Africa from Bibliope by Calvello Books
New Arrivals
![Of Spirits and Madness: an American Psychiatrist in Africa [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/460/1609460741.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
Of Spirits and Madness: an American Psychiatrist in Africa [Signed]
by Linde, Paul R.
- Condition
- New; very fine in fine jacket.
- Edition
- First ed., first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 56.36
Show Details
Description:
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. First ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. New; very fine in fine jacket.. xv, 288 pages; 22 cm. "Linde's account of his year spent practicing psychiatry at Zimbabwe's Harare Central Hospital. Overwhelmed at first by the press of suffering humanity waiting in his clinic, Linde gradually comes to understand how mental illness cuts… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 56.36
![The Banyankole: the Second Part of the Report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa [And], the Bagesu, and Other Tribes of the Uganda Protectorate: the Third Part of the Report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/766/241/1575241766.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
The Banyankole: the Second Part of the Report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa [And], the Bagesu, and Other Tribes of the Uganda Protectorate: the Third Part of the Report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa
by Roscoe, John; Roscoe, John; Bagesu; Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa, 1919-1920
- Condition
- Used - Near fine (not issued with a jacket)
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint ed
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 56.36
Show Details
Description:
Farnborough: Gregg, 1968. Facsimile reprint ed. Hardcover. Near fine (not issued with a jacket). Quarto in polished green cloth; [1], xii, 176, xv, 205 pages, 65 plates, illustrations, 2 maps 23 cm. Reprint of 1st ed., London, Cambridge U.P., 1923-1924. A top-quality facsimile reprint as per usual with Gregg. ¶ Banyankolé (Peuple d'Afrique) Nyankole (African people) Banyankole. Mackie… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 56.36
![The Last of the Nuba](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/453/996/1573996453.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
The Last of the Nuba
by Riefenstahl, Leni
- Condition
- Used - Fine in fine(-) price-clipped jacket with faint edge-wear, in archival mylar.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 56.36
Show Details
Description:
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. 1st U.S. ed. Hardcover. Fine in fine(-) price-clipped jacket with faint edge-wear, in archival mylar.. Folio in color photo illus jacket; 208 pages: illustrations (some color); 32 cm; bibliographical references (pages 206-207)./ Also issued online. "From 1962 until 1977 Riefenstahl had been living as the first white woman with a special permission… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 56.36
![The Albert N'yanza: the Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/154/952/1556952154.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
The Albert N'yanza: the Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources
by Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893
- Condition
- Used - A fine set in near fine price-clipped jackets in archival mylar.
- Edition
- First thus (reprint ed.)
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 123.71
Show Details
Description:
New York: Horizon Press, 1962. First thus (reprint ed.). Hardcover. A fine set in near fine price-clipped jackets in archival mylar.. Two quarto volume sin jacket; illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Maps on lining papers; index. A very attractive set. "Sir Samuel White Baker, a British explorer, officer, naturalist, and author, etched his name in history with his significant… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 123.71
![The Ghanaian Bead Tradition: Materials, Traditional Techniques, Archaeological and Historical Chronology, Bead Usage, Traditional-Sociological Meaning; Special Paper.; Ghana Bead Society; 1 [series]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/562/1556562511.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
The Ghanaian Bead Tradition: Materials, Traditional Techniques, Archaeological and Historical Chronology, Bead Usage, Traditional-Sociological Meaning; Special Paper.; Ghana Bead Society; 1 [series]
by Kumekpor, Maxine; Bredwa-Mensah, Yaw; Landewijk, J. E. J. M. van
- Condition
- Used - About near fine with minor external wear. Lacks Errata slip.
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 118.22
Show Details
Description:
Ghana: Ghana Bead Society, 1995. 2nd ed. Paperback. About near fine with minor external wear. Lacks Errata slip.. Octavo in yellow, color illus stapled wraps; viii, 43 pages: b&w illustrations, map; 21 cm; bibliographical references (pages 33-37). Scarce work on African beads in Ghana. / Broderie de perles -- GhÄna. Beadwork. Manners and customs. Ghana -- Social life… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 118.22
![Twitching the Tiger's Tail: A Compilation of News Features and Reflections](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/392/365/1535365392.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
Twitching the Tiger's Tail: A Compilation of News Features and Reflections
by Afari-Darko, Yaw
- Condition
- Used - Minor dimpling to wraps; esle tight clean and overal about near fine. See photos.
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 56.36
Show Details
Description:
Accra: Woeli Publishing Services, 2011. Paperback. Minor dimpling to wraps; esle tight clean and overal about near fine. See photos.. viii, 105 pages; 22 cm. Scarce item. Collection of the author's writing on contemporary life in Ghana and Africa. Journalism -- Ghana. Media -- Aspect social -- GhÄna. Journalism -- Ghana. Manners and customs. Mass media -- Social… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 56.36
![Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society: Negative Returns on South African Investments; edited by Patrick Bond, Rehana Dada and Graham Erion](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/878/919/1530919878.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society: Negative Returns on South African Investments; edited by Patrick Bond, Rehana Dada and Graham Erion
by Bond, Patrick. Dada, Rehana. Erion, Graham
- Condition
- Used - Fine.
