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	ABRAMOVIC, NORMAN/HERGOTT, FABRICE Fernand Leger et L'art Africain - La Creation Du Monde Paris, France, Adam Biro. 2000. (ISBN: 2876602970) Wrappers, 31 x 24 cm. 120 pages - In French - 144 illustrations - Published to coincide with the exhibition at the MusÃ©e d'Art et d'Histoire of Geneva in 2000 of works by Fernand LÃ©ger (1881-1955) tied to the Barbier-Mueller collections of African art and inspired by the ballet "the creation of the world"(1923) dedicated to the African myths and designs - Index. New -. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 004912 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BAEKE, VIVIANE/BOUTTIAUX, ANNE-MARIE Hugues Dubois - Le Sensible et La Force Tervueren, Belgium, Musee Royal De l'Afrique Centrale. 2004. (ISBN: 9075894600) Hardcover, 31 x 24.5 Cms. hardcover edition linited to 300 - signed by the artist - 88 pages - in French - 55 duotone plates, various figs. and a map - published to coincide with the 2004 showing at the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervueren, Belgium, of prints of Songye sculptures from Central Africa by a noted photographer of ethnic objects - various essays - Silent Dialogue, afterword by art historian and psychoanalyst Sephora Thomas. (Edition in wrappers also available.). New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 005460 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BASSANI EZIO ET AL Formes et Figures - L'art Africain Dans la Collection Horstmann Milan, Italy, Skira. 2002. (ISBN: 8884910404) hardcover-, 31 x 26 Cms. 270 pages - in French - 115 color plates - a tribute to the remarkable collection of African art gathered by Udo Horstmann and his wife, Wally, featuring sculptures, carvings, masks and household utensils from 18 African countries, chosen for the sheer beauty of their form rather than utilitarian or other considerations - intro. by Wally and Udo Horstmann - essays by Ezio Bassani, Patrick McNaughton and Michael BockenmÃ¼hl on the collection and the use and the power of form - plates - bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 006536 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BASSANI, EZIO ET AL Masters of African Art - forms and Styles - Eighty-four Sculptures from the Horstmann Collection Mendrisio, Switzerland, Mendrisio Museo D'Arte. 2007. (ISBN: 9788885186354) Wrappers-, 26 x 20 Cms. 150 pages - in Italian and English - 84 color illustrations and 28 b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Museo d'Arte in Mendrisio, Switzerland, of 84 sculptures from the Horstmann Collection - essays by Ezio Bassani and Simone Soldini - also: ethnic groups, description of ethnic groups and bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 009155 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BASSANI E. ET AL Power of Form (The) Milano, Italy, Skira. 2002. (ISBN: 8881189704) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 271 pages - in English - 115 full-page illustrations with detailed descriptions of the Horstmann high-quality collection of African art (sculptures, masks, figures, household objects, weapons) formed over the course of 30 years - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 133.00 [Appr.: EURO 88 US$ 130.61 \| £UK 78.5 \| JP¥ 11615] Book number: 001399 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BECKWITH C./VAN OFFELEN M. Nomads of Niger New York, Harry Abrams. 1993. (ISBN: 0810981254) Cloth-, 33.5 x 26 cms. 224 pages - in English - 144 color illustrations, 30 line drawings and a map - photography by Carol Beckwith - an account of 18 months spent among a family of the Wodaabe, a nomadic people of Niger. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 008152 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BOUTTIAUX, ANNE-MARIE ET AL African Costumes and Textiles Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2008. (ISBN: 9788874394760) pictorial hardcover-, 31 x 25 Cms. 320 pages - in English - over 250 color illustrations - photography by Mauro Magliani - a description of the historical and modern costumes from all regions of Africa from the Berbers to the Zulus in the Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection - preface by noted ethnologist John Mack - essays by two museum curators and an art historian - glossary, map and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 US$ 137.48 \| £UK 82.5 \| JP¥ 12226] Book number: 009213 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLLEYN, JEAN-PAUL / DIAWARA, MANTHIA Mali Kow - Un Monde Fait De Tous Les Mondes Montpellier, France, IndigÃ¨ne. 2001. (ISBN: 2911939352) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" Tall Oblong. 127 pages - text in French - essay published at the occasion of an exhibition at the Parc de la Villette and the Museum of Natural History in Lyon in 2002 - the Mali, rich of a long story is bringing together a large number of diverse ethnies and 23 different languages and dialects - this book is about the Mali, its culture, its diaspora, but also how it goes through progress, tourism and modernism with being in the same time one of the poorest countries in the world - dialog between Colleyn, ethnologist and Diawara, writer from Mali - illustrated by numerous color and b/w photographs by Catherine de Clippel. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.32 \| £UK 22.5 \| JP¥ 3319] Book number: 002019 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COMAROFF, JOHN L. ET AL African Photographs of Isaac Schapera (The) Chicago, USA, University of Chicago Press. 2007. (ISBN: 9780226114118) Cloth-, 25 x 22 cms. 224 pages - in English - around 150 duotone plates - photographs of colonial Africa by South African social anthropologist Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) - various essays on Schapera's life, times, field investigations and more - African images of villages, domestic scenes,, portraits, children, initiation rites, production works, a rainmaker, the public sphere and more - notes to the photographs and index. New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 006857 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONRU, KEVIN ET AL Art De l'Afrique Du Sud-Est Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2002. (ISBN: 887439005X) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 223 pages - in French - an interesting text and study of the region with photographs - an important and rare book on South-Eastern African art assembling sculptures, jewelry and objects with 113 full-page color illustrations and explanatory notes - map - bibliography - See book Id. 001827 for the English version. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 103.11 \| £UK 62 \| JP¥ 9170] Book number: 001824 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONRU, KEVIN ET AL Art of Southeast Africa (The) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2002. (ISBN: 8874390017) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 223 pages - in English - an interesting text and study of the region with photographs - an important and rare book on Southeastern African art assembling sculptures, jewelry and objects with 113 full-page color illustrations and explanatory notes - map - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 103.11 \| £UK 62 \| JP¥ 9170] Book number: 001827 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COURTNEY-CLARKE, MARGARET African Canvas - the Art of West African Women New York, Rizzoli. 1997. (ISBN: 0847811662) Cloth-, 29 x 29 Cms. 204 pages - in English - over 150 color illustrations - West African traditional mural art photographed by veteran Africa photographer Margaret Courtney-Clarke - foreword by Maya Angelou - compound, painting, motifs, and, interiors - bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 73.65 \| £UK 44.25 \| JP¥ 6550] Book number: 008145 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAGAN, ESTHER A. Tradition in/En Transition - Mother and Child in African Sculpture-Past and Present - La MÃ¨re et L'enfant Dans La Sculpture Africaine-Hier et Aujourd'hui Montreal, Canada, Galerie Amrad African Arts. 1989. (ISBN: 096908140) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Square. 159 pages - in English/French - catalogue of the exhibition organized by Ester Dagan on African sculpture relating to the theme "mother and child" - 213 black/white photographs of sculptures from all over Africa - map - bibliography. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.32 \| £UK 22.5 \| JP¥ 3319] Book number: 001351 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAGAN, ESTHER A. When Art Shares Nature's Gifts - the African Calabash Montreal, Canada, Galerie Amrad African Arts. 1988. (ISBN: 0969308116) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 238 pages - in English and French - around 300 color, duotone and b/w illustrations and figs. - a survey of African calabashes, or gourds, from various parts of Africa - the calabash: the plant, cleaning, cutting, maintenance, repairs, transportation, prices, decoration and adornment - classification: different uses - the representation of the calabash: as symbol, metaphor, title, in folk songs and more - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 006266 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DANTO BARRY, RAHIM Portes d'Afrique Paris, Norma. 1999. (ISBN: 2909283313) Hard Cover - Clothbound, 31,5 x 24 cm. 191 pages - in French - The author, African architect comments and proposes a tour of Africa focalised on the door - From Senegal to Zanzibar through Nigeria valleys, numerous photographs of the doors with their vegetal plasticity, their fragile heritage, their messages and symbols - Notes - Map - Glossary - Bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 004134 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAVISON, PATRICIA ET AL Ubuntu-Arts et Cultures d'Afrique Du Sud Paris, France, RMN. 2002. (ISBN: 271184305X) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 371 pages - in French - catalogue of the 2002 exhibition in Paris - over 200 color photographs of sculptures, jewellery, pottery, weavings, weapons, dolls and clothes with explanatory notes - bibliography - glossary. New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 74.63 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6637] Book number: 001407 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DELLANOY, AGNES Terre Noire - Ousmane Sow et Les Tendances De La Sculpture Africaine Aujourd'hui Paris, France, Somogy. 2007. (ISBN: 978275721237) Wrappers-, 28 x 25 Cms. 144 pages - in French - around 150 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Maurice Denis Museum in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, of works by Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow and 25 other contemporary African artists - essays by various specialists on contemporary African sculpture - catalogue - Frank McEwen (1907-1994) and the emergence of contemporary African art, essay by Olivier Sultan - bibliography. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 008421 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DGHINE-OUSSEIMI, CHAHIDA Alger - Splendeurs Cachees Geneva, Swirzerland, Cent Pages. 2007. (ISBN: 283990215X) , 28 x 28 Cms. Square. Ill.: Jordan, Didier. edition limited to 750 copies - clothbound, with embossed black rectangles and squares - gilt-edged pages - 196 pages - in French - over 150 color illustrations, mostly full-page - photograps by Didier Jordan - a loving tribute to three centuries of Turkish-influenced history in city of Algiers, its palaces, mosques, gardens and secret places by Algerian author and poetess Chahida Dghine-Ousseimi - poems and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 119 US$ 176.76 \| £UK 106 \| JP¥ 15720] Book number: 006173 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DIAKONOFF, SERGE Ame De l'Afrique (L') Geneva / Paris, Georges Naef/Editions De l'Amateur. 2006, 2nd Edition Expanded. (ISBN: 9782831304076) Wrappers, 32 x 27 Cm. Ill.: Andre Longchamp. 376 pages - in French - over 320 color illustrations, incl. many full-page - Serge Diakonoff (b.1933), painter, photograph, artist and collector spent over 50 years travelling through Africa and elsewhere to gather over 900 African masks and sculptures - Diakonoff and 4 assistants describe masks, sculptures and objects from over 150 ethnic groups from 19 African countries - Foreword by Jacques Hainard - List of collectors - Bibliography - photographs by AndrÃ© Longchamp. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 004731 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DREWAL, HENRY JOHN/SCHILDKROUT, ENID Dinastia y Divinidad - Art Ife En Antigua Nigeria Santander, Spain, Fundacion Marcelino Botin. 2009. (ISBN: 9788496655461) Wrappers-, 30 x 24 Cms. 384 pages - in Spanish, with texts in English - 109 color plates and 38 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2009 showing at the Marcelino Botín Foundation in Santander, Spain, of earthenware, metal carvings and other ancient artworks by the Ife people of Nigeria - catalogue - glossary and bibliography - texts in English. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 009518 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUROU, JEAN-MARC Carnet Saharien Paris, Vents De Sable. 1999. (ISBN: 291325201X) Wrappers-, 29 x 31 cms. Oblong. 174 pages - in French - nearly 200 mostly color illustrations - photographs of the Sahara desert and its people by old Africa hand Jean-Marc Durou (b.1951) who spent 25 years criss-crossing the area - preface by French author Raymond Depardon - text by French writer and journalist Sylvain Estibal. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 008141 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ENGLEBERT, VICTOR Wind, Sand & Silence - Travels with Africa's Last Nomads San Francisco, Ca. USA, Chronicle. 1992. (ISBN: 0811800105) Cloth-, 31 x 26 Cms. faintly chipped d.j. spine top - 184 pages - in English - images and accounts of life among African nomadic tribes by Belgian photographer Victor Englebert (b.1933) who spent 26 years travelling with a salt caravan and among the Tuareg, Bororos, Danakils and Turkanas. New-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 008140 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ETIENNE, MARC ET AL Femmes Dans Les Arts d'Afrique Paris, France, Musee Dapper. 2008. (ISBN: 9782915258244) Cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. 416 pages - in French - around 400 mostly color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2009 showing at the MusÃ©e Dapper in Paris of African objects in which women are represented - essays by 10 specialists on the status of women in different regions of Africa - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 009347 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EVALET, ANDRE De Memelik a Mengistu Geneva, Switzerland, Museum of Ethnography. 1999. (ISBN: 2884570055) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages - in French -numerous b/w photographs, maps of Ethiopia in the early 1900's - memoires of AndrÃ© Evalet (a Swiss national born in Addis Ababa in 1908) who was close to the imperial family and who also was in contact with baatawi's, he was an active and efficient witness of the history of Ethiopia and Erythrea. New -. CHF 43.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.23 \| £UK 25.5 \| JP¥ 3755] Book number: 000103 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAIK-NZUJI, CLEMENTINE Arts Africains - Signes et Symbols Paris, France, De Boeck Universite. 2000. (ISBN: 2804132919) softcover-, 24.5 x 23 cms. 230 pages - in French - around 100 b/w figs. - un updated and revised reprint of the classic work on the signs and symbols in African art and the thinking behind them. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 008593 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	ABRAMOVIC, NORMAN/HERGOTT, FABRICE Fernand Leger et L'art Africain - La Creation Du Monde Paris, France, Adam Biro. 2000. (ISBN: 2876602970) Wrappers, 31 x 24 cm. 120 pages - In French - 144 illustrations - Published to coincide with the exhibition at the MusÃ©e d'Art et d'Histoire of Geneva in 2000 of works by Fernand LÃ©ger (1881-1955) tied to the Barbier-Mueller collections of African art and inspired by the ballet "the creation of the world"(1923) dedicated to the African myths and designs - Index. New -. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 004912 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BAEKE, VIVIANE/BOUTTIAUX, ANNE-MARIE Hugues Dubois - Le Sensible et La Force Tervueren, Belgium, Musee Royal De l'Afrique Centrale. 2004. (ISBN: 9075894600) Hardcover, 31 x 24.5 Cms. hardcover edition linited to 300 - signed by the artist - 88 pages - in French - 55 duotone plates, various figs. and a map - published to coincide with the 2004 showing at the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervueren, Belgium, of prints of Songye sculptures from Central Africa by a noted photographer of ethnic objects - various essays - Silent Dialogue, afterword by art historian and psychoanalyst Sephora Thomas. (Edition in wrappers also available.). New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 005460 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BASSANI EZIO ET AL Formes et Figures - L'art Africain Dans la Collection Horstmann Milan, Italy, Skira. 2002. (ISBN: 8884910404) hardcover-, 31 x 26 Cms. 270 pages - in French - 115 color plates - a tribute to the remarkable collection of African art gathered by Udo Horstmann and his wife, Wally, featuring sculptures, carvings, masks and household utensils from 18 African countries, chosen for the sheer beauty of their form rather than utilitarian or other considerations - intro. by Wally and Udo Horstmann - essays by Ezio Bassani, Patrick McNaughton and Michael BockenmÃ¼hl on the collection and the use and the power of form - plates - bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 006536 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BASSANI, EZIO ET AL Masters of African Art - forms and Styles - Eighty-four Sculptures from the Horstmann Collection Mendrisio, Switzerland, Mendrisio Museo D'Arte. 2007. (ISBN: 9788885186354) Wrappers-, 26 x 20 Cms. 150 pages - in Italian and English - 84 color illustrations and 28 b/w figs. - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Museo d'Arte in Mendrisio, Switzerland, of 84 sculptures from the Horstmann Collection - essays by Ezio Bassani and Simone Soldini - also: ethnic groups, description of ethnic groups and bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 009155 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BASSANI E. ET AL Power of Form (The) Milano, Italy, Skira. 2002. (ISBN: 8881189704) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 271 pages - in English - 115 full-page illustrations with detailed descriptions of the Horstmann high-quality collection of African art (sculptures, masks, figures, household objects, weapons) formed over the course of 30 years - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 133.00 [Appr.: EURO 88 US$ 130.61 \| £UK 78.5 \| JP¥ 11615] Book number: 001399 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BECKWITH C./VAN OFFELEN M. Nomads of Niger New York, Harry Abrams. 1993. (ISBN: 0810981254) Cloth-, 33.5 x 26 cms. 224 pages - in English - 144 color illustrations, 30 line drawings and a map - photography by Carol Beckwith - an account of 18 months spent among a family of the Wodaabe, a nomadic people of Niger. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 008152 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BOUTTIAUX, ANNE-MARIE ET AL African Costumes and Textiles Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2008. (ISBN: 9788874394760) pictorial hardcover-, 31 x 25 Cms. 320 pages - in English - over 250 color illustrations - photography by Mauro Magliani - a description of the historical and modern costumes from all regions of Africa from the Berbers to the Zulus in the Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection - preface by noted ethnologist John Mack - essays by two museum curators and an art historian - glossary, map and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 US$ 137.48 \| £UK 82.5 \| JP¥ 12226] Book number: 009213 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COLLEYN, JEAN-PAUL / DIAWARA, MANTHIA Mali Kow - Un Monde Fait De Tous Les Mondes Montpellier, France, IndigÃ¨ne. 2001. (ISBN: 2911939352) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" Tall Oblong. 127 pages - text in French - essay published at the occasion of an exhibition at the Parc de la Villette and the Museum of Natural History in Lyon in 2002 - the Mali, rich of a long story is bringing together a large number of diverse ethnies and 23 different languages and dialects - this book is about the Mali, its culture, its diaspora, but also how it goes through progress, tourism and modernism with being in the same time one of the poorest countries in the world - dialog between Colleyn, ethnologist and Diawara, writer from Mali - illustrated by numerous color and b/w photographs by Catherine de Clippel. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.32 \| £UK 22.5 \| JP¥ 3319] Book number: 002019 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COMAROFF, JOHN L. ET AL African Photographs of Isaac Schapera (The) Chicago, USA, University of Chicago Press. 2007. (ISBN: 9780226114118) Cloth-, 25 x 22 cms. 224 pages - in English - around 150 duotone plates - photographs of colonial Africa by South African social anthropologist Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) - various essays on Schapera's life, times, field investigations and more - African images of villages, domestic scenes,, portraits, children, initiation rites, production works, a rainmaker, the public sphere and more - notes to the photographs and index. New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 108.02 \| £UK 65 \| JP¥ 9606] Book number: 006857 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONRU, KEVIN ET AL Art De l'Afrique Du Sud-Est Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2002. (ISBN: 887439005X) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 223 pages - in French - an interesting text and study of the region with photographs - an important and rare book on South-Eastern African art assembling sculptures, jewelry and objects with 113 full-page color illustrations and explanatory notes - map - bibliography - See book Id. 001827 for the English version. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 103.11 \| £UK 62 \| JP¥ 9170] Book number: 001824 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CONRU, KEVIN ET AL Art of Southeast Africa (The) Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2002. (ISBN: 8874390017) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 223 pages - in English - an interesting text and study of the region with photographs - an important and rare book on Southeastern African art assembling sculptures, jewelry and objects with 113 full-page color illustrations and explanatory notes - map - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.5 US$ 103.11 \| £UK 62 \| JP¥ 9170] Book number: 001827 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	COURTNEY-CLARKE, MARGARET African Canvas - the Art of West African Women New York, Rizzoli. 1997. (ISBN: 0847811662) Cloth-, 29 x 29 Cms. 204 pages - in English - over 150 color illustrations - West African traditional mural art photographed by veteran Africa photographer Margaret Courtney-Clarke - foreword by Maya Angelou - compound, painting, motifs, and, interiors - bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 73.65 \| £UK 44.25 \| JP¥ 6550] Book number: 008145 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAGAN, ESTHER A. Tradition in/En Transition - Mother and Child in African Sculpture-Past and Present - La MÃ¨re et L'enfant Dans La Sculpture Africaine-Hier et Aujourd'hui Montreal, Canada, Galerie Amrad African Arts. 1989. (ISBN: 096908140) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Square. 159 pages - in English/French - catalogue of the exhibition organized by Ester Dagan on African sculpture relating to the theme "mother and child" - 213 black/white photographs of sculptures from all over Africa - map - bibliography. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.32 \| £UK 22.5 \| JP¥ 3319] Book number: 001351 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAGAN, ESTHER A. When Art Shares Nature's Gifts - the African Calabash Montreal, Canada, Galerie Amrad African Arts. 1988. (ISBN: 0969308116) softcover-, 28 x 22 Cms. 238 pages - in English and French - around 300 color, duotone and b/w illustrations and figs. - a survey of African calabashes, or gourds, from various parts of Africa - the calabash: the plant, cleaning, cutting, maintenance, repairs, transportation, prices, decoration and adornment - classification: different uses - the representation of the calabash: as symbol, metaphor, title, in folk songs and more - bibliography. New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 006266 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DANTO BARRY, RAHIM Portes d'Afrique Paris, Norma. 1999. (ISBN: 2909283313) Hard Cover - Clothbound, 31,5 x 24 cm. 191 pages - in French - The author, African architect comments and proposes a tour of Africa focalised on the door - From Senegal to Zanzibar through Nigeria valleys, numerous photographs of the doors with their vegetal plasticity, their fragile heritage, their messages and symbols - Notes - Map - Glossary - Bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 004134 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAVISON, PATRICIA ET AL Ubuntu-Arts et Cultures d'Afrique Du Sud Paris, France, RMN. 2002. (ISBN: 271184305X) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 371 pages - in French - catalogue of the 2002 exhibition in Paris - over 200 color photographs of sculptures, jewellery, pottery, weavings, weapons, dolls and clothes with explanatory notes - bibliography - glossary. New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 74.63 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6637] Book number: 001407 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DELLANOY, AGNES Terre Noire - Ousmane Sow et Les Tendances De La Sculpture Africaine Aujourd'hui Paris, France, Somogy. 2007. (ISBN: 978275721237) Wrappers-, 28 x 25 Cms. 144 pages - in French - around 150 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Maurice Denis Museum in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, of works by Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow and 25 other contemporary African artists - essays by various specialists on contemporary African sculpture - catalogue - Frank McEwen (1907-1994) and the emergence of contemporary African art, essay by Olivier Sultan - bibliography. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 008421 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DGHINE-OUSSEIMI, CHAHIDA Alger - Splendeurs Cachees Geneva, Swirzerland, Cent Pages. 