Willis BaileyABAA
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1930181New York: Whittlesey House 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xv 320 pp with color frontispiece index illustrations from photos and drawings by the author maps one folding. Short tear in cloth along rear joint at head of spine paper cracked over front hinge occasional penciled lines in the margine; else sound and clean. No dust jacket. Willis was a mining engineer who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey. "In 1929 after attending an IGC conference in South Africa Willis traveled the length of Africa accompanied by his wife and supported by the Carnegie Institution of Washington to study the geologic structure of the deep rift valleys that bisect the East African plateau. His study convinced him that the valleys had not developed because of separation as most geologists thought but were the result of "ramping" caused by compression and vertical movement" ANB. Whittlesey House hardcover books
13168London: Lutterworth Press. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated. 190 pp in original orange cloth; no dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped one scuff mark on front board. Internals fine. Foreword by H.S. Keigwin. Chapters on marriage kinship coming of age taboos religious beliefs and practices etc. Lutterworth Press hardcover books
1966TB15720New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1966. First Edition. First printing Very good in blue cloth covered boards with the outer edges of the very faintly faded and with minor dust staining to the top edge. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with minor wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and nicks to the fore corners of the panels. "America's route of the ages - from Asia across Alaska down the Rocky Mountains to the plains of Texas." The 8th volume in The American Trails Series. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
1971TB09445New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1971. First Edition. First printing Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. fine. A beautiful copy! "The perilous trail to Montana's gold" through Wyoming and Idaho. The 10th volume in The American Trails Series. This is one in a set of 15 McGraw-Hill Trails Series titles. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
1971TB01441New York: McGraw-Hill Book 1971. First Edition. First printing Very near fine in black cloth covered boards but with a prior owner's name stamped on the front end paper & tape stains to both end papers. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact but with tape stains at the flap ends where they were once taped to the end papers of the book. The tenth volume in The American Trails series which covers the "perilous trail to Montana's Gold." 306 pages including an index and bibliography. McGraw-Hill Book hardcover books
1971TB07040New York: McGraw-Hill Book 1971. First Edition. First printing Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board and on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a 1" narrow ink mark on the upper edge of the front panel and slighty tanned on the spine. One of the American Trails Series titles. The Bloody Bozeman was the trail followed by those who wanted to reach the gold of the Montana fields. 336 numbered pages with index text and photographs. McGraw-Hill Book hardcover books
196213307London: Faber and Faber 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 244 pp indexed illustrated with b/w photographs. Some dust soil to top edge otherwise clean tight unmarked. Dust jacket is price-clipped; else minimal wear. In 1946 the author acted as spokesperson for the Tekyiman people of what is now part of Ghana in their dispute with the British and Gold Coast governments over the sovereignty of nine villages incorporated into Ashanti territory in 1935. "A record of bureaucratic intrigue" and "a fascinating account of life in a west African state at every level" according to the dust jacket. Faber and Faber hardcover books
1994181593Johannesburg: NUM 1994. Newspaper. Two issues of the publication 8p. each in the format of a tabloid newspaper but printed in color on glossy paper with many photos. December issue has horrendous cover photos of diseased teeth from exposure to sulphiric acid in the mining process. Articles on labor disputes mine safety Cuba solidarity and more. NUM unknown books
19691840Amsterdam: N. Israel 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes in one. pp 70 80 illustrations 3 b/w folding 2 in color. A fine copy in original clear plastic jacket. Bibliotheca Austaliana #64. Facsimile reprint of the 1806 London edition. N. Israel hardcover books
196313686Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. Deuxieme Second edition. 532 pp w/map tables bibliography. Original printed wrappers. Light cover wear some spine creasing. Binding sound contents unmarked. Text in French. Presses Universitaires de France paperback books
196634011London: Ellis Bowles 1966. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm; original pictorial staplebound wrappers; 84pp. Wrappers a bit worn with wrinkling along spine edge old ink note to upper cover else Near Very Good and sound. Covers the fall of the Independent Federation and First Republic of Nigeria which would lead to three years of civil war. Ellis Bowles] unknown books