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781869141417
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 37.11
Show Details
Description:
Scotsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009. 2nd ed. Paperback. Fine.. Small quarto in glossy photo-illus stiff paper wraps; xvi, 231 pages: illustrations; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index. Signed and inscribed by primary author. Contents: Dirty politics: South African energy -- Interrogating nuclear and renewable energy -- Low-hanging fruit always rots first: observations from South… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 37.11
![The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/169/656/1519656169.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena
by Joubert, Elsa
- Condition
- Used - About good condition with several notes in ink throughout; some underlining and general wear to exterior. Please see photos. Unc
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781868421459
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 56.36
Show Details
Description:
Johannesburg: J. Ball, 2002. Paperback. About good condition with several notes in ink throughout; some underlining and general wear to exterior. Please see photos. Uncommon in the US.. Large octavo in color illsu glossy stiff paper wraps; 359 pages: genealogical table, map; 22 cm. South African fiction (English) -- Translations from Afrikaans. Afrikaans fiction -- Translations into English.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 56.36
![The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/317/760/1508760317.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia
by Baker, Samuel White
- Condition
- Used - Fine with bit of foxing to gilted fore-edge. Please see photos.
- Edition
- Reprint of the 1867 ed. published by Macmillan, London
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 123.71
Show Details
Description:
Camden, SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Reprint of the 1867 ed. published by Macmillan, London. Hardcover. Fine with bit of foxing to gilted fore-edge. Please see photos.. Quarto in brown faux leather, gilt stamped and ornamented boards; AEG; marbled endpapers; xxii, 606 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. Folding map at rear. A very nice copy of this classic. /… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 123.71
![Angola, Trabalho E Luta: Panorama Histórico, Panorama Geográfico, Panorama PolÃtico E Social, Panorama Económico](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/373/269/1480269373.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
Angola, Trabalho E Luta: Panorama Histórico, Panorama Geográfico, Panorama PolÃtico E Social, Panorama Económico
by Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola-Partido de Trabalho; Departamento de Informacao e Propaganda [Angola]
- Condition
- Used - Near fine thus, with pervious owner name hand-writen in ink and scribbled out, also in ink, to front free enedpaper; in a very g
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 81.10
Show Details
Description:
[Luanda] Angola: Edicoes DIP, 1985. Hardcover. Near fine thus, with pervious owner name hand-writen in ink and scribbled out, also in ink, to front free enedpaper; in a very good jacket.. Folio in illus jacket; 237 pages: color illustrations; 30 cm. In English, French, and Portuguese. Many worthwhile color photos of Angola from the 1980 and 70s. Uncommon… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 81.10
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Lalela Zulu; 100 Zulu lyrics
by Tracey, Hugh
- Condition
- Used - Very gentle fraying wear to spine head, extremely mild fraying wear to spine foot, sunned spine, very gentle rubbing to corners,
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 31.62
Show Details
Description:
Johannesburg: African Music Society, 1948. Hardcover. Very gentle fraying wear to spine head, extremely mild fraying wear to spine foot, sunned spine, very gentle rubbing to corners, light spotting and soiling to fore-edges, pale soiling to boards and front free endpaper, tight binding, bright pages, else very good(+).. Large black octavo, xi, 121 pages, b&w illustrations, 25 cm.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 31.62
![The Cult of Ifá Among the Yoruba.; Volume 1. Folk Practice and the Art](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/260/607/1409607260.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
The Cult of Ifá Among the Yoruba.; Volume 1. Folk Practice and the Art
by McClelland, Elizabeth M.
- Condition
- Used - Very neat red pen ruler-guided underlining throughout; else a near fine copy thus, with no other signs of wear aside from a very
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 309.28
Show Details
Description:
London: Ethnographica, 1982. Paperback. Very neat red pen ruler-guided underlining throughout; else a near fine copy thus, with no other signs of wear aside from a very wee bit of edge-rubbing.. Oblong quarto in off-white color photo illus glossy paper wraps; 125p., b&w photos throughout, bibliog., glossary, index;; 21 x 23 cm. Scarce. Only volume 1: Folk practice… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 309.28
![Follow the Leader in the Horn: the Soviet-Cuban Presence in East Africa](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/027/543/1408543027.0.m.jpg)
Follow the Leader in the Horn: the Soviet-Cuban Presence in East Africa
by Ratliff, William E; Cuban American National Foundation (U.S.)
