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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
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
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
19281268London: Longmans Green & Co 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii 623 pp with 12 maps 2 colored select bibliography index. Very light general wear to boards some offsetting and previous owner's label on endpapers contents clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on Dutch occupation colonization Parliament and Volksraad unification and other topics. Longmans, Green, & Co 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
191012961New York: J.B. Lippincott 1910. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 368 pp indexed with 66 illustrations from photographs and a large folding map of Sierra Leone. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. Spine sunned but legible corners bumped name on bottom edge and front pastedown. Internally clean and sound. Record of the author's experiences during many years' residence in the colony where he traveled expensively and mapped "the far distant and then unknown parts of the Hinterland." Includes much on native life and customs. J.B. Lippincott 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
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
192352645London: Ernest Benn 1923. First edition 8vo pp. 276; 2 folding maps 80 illustrations on 64 plates; original gray cloth stamped in gilt on spine; generally a very good copy. Czech Africa p. 13: "Barns was joined by noted rifle maker Sir Charles Ross on an expedition leaving Mombasa in 1921. The party hunted lion and rhino near the Ngorongoro Crater then traveled to the Lake Kivu region of the eastern Belgian Congo . Included among the photos is a snapshot of a poacher named Bowen with an elephant he bagged sporting a pair of tusks at 173 and 176 lbs." <br/><br/> Ernest Benn 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
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
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
194252567New York: Books Inc. distributed by E.P. Dutton n.d. 1942. 8vo pp. iii-xi 3 499 1; 101 maps in the text; fine copy in original orange cloth gilt-stamped spine in a near fine dust jacket with one shallow chip. <br/><br/> Books, Inc., distributed by E.P. Dutton, n.d. hardcover 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
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
197025406Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Population Programme Centre 1970. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; decorative staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue and black; mixed pagination; illus. text printed from typescript. Some wear from handling else Very Good and sound. Initially published as a quarterly newsletter aimed at disseminating information on population problems in Africa between governments and voluntary agencies. This first issue includes forewords by R.K.A. Gardiner Executive Secretary of the Commision; Paul G. Hoffman Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; and Milos Macura Director of the United Nations Population Division. Population Programme Centre unknown 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
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
1968118986Munich 1968. hardcover. Folding map. 164pp. 12mo cloth; cover soiled. Munchen 1968.<br/><br/> unknown books
1931D14321931. Very Good. Stab binding bound with grey ribbon patterned cloth over boards 13 x 9.25 with handwritten titles on front board; contains 19 grey heavy cardstock leaves each featuring numerous b/w photographs more than 150 in all average size is 3 x 4.25 affixed to rectos and versos with photo-corners most of them labeled by hand in German with some English. Boards a little rubbed and scuffed else fine. <br/><br/>A lovely young African woman wearing robes a turban and a necklace clutches a pipe in her teeth and poses for the camera in front of a thatched roof house. The photograph bears the handwritten label Basutofrau aus dem Hinterland von East London. So begins this collection of images photographs taken by the author and postcards of Cape Town and South-West Africa in 1931. It offers a nice balance of the personal with images of the authors friends at picnics hiking with men in suits and hat and the ladies in dresses and high-heeled shoes! on ship and watching street performers and the more broadly interesting streetscapes and landmarks. The African people it seems were also generously willing to smile for the camera. Postcards have labels printed in English identifying Camps Bay Chapman Peak government buildings memorials etc. and the photographs taken by the author usually identify the place and date tidy penmanship in German and often with a quip. Though a few of the authors photographs are a little blurry or over-exposed most are nicely composed and all of the images photos and postcards are bright and clean. A pleasing amalgam. hardcover books
1968117810Paris 1968. hardcover. One folding map. 8vo cloth. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1968.<br/><br/> unknown books
1980TB13511no city stated: Self Published 1980. First Edition. First printing Fine in blue cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author provides an historical account of her father's venture to Alaska during the gold rush of 1899 to assist in the development of a bank to safeguard the gold found by the miners. 153 pages including a bibliography text reproductions of contemporary photographs & illustrations by Janet K. Monteith. Self Published hardcover books
19103013551910. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. Contemporary beige buckram 'Pictured Records' blocked in black on upper cover 'British Central Africa' added by hand in white; cover worn and a little stained upper joint partly split. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. A handsome album documenting missionary work in a little-known area. <br/><br/>The party almost certainly attached to the Church of Scotland Mission evidently enjoyed their time in Africa as they proceeded from Tanganyika into Central Africa. Among the photographs are shots of a native witch doctor women preparing food native sports including pillow fighting as well as topographical images. The also found time to hunt and thirteen pages are dedicated to big game. There are images of eland lion leopard elephants koodoo bushbuck hippopotamus zebra reedbuck porcupine sable wild boar buffalo hartebeeste and wildebeeste. <br/><br/>Lastly there is a photo of the Zomba Church belonging to the Church of Scotland Mission and one of the Blantyre Church which was completed in 1891. Inspired by the example of David Livingstone the Church of Scotland decided to establish a mission in Malawi in the mid-1870s. It was on the basis of their influence that Malawi became a British Protectorate. unknown 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
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
