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Praeger, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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: 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".

Praeger. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Stamped on inside.

Frederick A. Praeger. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. B035622; 664 pages; 1st ed., 664pp, vg/dj-gd, has edge tears .

Praeger, 1961-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.6000 8.8000 5.8000. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Minimal cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding.

Praeger. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Bookplate; mild wear; 8.8 X 5.8 X 1.6 inches .

Praeger. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (sub-Saharan Africa, civilization, nationalism, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Praeger. Good/Good. 1967. Hard Cover. Ex Library (C344) .

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. 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.