Search Results: African Matters from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1984 InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL. 1984. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant edge bumping; small closed tear on rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 144 pp 8vo. This book comes from the author's four years in Kenya as a missionary where he experienced difficulties in making friends with the people they are to working with because of cultural differences that act as barriers. Barriers of wealth, language, values, history, time perception, and pride made it hard to know and be known by Kenyans. To make friends with the nationals, Tim and his wife had to break down barriers so they could give more that just service to the Kenyans but the value and experience of friendship. A clean very presentable copy.

Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1970 Beacon Press, Boston, MA. 1970. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 7th printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Beacon Press BP 141. Book Condition: Very Good; rubbing to panels; old price sticker on the rear panel from the U of Pittsburgh Book Center. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 466 pp 8vo. One of the twentieth century’s most significant social developments was the emergence of notional self-assertion and independence among the peoples of Asia and Africa where“Natives” were transformed into “nationals” demanding their equal place in a modern world. If Western imperialism has introduced forces of progress into these areas, it should be remembered that one of the characteristic results of progress in the West itself has been the development of national autonomy. To what extent are the emergent national patterns of Asia and Africa derivative and how… Read More

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher , 1992 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1992. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Light bumping to head, tail, and tips; light shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($35.00); light bumping to head, tail, and top edge; small torn piece at bottom of DJ near spine. Gold paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Deckled fore edge. 1355 pp 8vo. The story of the nine 'Kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the Xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing book. In a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the Cape, on territory demarcated by the Great Fish and the Great Kai Rivers. It was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasse. The author vivdly… Read More

London, UK: NEL Mentor, 1967 NEL Mentor, UK. 1967. Softcover/Mass Market Paperback. Stated First NEL Mentor Edition. 5007. New English Library. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for price stamp on the half title page. Book Condition: Good; wear to head, tail, and tips; light spine creasing; light wear to spine shoulders; slight page toning. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps have a slight crease to front wrap at outer corner; spine has creased but is not split; text is secure in binding. 512 pp 12mo. This is the classic history of the Boer War in which nearly half a million soldiers from all corners of the British Empire fought for three years to crush an army of 20,000 Boers. The war was destined to play a decisive role both in the history of British Imperialism and in the emergence of the Republic of South Africa. A clean presentable copy.

New York, NY : Sterling Publishing Company, 1989 Sterling Publishing Company, New York. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to edges and tips. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 224 pp 8vo. In this tie-in to a film aired by PBS, the author describes the habitats found along Africa's Rift Valley, from Mozambique to the Red Sea. Among these are coral reefs, soda-lakes, desolate highlands, and the teeming Serengeti. Other topics include the region's geology and fossil sites. High-quality photographs and an informative text make this book a good introduction to a famous, yet still mysterious, part of the world. A clean very presentable copy

Casablanca, Morocco : Moroccan Courier, 1958 Moroccan Courier, Casablanca, Morocco. 1958. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light edgewear; small creases on rear at bottom from bumping and at top from opening. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. Travel agent pocket on rear wrap is intact and not torn; road map and three advertisement brochures are in pocket; all in excellent condition. 223 pp 8vo. Vivid tiped-in color photographs (original) and B&W photographs. This travel book takes you back to the days of ship travel and TWA Gulfstream turboprops to Europe and North Africa in the post-war period. Many period photographs illustrating the cities, towns, sites, hotels, casinos, restaurants, travel agents, and historical areas. A great look at North Africa before mass tourism overwhelmed the original Bedouin flavor (I speak from personal experience). A clean… Read More

Washington, DC: Department of State, Agency for International Development, 1966 Department of State, Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. 1966. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Reprint of the 1964 edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; suntanning of spine. No DJ. Printed Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; securely stapled and glued. 260 pp 4to. U.S. Agencies having responsibility in foreign assistance programs have long recognized the need for a hand book on horticultural crops in the Tropics. The book is written in layman's terms to be understood by the non-specialist involved in rural development. A clean presentable copy.

