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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
194752627Zanzibar: privately printed 1947. Third edition 8vo pp. xii 312; double-page map; original cream cloth lettered in black on spine; some damp to the fore-edge of the upper cover; very good. <br/><br/> privately printed hardcover books
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
192952634London: Philip Allan & Co 1929. First edition stamped on the half-title 'Colonial Edition' 8vo pp. xi 1 211 1; frontispiece portrait; original blue cloth gilt-stamped spine; some light spotting to covers else very good and sound. <br/><br/> Philip Allan & Co 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
193252563London: Hodder and Stoughton 1932. First edition 8vo pp. 366; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Cromer 1841-1917 was "British controller-general in Egypt during 1879 part of the international Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the 1876 Egyptian bankruptcy. He later became the agent and consul-general in Egypt from 1883 to 1907 during the British occupation prompted by the 'Urabi revolt. This position gave Baring de facto control over Egyptian finances and governance" Wikipedia. <br/><br/> Hodder and Stoughton 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
1976025814New York: United Nations 1976. 274 38 4 7p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers quarto format United Nations. E/CN.14/HUS/16. United Nations unknown books
193352568New York: Macmillan Co 1933. First American edition 8vo pp. ix 1 393 1; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in brown on upper cover and spine near fine dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine. A novel concerning the "imaginary principality in the center of Africa untouched by Europe except for slight contact with a movie company" jacket blurb. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co 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
184113094New York: G. Lane & P.P. Sandford 1841. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 317 pp in original blind-stamped cloth. Spine faded some edgewear small wormhole at fore edge moderate foxing throughout. Binding tight hinges secure. Shaw arrived in Cape Town in 1816 and soon established the first Wesleyan Mission Station in the interior of South Africa. The book offers a history of the European discovery of the Cape of Good Hope and the development of the colony with "numerous facts relative to missions.which were never before made public" and "notices of natural history referring to lions tigers &c." According to Mendelssohn II p. 308 the chapters on the Hottentots Bushmen Corannas Namaquas Kaffirs Bechuanas and other tribes "afford one of the best descriptions of the native races of South Africa published up to this period." G. Lane & P.P. Sandford hardcover books
19911860Kraus Reprint Limited 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. li 132 pp illustrations with frontispiece index. Name written on front pastedown; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1920 Hakluyt Society edition. Second series No. XLVIII. 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
184313337New York: Robert Carter 1843. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Third edition. xii 406 p in original cloth backed boards with mounted spine lanel. Cloth chipped at head of spine and along rear joint boards worn. Binding sound contents unmarked other than owner's signature on title page. Some foxing. Robert Carter 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
188052581New York: Atkin & Prout 1880. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 500; frontispiece the tissue guard for which is torn large folding map of North Eastern Africa; original green cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine a little spotted else very good and sound. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 201-04. <br/><br/> Atkin & Prout hardcover books
1938133London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. xxiv 221 pp 91 illustrations with appendix itinerary maps one folding index. Boards are lightly rubbed and scuffed; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "The 1934-35 British Museum Expedition to East Africa was organized for the purprose of studying the flora and fauna of the equatorial mountains in relation to their peculiar environment" preface. Lindsay Drummond Ltd hardcover 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
190852522London: Hodder and Stoughton 1908. First edition 8vo pp. xiii 1 226 18 ads; 3 maps 61 photographic illustrations on 47 plates; original pictorial red cloth; spine a little sunned and a few spots on the covers and spine; all else very good. Czech Africa p. 37; Woods A12. <br/><br/> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
189352542London: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1893. First edition 8vo pp. iii-viii 335 1 30 2 ads; 46 wood-engraved illustrations a number full-page; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt white and green; cloth a little bubbled rear free endpaper excised spine a little soiled; in all a good copy or better. <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, & Co hardcover books
1985TB08515Boston: Little Brown 1985. First American Edt. Fine In a near fine dust jacket. Farley Mowat recounts his experiences at being rejected by the US Immigration and Naturization Service at the US/Canadian border in an understandably indignant but mostly humorous style. Little Brown unknown books
191413055New York: Neale Publishing Company 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 708 pp with 2 maps and many illustrations from photographs. Publisher's blue cloth. Spine toned but legible; clean and tight. In addition to being a Presbyterian missionary the author was an accomplished linguist and a careful and interested observer of native life and natural history. Neale Publishing Company hardcover books
189152554London: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1891. First edition 8vo pp. xxvi 2 526; folding color map in rear cover pocket partially split at central fold but no loss 18 plates; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; the binding is quite worn and the extremities rubbed but the book is remarkably sound. <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston & Co hardcover books
184252611New York: Harper & Bros 1842. Stereotyped edition 12mo pp. 359 1; folding map wood-engraved half-title 9 wood-engraved plates and maps plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine; near fine. Issued as no. 16 in the Harper's Family Library series. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
182623980London: John Murray 1826. First edition 4to 2 volumes in 1; pp. x 2 xi-xlviii i.e. lxviii 335 1; 4 269 1; 38 engraved plates and maps 1 folding and backed with linen 1 hand-colored 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text; half brown morocco over marbled cloth rebacked old gilt-decorated spine neatly laid down; very good sound copy. Denham 1786-1828 made extensive and important explorations in Africa. When he accompanied Bornuese troops in an expedition against the Fellatah they were put to utter rout and only Denham escaped with his life "after encountering dangers and deprivations his narrative of which reads like a frenzied dream.The work which went through several editions has numerous illustrations from sketches by the author together with an Appendix of Natural History and other notes" DNB. He was later appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony of Sierra Leone where he died of the African fever. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 172. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
182658024London: John Murray 1826. 4to 2 volumes in 1 pp. lxvii 335; 269; complete with 38 engraved plates 1 colored and maps 1 folding 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text; rebound in red buckram with leather spine label date erroneously printed as 1836 at foot; occasional minor foxing and offsetting one closed tear to map. In hopes of tracing the course of the Niger River Denham's expedition crossed the desert along the long-established Sahara trade route to the kingdom of Bornu later Nigeria a route littered with the skeletons of thousands of slaves abandoned there over the centuries. They sighted Lake Chad and reached the capital of Bornu where they were welcomed by a spectacular array of some five thousand horsemen sent by the Muslim prophet who ruled Bornu in the king's name. Though delighted to meet them he refused to let them continue their explorations lest they meet some misadventure for which he would be blamed. Ultimately the expedition returned to England having failed to find the Niger but having opened much of north central Africa to European knowledge. Written in a lively style and embellished with engravings of Denham's own sketches this account became one of the classics of its genre DNB. Denham was later appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony of Sierra Leone where he died of the African fever in 1828. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
