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Cape Town, South Africa: Van Riebeeck Society, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 328 pages. Glossary, selected bibliography and index. Multi-panel fold-out illustration at back. Volume II of "the never previously published private and unrevised records of the life of a remarkable Scotswoman, the wife of the Colonial Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape. They tell of her attempts to reconcile the Dutch to British rule, and are particularly important in recording what official accounts ignore.... Vivid accounts are given of events such as the abortive mutiny in the Castle and the imprisonment and trial for high treason of the Graaff-Reinet rebels." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy..

U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. "Kiple's detailed examination of diet, disease, and demography in the Caribbean and West Africa raises significant issues for all concerned with the history of medicine, slavery, and European overseas expansion." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Minimal markings to contents. Book would be graded as Good if not for moisture damage affecting upper portion of back half of book. All text legible. No odour detected. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy of this informative work..

USA: Westview Press, 1986. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 322 pages. Index. Bibliography. "The first comprehensive analysis of the Zimbabwean struggle for independence in its international context." - from opening leaf. Prior owner's details neatly printed inside front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Quality copy..

USA: A.A. Balkema, 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 66 pages. Sturdy bright blue library buckram binding with usual markings. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy..

Ghana: Tamale Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies. Good. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 0998828521 . "An introductory course in Dagbani. Covers all the basic vocabulary, grammar and interactive texts for arriving at the F.S.I. proficiency level two. Teaches a cyclic method of language-learning that requires total immersion in a local speaking community. Can be followed as an intensive six-weeks course but we encourage learners to adapt it to their own learning needs and circumstances." - front cover. 48 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. ; 4to .

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Independent. Good. 1927. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Just What Do We Owe the Foreigner? - Much of what we use, wear and eat comes from abroad; An Open Door to author William J. Locke; Where Wild Birds Sleep; Grab 'Em Young - how to progress in sporting skill; Will Spain Become a Republic? - photo-illustrated article on Spain and her regime of de Rivera; Williamsburg - the most storied village in America; Mr. Ford's Page; Editorials; This Fishing, by Ben Hur Lampman; Do You Ever Read Short Stories or Try to Write Them?; Dorothy Sidney - A Noble Lady of the 17th Century; Why The Scot Loves the Bagpipes; The Quack of Equatorial Africa - Weird ordeals by Poison and Fire are Part of the Stock-in-Trade of the Jungle Scientist; No Greater Rogue Than Barry Lyndon - the amazing verity of Thackeray's portrayal; Photos of 'Changing China' inside back cover and more. 32 pages. Covers holding by one staple, otherwise unmarked… Read More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1907. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Total of 1270 pages in two volumes. Profusely illustrated with line diagrams, black and white photographic plates and fold-outs. Heavily worn former library copy with usual library markings. Front free endpaper and half-title removed from Vol. 1. All hinges taped. Gilt lettering and decorations upon front boards worn but visible. First volume missing pages 327-330 which includes a plate. Tissue protector missing from plate at page 502 of v1. All other plates and protectors present. Bibliography. Index. Reading copy only..

South Africa: Hans Kirsten, 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Colour illustrated laminated boards. Colour watercolour illustrations upon each page. Unmarked moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy..

Cameroon: Ministry of Primary Education and West Cameroon Antiquities Commission. Good. 1968. First Edition. Paperback. 89 pages. Signed and dated by author atop half-title page. List of references. Reproductions of black and white illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Eye-Witness to the Annexation of Cameroon 1883-1887 History; Signed by Author(s) .

London: Secker and Warburg. Fair in Poor dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Jomo Kenyatta atop front free endpaper. "One of the first really competent and instructive contributions to African ethnography by a scholar of pure African heritage. Through his upbringing Mr. Kenyatta combines to an unusual extent the knowledge of Western ways and Western modes of thought with a training and outlook essentially African. As a first-hand account of a representative African culture, as an invaluable document in the principles underlying culture-contact and change; last, not least, as a personal statement of the new outlook of a progressive African, this book will rank as a pioneering achievement of outstanding merit." - Introduction. Author was the founding father of Kenya and led the nation from its independence in 1963 until his passing in 1978. pp. xxvi, 339. Index. Glossary. Eight pages of black and white photographic plates. One-page map of… Read More

Lagos, Nigeria: Flamingo Magazine, West African Bureau. Good. 1975. Nigerian Edition. Paperback. 55 pages. Undated. Circa 1970s. Features: Colour centerfold featuring Niki Valentine; Ghana Airways ad inside front cover; Colour FIAT ad; Exclusive report on Uganda's General Idi Amin entitled "How I Transformed Uganda into a Black Man's Country", with photos; Idi Amin's views on love and marriage, and love without marriage; Nigeria's Popular Civilian Crusades Against Disease and Filth - Alhaji Aminu Kano; Kenya Rocked by Wild Rumours Following Death of Minister Ronald Gideon Ngala - several photos and article; Centerfold photos and article on Niki Valentine - the Topless Teacher from Nigeria; Colour Vespa ad; When a man becomes his own wife! - Professor and Lady Peller - many photos and article; 'Alone in the World' - fiction by Harmattan Nwabueze; New African-made car that won't get stuck in traffic jams - Professor Awodele Awojobi is the brains behind… Read More

Cape Town, South Africa: Unie-Volkspers Beperk, 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, [2], 229 pages. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white plates. "How this farmer's son, who never read a military textbook in his life, outwitted and outfought some of the greatest soldiers of his day - until his name became a household word around the world - is one of the most exciting true stories of all time." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this, the General's first full-length biography..

