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19911853Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. lxvi 104 pp folding map folding illustration with index. Name written on front pastedown underlining and annotations to preface; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1899 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. III. Includes versions of this voyage by Capt. Wyatt Robert Dudley and Abram Kendall. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint Limited hardcover books
1967TB02252Garden City: Doubleday 1967. First Edition. First printing Near fine In a very good dust jacket 1/4" chip at spine bottom & wear at top of spine. Doubleday unknown books
1985TB08515Boston: Little Brown 1985. First American Edt. Fine In a near fine dust jacket. Farley Mowat recounts his experiences at being rejected by the US Immigration and Naturization Service at the US/Canadian border in an understandably indignant but mostly humorous style. Little Brown unknown books
1995TB03776New York: Random House 1995. First Edition. First printing Fine In a fine dust jacket. By the author of The Russians. Random House unknown books
1969TB04190not stated: American West Publ. 1969. First Edition. First printing Near fine In a very good dust jacket worn at the top edges of the spine and with closed tears at the rear corners; but very clean and neat. Written by T. H. Watkins with a forward by Wallace Stegner and a contribution from his book Beyond the Hundredth Meridian and contributions from many others. Accompanied with many color and black and white photos drawings and woodcuts. American West Publ. unknown books
192913666London: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 298 pp with 25 photographic illustrations and a folding map. Original blue cloth sunned at the spine. Binding sound text unmarked. No dust jacket. Account of the author's travels in West Africa with detailed and colorful if not always enthusiastic observations on local customs culture and commerce. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
195826710London: Africa Bureau 1958. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; original blue staplebound self-wrappers; 11pp.; printed entirely on blue stock. Extremities a bit toned else Very Good. Price cancel inside upper wrapper. Regarding suffrage in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Africa Bureau unknown books
198737337Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 26cm; black cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xxiv2817pp; illus. Some trivial wear to lower board edges else Fine in a Near Fine lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Scholarly volume illuminating "the vigorously creative traditions of Yoruba art in Freetown Sierra Leone and shows how the city's secret societies have made these traditions an integral part of life in urban West Africa" from front flap. University of Illinois Press unknown books
185613245London: Seeley Jackson and Halliday 1856. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Third thousand. vi 272 pp with color frontis in original blind-stamped cloth. Corners bumped chipping to head of spine bits of old paper stuck to front board. Occasional foxing otherwise clean and sound. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday hardcover books
18822150497G.P. Putnam's Sons 1882. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. A bit musty ink name & date partially crossed out on front flyleaf. 1882 Hard Cover. v 374 2 pp. 8vo. A 19th century overview of Morocco and its citizens with illustrations throughout text. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
19911849Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. lxviii 586 pp illustrations 1 folding with map index. Minimal wear to edges name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1899 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. I. Includes the Journal of Sir Thomas Roe and Letters from Roe to the Governor of Surat Lord Carew Lord Southampton King James and others. Please note: the image associated with this listing shows another volume in the same series but it other than the title it appears identical to this one. Kraus Reprint Limited hardcover books
191213232Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp. xvii 315 in attracticve original cloth decorated with map of Africa on front board trees on spine. Illustrated with plates from photographs and a double-page map. Spine lightly sunned else minimal wear. A.C. McClurg & Co hardcover books
192113256New York: Dodd Mead and Co 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 248 pp with 40 illustrations and a map of the Aures. Original green cloth bumped at the corners; binding tight and square contents clean. No dust jacket. Account of three winters the author and his wife spent in the remote hill country of Algeria collecting specimens of Berber handicraft for the Pitt-Rivers Museum Oxford. Dodd, Mead and Co hardcover books
1967TB02093Garden City: Doubleday 1967. First Edition. First printing Very good slight fading at spine ends. In a very good dust jacket 3/4' chip at spine hinge & ends worn. Doubleday unknown books
190713742New York: American Tract Society 1907. Hardcover. Good. 484 pp with index illustrations from photographs and large folding map. Ex-library with a call number in black on the spine and a card pocket at rear. No other library markings. Boards have some old insect damage text has some foxing. Binding sound. American Tract Society hardcover books
194413441New York: L.B. Fischer 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 286 pp plus one-page glossary of terms used in the "Mahogany" district of West Africa. Corners very slightly bumped else a fine copy in a clean priced dust jacket with a few small chips and short tears. A novel of life in the jungles of French West Africa. L.B. Fischer hardcover books
197025406Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Population Programme Centre 1970. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; decorative staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue and black; mixed pagination; illus. text printed from typescript. Some wear from handling else Very Good and sound. Initially published as a quarterly newsletter aimed at disseminating information on population problems in Africa between governments and voluntary agencies. This first issue includes forewords by R.K.A. Gardiner Executive Secretary of the Commision; Paul G. Hoffman Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; and Milos Macura Director of the United Nations Population Division. Population Programme Centre unknown books
196913753New York: Negro universities Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1919 edition. xxi 247 pp with index illustrations folding map. Brown cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. Clean tight unmarked. No dust jacket. Negro universities Press hardcover books
194972116Strand C. P. South Africa: Christian Council of South Africa 1949. Paperback. Good. 107p. Wrapper. 22cm. Some cover wear. <br/><br/> Christian Council of South Africa paperback books
193013242New York: Payson and Clark Ltd 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 338 pp with pictorial endpapers and drawings by Binder. Spine very slightly sunned else a fine copy. Dust jacket is lightly dust soiled and edgeworn and has some internal reinforcement with tape. A novel based on the author's experience living among the Didinga people of East Africa. Payson and Clark Ltd hardcover books
13170London: Marshall Brothers. Hardcover. Good. ND c. 1911. ix 198 pp copiously illustrated with b/w plates. Green cloth boards have moderate wear; front board has a black ink spot. Gift inscription on front endpaper. The Church Missionary Society sent the author to Uganda in 1900 when she was 24 and she married a fellow missionary 2 years later. "The gently pygmies were her favorite converts and the 'Black Baganda' tribesmen of Bunyoro.her favorite storytellers. Her purpose in writing was as much to tell these stories of indigenous Ugandan culture as to proselytize" and "her books are remarkably free of missionary propaganda" according to Robinson Wayward Women P. 161. Marshall Brothers hardcover books
193013078New York: Fleming H. Revell 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 223 pp illustrated with line drawings by Oliver Whitwell Wilson. Brown pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Private library stamp on title page and bookplate on front pastedown brief gift inscription on front flyleaf; otherwise a lovely copy with minimal wear. Folklore of the Bura people of northeastern Nigeria. Say Boas in the introduction "Folk tales.are of particular interest because they illustrate with great clarity the mode of thought the homely wisdom and the ethical concepts of the people. In Africa more than among other so-called primitive tribes many a tale illustrates a proverb relating to the proper everyday behavior. The Negro is fond of moralizing by means of moralizing tales." Fleming H. Revell hardcover books
1959TB22631Waterford New York: Self-published 1959. First Edition. First printing Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. There is a dated "June 1959" gift inscription on the front free end page. The book is in otherwise perfect condition. Without a dust jacket probably as issued; however the covers are protected by a thick acetate jacket. 28 pages of text including a list of references and bibliography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Self-published hardcover books
196813332London: Frank Cass 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 edition. 564 pp indexed bound in red cloth. Light dust soil to top edge else fine. Dust jacket has light soiling at the edges and chipping to the corners and head of spine. Study of the religion and philosophy of the various tribes of the lower Niger including the Efik Ibo and Ibibio. Frank Cass hardcover books
200028955London: Struik Publishers Amplats. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1868724131 . Text by Sandra Klopper. Color photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Struik Publishers (Amplats) hardcover books
