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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
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
190952622London: Seeley & Co 1909. First edition in English 8vo pp. xxiv xviii 2 21-504 8 ads; frontispiece 13 plates 5 double-page over 400 illustrations in the text; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine slightly darkened extremities rubbed; good and sound. Fire worship tattooing tests of manhood secret societies head-hunting cannibalism funeral rites etc. <br/><br/> Seeley & Co 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
193252575London: Hutchinson & Co 1932. First edition 8vo pp. 8 11-285 1 8 ads; frontispiece and 41 photographic illustrations on 19 plates; small scrape on upper cover else near fine in original green cloth gilt-lettered spine. <br/><br/> Hutchinson & Co hardcover books
188152660London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons 1881. 12mo pp. 9 10-275 1 10 ads; double-page map 31 full-page wood-engraved illustrations 1 double-page; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; some wear at extremities and a small break in the cloth at the top of the front joint; all else very good. <br/><br/> T. Nelson and Sons hardcover books
190552574New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1905. First edition 8vo pp. x 364; portrait frontispiece folding map and 100 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 44 plates; original green cloth stamped in blue gilt and green on upper cover and spine; very good. This copy inscribed "To Mr. K. B. Coulter with the good greetings of the scribe Wm. Edgar Geil Clifton Springs NY Nov. AD 1906." <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co 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
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
189020303Capetown: Grand Lodge of Western South Africa 1890. Softcover. Good. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4" sewn printed peach-colored wraps pp. 38 plus an errata slip tipped in the recto of the rear wrap with the membership form filled out in ink see below. Covers moderately worn with chips out at the sewing points on the spine a few small chunks out of the rear wrap no loss to text and a horizontal tear across the rear wrap. As per the membership form this was the property of Norman Hill Nesbitt inducted into the "Forbearance" Lodge on June 8 1892 as witnessed by the Lodge's Acting Secretary one K.H.M Stuart. Grand Lodge of Western South Africa 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
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
2006221644Leiden - Boston: Brill 2006. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Wrappers. Very Good binding. Brill unknown books
197139055Berkeley:: University of California Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0520017226 . First edition. Near fine in a very good minor edge wear price clipped dust jacket. . University of California Press, hardcover books
1959TB25170Waterford 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". Without a dust jacket probably as issued; however the covers are protected by a thick acetate jacket. Laid-in is a mimeographed one page advance ad by the author for this book. Additionally the book is signed by the author on the title page. 28 pages of text including a list of references and bibliography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Self-published 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
13125Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c. 1843. From the tenth London edition revised and corrected. xii 392 pp 10 pp publisher's ads. Text printed in double columns. Quarter red leather over marbled boards. Leather scuffed rubbed through at corners. Owner's signature dated 1850 on front free endpaper. Binding solid minor foxing else clean. Account of the British diplomatic mission led by Harris to establish relations with the ancient Christian kingdom of Shoa in the highlands of Ethiopia. They succeeded in negotiating a commercial treaty and also collected considerable scientific data during the journey. Harris was knighted for his services in 1844. T.B. Peterson hardcover books
184452515London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1844. Second and best edition with an added 50-page introduction; 3 volumes 8vo lxviii 419 1 32 ads; xii 425 1 2 ads; xii 432 32 ads; 3 lithograph frontispieces 2 tinted 1 hand-colored chromolithograph dedication leaf 3 engraved vignette title pages engraved folding map; nice copy in original blindstamped brown cloth gilt lettering on spine. Abbey Travel 290; Czech Africa p. 72: "Harris and several other British officers and diplomats were sent to open trade relations with the then virtually unknown Kingdom of Shoa. The journey through the hinterland of the country is described in great detail as are the cultures of the various cities that were visited. While this is truly an epic of travel and exploration there are two sporting incidents of note with a huge buffalo bagged near the Casam River and elephants taken in Galla country." <br/><br/> Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover books
195881093Rufisque: Imprimerie du Haut Commissariat 1958. Paperback. Very Good. 7 vols. Serie A B D E F G et H a T. Wrappers. 25cm. Covers unevenly browned. Contents sound and clean. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate inside front covers. French text. Serie G is actually a series of 9 slender booklets in a paper sleeve; the other six are single volumes. <br/><br/> Imprimerie du Haut Commissariat paperback books
1960TB08252New York: Coward-McCann Inc. 1960. First Edition. First printing Fine in decorated ivory colored cloth boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. In a very good dust jacket with rubbing creasing and short closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing to the fold to the spine from the rear panel. One of the volumes in the American Vista Series which describes the 300 year drama of the finding and developing of the Mid-West. Told with selections from narritives from the people who lived it Coward-McCann, Inc. hardcover books
1966TB30753New York: Prentice Hall 1966. Second Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and map end sheets. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a very good price clipped dust jacket with wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the fore corners of the panels and two short closed tears to the upper edge of the front panel. The 4th volume in the American Forts series describing the Forts of Makinac. 218 pages including an index and a bibliography. Illustrated with a section of black and white images from photographs. Prentice Hall hardcover books
1946TB08333New York: Macmillan Company 1946. First Edition. First printing Very good in green cloth covered boards with a 1/4 inch paint stain on the front board and light shelf wear. In a very good dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap with light spine end wear & light chipping to the panel corners. The history of that area which is now Ohio Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota told by the author through "legends anecdotes and episodes." Macmillan Company hardcover 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
195352562London: Faber & Faber 1953. First edition 8vo pp. xlii 601 1; portrait frontispiece 4 maps 1 folding 36 illustrations on rectos and versos of 9 plates; near fine sound copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
194952589Nairobi: East African Railways and Harbours n.d. 1949. First edition 4to pp. xii 582; 2 folding color maps 14 plates showing 20 portraits and illustrations; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; small hole in cloth at top of spine else a very good copy. <br/><br/> East African Railways and Harbours, n.d. hardcover books
