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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
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
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
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
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
201142477Gambia: ArtWords 2011. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 212pp. Fine and unmarked but for Library of Congress "duplicate" stamp to title page. ".Consists of nineteen cases from 2005 to 2011 including some judgments of Justice A.S. Tahir; the pioneer Chairman of the Cadi Appeals Panel. ArtWords unknown books
199013714San Marino CA: Huntington Library 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Authors 110 pp bound in green cloth. Clean and tight. Dust jacket has a few rubbed spots. Inscribed in October 1990 by Hayman to Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Huntington Library calendar listing the two-day Burton conference laid in. Includes the text of four lectures Burton presented in Brazil in 1866 now housed at the Huntington. Two lectures discuss Burton's visits to Mecca and Medina and the other two discuss his journeys to Harar and Dahomey where he tried to persuade King Gelele to abandon the practice of human sacrifice. Huntington Library hardcover books
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