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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

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Lisboa, 1961. Paperback. Near fine. Very tight and within. Minor external wear.. Quarto in off-white printed stiff paper wraps; 222p., b&w photos & illus, notes, bibliography, folding b&w map at rear. Scarce scholalry work on role and history of Islam in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Author wrote several other works on the influence of Islam in the Lusophone and… Read more about this item

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 -- Ghāna. Beadwork. Manners and customs. Ghana -- Social… Read more about this item

New York: Rand McNally, 1956. First. Hardcover. Near fine(-) to very good(+) with light toning and persoanl owner name to front free endpaper./Very good. 256 pages illustrations 22 cm. Maps to endpapers, numerous worthwhile b&w photos. Typed letter of refviews of the book laid in. Book signed by co-author Erik James Martin as "Erik" on dedication page. Christopher… Read more about this item

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 -- Gh na. Journalism -- Ghana. Manners and customs. Mass media… Read more about this item

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:… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

[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… Read more about this item

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

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… Read more about this item

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

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,… Read more about this item

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

Cape Town: M. Miller Ltd, 1950. Fourth Edittion. Hardcover. Gently worn DJ protected in brodart, very light rubbing to corners, faint wear to spine head and foot, else very good+ in very good+ DJ.. Octavo in orange DJ; vii-xv, 223 p, b&w illus (part color); 21 cm. Birds; Africa.

New York: Presiding Bishop and Council, 1922. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Faint water-stain to front cover, crease to spine, very gentle wear to corners, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.. Brown duodecimo; 79 p. Rare. No WorldCat record found. || Africa; Christianity; Religion. Christian missionaries in Africa.

New York: C Scribner's Sons, 1937. First printing (stated). Hardcover. Slight wear to spine foot/head, gently bumped corners and hinge, small red ink ownership signature to half-title page; binding is tight. Very good.. Brown-cloth occtavo; xvi, 355 p, b&w illus; 23 cm. Nature; Africa; Travel.

Chapel Hill: U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 1978. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Gentle wear to spine head and top corners, faint marks to front cover, light scratches to rear cover, bright pages in tight binding. Very good+.. White octavo; 230 p, b&w illus ; 24 cm. Portuguese language -- Foreign elements -- African.