Search Results: The New Africa by Smith Hempstone

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publisher, 1961 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Light normal book wear; dust jacket has a large tear/chip in upper spine; other normal dust jacket wear. 664 pages..

New York: Frederick A Praeger, 1961. Dust Jacket taped across the top. Rubbing along edges. Age-toning on the back. Cover tanning slightly. Pages still bright. A couple of pages have a sentenced underlined. One page dogeared. An old newspaper clipping had been placed in between pages and has stained several pages. Still very readable. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

New York NY: Frederick A. Praeger. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 664 pages .

New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publisher. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Marker on front free endpaper. Browning on top edge. Dust jacket has a few large tears and is lightly browning. .

New York: Prager. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. small black marker dot top foreedge of FFE .

NY: Frederick A. Praeger, (1961).. (1961).. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in red & yellow on spine, in yellow dw. The covers are lightly dampstained & lightly bumped. The dw spine is lightly dampstained with the head & tail chipped & there is a short tear to the top edge of the front panel. 664 pp. Illustrated with 5 B&W maps. There is light staining to the pastedowns & front endpaper & a small tape mark to the endpaper. There are discarded stamps on the top edge & front endpaper. The contents are very good. <p>A study of "the emergent African states south of the Sahara and north of the Congo".

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1961. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine/Very Good. Type: Book 1961/1 Of The 1st Editions. This is an interesting book on Africa. The author writes of the "new Africa": the emergent African states south of the Sahara and north of the Congo. The social, political, economic and historical happenings in this area at the time of publication.The pages are clean and tight with no markings in the book.

New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo, light blue-green cloth with silver lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with two helmets and white lettering on a black field, map endpapers, [x] + 308 pages + [2] About the Author. An exciting novel that covers the dangers and triumphs of the '67 Arab-Israeli war. Smith Hempstone (1929-2006) was a journalist, and author, who was appointed by president George H. W. Bush to be United States ambassador to Kenya from 1989-93. Hempstone was a vocal proponent of democracy, who aggressively supported dissidents and advocated free multiparty elections for Kenya. The Daniel Moi administration derided him, and the Moi-controlled African press mocked his style as "bulldozer diplomacy." According to Hempstone's book Rogue Ambassador: An African Memoir, Moi's goons twice attempted to kill him. In the Midst of Lions continues the experienced… Read More

New York.: Frederick A. Praeger., 1962. Burgundy cloth, gilt spine title. . Very good, tape ghosts to pastedowns, in a good dust jacket with a long closed tear to the back panel, dust jacket now in mylar.. 21.5x14 cm. . weight: 1.1 lb.

Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. The author writes of the "new Africa" : the emergent African states south of the Sahara and north of the Congo. The social, political, economic and historical happenings in this area at the time of publication. 664 pages. Dust jacket has a 1/4 in x 1/2 in chip missing on back bottom edge. No other tears or chips. A very clean bright dust jacket. Book has previous owner's bookplate affixed to back of front cover. Dust jacket is Very Good Plus. Book is clean and tight. ; Standard Book Size.; 664 pages .

Very slight toning, else appears as unread, unblemished copy in fine black cloth covered boards with DJ displaying surface/edge/wear, as shown, with hole at head & heel of spine.
KIRKUS REVIEW
This book has been written to arouse the interest of the intelligent laymen in the problems of the African states and to give them a working knowledge of the great forces which have been unleashed, in the emergent nations south of the Sahara and north of the an expensive area consisting of 26 countries. The book's value lies not in the author's analysis, but in his detailed and accurate account of the geographical and cultural background of these countries, of their political and economic programs, and of the different patterns and groupings of these new regimes. The author not only has traveled thirty months in Africa, but has obviously rend widely in the specialist literature. He quite wisely devotes less space to further discussion of Ghana and Guinea, and rather gives greater… Read More

New York: Frederick A.Praeger, 1961. 664 pp. White endpapers. Black cloth. Yellow DJ, not price-clipped. Light wear along the edges. VG+/VG. First Edition.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Very Good condition with wear to the spien edges and aging to the black boards in a Good price-clipped dust-jacket that has edgewear with 3 missing chips, the largest being on the upper spine, Approx. 1-1/4" by 3/4"; Author presents the facts and colors of a new Africa, so clear and real that the reader can almost feel the vibrant humanity of these mysterious lands; 8vo; 664 pages; FSA .

Book condition of binding, spine, hard cover and inside pages are all good. Dust jacket is poor to fair (see photo) - has extreme wear on edges, some tears and stains on back.Book originally belonged to government worker assigned overseas. Ownership signature appears on first page, signed and dated London August 1968. With the purchase of book will include note card and newspaper clipping (see photo) which believe belonged to original owner.

New York: Frederick A Praeger Publishers, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good/Fine. Type: Book 1961/1 Of The 1st Editions/ Mylar Sleeve. This is an interesting book on Africa. The author writes of the "new Africa": the emergent African states south of the Sahara and north of the Congo. The social, political, economic and historical happenings in this area at the time of publication. There is a date, a minor inscription, and a former owner's name to FFEP.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

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