Gregory J. W.ABAA
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192152576London: Seeley Service & Co 1921. First edition 8vo pp. 479 1; 20 plates 44 diagrams in the text including a double-p. map and 5 maps 4 folding original pictorial black cloth stamped in green on upper cover and spine; covers spotted especially along the fore-edge of the upper cover and the extremities are worn Nairobi owner's signature on flyleaf else a good sound copy. <br/><br/> Seeley, Service & Co hardcover books
190958020New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1909. 8vo pp. xvi 368; 2 maps one folding and many illustrations from photographs; original red cloth boards stamped in gilt and black; spine slant slight sunning to upper board previous owner's name on front free endpaper else clean and sound. Decima Moore 1871-1964 was a successful stage actress and singer in London before marrying Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg an officer in the Royal Engineers. He was appointed director of surveys in the Gold Coast in 1905 and upon returning from their travels three years later the couple recounted their experiences in alternating chapters. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
191349852Paris: Hachette & Cie 1913. First edition wrapper issue; small 4to pp. iii-xii 211 1; numerous photographic illustrations on plates and 5 maps in the text; near fine in original pictorial orange wrappers the spine slightly sunned. <br/><br/> Hachette & Cie unknown books
189052606London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington n.d. 1890. 2 volumes small 8vo pp. xiii 1 298 2; viii 308; folding map with route outlined in color; 16 wood-engraved plates by J. D. Cooper plus other wood engravings in the text; small breaks in the cloth at the spine ends spines lightly sunned else near fine in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black on upper covers and in gilt on spine. First published in English in 1873. <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, n.d. hardcover books
192352557Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co 1923. First American edition 8vo pp. 316; errata slip tipped in at List of Illustrations; folding map frontispiece and 15 plates one ground plan in the text; fine copy in original pictorial orange cloth stamped in black. Czech p. 147-8: "A former officer in the King's African Rifles the author relates his big-game hunting and military adventures in various locales in South Africa North Eastern Rhodesia and Uganda . His military adventures include fighting the Germans in East Africa during World War I." <br/><br/> J. B. Lippincott Co hardcover books
200222729Republic of the Gambia : United Nations Development Programme 2002. Group of United Nations Development Program UNDP materials includes: 1 September 2002 Second Draft The Government's Implementation of the Governance Programme and UNDP Support in The Gambia; A Consultant's Report Prepared by Prof. Haroub Othman Inst. of Development Studies Univ. of Dar es Salaam Tanzania; v 68 pages printed one side only; contents including political and constitutional history Independence & First Republic changes of 1994 Second Republic and details concerning good governance - civic education justice legislative bodies ombudsman army & security forces education political parties tentative work plan; with a few corrections and crossings-out in the text evidently a work-in-progress; a sticky note on cover states "To - R.R. Prof. Othman will finalize the report upon receipt of our final comments." spiral bound with clear plastic cover light wear in very good condition; 2 UNDP Working Paper Reflections on UNDP-Funded Projects in The Gambia: 2002-2003; Banjul The Gambia April 2003; 25 pages; glossy magazine format; color illustrations; topics inlcuding reports on fighting against social and economic exclusion UN volunteers in decentralisation and poverty reduction youth employment for environmental rehabilitation partnership to control and prevent HIV/AIDS sustaining livelihoods in rural areas more; with reference page; with preface and summary by John O. Kokonge UNDP resident representative & coordinator of the UN system; front cover photographs Manneh Kunda Kambeng Kafoo; Pupils of St. Theresa's Junior Secondary School with the President of the UN General Assembly; light wear; in very good condition; 3 Office of the United Nations ' Resident Co-Ordinator in The Gambia Synthesis of The Gambia - UN Country Team Development Forum 2003 Volume II March 2004; 30 pages; contents include: key issues for Gambia; volunteering in sustainable development; ownership in sustainable development; role of culture; with conclusions and recommendations list of contributors printed at UN House 5 Kofi Annan Street Cape Point Banjul; light wear; in very good condition; 4 Deepening our Partnerships: Reflections on UNDP - Funded Projects in The Gambia Volume II UNDP Working Paper Banjul The Gambia September 2004; 23 pages; color-illustrated magazine format; with preface and summary by John O. Kokonge; contents including national governance programme economic management HIV/AIDS natural disasters emergency procedures; policy and private sector development gender equality more; front cover illustration of UN Volunteer Mrs. Rose Clair-Charles and others at the Santa Yalla Support Society's Open Day; light wear; in very good condition; 5 The Gambia 2004 Seventh Round Table Conference Accelerating Implementation