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189052548Philadelphia: Reading and Co 1890. First edition 8vo pp. iii-xv 1 278; frontispiece portrait 64 plates 1 in color and 2 maps; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; slight wear else near fine. The author is described on the title page as the late secretary of the Gabon and Corsico Mission and acting commercial agent for the U.S. "All the scenes and incidents portrayed in this book are true the only fiction consisting in making these the experiences of the Ogowe Band instead of the author. All the descriptions of scenery were copied from diaries written upon the spot and are as accurate as it is possible to make them" preface. Reading and Co unknown
189011320Philadelphia: Reading and Company 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xv 278 pp illustrated with portraits many of Africans maps and a plan. Original dark blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Corners rubbed and bumped spine ends rubbed. Crease in cloth on front board. Some signatures a bit loose but none detached. Occasional smudged pages; text otherwise unmarked. Reading served as a missionary to Gaboon and later as a commercial agent for the United States. He recounts his party's journey from Philadelphia which took them through Sierra Leone Liberia Ivory Coast and Gold Coast. Includes some discussion of the American Colonization Society's efforts in Liberia; slaveholding in Africa; commerce along the coast and rivers; prospects for a railroad and commercial development of the interior. Blockson 1628. Reading and Company hardcover
192732688Lagos: Gov't Printer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages; AFRICAN / ARABIC HISTORY - 5 Volumes. 2 gov't stamps and a bit of numered masking tape on spine minimal markings. Purple cloth faded spine contents generally VG. . Gov't Printer hardcover
197415073Manchester: Manchester University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. dust wrapper very lightly rubbed at edges a lovely clean tight copy.; 8vo; 826. pages . Manchester University Press hardcover
197949579Toronto;: Academic Press Canada 1979. First edition. . Hardcover. Number 793 of 1500 numbered signed by Verner and Stuart-Stubbs. Reproduces a number of historically significant maps of North America from the years 1556 to 1875 with text for each. Several reproduce in color. 292 pages. An oversized book measuring 16" x 14". Bound in coarse linen with design and lettering in gilt. Very fine issued without dust jacket in very fine linen slipcase. <br/> <br/> Academic Press Canada, hardcover
200661659Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. v 88 p. Illustrations. Serial No. 109-152. The purpose of the hearing was to help the Congress and the American people better understand the current issues in the always-complex situaiton in Northern Ireland and to held guide the committee's efforts as its continues to assist in the realization of a duraable peace and to guarantee the fundamental human rights in Northern Ireland. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
28853LONDON MACMILLAN 1867. FIRST EDITION HALF CALF BY J. CARSS OF GLASGOW FRONTISPIECE 2 COLOUR MAPS ONE FOLDING PLUS 24 PLATES FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR. pp xii 596. SOME SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER SPINE FRONT HINGE WEAK OTHERWISE A NICE VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1867 hardcover
18643837London: Tinsley Brothers 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Part 1 showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's western lake reservoir by Richard Burton and Part 2 Captain Speke's DIscovery of the Source of the Nile by James McQueen. Penzer p 74 75. First ed. Very scarce. LACKS THE MAPS which are considered rare and lacking in a majority of copies. First ed bound in purple brown cloth with triple line border on covers. Little better than a VG copy. Tinsley Brothers hardcover
1333875738.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
189852651London: Methuen & Co 1898. First edition issued in the publisher's Colonial Library series small 8vo pp. vi 238 2; large folding map 4 plates; extra illustration mounted on front pastedown; original maroon cloth gilt-stamped spine extra cloth label 'Africa' also on spine; fine copy. Methuen & Co unknown