London: Cassell. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. "Examines a campaign which was almost as great a fiasco as much of the grim activity on the Western Front of WWI. The Allied conquest of German East Africa proved a desperate and outlandish struggle. The story abounds in disastrous misunderstandings and stupid underestimations alongside fine feats of heroism and endurance in the face of physical suffering, disease, lack of water, and impenetrable country; tales of old-world courtesy, of an inland naval battle, of incredible marches, ludicrous situations and abject misery. Shows how the war in 'German East' was one of the most fascinating and unusual campaigns of the century. An uncle of the author died of blackwater fever while campaigning in German East, and other of his relatives also died in this disease-ridden 'side-show' of the First World War." - dust jacket. x, 213 pages. Bibliography, index, maps, black and white photographic… Read More

London: The British Museum, 1909. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 325 pages including extensive index. With black and white plates and illustrations in the text. Above-average wear. Boards attached but loosely. A worthy reference copy of this excellent reference..

London: Bogle L'Ouverture Publications Ltd, 1988. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312 pages. Index. "An inquiry into the inter-relations of Europe and Africa from the fifteenth century to the end of the colonial period... Examines African growth before the coming of the Europeans, using seven regions as concrete examples, and treats the European slave trade as a basic factor in African underdevelopment and technical stagnation... Places the awesome responsibility of redevelopment in the hands of Africans... Author was assassinated by agents of the Burnham government in 1980 following a year of political and industrial agitation." - from back cover. Prior owner's name inside front cover else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy..

London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd., 1953. Magazine. Illus. by Davis, G.H.; Karsh; Inglis, Norward; Forward, F.R.; Peterson, Roger Tory. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 261-296. Features: Nice colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch inside front cover; Nice one-page ad for Rootes Group Cars (Sunbeam-Talbot, Hillman Minx); Preparation of the Queen's Coronation robe; Arrival of new U.S. Ambassador, Winthrop W. Aldrrich; Two pages of illustrations of how the Dutch fight their eternal and unwearying enemy - the sea - repairing dykes and reclaiming land; Excellent one-page colour-photo portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; One-page colour photo of the Lord Lyon and Officers of the Scottish Court of Chivalry; The Indo-China War - photos from Nasam and the Qui-Non amphibious landing; Swami Narayan Acharya was buried alive for nine days; Oradour; Shipwrecks at sea and on land; Photo of the New Sudan Agreement being signed by General… Read More

London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., 1964. Magazine. Illus. by Wood, L. Ashwell; Driscoll, Barry L.; Beaton, Cecil. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 749-800 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for the Riley elf Mark II Car (red); One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Cream shows seen in art gallery; One page colour photo add for Harvey's Bristol Dry shows man examining painting; Cover page photo of crane lifting huge fallen stone lintel at Stonehenge; Article on the future of Africa with photo of opening of the Northern Rhodesia independence conference on May 5; Photo of fallen balustrade on the Sinclair Road in Hammersmith; Photo of Kenneth Kuanda addressing opening session of the Northern Rhodesia independence conference; Photo of 320 debutantes giving mass curtsey to the Countess of Mansfield at Queen Charlotte's birthday ball at Grosvenor House on May 5; Photo of Dame Ninette De Valois… Read More

London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd., 1953. Magazine. Illus. by Davis, G.H.. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 181-220. Features: Cover photos of the loss of the car-ferry 'Princess Victoria' which went down on 31 January with a loss of 128 lives, plus two more pages of dramatic photos of the disaster; Simulating an atomic blast over Clapham Junction; 10 photos related to the murder of the Ruck family by Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, a shocking crime redeemed only by the heroism of an African houseboy; Full-page photo of massive flooding on Canvey Island, Essex - the Thames estuary pleasure resort; Two more pages of photos of the Canvey Island flooding which killed 100; Photos of flood-related scenes in Norfolk, Sheerness Naval Dockyard, Southend; the East Coast, Lincolnshire, Essex, Kent, Felixstowe, Jaywick, Yarmouth and Salthouse; Photos of the worst Netherlands flooding in 400 years; Centerfold illustration of the last moments of… Read More

London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd., 1953. Magazine. Illus. by Uden, Ernest. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower, and Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the new Vice-President, both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crashed into buffers; Photos from Egypt and Sudan - Abdel Rahman Hakki, Sheikh Ahmed Al Bakury, Major Saley Salim and General Neguib; Photos of M. Rene Mayer, France's new Prime Minister; Two pages of photos and information about… Read More

London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., 1953. Magazine. Illus. by Davis, G.H.. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 549-592. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Hawker Siddeley Group shows young boy above caption "How Much is a Little Boy Worth?"; Title page photo of Governor-General Sir Robert Howe addressing Khartoum crowds at great holiday parade; North Sudan welcomes the Anglo-Egyptian agreement; Photos of life in southern Sudan; Designs for the decoration of the Coronation route; Two-page illustration of multiple aircraft forms; People in the public eye; The Queen visits Wiltshire, goes racing and attends church; inventions of the day; Dramatic centrefold photo of fire aboard the carrier H.M.S. Indomitable; Trespass in Antarctica; Photos of Ruth Draper - the woman who single-handedly fills an empty stage with scenery and a vivid host of characters; Discovery of the oldest known Greek house; Official residences Sir William Slim will… Read More