of The Gambia's PSRP Discussion Document draft: 8 Sep. 04 Brussels 2 November 2004; v 29 pages; printed one side only; with charts and graphs illustrating various aspects of the discussions at the conference including improving the enabling policy environment to promote economic growth and poverty reduction enhancing productive capacity and social protection of the poor and vulnerable; improving the coverage of unmet basic needs of the poor; building the capacity for local people-centered development through decentralization; mainstreaming gender equity environmental issues nutrition governance and HIV/AIDS awareness into all development programmes; with reference documents PRSP Policy and Implementation Matrix; spiral bound with clear plastic cover light wear in very good condition; 6 Republic of The Gambia the Gambia 2005 Seventh Round Table conference The Impact Assessment of the Growing Public Domestic Debt on the Gambian Economy Discussion Paper ; Sahel Invest Management Int. Bakau Newtown - Client UNDP Bakau March 2005; illustrated with economic graphs and charts illuminating the discussion; contents including macroeconomic performance during the period 1993 - 2003 factors underlying the growth of the public domestic debt; composition of the debt stock by instrument type and holder; sustainability ratios; impact of domestic debt & debt service on overall macroeconomic management; debt restructuring and reduction; reorganization and strengthening of the institutional framework for public domestic debt management; conclusions and recommendations; terms of reference & documents; spiral bound with clear plastic cover light wear in very good condition 2 copies; all of these in very good condition and of interest for the economic and social political history of The Gambia at the time. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. United Nations Development Programme Paperback books
188112959Hartford CT: R.W. Bliss and Company 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Subscription edition two volumes in one abridged from the original London edition. xiii 14-406 pp plus one leaf of ads; with a map showing the author's route from Benguella to Durban and more than 60 engraved illustrations including 23 full-page plates. Publisher's plum cloth stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Spine sunned but fully legible a bit of staining to front board corners bumped. Binding solid hinges secure no markings. Serpa Pinto a Portuguese explorer recorded details of much terrain previously unknown to Europeans. He was the fourth explorer to cross Africa from west to east and "was the first to lay down with accuracy the route between Bihe and Lialui" Britannica 11th ed. R.W. Bliss and Company hardcover books
193052156Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1930. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper of first volume: "Mr. Malcolm B. Stone / with much appreciation of his interest in the work in tropical medicine / from Richard P. Strong" dated in year of publication. First printings. Two large octavo volumes 27cm; publisher's maroon cloth boards lettered in gilt on spines and front covers; xxvi1-568; ix569-1064pp; illus. Mild lean to text block of second volume else a tight Near Fine set lacking the dustwrappers. A major work in the history of public medicine. Strong 1872-1948 was the first professor of Tropical Medicine at Harvard and the foremost American authority on the subject. This important two-year expedition to Liberia and the Congo led by Strong in the company of seven fellow Harvard scientists was the first full-scale attempt to document the etiology of a variety of tropical diseases as well as documenting existing sanitary conditions in Liberia and colonial West Africa. The mission also collected a wealth of zoological and anthropological data that would inform various fields of Africa Studies for decades. Harvard University Press unknown books
194120072Philadelphia PA: J.B. Lippincott Company 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 345 pp numerous b/w illustrations from photographs index illustrated endpapers. Original giraffe-patterned cloth boards sunned at the spine and with moderate shelfwear. Text clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Inscribed on the half-title page "to M.S. Slocum with best African wishes Osa Johnson." Account of an extended photographic safari in Kenya by this accomplished and prolific husband-and-wife documentary filmmaking team. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
190613722New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons and Everett & Co 1906. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes pp xxix 31-291; x 14-288 appendices and index with 64 plates. Original red cloth with beveled edges gilt titles on spine. Spines lightly sunned minor edgewear to boards. Bindings tight and square contents clean. Penzer 311-312 expressing his disdain for the work; Casada 318 writes that "it is important at least in part for the reasons Penzer found so objectionable. It brings to the forefront Burton's shortcomings and opens up avenues of thought which needed and still need examination." This set comes from the personal collection of bibliographer James Casada. G.P. Putnam's Sons [and] Everett & Co hardcover books