1898276London: Methuen 1898. First. Hardcover. Good-very Good. and the borders of the new Sierra Leone Protectorate. 238 pp very large folding map in rear. Expedition undertaken to establish the border ofFrench Guinea and Sierra Leone. Spine unevenly faded and with wear at tips. Methuen hardcover
1898biblio189<p><i>Methuen & Co. London. 1898. 8vo. 2 238pp. Frontis. 3 further plates folding map. Original cloth gilt v.sl.rubbed at head and foot of spine. Map slightly soiled at edge. Untrimmed edges. Bookplate and stamp to title page of <b>Henry Von Wackerbarth</b> 9737 Longwood Boulevard Chicago identifying this as No 4792 of his extensive library. </i></p> Methuen & Co. hardcover
2002020746Norfolk VA U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru Publishers 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Out of Print. LIMITED to 175 copies. The First volume in the "Crippen and Landru Lost Classics" series. Godfrey a South African journalist and short-story writer created one of the most imaginative of modern sleuths Rolf le Roux. In the ten stories in this collection he investigtes such riddles as the man who can't remember 52 minutes of his life an egg which becomes filled with poison before it is opened and the impossible murder in a cable car hanging many feet above the ground. Three of the stories are impossible crime stories. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. Illus. by Miller Deborah. Book. Crippen & Landru, Publishers Hardcover
1967202G4008New York: The New York Times & Arno Press. Fair. 1967. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 112 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Great Robin Hood-themed ad for Patty Petite fashions; Nice one-page black and white photo portrait Hohner harmonica ad features Al Hirt; Lovely Springmaid color-photo centerfold Springmaid ad features Sandy Hilton; Nice Jade East ad; Great Jane Irwill ad entitled Knitticism!; Martin Luther King Defines "Black Power" - photo-illustrated article in which King says Blacks respond to violence because they lack influence on American thought and he advocates the use of Black economic political and ideological power Fisher page 10; What's Wrong with American Newspapers - a newsman's critique of the press; The Ibos go it alone in Nigeria - photo-illustrated article; WWII sex education cartoon by Sgt. George Baker features Sad Sack after watching an Army sex hygiene film; Lovely two-page Faberge lipstick ad; Nice color ad for Rooster square-bottom ties; What We're Learning About Learning; Italian villa of Romano Rui designed by Gian Case; Great photo of 1920s New York newsstand; Elephants to the Rescue in Vietnam; Fantastic very colorful one-page photo ad for Pinch whisky appears to feature Benny Goodman and friends; and more. Please note: Missing pages 87-92. Above-average wear. Some pages loose but present. Covers loose but present. Faint library stamp and handwritten date upon front cover. A rough but worthy reference copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The New York Times Magazine June 11 1967 - Martin Luther King Defines "Black Power" color fashion ads; Great Robin Hood-themed ad for Patty Petite fashions; Nice one-page black and white photo portrait Hohner harmonica ad features Al Hirt; Lovely Spri . The New York Times & Arno Press unknown
1972202G3974New York: The New York Times & Arno Press 1972. Book. Illus. by Guillumette Rapho; Steffen Don Carl; Benzakin Jocelyn; Sipahioglu Goksin; Falk Sam; Trounstine Phil; Ackerman Stuart; Sauro William E.; Wegener Alfred; Fischbeck Frank; Moore James. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 72 pages. Features: Cover photo of George Meany; The Five Warring Tribes of South Africa - photo-illustrated article by James Michener discusses the Afrikaners English Asiatics 'Coloureds' of mixed heredity and the black Bantu; Photo-illustrated article on Prince Sihanouk head of a Cambodian government-in-exile in China; George Meany's Way isn't President Nixon's; In the Matter of H. Bruce Franklin - the very model of a modern militant radical and - until this month - a tenured professor of English at genteel Stanford University; One-page ad for Gold Key Lake Estates; Ad for the Garrard Zero 100 turntable features inset photo of Emile Berliner; Charming centerfold illustrated ad for Health-tex clothing; Fashion photos featuring ruffles and Taffeta; Geometric Mansion - photos of a Richard Meier designed modern mansion; Lovely color fashion photos; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. The New York Times & Arno Press Paperback
