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Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine. 236 pages. One hundred plates, including three in color and a map of Africa. With Foreword by Paul S. Wingert. Surveys the development of sub-Saharan African art from the colonial period to the present. Glossary of Names. Bibliography. Index.

New York: Abrams, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good. 263 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs in black and white and color, with a color map of the climatic zones of Africa. Examines African and Oceanic art, focusing on sculpture, masks, and figures. Bibliography.

Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dust wrapper. 314 pages. Eighty-five photographs, plans and drawings.Bibliography. Index. A study of structure, function and meaning in the architecture of the Batammaliba of Togo and Benin.

New York: William Helburn, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's saffron yellow spine and brown boards with architectural vignette in silver gilt and spine labels lettered in silver. Very good. 2 vols.. VIII, 120, 5 & 91 (2) pages in text. 25 x 19.5 cm. 57 and 136 plates in heliogravure from photographs printed recto only by Lucien Vogel. Plus 157 line drawings by Albert Laprade. Text in French. Elegantly illustrated with fine examples of interior gardens and their layouts. Some of Laprade's drawings are to scale. Laprade collaborated with the author on this monograph with photos depicting an array of traditional Moroccan residences. This work was also published in France by Albert Levy. A small number of copies were published by Helborn. A tight set well printed with wide text margins. Book seller label of M. Sterling Carter, 414 Post Street, San Francisco. One spine label nicked.

Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 122 black and white plates each with descriptive text. Bibliography. List of Tribes. The art of tribes in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Upper Volta, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, etc., with the main center being Nigeria. Text in French. Excellent photographs.