187352572London: John Murrary for the Royal Geographic Society 1873. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 271 1; large folding frontispiece map without tears and fine; original blue cloth gilt-stamped spine; perforated stamp in title page accession numbers on spine lightly rubbed else very good and sound. Burton's portion of the book ends on p. 164. Penzer p. 89 noting that Burton had also written two appendices which because of their controversial and critical nature were rejected by the R.G.S. "These appendices together with a preface were published privately at Trieste in July of the same year." Casada 85; Mendelssohn I p. 234. Have 2 copies. <br/><br/> John Murrary [for the] Royal Geographic Society hardcover books
191252521New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin 1912. First edition 8vo pp. 6 ix-xxiv 295 1; folding map and 56 photographic illustrations on 48 plates; light wear at the extremities especially the lower corners and very slight cracking at the top of the spine; original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; very good. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons; London: T. Fisher Unwin hardcover books
192852565New York: D. Appleton and Co 1928. First edition American issue; 8vo pp. xi 1 211 1; frontispiece and 41 photographic illustrations on 35 plates folding table of African languages folding map inside back cover pocket 1 drawing in the text; 2 small pressure stamps on title page else a fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine nearly fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Co hardcover books
188158022Hartford: R. W. Bliss and Co 1881. Subscription edition abridged from the original London edition; 2 volumes in 1 pp. xiii 14-406 2 ads; with a map showing the author's route from Benguella to Durban and more than 60 engraved illustrations including 23 full-page plates; original plum cloth stamped in gilt on front board and spine; spine sunned but fully legible a bit of staining to front board corners bumped. Internally fine. Serpa Pinto a Portuguese explorer recorded details of much terrain previously unknown to Europeans. He was the fourth explorer to cross Africa from west to east and "was the first to lay down with accuracy the route between Bihe and Lialui" Britannica 11th ed. <br/><br/> R. W. Bliss and Co hardcover books
189052548Philadelphia: Reading and Co 1890. First edition 8vo pp. iii-xv 1 278; frontispiece portrait 64 plates 1 in color and 2 maps; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; slight wear else near fine. The author is described on the title page as the late secretary of the Gabon and Corsico Mission and acting commercial agent for the U.S. "All the scenes and incidents portrayed in this book are true the only fiction consisting in making these the experiences of the Ogowe Band instead of the author. All the descriptions of scenery were copied from diaries written upon the spot and are as accurate as it is possible to make them" preface. <br/><br/> Reading and Co hardcover books
189652629London: Rowland Ward 1896. First edition 8vo pp. xxvii 3 290 10 ads; folding map 10 plates and 8 illustrations in the text; original cream cloth stamped in brown on upper cover and spine; some light wear to the spine; very good. Gee p. 64. <br/><br/> Rowland Ward hardcover books
189052618London: John C. Nimmo 1890. First edition 8vo pp. xvii 1 378 32 ads dated January 1890; frontispiece portrait 32 plates and 1 color folding map with a short tear no loss; publisher's green cloth with gilt vignette of the "Stanley" steamship on front cover and gilt title on spine; very good sound copy. <br/><br/> John C. Nimmo hardcover books
5706pgs. No date. No place. A collection of six pages with twelve illustrations of African natives. They are from an unidentified book probably from the 18th Century and are in very fine condition overall. Some of the images show a mother breast feeding a beheading combat and royalty. A fine assembly unknown books
197037294N.p.: S.i. ca.1970's. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in red black and green on white stock measuring 47cm x 60cm 18.5" x 23.5cm. Tack holes to all corners masking tape remnants and inked name on verso with wear and a few short tears to extremities and an old dampstain along lower half of left edge; Very Good unbacked / B-. Attractive rustic image of two African women clapping beneath a quote from António Agostinho Neto 1922-1979. Neto served as the first President of Angola having led the MPLA in the war for independence. Known for his contributions to literature he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. The text quoted along the lower half is from his poem "Sculptural Hands": "I see beyond Africa / love emerging virgin in each mouth / in invincible lianas of spotaneous life / and sculptural hands linked together / against the demolishing waterfalls of old / Beyond this tiredness in other continents / Africa alive I feel it in the sculptural hands / of the strong who are people and roses and bread and future." Not found in OCLC though we note an example held at OMCA. S.i. unknown books