1891007545New York: Anson D.F. Randolph and Co. 1891. This is a very good hardcover copy in orange cloth boards with a printed paper label on the spine. Covers soiled spine and front endpaper strengthened. Corners worn. Very clean inside. This is number 5 of the 150 large paper copies limited edition. Illustrated throughout in black & white with maps engravings symbols and charts. Glossary. 11" high X 8" wide 202 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Limited/Numbered 150 Copies. Hard Cover. Very Good. Anson D.F. Randolph and Co. Hardcover
1972202G3972New York: The New York Times & Arno Press 1972. Book. Illus. by Mardon Allan cover; Ahram Al; Tim; Nogues Alain; Slackman Chas. B.; Cober Allan; Israel Robert. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 88 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Colonel Gaddafi of Libya with Nasser in background; Many fantastic color fashion ads; Colonel Qadhafi - Libya's Mystical Revolutionary - article with photo of Anwar Sadat seated between Quadhafi and Vice-President Mahmoud al-Ayubi of Syria plus photo of Qadhafi seated with Gamal Abdel Nasser; The Secrecy Dilemma - Schlesinger expounds on the conflict between freedom of the press and government secrecy; The French Connection in Real Life - searching for clandestine heroin labs in Marseilles - article with photos; The American Malaise - a sociologist disagrees with Nixon's suggestion of a parallel with ancitn Greece and Rome; Gold Key Estates real estate development ad; New China Policy in Rock Glad N.J.; Photos of Jade jewellery; Psychedelic one-page Peter Max ad; Oriental Mix - color photos of Manhattan apartment designed by Winkler-Patino; Many camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. The New York Times & Arno Press Paperback
1964202G4101New York: The New York Times & Arno Press 1964. Book. Illus. by Tames George; McBride Will; Gossett Carl; Anderson Doug; Perl Susan; Einsel Walter; Wyatt Stanley; Chereskin Ron; Cossett Carl; Nelson O. E.; Pascal David; Deschamps; Fall B.; Moore James;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 120 pages. Features: Cover photo of fires raging in Cyprus; Nice color-photo Fortrel ad features auto racer Dan Gurney; The Men LBJ has added to his team - article with photos of LBJ Bill Moyers George Reedy Horace Busby Jack Valenti and Walter Jenkins; Two pages of photos of LBJ with the public; Must We Be the World's Policeman - an argument that our responsibilities should be discharged through the U.N.; Portrait of Nkrumah as Dictator - photo-illustrated article on the man who led Ghana to freedom seven years ago but has now declared that dissent is a crime against the state; The Ambiguous American; Eight Myths About Divorce - and the Facts; World's Fair Photos; Case Against a 'West Point' for diplomats; Dienbienphu - Battle to Remember - article with photos; Beautiful color-photo fashion ads; The Sickness called Apathy; Wild one-page color photo of gold/yellow-dressed lady in American Bemberg ad; Beautiful Lily of France ad features "Filly Lily" modeling foundation; Suddenly opposition to Britain's establishment is growing; 3/4-page Capital Records ad promotes Barbra Streisand's "Funny Girl" album; Lovely Maggie Lin is featured in a one-page color-photo ad for Springmaid; Uncommon one-page ad for the Tensor fold-a-Way Lamp Tensor-lite; One-page Heritage Upholstery ad; Very cute one-page color-photo ad for Perma lift panties features mom and daughter in undergarments in window sun; Photos of Richard Bender's budget beach house on Long Island; An Now a Word From the Youngsters; Fashion photos of ladies' playsuits; Half-page color ad for Orgeon Tourism; One-page ad by State Mutual Insurance of American SMA promotes the fact that they are the First Major Insurance Company to offer lower rates for non-smokers. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The New York Times & Arno Press Paperback
