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The Exploration Diaries of H.M. Stanley. Now first published from the Original Manuscripts. Edited by Richard Stanley and Alan Neame. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with 13 plates on 8 and endpaper maps, neat contemporary inscription on title; pale grey cloth, gilt back, dark green top, boards lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper with small loss at upper edge of front panel. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

The King of Congo

The King of Congo preparing for an excursion attended by his nobility and guards - Different ranks of the natives of Congo a country in Africa in their respective habits

Incisione inserita nell'opera "A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern: Including All the Late Important Discoveries Made by the English, and Other Celebrated Navigators .. History and Description of the Whole World... Likewise the Essence of the Voyages of the Most Enterprising Navigators..." edita a Londra da J. Cooke nel gennaio del 1787

The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth

Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 323 pages with a few with b&w photos.

The New Congo.

in-8°, XIII-395 pages, maps. Hard Cover. NO DW. Good - Bon état, sans plus. [EN-1] First printing. Sera publié en français en Belgique sous le titre : Le Nouveau Congo.

The New York Times Magazine, March 7, 1965

Features: The village of Kibweta in the war-torn Congo; The hard limits of government by consensus - LBJ is up against it; Daily Dilemmas of the Attorney General - Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Commuters of Rio de Janeiro gripe but they love their city on its 400th anniversary; The American Dream and the American Negro; Venezuelan artist Marisol (includes picture of her with Andy Warhol); New York's street gangs no longer 'Bop,' they 'Jap'; Playwright Neil Simon's Prescription for Comedy. Crossword completed otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book

The New York Times Magazine, November 15, 1964 *JFK COVER PHOTO*

160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book

The New York Times Magazine, September (Sept.) 8, 1974: "Rumble in the Jungle" - George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali in Kinshasa, Zaire

124 pages. Features: Magnificent boxing poster-style cover featuring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman as they prepare for their fight in Zaire; Many lovely fashion ads. Funky one-page photo ad features young white male with bushy hair and beard, for the city of Cleveland; Amnesty - the painful issue of how to handle Americans who dodged the draft; Putting Zaire on the Map - article on the upcoming boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire - with one-page photo of President Mobutu; Hooked on Vietnam - hundreds of unusual Americans have chosen to stay in Vietnam, including: Seminarian John Tabor, Harry Hartwig, and Frank Mariano; 'Computer Raped by Telephone' - and other futuristic felonies by electronic con men who leave no footprings (a remarkably prescient look ahead to modern day hackers); Letter from Erica Jong; Two-page Teacher's Whisky ad features one-page photo of Mel Brooks in caveman attire; The Case of the Hot Writer - a visit to Cornwall's David Cornwell - far from the neurotic insecurity of John Le Carre's unholy underworld; Color-photo centerfold ad for Bill Blass Collection beddings; Home is Next to the Factory - The Tai and Rosita Missoni home; Suicide - a sin or a right?; Will My Baby be Normal? - Genetic counselors are having increasing success in anwering this heavy question. Above-average external wear, particularly along cover fold. Bit of writing in upper corner of front cover at spine. A worthy vintage copy of this timeless boxing memento. Book

The Patrician, 1960-61 Vol. XIII - Regimental Journal of The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Allied with The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

122 pages. Features: Regimental Notes; The 1960 Rifle Team; An Unforgettable Soldier; Honours and Awards; First Battalion Report; Home Station Report - Second Battalion, Mess Activities, The Depot, Regimental Band, Regimental Museum, PPCLI Cadet Corps; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); PPCLI Regiment; The Rifle Brigade; Letter From England; Two Years with the Rifle Brigade; Canadians in Indo-China; Congo Papers; The 8th of May 1915; Kapyong; Customs of the Service. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Brilliant gilt lettering and emblem upon forest green cloth covered flexible boards. Excellent copy. Book

The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club)

In 1959, Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist, takes his four young daughters, his wife, and his mission to the Belgian Congo -- a place, he is sure, where he can save needy souls. But the seeds they plant bloom in tragic ways within this complex culture. Set against one of the most dramatic political events of the twentieth century -- the Congo"s fight for independence from Belgium and its devastating consequences -- here is New York Times-bestselling author Barbara Kingslover"s beautiful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable epic that chronicles the disintegration of family and a nation. (Oprah's Book Club) Book

The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungarian Gypsies

Audio CD New Release item. Pls. allow a minimum of 4 - 6 weeks as this is hi p from CD Manufacturers.

