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191552573London New York et al.: Cassell and Co. Ltd 1915. First edition 8vo pp. xviii 283 1; ex-Mechanics' Institure library with bookplate marked 'discarded' perforated stamp in the top margin of the frontispiece rubberstamp on the verso of the folding map and on the verso of some but not all the 110 plates; contemporary green morocco-backed blue cloth gilt-lettered direct on spine; but for the library markings very good. <br/><br/> Cassell and Co., Ltd hardcover books
13111New York: George H. Doran. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Undated 1923. 373 pp with 33 illustrations from photographs and 3 maps. Front hinge repaired else a fine copy in the original dust jacket which has one internal tape repair. Dan Crawford 1870-1926 was a Scottish missionary who spent 37 years in Africa and identified unusually strongly with Africans and their culture. Here he retraces David Livingstone's last journey sharing a wealth of information about the land and the people. George H. Doran hardcover books
1920258323London: Macmillan and Co 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound; spine slightly cocked; light bumping to extremities; light toning to binding; small mark to front endpapers otherwise no markings in text; illustrated with photographs. Very Good binding. Macmillan and Co unknown books
2006221644Leiden - Boston: Brill 2006. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Wrappers. Very Good binding. Brill unknown books
189313102Toronto: Star Printing and Publishing 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Original blue cloth puckered in spots rubbed through at corners and spine ends. Binding sound contents clean. 353 pp with 51 gravure plates but lacking the folding map. The author traversed the Marotse country and visited the Gonye and Victoria Falls and continued to Bechuanaland Matabeleland and Mashonaland Mendelssohn I p. 788. "Despite Johnston's hunter-like attire and pose in the frontispiece this work is primarily one of travel. He does embark on hunts after hartebeest impala and ostrich and describes a lion hunt near Salisbury" Czech p. 146. Star Printing and Publishing hardcover books
197125915Riverside CA: Research Group for the Liberation of Portuguese Africa 1971. First Edition. Folio 27.5cm.; original tape-backed pictorial wrappers; 445pp.; illus. text in double colum. Upper wrapper edges a bit toned else Fine. Study of the negative influence of the Portuguese colonial presence in Angola Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Research Group for the Liberation of Portuguese Africa unknown books
199522736Maseru: Government of Lesotho 1995. ix 46 pages 13 pages of 'annexes' giving districts/villages/households surveyed historical events linked by rural interviewees to PRA Environment/Poverty trends; and an extensive bibliography with sections on poverty environment sustainable development; with detailed map of study areas; some statistical data in chart form giving measurements of income sources of water supply farm soil people burning grazing quality & marketing of livestock waterborne diseases reported by the respondents Thaba Tseka; ".investigates and assesses the dynamic interrelationship between poverty and environmental change and the consequences of this relationship in Lesotho. .attempt to respond to a number of intrinsic problems underlying development initiatives in Lesotho." from the Executive Summary section; spiral bound plain printed paper wrap covers; light wear to binding one small stray pen-mark; in very good condition; detailed research. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Government of Lesotho Paperback books
198522732Sierra Leone: Eastern Area Project 1985. viii 90 pages printed one side only; bibliography and list of senior staff and qualifications in the Eastern Area Project; chart illustrating achievement of program; economic and development charts within the text; illustrated with an 8 1/2" x 11" folding map of the Sierra Leone Integrated Agricultural Development Projects edge chipped no loss to data; the study ".undertaken with the expressed purpose of determining any possible impact the Eastern Integrated Development Project has on the small-holder population in Eastern Sierra Leone.exploratory survey of the entire project region. .several visits and discussions with farmers project officials and elders of the three districts involved Kono Kailahun and Kenema."; with summary and conclusions; original pink stapled paper wrap covers illustrated with a map of the country; spine with old tape; one page with paragraph torn away; some edge tips wear to binding; in good condition overall. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Eastern Area Project Paperback books
1851WRCLIT82725Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers 1851. 16pp. Octavo. Printed wrappers. A bit of foxing early and late manuscript frank on rear wrapper old soft vertical fold two small adhesion spots on upper wrapper otherwise a very good copy. First edition. This address was delivered within a day of Payne's consecration as Bishop of Cape Palmas and Parts Adjacent in West Africa leading to his rank as the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia. He served in Liberia for two decades during which the Episcopal Church built five churches two asylums and a hospital and ordained twenty priests. OCLC locates 16 copies. OCLC: 5005360. Printed by Jno. T. Towers unknown books
191012961New York: J.B. Lippincott 1910. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 368 pp indexed with 66 illustrations from photographs and a large folding map of Sierra Leone. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. Spine sunned but legible corners bumped name on bottom edge and front pastedown. Internally clean and sound. Record of the author's experiences during many years' residence in the colony where he traveled expensively and mapped "the far distant and then unknown parts of the Hinterland." Includes much on native life and customs. J.B. Lippincott hardcover books
190713070New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xi 230 pp with 32 plates. Publishers beige cloth with black lettering red and black vignette of men rowing a boat. Spine toned corners rubbed through some fraying. Bookplate on front pastedown else unmarked and sound. No dust jacket. Davis recounts his journey through the Congo to the east coast of Africa. One chapter describes hunting hippopotamus and crocodile on the Kasai River Czech p. 75. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
13110Boston: Small Maynard & Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c. 1924. 303 pp indexed with 57 photographs and 2 folding maps. Publisher's green cloth shows light general wear; bookplate on front pastedown one plate and one map loose and laid in. Travel narrative of several months' journey on foot through the Congo with observations on Belgian administration village life and native customs. Small, Maynard & Company hardcover books
