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13600Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c. 1860. 4 x 6 inches 271 pp with 6 plates showing animals seen on the voyage. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt decoration on the spine. Corners bumped some fraying to spine ends. Binding tight hinges secure contents clean. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Presbyterian Board of Publication hardcover books
191313321London: Church Missionary Society 1913. Hardcover. Good. 176 pp with color frontispiece map of east Africa many black and white photographs. Original green cloth boards with mounted illustration of a native warrior. Spine faded moderate edgewear corners bumped. Binding sound text unmarked. The author was a British poet and composer of hymns who married a Canadian missionary doctor and traveled and worked with him among the Kikuyu and Embu triebs of Mount Kenya. Robinson Wayward Women p. 156-7. Church Missionary Society hardcover books
196713235London: Frank Cass and Company Ltd 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of second edition 1802. vii 9-287 pp. Red cloth boards are slightly faded and dust soiled; top edge also dust soiled. Binding tight and square contents clean. Frank Cass and Company, Ltd hardcover books
195013112London: Hollis and Carter 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second impression. 343 pp indexed with illustrations map endpapers. One corner bumped else a fine copy. Dust jacket has a subtle stain and one short tear. Charles de Foucauld was a French monk who established a mission among the Tuareg people of southern Algeria where "for fifteen years he labored amid incredible hardships and solitude--and never made a convert." His solitary life of service has proved be a lasting inspiration to Catholic fraternal organizations and religious communities. Hollis and Carter hardcover books
9527n.p. n.d. 1909. 8-1/4 in x 5-1/4 in. Dark brown pebbled calf marbled endsheets text block edges marbled. A log of statistics for South African gold mines in 1908. Edges rubbed interior fine. <br/><br/> unknown books
19401805885J.B. Lippincott Company 1940. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Orange cloth spine over boards not zebra-striped cover. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss ink stamp on title page. 1940 Hard Cover. 376 pp. 8 5/8 x 6. 83 illustrations including photographs featuring George Eastman founder of Eastman Kodak American author Jack London and film star Charlie Chaplin. A documentary travelogue of the adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson primarily in Africa and the South Seas. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
186513668New York: D. Appleton and Co 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one: 179; 198 pp plus publisher's ads. Frontispiece of a hippo bathing in the Nile. Original green cloth with blind-stamped decoration and faded gilt lettering on the spine. Corners and spine ends rubbed evidence of a bookplate removed from front pastedown. Binding sound text clean with minor foxing. Fictional account founded on real experiences and adventures in South Africa in the early nineteenth century. Mendelssohn I 986. D. Appleton and Co hardcover books
197021501Leiden: E.J. Brill 1970. Hardcover. Near fine. 180 pp with index and bibliography. Boards very slightly bowed else fine. No dust jacket. Includes a brief history of Christian missions in Ghana followed by extensive analysis of 20th century critiques of those missions. E.J. Brill hardcover books
197013071Leiden: E.J. Brill 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. xi 180 pp with index and bibliography. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Boards very slightly bowed else fine. Studies in Religion in Africa No. I. "The aim of this study is to clarify the Ghanaian image of the missionary as expressed in the published critique of twentieth century Ghanaians.tracing both continuity and change over the entire period." E.J. Brill hardcover books
19911860Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. li 132 pp illustrations with frontispiece index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1920 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XLVIII. 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
189713079New York: Fleming H. Revell 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 316 pp with frontis portrait 19 illustrations and 2 maps 1 folding. Green cloth boards with gilt decoration. Spine cocked brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else very good. Good served as a Presbyterian missionary in West Africa from 1882 until his death in 1894. He traveled extensively in the region learning the Bulu language and making a study of native religious beliefs. He also collected entomological specimens on behalf of W.J. Holland of the Western University of Pennsylvania who contributed an Appendix to the book. Fleming H. Revell hardcover books
194826521Johannesburg: Rostra Printers n.d. ca. 1948. First Edition. 12mo 17.25cm.; original white printed staplebound card wrappers; 15pp. Extremities sunned textblock uniformly toned and brittle due to poor paperstock tiny loss to lower fore-edge corner of first few leaves and upper wrapper. Still Very Good. Anti-apartheid policy of South Africa's leading political party from 1934 to 1948 when it was supplanted by the National Party. Only a handful of copies located in OCLC; Boston U. only in the United States as of May 2015. Rostra Printers unknown books