- Condition
- Used - Fine with institutional library stamp to front wrap (no other markings)
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 37.11
Show Details
Description:
[Washington, DC]: Cuban American National Foundation, 1986. Paperback. Fine with institutional library stamp to front wrap (no other markings). Octavo in red and green illus stapled stiff wraps; 22 pages; 23 cm., bibliographical references. Series: The Cuban American National Foundation, number 17. Contents: Castro takes aim at the United States; Soviet-Cuban cooperation in the Third World; Cuban involvement… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 37.11
![Into the Blue, the Lake Tana Expedition, 1953](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/026/543/1408543026.0.m.jpg)
More Photos
Into the Blue, the Lake Tana Expedition, 1953
by Ferguson, Lionel
- Condition
- Used - Very good with very light foxing to endpapers and extremely light foxing to top board edges only; in an about very good(-) to go
- Edition
- First edition presumed (no subsequent printing or editions noted
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 56.36
Show Details
Description:
London: Collins, 1955. First edition presumed (no subsequent printing or editions noted). Hardcover. Very good with very light foxing to endpapers and extremely light foxing to top board edges only; in an about very good(-) to good(+) partly chipped and worn jacket now housed in mylar acetate. Small price sticker to secondary front free endpaper verso.. Octavo in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 56.36
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Under Ethiopian Skies
by Hancock, Graham; Pankhurst, Richard; Willetts, Duncan
- Condition
- Used - Fine with faintest treaces of edge-wear to wrapper to corners.
- Edition
- Revised fifith edition
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781904722380
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 93.47
Show Details
Description:
Nairobi, Kenya: Camerapix Publishers International ; Ethiopian Tourist Trading Enterprise, 2013. Revised fifith edition. Paperback. Fine with faintest treaces of edge-wear to wrapper to corners.. Small folio in color illus (predominantly) purple coated wraps; 213 pages: color illustrations, color map; 30 cm. A very well realized work with many quality, color photos and a highly interesting, infomrative text.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 93.47
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Reconciliation Through Truth: A Reckoning of Apartheid's Criminal Governance
by Asmal, Kader; Asmal, Louise; Roberts, Ronald Suresh
- Condition
- Used - Near fine(-) copy with light wear to edges and corners; small chip to head of spine; very small yellow stain to foreedge of firs
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 39.86
Show Details
Description:
Cape Town; Oxford; New York: David Philip Publishers; James Currey Publishers; St. Martin's Press, 1997. Second edition. Paperback. Near fine(-) copy with light wear to edges and corners; small chip to head of spine; very small yellow stain to foreedge of first half of pages (very minor); else tight copy; wrappers are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 39.86
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
La Musique Africaine; reunion de Yaounde (Cameroun) [sur les traditions musicales de l'Afrique subsaharienne], 23-27 février 1970
by Unesco
- Condition
- Used - A fine crisp unopened copy
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 31.62
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Richard-Masse, 1972. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A fine crisp unopened copy. Tan quarto; 152 p, music, 26 cm. In French // Music -- Africa -- Congresses -- France.
Item Price
SGD 31.62
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Travels in West Africa
by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta; Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant
- Condition
- Mint, new in a new slipcase in unopened plastic seal
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 31.62
Show Details
Description:
London: Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Mint, new in a new slipcase in unopened plastic seal. Quarto in an orange slipcase (tan spine); 276 p: illus; 26 cm. Africa, West -- Description and travel -- Literature.
Item Price
SGD 31.62
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Zanzibar Tales:; told by natives of the coast of East Africa
by Bateman, George W; Bobbett, Walter
- Condition
- Used - Tight copy, very small 1/8 inch bump to spine and very minor dents to top edge, else near fine (-) to very good (+)
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789987667574
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 24.74
Show Details
Description:
Zanzibar: Gallery Publications, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. Tight copy, very small 1/8 inch bump to spine and very minor dents to top edge, else near fine (-) to very good (+). Light tan octavo; 154 p: illus; 22 cm. Swahili -- Speaking peoples -- Folklore -- Tales -- Africa, East.
Item Price
SGD 24.74
![No image available](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/i/en20/no-book-image.png)
Different Drums:; a doctor's forty years in eastern Africa
by Wood, Michael; Coulson, David
- Condition
- Used - A crisp fine clean copy, faint rubbing to DJ spine else near fine in archival mylar sleeve
- Edition
- 1st American edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780517566558
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, USA
- Item Price
-
SGD 24.74
Show Details
Description:
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1987. 1st American edition. Hardcover. A crisp fine clean copy, faint rubbing to DJ spine else near fine in archival mylar sleeve. Quarto in a tan DJ; 223 p.: color illus; 26 cm. Aeronautics in medicine -- Kenya -- Africa -- Medicine Doctor -- Culture -- Biography. Aviation. Medicine.
Item Price
SGD 24.74