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New York: Pantheon Books, 1953. 349pp plus 165 full-page plates. A "representative collection of AFrican myths adn folktales" followed by 165 superb examples of sculptures (and their annotated catalogue). Clean. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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African Folktales and Sculpture (Bollingen Series XXXIII)
by RADIN, Paul, SWEENEY, James Johnston & ELISOFON, Eliot
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African Studies Companion: A Resource Guide and Directory
by Zell, Hans M. And Cecile Lomer
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London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1997. 276pp. Detailed guide for African Studies majors. Clean. Second Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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African Food Production Systems: Cases and Theory
by McLoughlin, Peter F. M
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Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. 318pp/illus/maps. The purpose of this collection of original articles is to focus on the food problem in an African environment. Includes an Index. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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African Art: Sculpture
by Meauze, Pierre
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New York: Arch Cape Press, 1991. 219pp., w/230 illustrations in color and B/W. A magnificent collection of photographs of African sculpture captures the immense sensitivity and variety of African art. It covers the whole field of traditional sculpture over many centuries and presents a display of the most important works of African art from collections throughout the world. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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The Anglo-Boer Wars: The British and the Afrikaners, 1815-1902
by Barthrop, Michael
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Blandford Press, 1987. 176pp/illus/maps. This book is the fourth in the author's series of illustrated narrative histories of the British Army's colonial campaigns in the nineteenth century. It outlines within one volume Britain's attempts to deprive the Afrikaners of the independence they had striven for since the seventeenth century, not only during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 but also in earlier clashes between Briton and Boer since Britain acquired the Cape of Good Hope in the Napoleonic War. Clean. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Artist and Naturalist in Ethiopia
by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz; Osgood, Wilfred Hudson
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. 249pp/illus. Bright gilt illustration of a small bird to front cover. Clean and bright throughout. Without dustjacket. Quite a solid copy. 16 Illustrations in full color, full page throughout painted from life by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and reproduced in this volume splendidly. The illustrations and text from the rare 1926-1927 Field Museum Zoological Expedition to Ethiopia with the superb coloured plates by Fuertes. Spine edges lightly frayed. Beautiful and clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Assassination in Khartoum
by Korn, David A
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Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1993. 262pp/illus. The story of the March 1973 assassinations of the United States Ambassador to the Sudan, Cleo A. Noel, Jr., and Deputy Chief of Mission George Curtis Moore, together with a Belgian diplomat, Guy Edi, by Palestinian Black September terrorists. DJ has light wear. Text clean.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census
by Curtin, Philip D
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Madison, WI, U.S.A.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. 338pp/maps. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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BULA MATARI:Stanley Conqueror of a Continent
by Wassermann, Jacob
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New York: Liverright Inc, 1933. 351pp/illus. End-paper maps. An early biography of Lord Stanley, including of course the famous meeting with Livingstone . Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Basutos. The Mountaineers and Their Country, Being a Narrative of Events Relating to the Tribe from Its Formation Early in the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day (2 Vols)
by LAGDEN, Godfrey
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1910. 337p.(Vol. 1) xii+pp.339-690, (Vol. 2) frontispieces, preface, appendix including chronology, census, the Sesuto language, etc., index, b&w plates. Ex libris copies of first American editon of this two-volume study. Large folding map at end of volume one. Minimal markings light shelf wear with separation at spines.. 1st American Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Blood on the Painted Mountain: Zulu Victory and Defeat, Hlobane and Kambula, 1879
by Lock, Ron
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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Greenhill Pr, 1995. 224 pages, profusely illustrated with historic B & W photos, drawings and a number of maps. "Zulu Victory and Defeat Hlobane and Kambula, 1879." The Zulu stronghold of Hlobane ('the Painted Mountain') dominated a vast area of disputed land in northern Natal. It was the scene of a terrible reverse for the British, but at Kambula the next day they inflicted an even more catastrophic defeat upon the Zulus. The Zulus never fully recovered from this repulse which left 1,000 Zulu dead on the Zunguin Plain, and it marked the turning point in the war. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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"By the Orders of the Great White Queen": Campaigning in Zululand Through the Eyes of the British Soldier, 1879
by Knight, Ian
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London: Greenhill Pr, 1992. 272 pp., frontis., map + 2 maps + 17 plates. First-hand, eye-witness accounts and reminiscences by participants in the Anglo-Zulu War. From commanding officers, to leading officers to lesser figures, this book gives a varied perspective on the different battles of the Zulu War as well as on minor incidents and scares, the drudgery of daily campaigning and even a little humour of camp life. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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CARL AKELEY'S AFRICA. The Account of the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History
by Akeley, Mary L. Jobe
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. 321pp/illus. Map Endpapers ~ Profusely illustrated w/ Photos ~ Big-game hunting and collecting in Equatorial Africa, including a great deal on the gorilla. Expedition leader Carl Akeley died on this trip. Mrs Akeley assumed command of the expedition ~ Tight, Clean, Illustrated cover and spine. . 4th Printing. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Cape Horn
by Riesenberg, Felix
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. 452 pgs. and several dozen high-quality illustrations and charts. Minimal markings. Tight and clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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Chaga Childhood; A Description of Indigenous Education in an East African Tribe
by Raum, O. F
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London: Oxford Univ Pr, 1967. 422pp. Description of Indigenous Education in an East African Tribe. With an Introduction by W. Bryant Mumford. London: Published for the International Institute of African Languages & Cultures by the Oxford University Press. DJ has edgewear. Text clean. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good(-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
by Clastres, Pierre
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Zone Books, 1998. 352pp/illus. This is the account of the authors 1963-64 encounter with a small Paraguayan tribe, a precise and detailed recording of the history, ritual, myths, and culture of this remarkably unique, and now vanished, people. Clastres follows the Guayakis in their everyday lives, determined not to let the slightest detail escape him. Illustrated with line drawings by Jean Marc Chavy, and b/w photographs by the author. Nice clean copy - marked only on top edge and inside back cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Dictionary of Black African Civilization
by Balandier, Georges And Jacques Maquet
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New York: L. Amiel, 1974. 350pp. Profusely illus., map endpapers. Originally published in French as Dictionaire des Civilisations Africaines. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie. A Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888 (2 Vols)
by Hohnel, Lieut. Ludwig von
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London: Longmans Green and Co, 1894. Vol 1 - 435pp/illus, maps (incl large color fold-out map showing the expedition route through Equatorial Africa. Vol 2 - 397pp/illus/maps with large fold-out in rear. Narative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring and hunting expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 and 1888. Set has standard library markings and rear pocket. Maps have light wear. Book is overwise clean.. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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The Early History of Malawi
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Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.: Northwestern University Press, 1972. 454pp/illus/maps. History of Malawi. DJ has lean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-Negro Patriot 1832-1912
by Lynch, Hollis R
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London: Oxford Univ Pr, 1967. 272pp/illus. Rare book. Light wear to dj. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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