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| This selection contains 12 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 12 |
 | ANDRIANOS, E.D. 3 Papers on Fishing in Lake Tanganyika: 1. Commercial Purse Seine Fishing on Lake Tanganyika 2. The Introduction of More Efficient Fishing Techniques for the Small-Scale Fisheries of Lake Tanganyika 3. Experimental Beach Seine Fishing on Lake Tanganyika Rome, Italy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1976, Draft Copy. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 193 pages. Black and white photos. Numerous line drawings. Chapters in first paper include: The Evolution of the Fishing Method by Light Attraction; Fishing Unit M.F.V. France (a Greek purse seiner on Lake Tanganyika); The Cycle of Fishing Operations; Landing Facilities at Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania); Fishing Areas in Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania) for Industrial Fishing; Insurance of the Fishing Unit. Chapters in second paper include: Existing Fishing Methods and Gear for Small-Scale Fisheries - Advantages and Limitations; A Small-Scale Seine Fishing Unit; The Cycle of Fishing Operations; The Results obtained from Experimental Unit; Conclusions and Recommendations. Chapters in third paper include: An Outline of the Problem; The Fishing Unit; Seasonal Availability of Fishing Grounds; Choice of Fishing Grounds; The Results of Beach Seine Experimental Fishing; Beach Seining by Local Fishermen; Comparing Catches of BS-2 with Local Fishermen; Prototype Beach Seining Unit; Conclusions and Recommendations plus appendices. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Nice copy. Very Good+/No Jacket. CAD 470.35 [Appr.: EURO 297 US$ 444.95 | £UK 267.5 | JP¥ 39271] Book number: 241a8506 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| DAVENPORT, T.R.H. South Africa : A Modern History - Third Edition Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1989, Third Edition. (ISBN: 0802065740) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 692 pages including index. ".. probably the best one-volume work on the subject yet published" - Marcel Berlins, Times Educational Supplement. Covers the whole range of South African history from the earliest times. Minimal highlighting to text else unmarked. Average wear. Good working copy. Good/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 24101221 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| DOSSIER, PANOS Aids and the Third World - Published in Association with the Norwegian Red Cross Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. New Society Publishers. 1989. (ISBN: 0865711445) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 198 pages including index. Accurately summarizes the latest scientific research, and contains the most up-to-date worldwide statistics on the AIDS epidemic. Covers: the HIV virus and how it causes AIDS; the second AIDS virus HIV-2; the prospects of vaccines and effective treatments; how the virus spreads; and much more. "An authoritative and comprehensive account." - Financial Times, London. Near Fine/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 24107651 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| DWYER, DAISY HILSE Images and Self-Images : Male and Female in Morocco New York, NY, U.S.A. Columbia University Press. 1978, Reprint. (ISBN: 0231043031) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194 pages including index. Answers the question: How does half a population, including many strong and independent-minded persons, come to believe in stereotypes that are self-denigrating? Unmarked. Well-worn. Binding intact. Fair/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 24100092 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| EDGERTON, ROBERT B. Mau Mau - An African Crucible New York, Ballantine Books. 1991, Reprint. (ISBN: 0345369785) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 304 pages including index and extensive references. The extraordinary struggle behind the bloody liberation of Kenya in the 1950s and the British deception that hid the truth from the world. "Important.. Painstakingly researched.. An essential work." - Los Angeles Times Book Review. Light wear. Unmarked. Glossy decorated covers. Contents lightly yellowed. Very Good/No Jacket. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 2869] Book number: 24108879 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
 | KENYATTA, JOMO Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu London, Secker & Warburg. 1938, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former Library Colpy, 339 pages. Glossary. Index. Black and white photographic plates including frontis portrait of author. "One of the first really competent and instructive contributions to African ethnography by a scholar of pure African parentage." - from Introduction. Somewhat above-average external wear. Light blue library binding. Usual library markings to contents. Partial lean to spine. Fair. CAD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 186.25 US$ 279.07 | £UK 167.75 | JP¥ 24631] Book number: 241c6823 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| LEISTNER, G.M.E.; BREYTENBACH, W.J. The Black Worker of South Africa - Communications of the Africa Institute No 26 Pretoria, South Africa, Africa Institute. 