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New York, NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Published Without Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 336 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of book binding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 336p octavo, illustrated, foldout map in the rear. A very good copy in gray cloth, spine very sunned.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cassell and Co, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 56 plates and fold-out map. In plain blue cloth. No medallion portrait on front board. Fading to cloth on spine..

Cassell and Company, Ltd. Used - Very Good. 1922. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Octavo. 336 pp. Green cloth, with black line decoration, and gilt oval line-drawn portrait on front cover. Some scuffing to cover, notably at ends of spine. Cloth beginning to fray at head of spine, corners of front board. Ink smudge at bottom of front cover, along decoration. Boards a little bowed, with top corners slightly bent. Some foxing to endpaper, with pencil marks at front. Photographic frontispiece bent down boarder, but the image is unmarred. Text and plates otherwise pristine, with minor scuffing on title page. Very Good. (Subject: Africa).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Cassell and Company, 1922. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 336pp. Green cloth, gilt and black stamped and ruled. Illustrated with 56 plates and map. Spine darkened, spine ends and corners lightly worn, still very good. Magruder Gordon Maurys' copy with his decorative bookplate laid on front pastedown. Maurys was a Naval officer, died in 1949 and buried in Arlington National Cemetary.

London: Cassell and Co., Ltd. , 1922. First edition. With 56 photos and a folding map. 8vo, original grey-green cloth with gilt and black pictorial decoration on upper cover, the spine lettered in gilt, the upper cover lettered in black. xv, 336, including index pp. A very nice and bright copy, internally very fresh and clean. HANDSOME COPY OF THIS SCARCE AFRICANA. After spending 25 years as a missionary in Africa, Rev. Roscoe was asked to lead an ethnographic expedition back into the heart of the continent. Under the auspices of the Royal Society and financed by Sir Peter Mackie, Roscoe returned to Central Africa and wrote down the customs and lore of numerous tribes of the region, making a vivid record of their culture before their erosion due to Western settlement and influence. Greater awareness of native cultures enabled the European powers ruling Africa to more thoroughly understand the peoples under their control and help institute more effective governments. Included here is a… Read More