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Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 193 pages. Black and white photos. Numerous line drawings. Chapters in first paper include: The Evolution of the Fishing Method by Light Attraction; Fishing Unit M.F.V. France (a Greek purse seiner on Lake Tanganyika); The Cycle of Fishing Operations; Landing Facilities at Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania); Fishing Areas in Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania) for Industrial Fishing; Insurance of the Fishing Unit. Chapters in second paper include: Existing Fishing Methods and Gear for Small-Scale Fisheries - Advantages and Limitations; A Small-Scale Seine Fishing Unit; The Cycle of Fishing Operations; The Results obtained from Experimental Unit; Conclusions and Recommendations. Chapters in third paper include: An Outline of the Problem; The Fishing Unit; Seasonal Availability of Fishing Grounds; Choice of Fishing Grounds; The Results of Beach Seine… Read More

U.S.A.: Brooklyn Museum, 1978. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 143 pages. Bibliography. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy..

Los Angeles: The James S. Coleman African Studies Center,, 1998. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Features: Elephant Women - Furious and Majestic - Women's Masquerades in Africa and the Diaspora; Women's Masks and the Power of Gender in Mande History; Honoring Ejagham Women; Women - Masks - Initiation Arts in North-Western Province, Zambia; "Dressing Up and Looking Good" - Afro-Creole Female Maskers in Trinidad Carnival; Women in Masquerade and Performance (research note); Playing with Prohibitions - women, agency, and masquerades (research note); Men Portraying Women - Representations in African Masks; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy..

Los Angeles: The James S. Coleman African Studies Center,, 1997. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Features: The Life of Stephen Kappata; Akinjobi of Oke-Odan - An Egyptian Yoruba Carver; Bogolanfini in Bamako - the Biography of a Malian Textile; Zerihun Yetmgeta (portfolio); Africa in the Dictionary of Art (review article); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy..

USA: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1990. Book. Illus. by Beckwith, Carol; Fisher, Angela. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 320 pages. "Inspired by a deep knowledge and love of the region, this magnificent book from two of the world's outstanding photographers is the record of a five-year jouney of discovery... A true celebration of the lives of those who still inhabit the cradle of mankind." - from dust jacket. 328 illustrations, including 244 plates in full color, 75 line drawings and 9 maps. A very heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Worthy as a reference copy only..

Los Angeles: The James S. Coleman African Studies Center,, 2000. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Features: The African Collection of the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam; Hip-Hop Assemblage - The Chris Ofili Affair; Art and Oracle - Spirit Voices of Africa; Artists' Reputations - Negotiating power through separation and ambiguity; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

Los Angeles: The James S. Coleman African Studies Center,, 1999. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Features: Beads, Body & Soul - Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe; Delivering Views - Distant Cultures in Early Postcards; Pois et sculpteurs de l'ouest Cameroun - La panthere et la mygale; Makonde - "Mapiko"; A Sense of Wonder - African Art from the Faletti Family Collection; Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou - A Curriculum Resource Unit; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

Toronto: United Church of Canada. Fair. 1959. First Edition. Paperback. "Provides authentic and fascinating data concerning the influence of the Christian faith among the Umbundu people. The 'eye witness' quality and conversational style of the narrative are only two of its great attractions. And no one who reads [this book] should fail to see its companion-piece - the feature film 'I'll Sing, Not Cry'." - back cover. vi, 168 pages. Maps. List of Missionaries Mentioned. Author's first book. He went on to write multiple books documenting the incredible life of Canadian medical missionary Dr. Robert McClure. ; 8vo .

Los Angeles: The James S. Coleman African Studies Center,, 1999. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 92 pages. Features: New Traditions from Nigeria - Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group; West African Popular Theatre; Readings in African Popular Culture; The Tervuren Museum - Masterpieces from Central Africa; African Art - An Aesthetic Inquiry; An Inside Story - African Art of Our Time; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

UK: Ward Lock, 1980. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 204 pages. "At a time when schools and colleges have been giving greater recognition to the disinctive religious backgrounds of the many minority groups in Britain, the West Indian community has been largely overlooked. This book sets out to redress the balance." - from back cover. Above-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Possible light musty smell. A sound working copy..