189011320Philadelphia: Reading and Company 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xv 278 pp illustrated with portraits many of Africans maps and a plan. Original dark blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Corners rubbed and bumped spine ends rubbed. Crease in cloth on front board. Some signatures a bit loose but none detached. Occasional smudged pages; text otherwise unmarked. Reading served as a missionary to Gaboon and later as a commercial agent for the United States. He recounts his party's journey from Philadelphia which took them through Sierra Leone Liberia Ivory Coast and Gold Coast. Includes some discussion of the American Colonization Society's efforts in Liberia; slaveholding in Africa; commerce along the coast and rivers; prospects for a railroad and commercial development of the interior. Blockson 1628. Reading and Company hardcover books
185913088Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xv 256 pp with frontis portrait of Mrs. Hoffman. Recently rebound in black buckram. Mercantile library stamps on frontis and title page as well as the margin of three text pages. Otherwise quite clean. Virginia Hale Hoffman was born in Glastonbury CT in 1832. She married In 1850 she went to Liberia with her husband Reverend Cadwalader Colden Hoffman who was a member of the Episcopal mission. In Cavalla Liberia she learned the local language Grebo and supported the mission by teaching and working among the flock. She died of a pulmonary ailment in 1856 and here she is described as "worthy to be added to the catalogue of these martyrs for Christ who include women such as Harriet Newell and Anne Hazeltine Judson and the cause of the world's conversion." Lindsay and Blakiston hardcover books
184313337New York: Robert Carter 1843. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Third edition. xii 406 p in original cloth backed boards with mounted spine lanel. Cloth chipped at head of spine and along rear joint boards worn. Binding sound contents unmarked other than owner's signature on title page. Some foxing. Robert Carter hardcover books
195428950Pretoria: Government Printer 1954. First Edition. Large thick octavo 25cm.; original blue printed paper-covered boards; viii1364pp.; folding color map plates folding brochure titled "History of the Kruger National Park" bound in between pp. 54 & 55. Spine slightly sunned else Very Good or better. Government Printer unknown books
012133London and Arusha Tanganyika: Safari Africa Limited Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A well-made illustrated promotional brochure describing a safari one might take. No copies on this lovely piece have been found by this researcher. --------- An engaging narration of the sights and sounds one would experience on such a travel well-demonstrated with b/w photography. Each Pair of pages has a lovely drawing of an area at the bottom of the pages. The trip was to be in East-Africa. ----------- Photo Page 13 shows M.A. Wetherell 1883 - 1939 a director who was a stage and film actor and director. Additionally there are a photos of a biplane of Imperial Airways; native people in traditional dress; African animals. -------- String tied stiff card-stock decorated wraps. 10.5 inches tall; Onion skin before and after the Text. 151 pages pre 1961 and since the photographed director died in 1939 we date this as earlier than 1939. Carefully handled minor hand-soiling on the wraps. 5th Edition 0. Safari (Africa) Limited Paperback books
1964TB19144New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1964. First Edition. in second state dust jacket Fine in purple cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with only a hint of fading at the heel of the spine. More often than not this title is found with fairly typical fading of the board's edges as the purple cloth is very prone to fading. In a very good unclipped second state dust jacket with a slightly tanned spine area which is also lightly rubbed at its upper edge. The sixth volume in The American Trails Series and one of the fifteen in the series produced by McGraw-Hill. The story of the Mormon Trail. 331 pages including an index bibliography text and a section of illustrations of reproductions of contemporary art. A very handsome and collectable copy. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
1959TB25170Waterford 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". Without a dust jacket probably as issued; however the covers are protected by a thick acetate jacket. Laid-in is a mimeographed one page advance ad by the author for this book. Additionally the book is signed by the author on the title page. 28 pages of text including a list of references and bibliography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Self-published hardcover books
189852544New York & Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell n.d. 1898. First American edition 8vo pp. xxx 3-299 1; 100 photographic illustrations throughout many full-page; original decorative green cloth stamped in black and gilt; lightly rubbed very good. Czech Africa p. 29: "A former English army officer Burrows was hired by the Belgian government as district commander of the Upper Well-Mobanghi region of the Congo." <br/><br/> Thomas Y. Crowell, n.d. hardcover books
192452653New York: Robert M. McBride and Co 1924. First edition American issue of the British sheets; 8vo pp. 240; original cream cloth-backed boards printed paper label on spine; upper cover with a few light scratches else near fine throughout. Casada 58: "In this work Penzer brings together ten obscure articles by Burton with the intention of giving the reader a fuller understanding of the man." <br/><br/> Robert M. McBride and Co hardcover books
193852600Oxford: Clarendon Press 1938. First edition 8vo pp. vi 2 584; 2 folding maps; spine slightly sunned else near fine in original red cloth gilt-stamped spine. <br/><br/> Clarendon Press hardcover books
194752627Zanzibar: privately printed 1947. Third edition 8vo pp. xii 312; double-page map; original cream cloth lettered in black on spine; some damp to the fore-edge of the upper cover; very good. <br/><br/> privately printed hardcover books
195352562London: Faber & Faber 1953. First edition 8vo pp. xlii 601 1; portrait frontispiece 4 maps 1 folding 36 illustrations on rectos and versos of 9 plates; near fine sound copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
193352568New York: Macmillan Co 1933. First American edition 8vo pp. ix 1 393 1; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in brown on upper cover and spine near fine dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine. A novel concerning the "imaginary principality in the center of Africa untouched by Europe except for slight contact with a movie company" jacket blurb. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co hardcover books
