FARWELL, BYRON

The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918

New York : W. W. Norton, 1986.. First edition. 382 p., illustrated with b/w plates, bibliogr., index HARDCOVER: (Orig.cloth. Name and ex-libris on first endpaper, dust jacket. AS NEW)

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Book number: 200109

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Europe Europa World War I Military Colonial history

FINE PRINTING / ROTH, JEAN-DANIEL

L’ultime voyage de Jean-Daniel Roth. Journal de bord.

Lausanne : Maitres-imprimeurs Max Roth et Carl Sauter, 1949.. Limited edition of 350 : this is number 285 Text printed on heavy paper in two colors, tipped-in real b/w photograph of author, col.map SOFTCOVER: (Original stiff wrpprs with gilt. decor. Jacket (rubbed at edges), all sewn with red cord. VERY GOOD)
¶ This exquisite example of fine printing tells the story of author's very last journey ( by sea from Venice to Durban).

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Book number: 4112

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Indian Ocean fine printing voyages & travel

FISHER, ANGELA

Africa Adorned.

London : Collins, 1987.. Text and Photography by Angela Fisher. 304 p., throughout illustrated in colour and b/w photographs, maps, index, 36,5 x 27,5 cm. . HARDCOVER: (Original gilt lettered brown cloth, ink name fep, nice bookplate. Dustjacket. AS NEW)

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Book number: 200132

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa art photography Sociology Sociological Society

GELABERT SERGE

Reflets d'autrefois.

Ile De La Reunion, 1999.. Architecture et art de vivre à l'île de La Réunion. French and English text. 132 p, colour illustrations on plates, 30 x 24 cm. HARDCOVER: (Or. carton pictorial cover. AS NEW)
¶ Gentilhommières et maisons de colons des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles avec leur mobilier et architecture insulaire. Interior and exterior of colonial mansions.

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Book number: 6452

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Ile De La Reunion Colonial history Architecture

GERVIS, PEARCE

Sierra Leone story

Panther Books, 1956.. First Panther edition 250 p, adverts. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperb.. Missing back cover, else VERY GOOD)
¶ VERY RARE EDITION. Rites performed in secret societies. Primitive medecin

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Book number: 300523

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Sierra Leone voyages & travel medicine secret societies anthropology

GIFFORD, C.

l’Égypte aux Égyptiens.

Geneve : Pfeiffer, 1919.. Deuexieme edit. revue et augmentée. 47 p. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. wrpprs, cover repaired, loosening, ex-lib. Text VERY GOOD)

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Book number: 4136

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Egypt Colonial history Politics

GLAZIER, KENNETH M. (Editor)

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected and Annotated Bibliography, 1964-68

Stanford Univ., Hoover Institution, 1969.. VII + 139 p., index SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperb.. Spine bit shaved . Small stain. VERY GOOD)
¶ VERY RARE and SOUGHT AFTER this famous annotated bibliography

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Book number: 300536

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa books on books south africa anthropology gehraphy history bibliography

GORDON-BROWN, A.

CHRISTOPHER WEBB SMITH

Cape Town : Timmins, 1965.. An Artist at the Cape of Good Hope 1837-1839. First Edition. ADDED: The peoples of southern africa. A 19th century view" by Anna Smith. XII + 82,(10) p., num. (colour) plates, index, 24 x 30 cm. HARDCOVER: (Orig. gilt. buckram with pictor. dust jacket . VERY GOOD)
¶ In this biography a prominent art historian reveals the work of an obscure artist with considerable merit at the Cape. The work includes fine productions of aquarelles of landscapes, buildings, people, birds & plants.

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Book number: 8087

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa south africa art

GORER, GEOFFREY

Africa Dances: A Book About West African Negroes.

London : John Lehmann, 1949.. A new edition (the original was published in 1935), revised, with a new introduction by the author, Dustjacket designed by Keith Vaughan. First edition thus. ADDED the separate table of contents. 254 p,nu. b/w phographs on platers, index SOFTCOVER: (Org. gilt. red cloth with dustjacket bit torn. Name on end paper. VERY GOOD)
¶ This edition is rare and sought after.

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Book number: 8589

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Voyages Travel Music Musical instruments / dances Ethnography Anthropology

GOSNAVE & FALL & GAYE

Sites et monuments en Senegambie : images et esquisses historiques

Dakar, Se?ne?gal : Graphic Art, 1988.. 147p., 60 large col. photographs, 21 x 29 cm. SOFTCOVER: (Orig icol. Wrpprs. VERY GOOD)
¶ RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER history of rich culture of Senegal and Gambia with splendid large col. photographs

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Book number: 300501

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa senegal gambia architecture anthropology & ethnography proto history colonial history

GRAAF, DR. H.J. DE

De Boerenoorlog in oude ansichten. 1st ed.

Zaltbommel : Europese Bibliotheek, 1972.. oblong, 154 afbeeldingen met bijschriften, landkaartje HARDCOVER: (Orig. gebonden in blauw linnen, ruggetje iets verkleuring. ZEER GOED)

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Book number: 2375

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Netherlands Holland Dutch Colonial history Boer War Booerenoorlog political propaganda

HANZELKA, J. & ZIKMUND, M.

Afrika.

Berlin : Volk und Welt, 1959.. Traum und Wirklichkeit. 3 Bände I:301 p.; II :362 p.; III:288 p., ills., fold. col. map, gloss., bibliogr. HARDCOVER: (cl., dust jacket)

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Book number: 1929

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa

HARRER, HEINRICH

Geheimnis Afrika.

Innsbruck : Pinguin-Verlag; Frankfurt/Main : Umschau-Verlag, 1979.. 1. Auflage 152 p.,num. col. photogr. plates, maps, bibliogr., index, 20x28 cm HARDCOVER: (Orig. decor. grey cloth, light shelf wear, else VERY GOOD)
¶ Scarce.

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Book number: 3913

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa photography Voyages Travel

HARTMANN, GÜNTHER

Litjoko. Puppen der Karaja, Brasilien.

Berlin : Museum für Völkerkunde, 1992.. 133 p.with (full-page) col. & b/w ills, bibliogr., 24 x 17cm. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. color illustrated softcover VERY GOOD / AS NEW)
¶ The book features elegant and detailed close-ups of the human figure as depicted in native Brasilean art.

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Book number: 19053

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Ethnography Anthropology Cultural history art Primitieve etnische afrikaanse Kunst ethnic primitive tribal Art primitif ethnique

HENIGE, DAVID P.

The Chronology of Oral Tradition.

Oxford : Clarendon, 1974.. Quest for a Chimera. 265 p., 14 tables, 2 figures, appendices, bibliography, index HARDCOVER: (Orig. Cloth. Gilt spine titles. AS NEW in slightly worn dust-jacket with price corner clipped off)
¶ This scarce edition offers a critical study of the ways in which historical materials, primarily oral cope with such sources to measure the past. The approach -with emphasis on dynastic societies- is comparative.

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Book number: 3767

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa Ethnography Anthropology oral history