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190852594New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Co 1908. Second edition 8vo pp. 4 9-380 4 ads; 17 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; fine in original green pictorial cloth stamped in orange black and gilt. <br/><br/> Fleming H. Revell Co hardcover books
195413169London: Paternoster Press 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Uniform edition Number 4 in the Jungle Doctor series. 121 pp with 30 illustrations by Harry Swain. Edges of text block dust soiled otherwise minimal wear. Dust jacket is price-clipped chipped at the corners. Paternoster Press hardcover books
197148288Cambridge MA: Africa Research Group 1971. Reprint. Slim octavo 21.5cm; illustrated wrappers stapled; 12pp. Tiny nick to lower edge of front wrapper else Near Fine. An expose of the repression experienced in Ethiopia by the Ethiopian Students Union in North America. "Ethiopia is often portrayed as a country with a glorious tradition of rich and enduring civilization.But this image leaves out too much. Beneath the picturesque medievalism of kings and queens lies the overwhelming reality of the misery of our people who have borne the burden of this pageantry. The Ethiopian masses who made heroic sacrifices to safeguard the nation's independence have become subject to the most oppressive internal domination" from introduction. Africa Research Group unknown books
197027996Cambridge MA: Africa Research Group 1970. Reprint. Octavo 21cm.; original yellow decorative staplebound wrappers; 212-20111-30pp. Minor insect damage to bottom edge of upper wrapper small chip to rear wrapper else About Very Good. "Reprint" series no. 7. Reproduces two articles originally published in the Monthly Review Giovanni Arrighi and John S. Saul's "Socialism and Economic Development in Tropical Africa" and Glyn Hughes's "Preconditions of Socialist Development in Africa. Africa Research Group unknown books
196648285London: Africa Bureau 1966. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; stapled wrappers; 12pp. Trivial wear to extremities else Fine. "The overwhelmingly important question in the Rhodesian crisis is now Rhodesia's vulnerability to economic sanctions. It is difficult to be exact in economic terms; we can only make rough estimates. It is even more difficult to say what the political effect of the economic damage may be. It is important to appreciate as accurately as possible the economic effects; the final conclusion about the effectiveness of sanctions must however be a political one" from introduction. Africa Bureau unknown books
195938051New York: American Committee on Africa 1959. Octavo 22.5cm.; publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 23pp.; illus. Some minor toning and dust-soil else Very Good. Includes an article on the newly elected first President of Guinea Sékou Touré during whose 26-year régime approximatley 50000 people would be killed. American Committee on Africa] unknown books
1967TB30750Englewood: Prentice Hall 1967. First Edition. Fine black and light red cloth covered boards with gilt tooling. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with several small color flecks at the ends of the spine and across the upper edge of the front panel. The story of how the military forts and trading post of the Upper Missouri River contributed to the developement of the American West. 339 pages containing text notes and an index. Prentice Hall hardcover books
197114948London: Inkululeko Publications 1971. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 135pp; illus. Minor external wear; text tanned but not brittle; Very Good. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes a substantial 15pp article by Sol Dubula on the 10-year anniversary of the founding of the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe "Spear of the Nation" anti-apartheid movement. Other contributors include A. Lerumo Arnold Adams El Mahdawi others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
196821479London: Frank Cass 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Reprint of the 1875 edition. Book is as-new dust jacket is sunned at the spine and price-clipped. Slavery Series No. 3. According to the dust jacket "Cooper's work was aimed at whipping up a state of public opinion which would force the British government into concrete diplomatic action to end Mohammodean and Portuguese slaving in East Africa. Frank Cass hardcover books
195245894Nairobi: East Africa Tourist Travel Association 1952. 3rd ed. revised. Paperback. Very Good. photos double-page map 52p. Wrapper. 19cm. Age-toned. Cover subtitle: "Your Queries Answered." A factbook oriented toward both tourists and prospective immigrants. <br/><br/> East Africa Tourist Travel Association paperback books
1943140Creative Age Press Inc: Creative Age Press Inc 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. x 279 pp with frontispiece map illustrations on endpapers. Book has minimal wear. Dust jacket is edgeworn with 2" tear to bottom of spine with large chip missing; price clipped. Lighting Up Liberia is "the first modern and revealing story of the internal structure and lifestream of the country written by a man who spent many years in Liberia working with the natives and observing their characters and customs" dust jacket. Creative Age Press, Inc hardcover books
198980969Port Elizabeth: Monitor Publications 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. photos 144p. Wrapper. 30cm. Special Edition of "Monitor." <br/><br/> Monitor Publications paperback books
195514781New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First American edition first published in Great Britain in 1954 under the title "Orellana". xvii 354 pp with bibliography map. Lower corners lightly bumped else a fine copy with review slip laid in. Dust jacket ihas chipping short tears and some internal tape repairs. A fictionalized account described on the jacket as "an exciting and vivid reconstruction of the expedition of the first white men to descend the Amazon and to accomplish a journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic across South America--from Peru to Trinidad" under the leadership of Francisco de Orellana. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