2007. (ISBN: 283990215X) , 28 x 28 Cms. Square. Ill.: Jordan, Didier. edition limited to 750 copies - clothbound, with embossed black rectangles and squares - gilt-edged pages - 196 pages - in French - over 150 color illustrations, mostly full-page - photograps by Didier Jordan - a loving tribute to three centuries of Turkish-influenced history in city of Algiers, its palaces, mosques, gardens and secret places by Algerian author and poetess Chahida Dghine-Ousseimi - poems and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 119 US$ 176.76 \| £UK 106 \| JP¥ 15720] Book number: 006173 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DIAKONOFF, SERGE Ame De l'Afrique (L') Geneva / Paris, Georges Naef/Editions De l'Amateur. 2006, 2nd Edition Expanded. (ISBN: 9782831304076) Wrappers, 32 x 27 Cm. Ill.: Andre Longchamp. 376 pages - in French - over 320 color illustrations, incl. many full-page - Serge Diakonoff (b.1933), painter, photograph, artist and collector spent over 50 years travelling through Africa and elsewhere to gather over 900 African masks and sculptures - Diakonoff and 4 assistants describe masks, sculptures and objects from over 150 ethnic groups from 19 African countries - Foreword by Jacques Hainard - List of collectors - Bibliography - photographs by AndrÃ© Longchamp. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 004731 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DREWAL, HENRY JOHN/SCHILDKROUT, ENID Dinastia y Divinidad - Art Ife En Antigua Nigeria Santander, Spain, Fundacion Marcelino Botin. 2009. (ISBN: 9788496655461) Wrappers-, 30 x 24 Cms. 384 pages - in Spanish, with texts in English - 109 color plates and 38 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2009 showing at the Marcelino Botín Foundation in Santander, Spain, of earthenware, metal carvings and other ancient artworks by the Ife people of Nigeria - catalogue - glossary and bibliography - texts in English. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 009518 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUROU, JEAN-MARC Carnet Saharien Paris, Vents De Sable. 1999. (ISBN: 291325201X) Wrappers-, 29 x 31 cms. Oblong. 174 pages - in French - nearly 200 mostly color illustrations - photographs of the Sahara desert and its people by old Africa hand Jean-Marc Durou (b.1951) who spent 25 years criss-crossing the area - preface by French author Raymond Depardon - text by French writer and journalist Sylvain Estibal. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 008141 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ENGLEBERT, VICTOR Wind, Sand & Silence - Travels with Africa's Last Nomads San Francisco, Ca. USA, Chronicle. 1992. (ISBN: 0811800105) Cloth-, 31 x 26 Cms. faintly chipped d.j. spine top - 184 pages - in English - images and accounts of life among African nomadic tribes by Belgian photographer Victor Englebert (b.1933) who spent 26 years travelling with a salt caravan and among the Tuareg, Bororos, Danakils and Turkanas. New-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 008140 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ETIENNE, MARC ET AL Femmes Dans Les Arts d'Afrique Paris, France, Musee Dapper. 2008. (ISBN: 9782915258244) Cloth-, 33 x 25 Cms. 416 pages - in French - around 400 mostly color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2009 showing at the MusÃ©e Dapper in Paris of African objects in which women are represented - essays by 10 specialists on the status of women in different regions of Africa - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 009347 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EVALET, ANDRE De Memelik a Mengistu Geneva, Switzerland, Museum of Ethnography. 1999. (ISBN: 2884570055) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages - in French -numerous b/w photographs, maps of Ethiopia in the early 1900's - memoires of AndrÃ© Evalet (a Swiss national born in Addis Ababa in 1908) who was close to the imperial family and who also was in contact with baatawi's, he was an active and efficient witness of the history of Ethiopia and Erythrea. New -. CHF 43.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.23 \| £UK 25.5 \| JP¥ 3755] Book number: 000103 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FAIK-NZUJI, CLEMENTINE Arts Africains - Signes et Symbols Paris, France, De Boeck Universite. 2000. (ISBN: 2804132919) softcover-, 24.5 x 23 cms. 230 pages - in French - around 100 b/w figs. - un updated and revised reprint of the classic work on the signs and symbols in African art and the thinking behind them. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 008593 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.