MCLAREN, J.

A Grammar of the Kaffir Language

London, Longmans, Green. 1906, First Edition. Red Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, xiv, 240 pages. An early study of the grammar of Xhosa. Very Good.

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Book number: 011687

Catalogue: Africa

MEE, JOSIAH

Thomas Champness As I Knew Him

London, Charles H. Kelly. 1906, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, 128 pages, no publication date but presumed 1906. Wear on spine, nice pictorial front cover. Thomas Champness (1832-1905) was a missionary in Sierra Leone. Good.

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Book number: 010805

Catalogue: Africa

MOORE, EINE

Ethiopian processional crosses

Addis Ababa, The Institute of Ethiopian Studies - Haile Sellassie University. 1971, First Edition. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, 80 pages, 65 plates. Very Good.

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Book number: 011930

Catalogue: Africa

RIEFENSTAHL, LENI (TRANSLATED BY J. MAXWELL BROWNJOHN)

The People of Kau

London, Collins. 1978, Reprint. Green Cloth, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book, 224 pages. Second reprint. Old name on front endpaper. This is a photographic monograph on the life of the people of Kau. Leni Riefenstahl spent 16 weeks with the Nuba of Kau in 1975. These people, known as the "South East Nuba", live only 100 miles away from the Mesakin Nuba. Yet, they speak another language, follow different customs, and are very different in character and temperament. Their knife-fights, dances of love and elaborately painted faces and bodies are represented in the book. Very Good.

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Book number: 010516

Catalogue: Africa

RITCHIE, JOHN

Among Wigwams and Kraals: The Story of the Evangelisation of the Red Indians of North America, The Bushmen and Kaffirs of South Africa, and the Wandering Tribes of Bechuanaland, with the stirring life stories of early pioneers and workers there.

Kilmarnock, John Ritchie. 0, First Edition. Red Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book, 103; 104 pages, 2 frontispieces and many text illustrations. No publication date but school prize label on front endpaper is dated 1920. Nice art nouveau decorations on front cover and spine. Two separate books in one volume: "Among the Red Indians: or, the triumphs of the gospel in the land of the wigwam and the tomahawk" and "In the Kraals of South Africa. Peeps at the land of the Kaffir and the Hottentot. A story of gospel labours among the tribes of the desert". Very Good.

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Book number: 008428

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STAGMAN, J.G.

The Geology of the Southern Urungwe District.

Salisbury, 1962, First Edition. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 55. 82 pages plus index, plans, photos, large folding coloured map. Very Good.

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Book number: 5886

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Zimbabwe

STAGMAN, J.G.

Geology of the Country Around Sinoia and Banket Lomagundi District.

Salisbury, 1961, First Edition. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 49. 107 pages plus index, plans, photos, 1 large folding coloured map. Very Good.

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Book number: 5888

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Zimbabwe

STEER, G. L. [GEORGE]

A Date in the Desert.

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1939, First Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 255 pages, maps, b/w plates. A trained observer, after investigating Tunis and Libya on the eve of the war, compares French and Italian colonial policies. Very Good.

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Book number: 6736

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Tunis, Tunisia, Libya, Kairouan, Sfax, Leptis Magna, Dougga, Tripolitania, Egypt, Azizia, Benghazi, Carthage, Cyrenaica, Foum Tatahouine, Gabes, Ghadames, Homs, Jebel Nefusa, Kasserine, the Mareth Line, Mussolini, Nalut, Rome, Sheitla, Sufetula, Syrtes, T

STEVICK, EARL W.; MACHIWANA, KINGSTON

Manyika step by step

Cleveland, Transvaal, The Central Mission Press. 1960, First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, 240 pages, old name on front endpaper. The Manyika language is a sub-dialect of the Shona language today spoken in the Zimbabwe-Mozambique areas of South Africa. Very Good.

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Book number: 011676

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TANGYE, H. LINCOLN

In The Torrid Sudan

London, John Murray. 1910, First Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, xii, 300 pages, frontispiece, b/w plates, map (all present). A little wear on covers, old name on front endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 011681

Catalogue: Africa

WATSON, R.L.A.

Geology and Coal Resources of the Country Around Wankie: Southern Rhodesia.

Salisbury, 1960, First Edition. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 48. 57 pages plus index, plans, large folding maps. Very Good.

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Book number: 6436

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Zimbabwe

WORST, B.G.

Geology of the Buhwa Iron Ore Deposits and Adjoining Country: Belingwe District.

Salisbury, 1962, First Edition. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 53. 114 pages plus index, plans, photos, large folding coloured map. Very Good.

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Book number: 5884

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Zimbabwe