195148167London: Edinburgh House Press 1951. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pictorial paper wrappers; 64pp; illus. Mild external wear; a few instances of light pencil marginalia; Very Good. Ownership stamp inside front cover "Property of M.S.C.C. Library / Toronto." <br/><br/>In the publisher's series of "Background Books" intended for Sunday School readers to educate them on countries where the Church of England was conducting missionary activities. Edinburgh House Press unknown books
1964155London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. xiv 174 pp with principal dates index. "Here are chiefs kings poor scholars and soldiers. Sir Rex Niven writes of them and of their achievements with the humanity and deep understanding bred of his own long experience of Africa and her affairs" dust jacket. Light dust soiling to edges; else clean sound and tightly bound. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear. G. Bell and Sons, Ltd hardcover books
195738052New York: American Committee on Africa 1957. Octavo 22.5cm.; publisher's staplebound self-wrappers; 63pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit worn and dust-soiled rear cover postally used with "Return to Sender" rubberstamp else Near Very Good and sound. Includes two contributions by the South African novelist Alan Paton including the poem "My Great Discovery. American Committee on Africa] unknown books
196813443Gregg Press 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes in one reprints of the 1923 and 1924 Cambridge editions. 176; 205 pp with folding maps and illustrations; both volumes indexed. Light dust soil to fore edge else a fine copy in the original green cloth. No dust jacket. Gregg Press hardcover books
198629544Washington DC: Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1986. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial glossy wrappers; 39pp; illus. Light wear; Near Fine. Articles on the State of Emergency the Rent Boycott Campaign Political Trials etc. Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law unknown books
196748170Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations 1967. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 10pp. Mild corner-creasing and evidence of handling else Fine. One of a series of "Topical Talks" on South African race relations issued by the SAIRR in the 1960s. South African Institute of Race Relations unknown books
196046633Johannesburg: South Africa Department of Information n.d. ca. 1960s. First Thus. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's grey pictorial wrappers; 140pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities rather worn and dog-eared with chip at spine crown rear cover a bit dampstained else Good or better. Originally issued as a series of five pamphlets covering topics such as education economic advancement and agricultural improvement. South Africa Department of Information unknown books
197134844London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1971. Third printing. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; 131pp. A Fine copy. Discussion of the South African government's BOSS Bureau of State Security laws. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
196648284New York: Alexander Defense Committee 1966. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; stapled wrappers; 43pp; illus. Light wear to extremities modest toning to rear wrapper with two small faint stains to upper front wrapper; contents clean; Very Good or better. Expose of state-sponsored apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia. With several photographic illustrations halftones. The author was Executive Secretary of the Alexander Defense Committee organized in 1965 to advocate on behalf of the "Alexander Eleven" a group of anti-apartheid activists headed by Neville Alexander who were imprisoned under South Africa's "Sabotage Act" in 1963. Alexander Defense Committee unknown books
197034884London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1970. Second Edition. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; vi66pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities and light dust-soil to rear wrapper else Near Fine. "Apartheid - or the system of "separate development" as the South African authorities prefer to call it - is not self-enforcing. It is maintained by an elaborate system of penal laws backed up by the powerful weaponry of a modern state. This study deals with the special character of law enforcement in a society where race distinction lies at the root of government policy" from introduction. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
55New York; London: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated likely first American edition c. 1929. xix 609 pp 25 illustrations with index b/w illustrations from photographs. Author photograph tipped in as frontispiece. Foreword by "Dr. Laws of Livingstonia." Ex-library copy with normal markings stamps etc including call number label on spine. Binding is sound text is clean and bright. An account of Dan Crawford's life from his birth in Scotland through his 37 years in Africa. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Fleming H. Revell Company hardcover books
196713023London: Frank Cass and Co. Ltd 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition a reprint of the 1877 edition with a new introduction by A.G. Hopkins. xxii 355 pp. Boards are bumped at the corners and slightly sunned at the edges top edge is dust soiled. Binding is tight and square text unmarked. Dust jacket is chipped at the corners and has a few short tears. Whitford an English trader visited and wrote about nearly all the major commercial centers in West Africa. Frank Cass and Co., Ltd hardcover books
