Africa from Bucks County Bookshop IOBA

New York Christian Alliance Publishing Company, 1926, hardcover. The author was a Christian missionary in Africa; this book was the story of a single exploited woman but representing all. Includes photographs. -- Hardcover, 213 pages. Condition: very good minus (spine letters somewhat rubbed; owner name; no jacket).

London Hurst and Blackett, 1907, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Printed on laid paper by The Chapel River Press. -- Illustrated by 160 half-tone reproductions of photographs and a 12x34-inch color map of the route. There is a small map of Lake Tchad as partly surveyed by the author. Landor states of his journey of 8,500 miles… Read more about this item

Paris Librairie Istra, 1952, hardcover. FRENCH text. Presbyterian Mission School book, used in French schools in French Cameroun, West Africa. -- Includes 137 lessons with text, exercises, some African proverbs in French script, and many in-text illustrations. There are 28 songs at rear with music and French lyrics. -- Hardcover, decorated boards, 185 pages, 6.5x9.5 inches. Condition: very good… Read more about this item

Paris Librairie Istra, 1961, paperback. FRENCH text. Purpose is to show the letter writer in [colonial] Africa the best choice of words and phrases to present good manners and education. -- Softcover, 39 pages. Condition: very good (light soil to cover).

New York Routledge, 2000, paperback. Ex-library copy with stamps, labels, laminated cover. -- Softcover. Condition: good-minus (minor library flaws, but the text is marked).

London and Ibadan Oxford University Press, 1966, First Edition. paperback. First Edition, First Printing. -- Softcover, 121 pages. Condition: near fine. -- Author (1935-2020) was Nigerian poet, dramatist,critic. This play uses myth, and is set in Ijaw area of Nigeria.

San Francisco Chronicle Books, 2003, hardcover. Includes 570 color photographs of traditional and handcrafted textiles from all of Africa, plus cultural and technical information for each region. -- Hardcover, 10x13 inches. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0811841669

Paris Libraire Istra, 1960, hardcover. Textbook, farming in tropical and equatorial Africa, published 1960. Agricultural and African colonial history. -- Nouvelle edition, renovee, remaniee et augmentee. Illustrted with photos and drawings. Text in FRENCH. -- Hardcover, nice printed boards, 202 pages. Condition: very good minus (cover has faint stain and a little ding; owner name).

Westport CT Lawrence Hill, 1974, paperback. Translated from French by Mercer Cook. Selections from two other books. Fifty illustrations. -- Softcover. Condition: very good (spine color change; corner crease rear-cover. ISBN 0882080229

New York Doubleday, 1993, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in U.S. -- Novel of a Nigerian family during a time of political upheaval. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0385471548

New York Viking, 1989, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in U.S. -- Six stories set in Lagos and in the jungles of Nigeria. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good (marker line on bottom-edge) with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0670825204

Garden City NY Doubleday, 1983, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- includes reproduced rock paintings, drawings, photos. -- Hardcover, 138 pages, 11x13 inches. Condition: very good, with very good dust jacket (1-inch front-flap tear; short tear rear-panel). ISBN 0385189680

Psris 10-18 Union Generale d'Editions, 1018391979, paperback. Later printing. Text in FRENCH. -- Author born 1928, raised in Senegal under strict Muslim traditions, studied law and philosophy in Paris. This prize-winning novel is somewhat autobiographical. [Hans Zell] -- Softcover, pocket paperback. Good used condition (cover creased; text corners bumped).

New York Crown, 1963, hardcover. 16 stories, "told by four who live it every day" during apartheid. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with very good minus dust jacket (shallow chip spine crown and rear-panel; light edgewear; flap clipped but not U.S. price).

North Melbourne Australia Spinifex, 1993, paperback. Novel, South Africa during apartheid. -- Softcover. Condition: near fine. ISBN 1875559213

New York Arcade, 1993, paperback. Play, South African apartheid, presented on Broadway. -- Softcover. Condition: near fine. ISBN 1559702389

Nairobi East African Publishing House, 1967, paperback. Reprinted 1977. -- Author was leader of the 1964 short but very violent revolution against the Sultan. -- Softcover. Condition: near fine (original? cost label on rear-cover).

Harlow England Longman, 1985, paperback. Stories, set in black urban apartheid South Africa. -- Softcover. Condition: very good (cover creased; page margins tanned). ISBN 0582786215 -- Author born 1948, South African poet, short-story writer, critic.

Princeton Princeton University Press, 1965, hardcover. Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine, price-clipped dust jacket (short tear).

Hanover NH Dartmouth College, 2009, paperback. From the Museum's collections, 16 items described and with color reproductions. Includes essay on how the artists "used images to give material form to the forces that impacts their lives." Bibliography. -- Softcover, 7.5x11 inches. Condition: fine.