19911861Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. l 577 pp illustrations 1 folding with illustrations maps index. Very lightly bumped bottom corners name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Vol. III Part I Only. Reprint of the 1919 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XLV. Includes travels in England Western India Achin Macao and the Canton River 1634-1638. 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
195532530Pretoria: The Government Printer 1955. 28th volume in the series covering the years 1954-55. Thick octavo; printed paper-covered boards; xvi 866pp. Covers tanned at board edges; mild external rubbing; very slight age-toning to text paper; a solid Very Good copy. Official statistics structure of government diary of laws descriptions of geography natural resources etc. A well-preserved copy uncommon thus. The Government Printer unknown books
19911859Millwood NY: Kraus Reprint 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. cxxxii 296 pp folding map with illustrations bibliography index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1902 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. X. 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 hardcover books
191152609Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co 1911. First edition 8vo pp. xiii 1 445; photographic frontispiece 35 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos map endpapers; original tan pictorial cloth stamped in brown and gilt; lightly rubbed "294" in biro on front free endpaper; very good sound copy. Photographs by the author Emma Ayer who was the wife of the book collector Edward E. Ayer; this book is dedicated to him. <br/><br/> A.C. McClurg & Co hardcover books
195419797New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1954. Second edition fully revised 8vo pp. xxix 3 634; with 200 illustrations and maps; original black cloth decorated in gilt dust-jacket; about fine in very good jacket with some fading at the spine and light edgewear. An important and popular book by one of the great Orientalists. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
193752536New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1937. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 2 19-335 1; map endpapers frontispiece and 73 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 30 plates; original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt lightly chipped dust jacket. Gatti and his wife explore the Belgian Congo. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
192952634London: Philip Allan & Co 1929. First edition stamped on the half-title 'Colonial Edition' 8vo pp. xi 1 211 1; frontispiece portrait; original blue cloth gilt-stamped spine; some light spotting to covers else very good and sound. <br/><br/> Philip Allan & Co hardcover books
187652658New York: World Publishing House 1876. 8vo pp. xiv 15-271 1; wood-engraved frontispiece; bound with as issued: Lamping Clemens. The French in Algiers pp. 4 89 1; bound with as issued: Alby François Antoine. The prisoners of Abd-el-Kader pp. 4 93-178; original terracotta cloth stamped in black and gilt; a good sound copy or better. <br/><br/> World Publishing House hardcover books
196252578New York: American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters 1962. 4to pp.46 2; photographically illustrated throughout some gruesome; this copy marked "Press Proof" on the first page of text; very good in original black printed wrappers. Atrocities in Katanga a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from the Republic of Congo-Léopoldville on 11 July 1960 under Moise Tshombe leader of the local Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga CONAKAT political party Federation of Kata. <br/><br/> American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters unknown books
193252563London: Hodder and Stoughton 1932. First edition 8vo pp. 366; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Cromer 1841-1917 was "British controller-general in Egypt during 1879 part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the 1876 Egyptian bankruptcy. He later became the agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907 during the British occupation prompted by the 'Urabi revolt. This position gave Baring de facto control over Egyptian finances and governance" Wikipedia. <br/><br/> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
198551265McMinnville Ore: Liliaceae Press 1985. Second revised edition small 4to pp. 146 2; diagrams maps and photographic illustrations in text; the history uses and production methods of a variety of "papers." In this instance "rice paper" refers to pith; white pictorial paper wrappers; fine. <br/><br/> Liliaceae Press unknown books
189052638Philadelphia: J. W. Keeler 1890. Subscription publication issued under a number of imprints; large 8vo pp. 2 17-576; 4 chromolithograph plates folding map hundreds of wood-engraved illustrations throughout many full-page; original red cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; hinges cracked vermin nibble at the bottom of the back cover covers unevenly sunned; a good copy. <br/><br/> J. W. Keeler hardcover books
184252611New York: Harper & Bros 1842. Stereotyped edition 12mo pp. 359 1; folding map wood-engraved half-title 9 wood-engraved plates and maps plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine; near fine. Issued as no. 16 in the Harper's Family Library series. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books