1898921Chicago: The Werner Company 1898. First Edition. Paper covered Boards. Very good. Frederick Remington. A very good first edition Howes R206. Beveled beige paper covered boards show smudges and uniform staining from much handling. Joint starting about 2 inches from bottom. Mild bowing. All edges gilt. Previous owners' names on first free endpaper and title page. previous owner has made two small fine sketches on resaer pastedown. Semi-neatly inked date of 1900 appears to the right of the word "Remington" on the title page written on it after the book was printed ---- not a publication date. All onionskins and plates present with some waving. Oblong quarto 12" x 9 1/4" tall The first edition and only edition published by Werner appeared only in 1898 due to copyright challenges. No later Werner editions listed in Worldcat or on the market. See Publisher's Weekly Nov. 19 1898: "INJUNCTION AGAINST " REMINGTON'S FRONTIER SKETCHES." Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York issued a temporary injunction on the 16th inst. against the American News Company in an injunction brought by Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Frederic Remington to restrain the News Company from selling a book entitled " Remington's Frontier Sketches." it is claimed in the bill of complaint that this book of sketches is an infringement of the copyright covering " Personal Recollections of Gen. Nelson A. Miles" a book which was published by the Werner Company of Akron Ohio and which was copyrighted by General Miles in 1896. The alleged infringing book purports to be published by the Werner Company. It consists of facsimile reproductions of fifteen sketches made by Frederic Remington as illus trations of General Miles's book. The temporary injunction is accompanied by an order returnable November 25 directing the American News Company to show cause why an injunction should not issue pending the action. It is understood that other booksellers will be proceeded against. Suit will also be begun against the Werner Company." The Werner Company hardcover books
189920473New York: Harper and Brothers 1899. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xxiii 940 ads with many plates including one folding panorama portraits and five folding maps. Plates are from photos by the author and drawings by R.W. Macbeth Clifford Carleton Harry C. Edwards E.F.W. Frohawk. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering illustration on upper board. Light soiling to boards and rubbing to corners early ownership inscription on front pastedown closed tear repaired on verso one map. Binding sound text clean. Narrative of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition which "sailed in the Windward to Franz Josef Land established winter quarters at Cape Flora Northbrook Island Sept. 1894 and repained for three years.Throughout this period the party made sledge journeys in the archipelago surveyed made scientific collections and kept a meterological record. The author's journal p 5-775 records day by day.the course of the expedition describes in detail the hunting weather ice conditions the polar night and its effects pony and dog sledging the terrain health food etc" Arctic Bib. 7943. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1650WRCAM12694Middleburg 1650. 33pp. Small quarto. Later three-quarter vellum and boards. Very good. This pamphlet includes references to Count Johan Maurits of Nassau and his fame as a soldier in America and Africa and as a governor. There is some mention of the West India Company as well. KNUTTEL 6899. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 650/62. hardcover books
191452552London: Seeley Service & Co 1914. Second edition 8vo pp. 317 1 2 ads; folding map printed in color 1 other full-page map in the text 32 plates; a near fine copy in original pictorial green cloth stamped in green. Czech Africa p. 51: "Dracopoli explored the region from Kismayu on the coast then westward to the Lorian Swamp in British East Africa. In the Joreh district he bagged oryx gerenuk hartebeest zebra and topi. Upon reaching the Lorian district the author collected waterbuck and gazelle. His descriptions of the terrain and climate are especially interesting." <br/><br/> Seeley, Service & Co hardcover books
193152553London: H. F. & G. Witherby 1931. First edition 8vo pp. 527 1; frontispiece 2 maps 1 folding and 12 plates showing 30 illustrations from photographs; original red cloth gilt-stamped spine; perforated stamp in bottom margin of title page accession numbers at base of spine; markings aside fine and bright. <br/><br/> H. F. & G. Witherby hardcover books
192058321Cairo: Government Press 1920. 2 volumes folio pp. ix 7 262; volume II is a portfolio containing 16 loose folding plates plans surveys and maps some in color; folding color frontispiece map in volume I 7 tables 6 folding numerous tables and graphs in the text; original printed green paper-covered boards green cloth shelfbacks which are cracked chipped and on the second volume loose; but the text and all the illustrative material are fine throughout. Murdoch 1866-1957 a civil engineer assistant engineer on the first Aswan Dam project director-general of irrigation for the Egyptian Government subsequently Under Secretary of State for Public Works and finally adviser to Egypt's Minister of Public Works served in Egypt for 23 years. He was responsible for the planning and completion of overall drainage schemes for lower Egypt which finally dealt with about 3000000 acres. He also designed the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile and put into operation the first stages of the Gezira irrigation schemes for the conversion of virgin land in the Sudan for cotton growing. His detailed report Nile Control published in 1920 was an early valuable guide to the effective water resource management of the Nile. <br/><br/> Government Press hardcover books
