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1996006737Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Smithsonian Inst Pr 1996. 210pp/illus. examines the ethnicity/nationality debate in Africa through a detailed study of the historical sources and modern transformations of inter-ethnic social relations in the culturally-diverse northern region of Cameroon. Remainder mark along edge. Otherwise clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smithsonian Inst Pr hardcover
193119186London: Sifton Praed & Co. Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Bound in orange pebble-grained cloth edges a little rubbed brown titles all folding maps and colored maps and plates intact text-block very good clean and tight. Scarce.; 7" x 5"; 500 pages . Sifton, Praed & Co. Ltd hardcover
1997304178I.B. Tauris 1997-12-31. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall Octavo 8vo. The jacket is burgundy with a detail from a painting of a man standing. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. I.B. Tauris hardcover
1865031656Boston: Walker Fuller and Co. 1865. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Twenty-Eighth Thousand. 310 pp. Moderate to heavy wear to the extremities. There are tears in the cloth along the joints and the front edge of the front board which has a small stain. The spine is slanted and sunned. Previous owner's embossment is on the front free endpaper. There are spots of foxing throughout. In a sound binding with hinges intact. Walker, Fuller, and Co. Hardcover
1911021692New York: The Review of Reviews 1911. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. From the original series. A solid copy with clean glossy pages. With 100s of evocative photographs of Civil War captured and wounded and their accommodation. Binding tight and secure. Endpapers with decorative wallpaper and portrait pattern are bright and fresh. Covers with good strong color and excellent gilting to top ends. Spine is a shade faded with sharp gilting only a little indistinct at lower edge. Covers with rubbed tips and front has some small white spots. Cover surfaces with some feather scrapes and very light soil. We have five other volumes of this set. Due to its weight please allow for extra shipping charges. <br/> <br/> The Review of Reviews hardcover
19282232Oxford: Clarendon Pres 1928. First. Hardcover. VG. An historical sketch from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century. 322 pp ill lengthy bibliography glossary large pull out folding map in pocket inside rear cover and index. Long respected work on the Gulf. VG and maybe even a little better than that in original blue cloth. Clarendon Pres hardcover
186661161London: Published for the Author 1866. An early impression but likely not the first lacking decorative gilt tooling to spine. Octavo 22cm. Green cloth boards blindstamped titled in gilt on spine; chocolate brown endpapers; xii516pp; prospectus for the author's "History of the Colony of Natal" tipped in at front; tinted lithographic frontispiece and 7 plates one black and white lithograph folding map with touches of hand color and 4 relief full-page plates. Bookplate of Arthur Wakefield Chapman. Lightly rubbed but generally sound and clean: Very Good.<br /> <br /> History and contemporary account of what is now South Africa by a Wesleyan missionary who had been in South Africa for 27 years. Theal noted in 1812 that "the first part of this book is fairly accurate the second part is correct to a letter" though the third section had become obsolete. THEAL p.141. MENDELSSOHN I p.725. 61161. Published for the Author unknown
1990031844Ventura California: Regal Books / African Enterprise Gl Publications 1990. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Xxiv 534 Pp. Near Fine In Lightly Edgeworn Dj. Inscribed By The Author. The Author Was A Graduate Of Fuller Theological Seminary In Pasadena. While Working In Africa He Interviewed P W Botha Louis De Grange Desmond Tutu. Kennethkaunda Etc. And Refers To These Conversations In This Book. <br/> <br/> Regal Books / African Enterprise, Gl Publications hardcover
1992017808Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 1992. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. Very clean inside and out. First edition. Illustrated in black & white with photographs prints maps etc. 10" high X 7" wide 623 pages. Heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cornell University Press Hardcover
197526277Ft. Collins CO: Old Army Press 1975. First edition first printing First printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. A collection of first hand information on the Indian Wars. Each article mostly primary sources is an outstanding contribution by men who knew their subject. 287 pages with illustrations by Lorence Bjorklund membership rolls and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. <br/> <br/> Old Army Press hardcover
1916275999E. Ponsonby 1916. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall Octavo 8vo. The only date shown is in the preface 1916. Foxing starts to get heavy in the last few pages of text. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. E. Ponsonby hardcover
185840128Cincinnati: Moore Wilsatch Keys & Co. 1858. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition no additional printings indicated. Recased small 8vo with original blind embossed cloth panels gilt illustrations and title. Good boards bowed; spine sunned; corners bumped and worn; gilt to spine has completely rubbed away; board edges rubbed and lightly worn; frontis page torn; 2"-tear to tipped-in map "repaired" with tape; chips to original rfep; internally clean. One additional illustration is affixed to the front pastedown. 456pp. <br/> <br/> Moore, Wilsatch, Keys, & Co. hardcover