The Saturday Evening Post, March 2, 1963

Features: England's place in the sun - Selwyn Lloyd; Birmingham, Alabama - a City in fear as racial violence smolders in this Deep South inderbox - with black and white photos; The new pulse of Australia - Jolly swagmen, kangaroos and tough outback cowboys are waltzing, like Matilda, toward a new destiny; Buck$ Benny Rides Again - the world's best-paid comedian, Jack Benny, still 39, returns to Broadway after a 32-year absence; Why I Didn't Quit the Ministry - by Norman Vincent Peale; Funny Side of the Bunny Business - a new Playboy Club whirls in a tangle of corn, beefs and cabbage; Dishrags to Riches - The Saga of Heloise Cruse; The Convict Volunteers - when scientists need human guinea pigs to submit to cancer shots or to test drugs, thousands of prisoners step forward, for surprising reasons; Atomic Bombs for Everyone - the exclusive 'nuclear club' may become crowded with new members including Egypt, Indonesia, the Congo. Absolutely *fantastic* colour full-page ad for 12 huge Cadillac models of varying colours. Book

THE TIO KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE CONGO, 1880-1892.

In-8 p., tela edit., sovrac., pp. XVI,(2),586, con figure, carte geografiche e diagrammi nel t., e 2 tavv. di ill. in b.n. f.t. “Political, economic organization and social life of the Tio (Eastern Bateke) kingdom”. Ben conservato.

The Wide World - True Stories of Adventure, September (Sept.) 1927, No. 353, Vol. LIX - The Alligators of Cambridge Gulf / Kwis-Kwis the Killer

Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book

The Wide World Magazine - October 1949 Vol.104, No.618

Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine

The Wide World Magazine, August (Aug.) 1918: Thrilling Stories of the Air

93 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book

The Wide World Magazine, December 1939

Stories: The Hunting of Bad Young Man; A Doctor In Korea; British Columbia Loggers; The Ways of Crocodiles; The Man Who Blundered; Down Channel; The Thieves Market; Our Treasure Hunt; The Odyssey of Idle Hour; To the Congo Volcanoes; White Man's Magic; The Uninvited Guest; Old Silas; A Bush Christmas. Prior owner's name upon front cover. Average wear. Covers separated from textblock but present. Book

The Wide World Magazine, February 1949

Stories: Our pilgrimage to Badrinath; The sheriff learns a lesson; the headless man; Bill of the desert; Between ourselves; McKellar's medallion; the Black Knight; Happy Jack; Bushman's Holiday; Copper Palaver; The Passing of a Ju-Ju; Through the Congo to Natal; The Taming of Gamu. Front cover detached. Above-average wear. Book

The Wide World Magazine, June 1929 - "Chink Running" Cover Illustration

Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book

The Wide World Magazine, March 1944 - The Man Who Lost Face

Pages 291-348 plus several pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Killer Sleeman" - a Mountie's challenge handling a cop-killer; The Man Who Lost Face - a young ship's officer gets in the bad books of Chinese smugglers; The Inventor of the "Rugger" - William Webb Ellis; Amateur Bandit; A Paraguayan Dance - wild and wooly doings; "Humpie" - the unfortunate choice of a gold-seeking partner; Crocodiles in Northern Australia - article with great photos; The Clue of the Single Finger-Print - Part III of the robbery ofthe First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado and the bloody aftermath; "Bhang" - the smoking of this forbidden narcotic in Africa; My Elephant Drive - a tale from the Belgian Congo - with photos; Madui's Curse - a Rhodesian tale; Beachcombers' Luck - an amusing story from the British Columbia coast; Fish-Spearing in the South Seas; and more. Above-average external wear. Covers nearly loose. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book

The Wide World Magazine, The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV, No. 259, November (Nov.) 1919 - Auguste Englehardt is The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut)

88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book

The Winnipeg Tribune - Weekend Magazine, May 5, 1962

47 pages. Features: How the tiny St. Roch sailed into fame - with a crew of eight mounties she navigated the Northwest Passage - Skipper Henry Larsen; Mom's A Ballerina - Toronto-born Melissa-Hayden deftly runs home and career; Marsh where the shy swans rest - the peace of Lake Erie beckons to whistlers after their long trip; Camp of Despair in the Congo - UN Soldiers patrol the camp which houses 50,000 Balubas at Elisabethville - graphic photos; Susannah York - a star in the making; Swedes fight to stay neutral - their plan for survival calls for compulsory military training and enormous blast shelters; Beauty and the Beasts - English gals volunteer for amazing stunts with elephants; Major League Baseball in Canada - Walter O'Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers tells us how to get it (colour photo of O'Malley shows him with Emil "Buzzie" Bavasi, father of Peter Bavasi who later became the first G.M. of the Toronto Blue Jays); Nipper by Doug Wright. Average wear. Unmarked. Book

Then I saw the Congo

X, 308 p., tav. in nero f.t.; 22 cm. Tela edit., manca la sovraccoperta. Qualche traccia d'uso in copertina ma molto buono internamente

Theoretische en practische cursus in Lingala, met woordenlijst en samenspraken

127pp., gebroch., 19cm., zeldzaam, C97705