnia Press 1996 0-520-20671-1 282 -
The Safari Companion Richard D. Estes Chelsea Green Publishing Company 1993 0 930031 49 0 463 $25.00
The Searching Spirit Joy Adamson Collins and Harvill Press 1978 0 00 216035 8 224 -
The Serengeti Lion George B. Schaller The University of Chicago Press 1972 0 226 73640 7 480 -
The Snows of Kilimanjaro Ernest Hemingway Arrow Books 1994 0 09 990880 8 138 £4.99
The Spotted Sphinx Joy Adamson Collins & Harvill Press 1969 - 223 -
The Tree Where Man was Born
The African Experience
Peter Matthiessen
Eliot Porter
Avon Books 1974 0-380-00050-4 247 $6.95
The White Lions of Timbavati Chris McBride Paddington Press Ltd 1977 0-448-22677-4 220 -
The Wilderness Guardian Tim Cornfield Longman Kenya 1993 9966 49 826 5 701 -
The World Weather Guide E. A. Pearce, C. G. Smith Helicon 1993 0 09 178241 4 483 £14.99
Trekking in East Africa David Else Lonely Planet 1998 0 86442 541 4 348 £11.99
West with the Night Beryl Markham Penguin 1988 - 257 £6.99
White Mischief James Fox Penguin 1982 0 14 010687 1 299 £6.99
With My Soul Amongst Lions Gareth Patterson Coronet Books 1996 0 340 66560 2 172 £6.99

Notes

  1. The information presented here generally comes from the copies of the books in the author's collection. Publishers and Year particularly may not relate to necessarily the first or current edition.
  2. pp = Printed Pages ie the number of pages.
  3. The prices shown are the cover price of the specified edition.
  4. Many of these books are out of print. Bookfinders may be able to obtain OOP books for you. I found their service to be faultless. They have found every book I have asked them to search for, their speed of response is superb and the prices very reasonable.

CDs

Title Publisher ID Length (mins) Year Price
The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya & Tanzania World Music Network RGNET 1007 CD 73 1996 -
Wildlife Sounds of the African Bush RPS Music AC CD003/4 59, 73 1997 -

Videos

Title Publisher ID Length (mins) Year Price
Africa The Serengeti Graphic Films - 40 1994 Can$45.55
African Big Cats BBC Video BBCV 5726 58 1995 £10.99
Born Free Cinema Club CC 7283 92 1966 £4.99
Born Free - A New Adventure Cinema Club CC 7685 90 - -
Christian, the Lion at World's End Beckmann Communications
Born Free Foundation
BHE 049 90 1999 -
Echo of the Elephants BBC Video BBCV 4873 58 1993 £10.99
Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas Carlton Video/National Geographic 30370 00193 60 1992 £11.99
In the Wild - Lions NTV Entertainment NTV 0095 60 1993 £12.99
Lions of Darkness Carlton Video/National Geographic 30370 00233 72 1993 £11.99
Lions of the African Night Carlton Video/National Geographic 30370 00133 60 1987 £11.99
Living Free Cinema Club CC 7284 87 1972 -
Out of Africa Universal VHR 1218 155 1985 £11.99
Pole to Pole BBC Video BBCV 4880 386 1992 £19.99
The Lions are Free Beckmann Communications
Born Free Foundation
BHE 048 54 1999 -

Revised: 23/06/07 13:27