18583483Cincinnati OH: Moore Wilstach Keys & Co 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. A history of missionary labors and travels with descriptions of men and things in western Africa. Also a synopsis of all the missionary work on that continent. 456 pp. ill LACKS half the folding frontis map. A very rare item in first editions. Unfortunately in poor condition. Recently rebound in half leather over marbled boards new endpapers. Title pages chipped with loss on edges no loss of text. Scattered spotting and foxing in text. Moore Wilstach Keys & Co hardcover
199935963Scotch Plains NJ: Morning Sun Books 1999. First edition. first printing First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A color pictorial of the Pacific Electric empire in the late years of its existence. Selected representative views of areas that were not covered in the first volume. 128 pages all featuring color photographs. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Morning Sun Books hardcover
226642002 THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY LONDON. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIRD SERIES. NO. 9. 2002 THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY, LONDON unknown
19061785London: Central Asian Society 1906. First. Orig Printed Wraps. VG. a lecture delivered before the Central Asian Society. 29 pp. ill. The northern border of the Oxus: its character tributaries and fords. Detaied paper. VG condition in orig printed wraps. Scarce item. Central Asian Society unknown
2002019272London: Sotheby's 2002. This is a near fine softcover set of three volumes with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spines are uncreased bindings firm. These are sale catalogs for auctions held at Sotheby's London on May 28 29 & 30 2002. The sale consisted of the Sefik E. Atabey library. Volume 1: A - G; Volume 2: H - Sc; and Volume 3: Se - Z and Supplement. 1629 lots in the sale. Many are illustrated most in color. Index of authors. Index of anonymous works. Topographical index. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide 246 & 238 & 234 pages. Sale total: 5620722 British pounds. Large heavy books foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Sotheby's Paperback
0332405516.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1332984592.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1960057151Colony And Protectorate Of Kenya 1960. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Ii 321 Pp Folding Map At Rear. Printed Card Covers. Stated Second Impression Rear Cover. Light Usage Former Owner's Information Contents Clean And Square. "No Omission In The Report Have Been Made With The Consent Of The Author And Those That Have Been Made Have Been The Result Of Legal Advice Or Where Anonymity Was Deemed Necessary To Avoid Risk Of Possible Reprisals. " Nothing In The Official Accounts Can Be Believed Nor Do Any Of The Officials Appear To Have Avoided Systematic Misrepresentation; Modern Analysis Shows How Much Of The Government's Actions Were Fanciful Arbitrary And Intended To Suppress A Striving For Political Autonomy More Than To Establish Rule Of Law A British Version Of A "Military Operation" In Support Of Their Imperial Claim To Legitimacy. An Early Version Of The Modern Propaganda That Any Striving For Independence Is Terrorism. <br/> <br/> Colony And Protectorate Of Kenya paperback
1975258159Croom Helm 1975. hardcover. Very Good/Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall Octavo 8vo. Published by Croom Helm 1975. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Croom Helm hardcover
19831556London: ACR Editions 1983. First. Hardcover. As New/As New. Painter-travellers 1828-1908. 272 pp profuse colored ill. Showing how the artists that went from all over the world to North Africa Arabia the Middle East Persia India perceived the orient through the images they produced. A beautifully produced book printed on thick coated stock. A very heavy book. AS NEW in orig. cardboard protective box. With brochure from Mathalf Gallery the world's centre for art of Arabia laid inside. ACR Editions hardcover
2003052999Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 2003. First edition First printing. Oblong hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Kamholz Blain and Kamholz on the half-title page. A Pacific Northwest lumber operation placed within the context of the larger story of the US lumber industry. An illustrated history of the company from 1922 until it closure in 1957. 362 pages with logging and railroad operation photographs maps rosters mile posts research notes and index. Large foldout map fixed in the rear. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Appears as new. <br/> <br/> Stanford University Press hardcover
1983057474Kelseyville CA: Self Published/Fred A. Stindt 1983. First edition First printing. Soft cover. Fine. The OP&E was a 17.5 mile logging and tourist railroad between Cottage Grove and Culp Creek Oregon. 48 pages with historic photographs center two page map roster of steam locomotives and roster of diesel locomotives. Small previous owner's stamp at the top of the first page else a fine and bright copy. <br/> <br/> Self Published/Fred A. Stindt paperback
1925030156New Haven Colony Historical Society 1925. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. With foldout tissue map dated 1912. With several more old maps see photo and historic photographs. Covers the earliest history of colonists and Indians through the Revolutionary War and the 19th century. Clean sound copy but missing spine backstrip. Plain board covers with two old spots to front. <br/> <br/> New Haven Colony Historical Society hardcover