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: New Society Publishers, Limited, 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 198 pages including index. Accurately summarizes the latest scientific research, and contains the most up-to-date worldwide statistics on the AIDS epidemic. Covers: the HIV virus and how it causes AIDS; the second AIDS virus HIV-2; the prospects of vaccines and effective treatments; how the virus spreads; and much more. "An authoritative and comprehensive account." - Financial Times, London.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1994. Book. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 349 pages. "A lyrical first-hand account of a complex and charismatic modern-day African heroine." - Kirkus Reviews. Index. Average wear. Unmarked..

USA: A.A. Balkema, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 60 pages. Sturdy bright blue library buckram binding with usual markings. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy..

USA: A.A. Balkema, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 71 pages. Sturdy bright blue library buckram binding with usual markings. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy..

England: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1919. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 344 pages. Index. Aims to "examine in the history of the Independent State of the Congo the defects of the Berlin Act, and to indicate the amendments which must be made in that international compact if it is to serve the high purposes for which it was destined, the extension to central Africa of the benefits of civilization and freedom of trade." - Preface. Former library copy with usual markings. Sturdily rebound in tan buckram. A sound copy..

Toronto: A.G. Watson, Toronto Willard Tract Depository, Limited. Good. 1891. Reprint. Hardcover. "In writing this book, my aim has been to give a true picture in outline of the Slave-Trade as it exists at the present time on the east coast of Africa. I have selected from the most trustworthy sources what I believe to be the most telling points of 'the trade,' and have woven these together into a tale, the warp of which is composed of thick cords of fact; the woof of slight lines of fiction, just sufficient to hold the fabric together. Exaggeration has easily been avoided, because - as Dr. Livingstone says in regard to the slave-trade - 'exaggeration is imossible.'" - Preface. Early reprint of this title which may have been first published in 1873. pp. vi, [2], 416, 8 [ads]. Complete with six black and white illustrations. Undated but gift greetings upon front free endpaper are dated 1891. No other markings. Back hinge mostly open. Attractively decorated… Read More

Pretoria, South Africa: Africa Institute, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 101 pages including references and select bibliography. An objective appraisal of the position and role of the Black worker in South Africa. Discusses employment and earning patterns, details educational and training facilities available to the Black worker as well as the health, safety and security provided him, as well as industrial relations as they affect the Black worker, including the question of Black trade unions in South Africa. Provides a better understanding of the roots and symptoms of the problems concerning the Black worker by two academicians who have many years of research into labour and other economic problems of South Africa in particular and Africa in general. Book unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket with average wear and rubbing. Number '50' written upon front panel of dust jacket..

London: Constable and Co. Limited, 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xl, 403 pages. Six maps, including two which fold out inside back board. New edition of the 1902 first edition. "In the first place [the Battle of Adowa] may rank as a peculiar phenomenon, - for it amounts to nothing less, - that a European army of about twenty thousand men should be annihilated by a native African race. To the best of my belief there is no parallel case in modern history." - Preface to first edition. Prior owner's details written atop front free endpaper. Small address ink stamp upon half-title. Armorial bookplate upon verso of half-title. Bit of writing atop recto of back free endpaper. Prior owner's name rubber stamped in several places through book. Prior owner has written a handy map list in calligraphic hand upon title page. Average wear to publisher's red cloth-covered boards which are sunned at fore-edges and… Read More

Cape Town, South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 177 pages. Bibliography. Index. "When war was declared in October 1899, Hilder volunteered for service in South Africa and served two tours of dutyy in 1900 and 1902. His writings are rare accounts of the Canadian action in the war as seen from the perspective of the mounted infantry. No other substantial descriptions of these units have been published, despite the fact that these men made up over 50% of Canadian soldiers recruited to serve in the war." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp upon verso of front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy..

Cape Town, South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 368 pages. Volume I of "the never previously published private and unrevised records of the life of a remarkable Scotswoman, the wife of the Colonial Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape. They tell of her attempts to reconcile the Dutch to British rule, and are particularly important in recording what official accounts ignore.... Vivid accounts are given of events such as the abortive mutiny in the Castle and the imprisonment and trial for high treason of the Graaff-Reinet rebels." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy..