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| ALLEN, BENEDICT The Last of the Medicine Men , New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated, 2001. /, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition. Crisp, clean, beautiful book in protective mylar. No defects of note. Funny note from gift giver laid in to be discarded if you choose. Has not been price-clipped. Wonderfully illustrated with full color photos. A fascinating insider's look at the "witch doctors" of four cultures -- the provincial towns of Haiti, the jungles of Siberut Island, the wastelands of Siberia and the mountains of Mexico. Fascinating stuff! 240 pages. Indexed. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1412] Book number: 10,502 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| HUET, MICHAEL The Dance, Art, and Ritual of Africa New York, New York, U.S.A., Pantheon Books, 1978, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0394502728) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Gorgeous oversized book in very nice, clean condition. No chips or tears, no names or writing, no price-clip. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Only fault is toning to edges of endflaps. Extraordinary photographs, 261 in all, many in full color, pulsate with vitality showcasing dances and rituals never before captured on film -- war dances, funeral dances, initiation rites, ceremonies for planting and harvest, and even spontaneous expressions of joy. They are divided into locales and each is accompanied by explanatory material. 241 pages. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 17966K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| KAMANTE; DINESEN, ISAK; BEARD, PETER H. Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa, with Original Photographs (January 1914-July 1931) and Quotations from Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975, First Edition, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0151530807) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Nice copy -- clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. Jacket has sunned a bit to edges and spine and there is a small bit of wear to upper rear corner of dustjacket, but has not been price-clipped and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Karen Blixen, aka Izak Dineson, made famous by her book "Out of Africa", lives again in these beautiful pages collected by Peter Beard from the writings and lyrical color paintings of her old major-domo. Kamante, who tells the story of Out of Africa from his own perspective. The handwritten text (done by his son) was translated from Swahili and is augmented not only by the art, but also by never beofre published photographs taken by Isak Deneson herself and still other photos by Beard. A very special book which also contains the fables taught in the Karen Coffee Farm School. Unpaginated. USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.5 | £UK 48.25 | JP¥ 7061] Book number: 18344 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| KOSO-THOMAS, O. The Circumcision of Women; A Strategy for Eradication London, United Kingdom, Zed Books, 1987. (ISBN: 0862327016) Soft Cover, Fine/Wraps, Fine, Crisp, clean, as new copy. No spine crease or markings. The author, a pysician in Sierra Leone, not only illuminates the horrifics of this involuntary surgery in Africa and shows that it is not as confined geographically as once believed, but also offers a twenty year program to bring it to a stop. 109 pages. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 16236 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| PHILLIPSON, D. W. The Later Prehistory of Eastern and Southern Africa New York, Africana Publishing, 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0841903476) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Crisp, beautiful copy with no defect of note. Pristine pages and page edges including handsome blue edges at top. no tears or chips to jacket which has been placed in brand new mylar cover. Illustrated throughout with drawings, maps and a few black and white photographs. A look at the prehistory of southern and Eastern Africa with emphasis on the origin and spread of the Iron Age peoples. 323 pages. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 18537K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. |
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