Ballu, Albert

Les Ruines de Timgad: Antique Thamugadi--Sept Annã©Es de Dã©Couvertes (1903-1910)

Paris, Neurdein Freres, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1911. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series compiled by Albert Ballu, Architecte en Chef des Monuments Historiques de L'Algerie. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers including some chipping thereto, but very little to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Light creasing to paper at spine, printed wraps lettered in black and red. Illustrated with 26 plates in the text and three in color and with 19 drawings of architectural plans. French language text. Complete, and with intact tissue guards.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Good

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Book number: 348700

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Keywords: archaeology|Albert Ballu|architecture|history|French history|Thamugadi

Budge, E.A.

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish, with an Account of the Royal Libraries of Nineveh

London, Printed By Order of the Trustees, by Harrison & Sons, Ltd., . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Offprint by the leading Egyptologist of the day, E.A. Budge. Blue printed wrappers, stapled text, crimped corners, sunned and lightly soiled extremities, bookplate inside front flap, quite inventive, from the Hector and Alliot Memorial Library of Archaeology, a gift of the Ruskin Art Club to the Southwest Museum. Lightly and evenly toned interior. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs of the Epic of Gilgamish as told by the Assyrian tablets from Nineveh and their discovery in 1845-1847 and again in 1849-1851 during field seasons there. 58 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Keywords: E.A. Budge Epic of Gilfamish Egyptology

Singer, Caroline and Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge

White Africans and Black

Cape Coast, Methodist Book Depot, 1949. Second Impression. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Stated Second Impression, published in 1949, and with 119 pp. Bound simply in white paper over boards, printed in brown lettering and with brown illustration to bottom right corner. Original publisher's dust jacket present, moderately worns, mildly soiled, with some chipping to extremities, protected in heavy Brodart cover. Duotone endpapers front and rear, and with multiple duotone illustrations throughout to virtually every page. Six full-color plates; these plates and the duotone illustrations were the product "of fourteen months in Africa spent mainly on the West Coast, that district from which the black population of the United States was drawn. Taking no more luggage than we would under ordinary traveling conditions, we moved from port to port and entered the far interior. Such transportation as offered, we used: motor lorries; jungle omnibuses catering only to black passengers; launches; canoes; flat-bottomed river boats; and cargo steamers--nine of these, sailing under six different flags. When there were trains, we rode in them; when none, we trekked. This travel was beset with discomfort and, where sanitation, at its best, is poor, with dangers of tropical plagues. Hotels were few and of the frontier type. We took what shelter we could find. We lodged with missionaries of many nationalities and sects. Traders rented us spare rooms over shops. We occupied Government Rest Houses or, equipped for camping, dwelt alone in Bush villages." [4], 5-119 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 353281

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Keywords: Caroline Singer Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge South Africa White Africans Black Africans

Eldon, Kathy, ed.

The Journey Is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon

New York, Chronicle Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Edited by the mother of this inspiring photojournalist, who crammed more into 22 years than most do in eighty years, a man who traveled to four continents, published a book, took several degrees, made a film, worked as a graphic designer, and who then died violently in Somalia by being stoned to death following a bombing attack there. Edited, with an introduction and final essay (in the form of Acknowledgments) by Kathy Eldon, and with over 200 full-color and black-and-white illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349509

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Keywords: Dan Eldon|journals|Africa|Somalia|Kathy Eldon

Flavin, Martin

Black and White, from the Cape to the Congo

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at the half-title, inscribed to John C. Greedy in 1950 upon release of the book. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Map endpapers front and rear. Illustrated by Paul Whitman, with his plentiful decorations. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and chipped, protected by a plastic coat. A fine and probing, honest account of the author's travels to and throughout South Africa, ZBechuanaland, and the Congo. Martin Archer Flavin (November 2, 1883 – December 27, 1967) was an American playwright and novelist and who won the Harper Prize for 1943 and a Pulitzer Prize for 1944 for a novel and other awards for The Criminal Code, eleven plays on Broadway between 1923 and 1937 in all. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 332 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 357341