New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston , 1980 Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York. 1980. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight soiling to head and tail; DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($12.95); light bumping to head and tail; light suntanning to spine and top edge. Red paper over boards with white cloth overlay on the spine; black lettering on the spine. 487 pp 8vo. When Vietnam veteran and foreign correspondent Charlie Gage is recruited by the shadowy Thomas Colfax to assist with something called Operation Atropos, he has no idea he is about to be enlisted for guerilla warfare in northeast Africa. Once he realizes he’s a mercenary, however, he is not at all concerned. Ever since his young secretary was killed by a grenade at their bureau office in Beirut a couple of years before, he has lost all volition. Which is why he so readily capitulates not only… Read More

New York, NY: Atria Books , 2013 Atria Books, New York. 2013. Hardcover. Stated First Atria Edition 2013/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light toning to bottom portion of the book; light bumping to textblock top. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($26.00); light bumping to DJ at spine and tail. Green paper over boards with black overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 310 pp 8vo. On October 25th 2011, 32 year-old Jessica Buchanan was kidnapped by Somali pirates, held for ransom, and for three long months endured the most harrowing and painful experience of her life. Her struggle was matched by that of her husband Erick who worked tirelessly to bring her home and secure her rescue effort by 24 Navy SEALs on the authority of President Obama. This book chronicles Jessica and Erik's mutual journey during those torturous months. A clean very presentable copy.

Santa Barbara, CA: The Narrative Press, 2003 The Narrative Press, Santa Barbara, CA. 2003. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated but is a reprint of the 1936 original. Book is tight, Square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 266 pp 8vo.The intrepid (and highly controversial) archaeologist Byron Khun de Prorok hardly stops to draw a breath as he tells the stories of five of his expeditions: his discovery of Tin Hinan’s tomb in the Sahara (1925-26), his excavation of the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Libya (1926-28), a short trip into Tripolitania, Libya (1931), his search for the stone-age Lacandon Indians in Chiapas, Mexico (1932-33), and his quest for King Solomon’s mines in Ethiopia (1933-34). A clean near pristine copy.

London, UK: Corgi, 1988 Corgi, London, UK. 1988. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Corgi printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 232 pp 8vo. As a travel writer, the author is drawn to places beyond the frontiers of Western Civilization. This book describes two such places- the dense, rich jungle of the Amazon and the lush, exotic rain forest of Zaire. Both journeys are fascinating, vivid, and excitingly erotic as he takes the reader into danger, diseases, and the social conditions in primitive societies. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1926 Fleming H. Revell Company, New York. 1926. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; tip bumping; light head, tail, and tip wear; light soiling to boards. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and black lettering an African picture in black border on the front board. 188 pp 12mo. The author was one of the first missionaries to come to Bura in North East Nigeria to spread the religion of the Church of the Brethren and to bring civilization to these primitive people. His book is basically cultural anthropology as he gives his first-hand ideas, thoughts, and feelings about the customs and traditions of a people never seen by a white population before. A clean very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: Donohue, Henneberry and Company, 1895 Donohue, Henneberry and Company, Chicago, IL. 1895. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1887 original by B.Tanchnitz-Leipzig / copyright edition and Harper and Brothers, New York. This was issued as one of the Advance Edition, a series of 151 Popular and Standard Books by the World's Favorite Authors by Donohue and Henneberry. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name in pencil on the FFFP dated Christmas 1895. Book Condition: Fair; sunfading to spine; insect mottling to silk finish of the book; wear through fabric on the tips; toning to pages. No DJ. Purple cloth boards and spine with black and gilt lettering on the spine; floral decorations on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 274 pp 12mo. This book was also published as Jess: A Tale of South Africa, A Tale of the Transvaal, and A Tale of the Transvaal Boers. This book was adapted to a movie in 1912, 1914, and 1917. Jess Croft lives with sister… Read More