1963202G4090New York: The New York Times & Arno Press. Good. 1963. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 136 pages. Features: Can the new President LBJ overcome standpattism in Congress; LBJ Program in Action - photo feature; Unless We Lead We Will Falter; What Kind of Nation Are We - thoughts in the wake of JFK's murder; Do White Men Have a Future in Africa - T.J. Mboya of Kenya says yes as long as they do their part in nation building; Visit to a Russian Village - photo-illustrated article on a trip to the Russian countryside where few Westerners are permitted; The Importance of Angel Investors to Broadway Producers; Should it Take 34 Months for a Trial; Today's American Ex-Pats are often businessmen nor rebels; By 1966 Half of Us Will Be Under 25; The New York City Center of Music and Drama turns 20; Photos of Manhattan town home redone by architect James Stewart Polshek;On Human Rights - thoughts new and old as Human Rights Week begins; and more. Ads: one-page ad for Henry Mancini's soundtrack to the movie 'Charade"; Nice fashion ads; Bulova Accutron; 2-page ad for Look Magazine; Color ad for Sony consumer electronics; Cuesta-Rey Cigars; Wilkinson Sword Pruners; Loft's Little Fruit Cakes; Beautiful one-page color-photo ad for E.J. Korvette ladies' fashions - nautical theme; Unox Ham. First few pages rumpled otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The New York Times Magazine December 8 1963 - Do White Men Have a Future in Africa President LBJ overcome standpattism in Congress; LBJ Program in Action - photo feature; Unless We Lead We Will Falter; What Kind of Nation Are We - thoughts in the wa . The New York Times & Arno Press unknown
1964202G4102New York: The New York Times & Arno Press 1964. Book. Illus. by Burns Pat; Tames George; Gendreau Philip; Moss John; Anderson Doug; Perl Susan; Shelton Sybil; Kantor Tim; Leone J.; Dix Harry; Freyman Zachary; Moore James. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 112 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Security Council discussing the Cyprus question; Gorgeous fashion ads; The LBJ Way with Congress; Photos of prospective Republican Presidential candidates Nelson Rockefeller Barry Goldwater Richard Nixon and Gov. William W. Scranton; Article on the state of Britain's 'uncommon commonwealth' with photo of Queen Elizabeth meeting Africans in their traditional attire; Cyprus - Island if Hate and Fear - a look at the Greeks and Turks who survivied four centuries as friendly enemies but have now succumbed to dark forces; New Armies Take Over Latin America - article with bloody photo from Venezuela; What must be done to Slow Down Nuclear Proliferation; The Genius of Michelangelo as seen by sculptor Henry Moore; Emperor Haile Selassie Attempts to Unite Africa - article with photo; The Sew-It-Yourself Boom; Tensor-Lite ad; Three fantastic 180 degree aerial photos of the New York skyline Midtown and the World's Fairground; Photos of Red Cross volunteers in action; Medaglia D'Oro Coffee ad features blonde at chessboard; Two pages of men's fashion photos; Color photo of amazing Inca ruins in Grace Line ad; Ladies' raincoat fashion photos; Future Clubs; Photos of modern interior design ideas from Britain; Article on Snuff - not to be sneezed at. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The New York Times & Arno Press Paperback
190814022London: Harper 1908. Gebunden. Harper unknown
198374554London: Weidenfeld 1983. Gebunden m. SU. Weidenfeld unknown
262591770 LONDON DODSLEY. SEVENTH EDITION NICELY REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER NEW ENDPAPERS VERY GOOD. HAND-COLOURED FRONTISPIECE. COLLECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY A FAMILY DURING THEIR RESIDENCE IN BATH. 1770, LONDON, DODSLEY hardcover
1871179119London: John Murray 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Title continues: "containing dates of commissions and a statement of the wwar services and wounds of nearly every officer in the army ordnance marines and Indian staff corps corrected to the 30th December 1870. With an Index." 699pp advertisements. Newer rebind in green cloth/boards with gilt title to the spine. a nice copy. Due to the size/weight of this book an extra shipping charge may apply. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1896178806London: John Murray 1896. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Title continues: ".Containing dates of commissions and a summary of the war services of nearly every officer in the army supply &c. departments marines and Indian staff corps and Indian local forces. Corrected to the 30th December 1895. With an Index." vii 892pp. Rebound in brown cloth/boards with gilt tile to spine. The foredge of the first two pages is chipped but this this is otherwise a nice copy. Due to the size/weight of this book an extra shipping charge may apply. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