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Gide, Andre

Travels in the Congo

New York, Red Seal Books, by Modern Age Books, 1937. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Andre Gide first published his account of his travels throughout Equatorial Africa in 1927, 1928 under the titles Voyage au Congo and Le Retour du Tchad. A rare and wonderful travelogue, a "concise day-to-day record of things seen and felt and experience--the climate, the living conditions, the French and Belgian colonial administration, the life of the natives in the interior, their customs, rituals, dances, and morality. Translated from the French by Dorothy Bussy. Published first in the U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf in 1929, but here for the first time as a Red Seal Book by Modern Age Books. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Moderately toned interior but clean and unmarked. Pictorial black, white and red covers in gate-fold. 305 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 356517

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Keywords: Equatorial Africa Andre Gide French colonialism Congo Belgian Congo

Jewett, S.A.W.

Livingston in Africa: His Explorations and Missionary Labors

Cincinnati, Ohio, Cranston & Stowe, 1869. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in brown cloth over boards, simple blind-stamped ruling to front and rear cover, and with still sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bumping to spine head and foot. Seven black-and-white engravings. No publication date at title page, but 1869 is the listed copyright page for Hitchcock & Walden, this thus being likely an early reprint. 301 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345512

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Keywords: S.A.W. Jewett|travel |exploration|David Livingston|missionary |Christianity|missionizing

Kent, Raymond K.

Early Kingdoms in Madagascar 1500-1700

New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A classic social history of precolonial Madagascar, focusing on the dynastic tribal kingdoms. The publisher's dust jacket has it that "Professor Kent began his detailed research into the precolonial history of Madagascar with the purpose of providing a more balanced historical account than previous accounts had presented. In particular he felt that the amount of investigation into the early kingdoms of Madagascar was insufficient in light of their historical importance. Limiting his endeavor to the period 1500 - 1700, he sought to answer several questions: how, precisely, were the early kingdoms formed; how did they grow; how did they change; why did they change? Product of impressive scholarship, this volume is an important contribution to the study of the Malagasy past as well as a work of considerable interest to students of history and the social sciences engaged in area studies." Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvi +1-336 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 348883

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Keywords: Raymond Kent|Madagascar|Early Kingdoms of Madagascar|African Studies

Kesteloot, Lilyan; Ellen Conroy Kennedy, translator

Black Writers in French

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Temple University Press, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. For a long time the definitive study of Negritude, published first in the same year in French, translated from the original French by Ellen Conroy Kennedy. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in light brown linen cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct black lettering over spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.xxix [2], 3-300 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 348332

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Keywords: Negritude|Lilyan Kesteloot|Ellen Conroy Kennedy|Aime Cesaire|Leopold Senghor|Leon Damas

Carter, Gwendolen M. and Patrick O'Meara

African Independence: The First Twenty-Five Years

, Indiana University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean but for previous owner's ink-stamp and penned name, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, sunned at spine, minimal wear thereto or to rear panel, creasing to upper front panel, else protected by a plastic coat and not price-clipped. Bound in original publisher's red cloth. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii + 364pp. Edited by Patrick O'Meara and Gwendolen M. Carter, and with contributions by them and by Richard L. Sklar, Donald McHenry, Carl Rosberg, Robert Jackson, Donald Rothchild, Kenneth Grundy, J. Gus Liebenow, Michael Lotchie, Goran Hyden, Crawford Young, S.K.B. Asante, Ali Mazrui, John Saul, Immanuel Wallerstein and Hans PanofskyMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 353162

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Keywords: Patrick O'Meara Gwendolen M. Carter Richard L. Sklar Donald McHenry Carl Rosberg Robert Jackson Donald Rothchild Kenneth Grundy J. Gus Liebenow Michael Lotchie Goran Hyden Crawford Young S.K.B. Asante Ali Mazrui John Saul Immanuel Wallerstein Hans Panofsk

Oldroyd, H.