New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1988 W.W. Norton & Company, New York. 1987. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/3nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP and several bracketed papragraphs. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good: NOT Price Clipped ($25.00); slight shelfwear to tips; light bumping to upper tips. Tan paper over boards with brown cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Clean internals: internal hinges are sound and not split. 459 pp 8vo. In this autobiography, Thesiger recalls his life in sch a way as to illuminate the people who most profoundly influenced him and the events that enabled him to lead the life of his choice. A great explorer of regions not yet explored or conquered by the white race or civilization, his life among the Somali, Druze, Bedu, Abyssinian, or Samburu peoples were what he admired the most and emulated in his own life. A clean very… Read More

New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973 G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1973. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to tail and one lower tip; small sunfade area at head. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); light bumping to head and tail; small closed tear at head. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 427 pp 8vo. Based on new material, this is the first modern, non-religious biography of David Livingstone. He is renown as a medical missionary who stayed in Africa for thirty years, but he was also a geographer, astronomer, ethnologist, anthropologist, chemist, botanist, the discoverer of the Victoria Falls, the source of the Congo River, and the first European to cross the continent of Africa. This book sorts through the hype and the myths and shows the person he really was and that his major historical impact was in colonial politics and the… Read More

Tucson, AZ : Icenl Books, 2006 Icenl Books, Tucson, AZ. 2006. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Signed by the author 7-2006 on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bump to top edge and lower tear tip. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 209 pp 8vo. This is the story of an unmarried woman who accomplished many things in her life and direction from God was at the heart of it. Sh did obtain a certificate, diploma, degree, or license in technology, banking, medicine, clergy, education and a life devoted to improving the health care in Ghana Africa. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2007 Sterling Publishing, New York. 2007. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to upper tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light rubbing to panels; shallow scratch on rear panel. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with purple and brown lettering on the spine and front board; matching images on DJ and boards. Green endpapers. 224 pp 4to. Dolls that dance, dolls that protect, dolls that charm: these beautiful gourd dolls do that and more. The authors of this book pay tribute to an ancient craft in a volume both inspirational and instructional. It’s packed with images of dolls from different cultures and eras, filled with testimonials from the most creative artists working today, and brimming with advice and irresistible projects. They explain how to choose a gourd, mold one as it’s growing, clean it properly and safely, pyrograph and sculpt faces, create… Read More

New York, NY: Beast Books, 2011 Beast Books, New York. 2011. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Women in the World. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant bumping to tail and rear board. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($25.99); scant bumping to head and tail; superficial rubbing to panels. Black boards with black overlay on the spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 246 pp 8vo. The author was a survivor of the Liberian Civil War, was deprived of a childhood, and married into a nightmare of domestic abuse. Turning her life around, in 2003, she organized and led the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who confronted Liberia's president, warlords, and held a sex strike helping to lead her nation to peace. A story of hopelessness to empowerment. A clean very presentable copy.

Houston, TX: Hothouse, 1986 Hothouse, Houston, TX. 1986. Softcover/Trade Wraps/French Wraps. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP?/No comparable available. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; smudge on front wrap; sunfaded spine; rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 65 pp 16mo. The author is an architecture student in Houston and in the USA for the first time who kept an urban diary of all his experiences in hit "adopted" city of Houston during that big oil crisis of 1985. Written in a stream of consciousness manner he tells a great deal about the city and it surroundings through the fresh eyes of an emigrant. A clean very presentable copy.

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1952 Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1952. Hardcover. BOMC Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; Fine condition but for three small fabric tears on the board top edges; thus Very Good. DJ: Very Good chipping to head and front upper tip; light wear to other tips and tail; light bumping to top edge. Yellow cloth boards with red lettering and rules on the spine; lettering on front board. BOMC review sheet laid in. 312 pp 8vo. This story comes from South Africa in the days of the Boers and told by Selina, the native servant girl to the young rich girl Mittee. The story revolves around Paul (Mittee's husband), Mittee, and Selina who are bound in destiny by love and the land. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.