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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
19481826Seattle WA: University of Washington Press 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. vii 96 pp folding maps. Light wear to edges minimal soiling to boards small stamp on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. This volume "provides for the first time an English translation of the third near-contemporary compendium on the post-Bering voyages and thus completes the ready accessibility in English of all the main sources on these voyages" Foreword. Includes sections on Copper Island Chuckchi Peninsula Ivan Soloviev's voyage and other topics. University of Washington Press hardcover books
196813234London: Frank Cass and Company 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi 184 pp with folding map. Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1790. Corners bumped spine slightly sunned. Binding tight contents clean. Frank Cass and Company hardcover books
1955706Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1955. Advance Reading Copy. Wraps. Very good . Carl Bodmer. Untitled prospectus for a limited edition reprint of the book Travels in the Interior of North America by Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1832-34. Illustrated wrappers. With reproductions of paintings and drawings by Swiss artist Carl Bodmer who accompanied Maximilian. Excerpts from the proposed book and an invitation to readers for comments. Color reproduction of pronghorned antelope aquatint by Bodmer on cover. No record of the book having actually been published available. 10 pp. Quarto 12 x 9 inches tall. The Lakeside Press paperback books
19651807New York: AMS Press 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1905 Glasgow edition. xix 579 pp 1 folding map. Publisher's dark red cloth; no dust jacket. Light shelfwear previous owner's name on front pastedown else fine. Volume XVI only "contayning English Voyages to the East West and South parts of America: many Sea and Land Fights: Plantations in Guiana and many strange adventures of Englishmen amongst the Americans." Includes travels of Sir Francis Drake Peter Carder Thomas Candish Anthony Nivet Robert Harcourt John Lerius and others. AMS Press hardcover books
19911867New York: AMS Press 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1905 Glasgow edition. xix 571 pp with maps. Publisher's dark red cloth; no dust jacket. Light shelfwear lightly bumped top corners previous owner's name on front pastedown else fine. Volume VII only "contayning navigations voyages and discoveries of the Sea-Coasts and In-land regions of Africa which is generally called Æthiopia by Englishmen and others; with peregrinations and travels by land into Palestinia Natolia and Syria." Includes travels of Sir Francis Alvarez Don John of Castro Don John Bermudez Matthew Paris and others. AMS Press hardcover books
196517634New York: AMS Press 1965. Hardcover. Near fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1905 Glasgow edition. xv 525 pp with 1 map. Publisher's dark red cloth; no dust jacket. Light shelfwear previous owner's name on front pastedown else fine. Volume X only "contayning Praeteritorum or Discoveries of the World specially such as in the other Bookes are omitted." Includes travels of Antonio Galvano Caesar Frederick Richard Cocke Gasparo Balbi Thomas Coryat John Huighen van Linschoten and others. AMS Press hardcover books
196517633New York: AMS Press 1965. Hardcover. Near fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1905 Glasgow edition. xix 591 pp with 8 maps. Publisher's dark red cloth; no dust jacket. Light shelfwear previous owner's name on front pastedown else fine. Volume XIV only "contayning English Northern Navigations and Discoveries Relations of Greeneland Groenland the North-West Passage and other Arcticke Regions and later Russian Occurents; with a Description of the West Indies by Antonio Herrera." Includes travels of Jonas Poole William Baffin Robert Fotherby Robert Salmon John Catcher George Weymouth and others. AMS Press hardcover books
192113243Richmond VA: Presbyterian Committee of Publication 1921. Soft cover. Very Good. 201 pp with illustrations and map in original printed wrappers. Spine is sunned and has one chip in the paper at the head of the spine. Binding solid text unmarked. McCutchan was sent as a missionary to the Congo Free State in 1897 where he was soon outraged by the treatment of the natives he observed. He became one of the most vocal opponents of King Leopold's regime. Presbyterian Committee of Publication paperback 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