The Horse-Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Ethiopian Region, Volume I: Haematopota and Hippocentrum; Volume II: Tabanus and Related Genera

London, The Trustees of the British Museum, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Handsomely bound set, two of the original three volumes, in dark green buckram cloth, the first volume having been published in 1952 and the second, in 1954. Big, tall, Imperial octavo format, many, many score brilliant black-and-white illustrations and photographs, including at frontis of Volume I. Penned by Principal Scientific Officer, Department of Entomology, the Britism Museum. This was to that point the most thorough publication on this often notorious group of insects, and suffuse with large, detailed illustrations of entire insects and coherent groups of illustrations with emphasis of taxonomically important characters. The volumes include distribution maps, legends and keys. Volume I: ix, 226 pp.; Volume II: x, 341 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 353225

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Keywords: The Horse-Flies of Ethiopia Diptera: Tabanidae Haematopota Hippocentrum Tabanus

Paton, Alan; Abridgement by Dudley C. Lunt

South African Tragedy; the Life and Times of Jan Hofmeyr

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. From the publisher's blurb, "The story of South Africa today is inextricably bound to the life of Jan Hofmeyr. For Hofmeyr represented perhaps the last hope for a liberal policy in government as opposed to the present extremist policies of apartheid. The life of J.H. Hofmeyr had an inner drama that was exciting and unique: there was a strange childhood; a prodigious academic career crowned by a brilliant Oxford record; the principalship of a university at age 24; then the administratorship of the Transvaal at 29; then the political career which makes his biography the story of South Africa today." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Illustrated endpapers (maps of Southern Africa). xii [1], 3-424 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 352929

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Keywords: Alan Paton Jan Hofmeyr South African African Studies

Pinto, Serpa; translated by Alfred Elwes

How I Crossed Africa: From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, Through Unknown Countries; Discovery of the Great Zambesi Affluents, &C

Hartford, Connecticut, R.W. Bliss and Company, 1881. Abridged Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, a still attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy of the one-volume abridged form of the original true First Edition, this being translated by Alfred Elwes. Unbruised tips, lightly soiled paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Burgundy cloth covers, moderately worn and soiled, but still sharp and distinct gilt lettering and illustration to cover, moderate rubbing of gilt lettering and illustration to spine. Bumping to and scuffing of spine head and foot. Some soiling to endpapers, else clean and unmarked but for some penciled notes on final page. Several dozen black-and-white illustrations, collated and complete, nearly two dozen of which that are in color. Fine frontis engraving on wood, tissue-guarded. Comprising Volume I -- The King's Rifle, with: Volume II -- The Coillard Family. A single page of publisher's ads. Lovely map showing the route the author took from Benguella to Durban. Marjor Serpa Pinto was an influential Portuguese traveler, said to have been one of the first Europeans to have traversed the continent of Africa from west to east. xiii [2], 406 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345514

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Keywords: The King's Rifle|The Coillard Family|Major Serpa Pinto|Alfred Elwes|travel|exploration|Africa|Africana

Price, F.D.

The Great Boer War 1899 - 1901: Letters

York, Boer War Books, 1987. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy in facsimile reprint format, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Original publisher's glassine wraps still present, creased and tattered, but having done their job admirably. Fine black-and-white photograph of the author at frontis. Only 100 copies ever printed, and remains quite scarce in the field. Reprint of the 1901 ed., which was published at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Andrew Reid & Company. Plentiful black-and-white plates.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348452

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Keywords: The Boer War|military history|F.D. Price|letters|South Africa|Britain

Radin, Paul, ed.

African Folktales & Sculpture, the Bollingen Series, Volume XXXII

New York, Pantheon Books for Bollingen Foundation, Inc., 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. From the personal library of Dr. Franz Schulze, influential professor of art history and architecture and prior architect himself, who signs his name here neatly. A fine-looking, structurally sound copy of the original, true First Edition, the thirty-second volume in the influential Bollingen Series series of works devoted to art and history, social sciences and humanities, bound handsomely in a heavy oatmeal linen cloth over boards, black cloth-backed, with a gilt and black device to front cover, lettering and devices to spine. Lacking original dust jacket. Folktales of all the major African tribes selected and edited by Paul Radin in collaboration with Elmore Marvel, with Radin's Introduction and then sculptures selected by Jame Johnson Sweeney. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxi [1], 1-353 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 348897

Catalogue: Africana

Keywords: Paul Radin|African Studies|Africana|African folktales|African art history|African sculpture|James Johnson Sweeney