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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
187652658New York: World Publishing House 1876. 8vo pp. xiv 15-271 1; wood-engraved frontispiece; bound with as issued: Lamping Clemens. The French in Algiers pp. 4 89 1; bound with as issued: Alby François Antoine. The prisoners of Abd-el-Kader pp. 4 93-178; original terracotta cloth stamped in black and gilt; a good sound copy or better. <br/><br/> World Publishing House hardcover books
19664591London: Mayibuye Publications 1966. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; 32pp Clean tight copy; text pages sl. tanned; VG or better. Prominent South African political prisoner detained in 1965 under the Suppression of Communism Act. Mayibuye Publications unknown books
192113243Richmond VA: Presbyterian Committee of Publication 1921. Soft cover. Very Good. 201 pp with illustrations and map in original printed wrappers. Spine is sunned and has one chip in the paper at the head of the spine. Binding solid text unmarked. McCutchan was sent as a missionary to the Congo Free State in 1897 where he was soon outraged by the treatment of the natives he observed. He became one of the most vocal opponents of King Leopold's regime. Presbyterian Committee of Publication paperback books
1991TB10530Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1991. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with faint creasing at the upper edge of the front panel. A description of life and nature in a remote valley in Montana as experienced by the author. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
193152553London: H. F. & G. Witherby 1931. First edition 8vo pp. 527 1; frontispiece 2 maps 1 folding and 12 plates showing 30 illustrations from photographs; original red cloth gilt-stamped spine; perforated stamp in bottom margin of title page accession numbers at base of spine; markings aside fine and bright. <br/><br/> H. F. & G. Witherby hardcover books
187252516London: Tinsley Brothers 1872. First edition first issue binding 2 volumes 8vo pp. xii 2 503 1; vi 2 519 1; folding map highlighted in blue 11 wood-engraved plates including 2 frontispieces 4 full-p. sketch maps; original chocolate brown cloth gilt vignette on upper covers both volumes neatly rebacked with original spines laid down; previous owners' bookplates pertinent newspaper clippings tipped into both volumes at endpaper and half-title; a good sound copy. Zanzibar is Burton's account of the country and its natural history and Burton's and Speke's various journeys 1857-59 in the lake regions of east Africa including the discoveries of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika. The final chapter is Burton's memorial of Speke with whom he had many points of divergence regarding the geographical discoveries at Victoria and the Nile basin. Spink Catalogue no. 49; Penzer pp. 88-89; Casada 72: "It is in my opinion among the most important of his African-related studies." <br/><br/> Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
