Search Results: Africa from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Washington DC: Service Center for Teachers of History, 1964. Fourth (1969) printing. Octavo (22.75cm.); original blue printed staplebound wrappers; [2],55pp.; maps. Fine. Publication No. 56.

[New York: British Information Services, 1946]. Revised Edition. Oblong octavo (15.75x21cm.); original brown photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers; unpaged; chiefly photographic illus. Fine. Photographic record of the progress made under British rule in Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana), and Nigeria.

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia]: Population Programme Centre, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); decorative staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue and black; mixed pagination; illus., text printed from typescript. Some wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Initially published as a quarterly newsletter aimed at disseminating information on population problems in Africa between governments and voluntary agencies. This first issue includes forewords by R.K.A. Gardiner, Executive Secretary of the Commision; Paul G. Hoffman, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; and Milos Macura, Director of the United Nations Population Division.

New York: The American Society of African Culture, 1967-1968. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); illustrated wrappers; 112pp. Some trivial edgewear and mild toning to extremities; Near Fine. An issue dedicated to the problems of unity in Mediterranean and Tropical Africa, with contributions by Habib Bourguiba, W.A.E. Skurnik, Jean-Claude Froelich, Daniel F. McCall, and Benjamin Rivlin, et al.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper of first volume: "Mr. Malcolm B. Stone / with much appreciation of his interest in the work in tropical medicine / from Richard P. Strong," dated in year of publication. First printings. Two large octavo volumes (27cm); publisher's maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spines and front covers; xxvi,[1]-568; ix,569-1064pp; illus. Mild lean to text block of second volume, else a tight, Near Fine set, lacking the dustwrappers. A major work in the history of public medicine. Strong (1872-1948) was the first professor of Tropical Medicine at Harvard, and the foremost American authority on the subject. This important two-year expedition to Liberia and the Congo, led by Strong in the company of seven fellow Harvard scientists, was the first full-scale attempt to document the etiology of a variety of tropical diseases as well as documenting existing sanitary conditions in Liberia and colonial West Africa. The mission… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1998. First Edition. Quarto (26.75cm); brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in red on spine, and decorative emblem embossed to front cover; dustjacket; 168pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine, lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Photographic study of Basotho painted houses in Southern Africa.

Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, [1968]. First Edition. Square quarto (23.5cm.); original white wrappers in brown photo-illustrated dust jacket; xix & unpaged photographic plates. 3-inch closed tear to bottom edge of upper jacket panel, some uneven toning, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket.

London: Gollancz, 1936. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20cm). Black cloth, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp. Faint foxing to text block edges, else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, priced 8/6 net on spine panel; slightly dusty and toned, with a ca. 1/2" closed tear on rear panel and a shade darkened on spine, still Very Good. Cary's third published book, based on his own service as a colonial administrator in Nigeria.

Moscow: Nauka" Publishing House, 1968. First English Language Edition. Slim octavo (20cm.); original brown wrappers lettered in white and orange, French flaps; 141pp. Minor shelf wear to extremities, else Very Good and sound.

London: Faber and Faber, 1963. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22.5cm). Green cloth stamped in red and gilt, in white dust jacket printed in black and yellow; 310pp; publisher's ads to dust jacket rear panel. Signed by author on title page; ownership inscription of J. W. Fredericks on front free endpaper. Sound, lower front corner heavily bumped, spine sunned: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 36s net) but rubbed at edges and toned on spine, with creases at lower front corners and small chip at base of spine: Very Good. First general history of the ANC, based on personal interviews with key party figures. The ANC was banned in 1960; in 1962, just after Benson completed her research, the Sabotage Act granted the apartheid government greater powers to suppress opposition. This copy from the collection of J. Wayne Fredericks (1917-2004), US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1961-67. [62108].

London: Longmans, Green and Co, [1953]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in light tan pictorial dust jacket; viii,[2],387pp.; photographic plates and illus. throughout. Jacket extremities quite chipped with long closed tear at spine crown affecting text without loss of meaning, general dust-soil, corners a bit bumped else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. By the noted South African entomologist.

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. First American Edition. Limited Issue, one of 125 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Octavo (24cm); burgundy cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; publisher's decorative slipcase. Fine and unread, still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, with the original price stickers on rear cover. Handsome edition of this memoir by the Zimbabwean Nobel Laureate.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1990. First American Edition. Quarto (35.5cm x 27cm). Gray cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in silver on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 320pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slighly bumped edge of lower back board, else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; very slight slight shelf wear to extremities. A photographic journey through the landscapes and cultures of the Horn of Africa by photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, supported by an informative text by Graham Hancock and line-drawings of the artifacts and architecture of the region. 328 illustrations, including 244 color plates, 75 line drawings, and 9 maps.

London: Inkululeko Publications, 1973. Small octavo (20cm). Printed card wrappers; 93pp; illus. Minor external wear; internally fresh; Very Good or better. Organ of the South African Communist Party, published in exile "as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought throughout our Continent." Current issue includes contributions by Henry Winston, Bonakele Godula, georgi Galperin, Vukani Mawethu, others.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2001. First Edition. Quarto (31cm x 26cm). Brown paper boards (hardcover) with titling in bronze on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 256pp; illus. Very Good copy; remnants of adhesive on inside covers; retailer ink stamps on inside back cover. Very Good dustwrapper; shelf wear to extremities. Comprehensive illustrated volume on the rock art of Africa. 189 illustrations in full color, 120 line drawings, 7 maps.

London: Faith Press, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in green pictorial dust jacket, green topstain; 126,[1]pp.; 4 leaves of plain photographic illustrations. About Fine. Memoir of Jarrett-Kerr's time serving as the Anglican chaplain in a hospital for non-Europeans in South Africa during apartheid.

London: Gollancz, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm.); black boards embossed in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp.; former owner's bookplate inside front cover; spine ends gently pushed; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped with faint soil to front panel and light toning to the jacket spine; Near Fine. Author's third novel, set in Nigeria between the wars.

Roxbury, MA: Scoham Bookshelf, [1974]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original green printed staplebound wrappers; unpaged. Fine. Collection of six folktales and poems, including "An Ecstasy of African Witchcraft" and "The Story of Palm Wine.

Hollywood, CA: Sons of Liberty, n.d. [1960?]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original white printed staplebound card wrappers; [1],9,[1],22pp. Minor sunning, else Fine. Text includes an excerpt from Georgia Senator and white supremacist Thomas E. Watson's Sketches (1912) and a preliminary report by L. Merchiers, Minister of Justice of Belgium, dated July 28, 1960.

Cape Town: University of Cape Town School of Librarianship, 1967. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); original pale green staplebound card wrappers; [4],ix,[1],64pp.; text printed from typescript. Original price rubberstamped to upper wrapper. Fine. Originally presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Higher Certificate in Librarianship, 1965. Chapters divided geographically, including works from Sudan, Ghana, Nigeria, the Congo, and Angola.