197214941London: Inkululeko Publications 1972. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 122pp; illus. Minor external wear; 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 contributions by J. Villiers "Namibia and the World;" R.E. Braverman "Apartheid Industrialisation and the Trade Unions;" Yusuf Dadoo "Tribute to Dimitrov;" others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197314950London: Inkululeko Publications 1973. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 136pp; illus. Minor external wear; internally fresh; Very Good or better. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by Albert Tshume Alfred Hutchinson short-story - "The Rickshaw's New Year" Henry Mokgothi critical article on Alfred Hutchinson; R.E. Press J.K. Obatala others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197314953London: Inkululeko Publications 1973. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 127pp; illus. Minor external wear; internally fresh; Very Good or better. Organ of the South African Communist Party published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by R.E. Matajo ANC Kumalo Poem - "Red Our Colour" Henri Onan Basha Ahmed Abdi others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197414942London: Inkululeko Publications 1974. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 105pp; illus. Minor external wear; 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 contributions by W. Pomeroy J. Villiers R.E. Press F. Meli others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197414944London: Inkululeko Publications 1974. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 130pp; illus. Minor external wear; 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 contributions by Alexander Sibeko R.E. Braverman Z. Nkosi Phineas Malinga others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
197814943London: Inkululeko Publications 1978. Small octavo 20cm. Printed card wrappers; 107pp; illus. Minor external wear; 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 contributions by Phineas Malinga John Ngara Vukani Mawethu others. Inkululeko Publications unknown books
1972203641New York: ECSA 1972. Two issues of the staplebound newsletter 8.5x14 inches 10 and 14 pages respectively. Holes punched at left for storage in binder; little impact on text only removing a few letters; some handling wear and toning occasional minor marginalia. Issues present are Ash Wednesday 1972 and Feast of the Nativity 1973. These issues are largely devoted to Namibia. The Episcopal organization pushed for fthe reedom of Namibians to strike and to pursue self-government. ECSA unknown books
1986184685San Francisco & New York: Freedom for South Africa Refugee Campaign 1986. Two brochures folded to 4.25x8.5 inches with basically the same information photos but differing fonts and designs and a short story of Sarah Ngobese. Fundraising brochures for the Ruvu Refugee Community Tanzania. Freedom for South Africa Refugee Campaign unknown books
199093859Addis Ababa: UNECA 1990. iv73p. 5.75x8.25 inches introduction annexes very good booklet in stapled wraps. A plan for encouraging more popular representation in African development. UNECA unknown books
197629006Mexico: n.p. 1976. First edition. Paper wrappers. Near fine copies with only a little rubbing at the corners. 8vo. In Spanish English or French. Includes Seminars volume plus 5 of 7 Abstracts volumes: 3. South Asia; Asia del sur.-4. SouthEast Asia Sudeste Asiatico.-5. China. Chine-6. Japan and Korea Japon y Corea.-7. Interarea. n.p. unknown books
192413735Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 270 pp in original brown and red cloth. No dust jacket. Name stamped on front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with minimal wear. Binding tight and square. A collection of essays based on "material gathered during a sojourn of many years in the Southern Camaroon West Africa." Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
19761903London: Hakluyt Society 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xvi 365 pp maps one folding illustrations with index errata slip tipped in on half-title editor's compliments sheet laid in. Lightly bumped corners else fine. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with two small less than 1/2 inch tears on front cover near spine. "As a circumstantial document the Diary provides diverse information ranging from details of the Oxford and London scenes and the organizational aspects of the trading venture to the customs of the natives of Sierra Leone including the earliest English record of an African language together with drawings of the flora and fauna" dust jacket. Hakluyt Society hardcover books
1962TB09439New York: McGraw-Hill 1962. Sixth Printing. Fine in decorated black cloth covered boards with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. In a near fine dust jacket with slight tanning of the spine area. The 4th volume in the Trails of America Series. The trail that started in Mexico and went north up the California coast to San Francisco. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
183New York: Fleming R. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated but Preface dated 1929. 208 pp illustrations from photographs map frontispiece. "This is just a story! It is not a history or a survey! It is the 'Log of the Lingua' the Bible Society's motor that tours East and Central Africa" foreword. Front hinge cracked; light soiling to boards and edges. No dust jacket. Fleming R. Revell Company hardcover books