1975. (ISBN: 0798300485) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 101 pages including references and select bibliography. An objective appraisal of the position and role of the Black worker in South Africa. Discusses employment and earning patterns, details educational and training facilities available to the Black worker as well as the health, safety and security provided him, as well as industrial relations as they affect the Black worker, including the question of Black trade unions in South Africa. Provides a better understanding of the roots and symptoms of the problems concerning the Black worker by two academicians who have many years of research into labour and other economic problems of South Africa in particular and Africa in general. Book unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket with average wear and rubbing. Number '50' written upon front panel of dust jacket. Very Good/Good. CAD 54.95 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 US$ 51.98 | £UK 31.25 | JP¥ 4588] Book number: 24108990 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
 | THE NEW FINLAND HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY; SCHELSTRAETE, NANCY MATTSON - EDITOR Life in the New Finland Woods: A History of New Finland, Saskatchewan Canada, The New Finland Historical and Heritage Society. 1982. (ISBN: 0888649681) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 314 pages. Decorated endpapers. Black and white illustrations throughout. An excellent history of the development and hardy people of the area. Above-average wear externally. Binding intact. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound reference copy. Fair. CAD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 186.25 US$ 279.07 | £UK 167.75 | JP¥ 24631] Book number: 627a2840 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
 | NWANKWO, ARTHUR AGWUNCHA; IFEJIKA, SAMUEL UDOCHUKWU The Making of a Nation: Biafra - My People Suffer London, C. Hurst & Company. 1969. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 361 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Deals with the events that led from Nigerian independence to the secession of Biafra in 1967. The authors describe many of these events in greater detail than other author's have done, with a wealth of documentation. Their's is the Biafran point of view - the exposition of which is an important object of the book.. Ends with Col. Ojukwu's declaration of Biafran independence and does not attempt to deal with the war situation." - from dust jacket. Light wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Prior owner's name inside front board. Handwritten notes upon back endpaper. Occasional markings throughout contents. A sound clean copy. Good/Good. CAD 136.42 [Appr.: EURO 86.25 US$ 129.05 | £UK 77.75 | JP¥ 11390] Book number: 241a7594 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
 | PAVITT, NIGEL Samburu London, Kyle Cathie Limited. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 1856260437) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Former Library Copy, 223 pages. Magnificent colour photography. "No book on the Samburu has previously been published which combines such meticulous and hitherto unrecorded accounts of fascinating customs and ceremonies with such exceptional illustrations." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Reading Copy/Reading Copy. CAD 199.95 [Appr.: EURO 126.25 US$ 189.15 | £UK 113.75 | JP¥ 16695] Book number: 241c6867 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
 | RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; BROWNJOHN, J. MAXWELL - TRANSLATOR The People of Kau USA, Harper Collins. 1976. (ISBN: 0060135697) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 224 pages. Profusely illustrated with stunning colour photography. "One of the most outstanding film directors and documentary photographers of our time presents us with a volume of text and pictures whose unique documentary and artistic merits and contribution to cultural history make it a worthy successor to her book The Last of the Nuba which deals with the Mesakin Nuba.. Her unforgettable photographic impressions of the life of the People of Kau bear final witness to a primitive tribe which is menaced by the advance of industrial civilization and slowly subsiding into the mists of time." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details upon verso of front free endpaper - this writing has lightly transposed to the half-title page. Moderate wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket. A sound copy of this incredible work. Good/Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 | £UK 85.5 | JP¥ 12520] Book number: 241c7140 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
 | RODNEY, WALTER How Europe Underdeveloped Africa London, Bogle L'Ouverture Publications Ltd. 1988, Second Revised Edition. (ISBN: 0904521508) Soft Cover, 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. Good. CAD 128.38 [Appr.: EURO 81.25 US$ 121.45 | £UK 73 | JP¥ 10719] Book number: 241a7549 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. |
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