Cornell Univerity, 1968. Unknown. 363 pages. This is 'only the second dictionary of the Yao language published' and 'a major soure of reference for the Iu Mien dialect of Thailand and Laos' -- from the editor's introduction. Very good in red printed wrappers (paperback). Spine a touch faded. Clean inside.....
Published on behalf of the Government of Gambia by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1935. Hardcover. 110 pages. A study of the language spoken in West Africa. A very good copy; no dust jacket. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the lightly faded spine.
Finnish Missionary Society, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. Book is a collection of Oshiewambo proverbs, a Bantu language in southwest Africa. Finnish missionaries arrived in the area in 1870 and led to Oshiwambo language in written form. Archer Taylor (1890-1973) was a specialist in American and European folklore, with.....
Oxford University Press, 1947. Hardcover. 251 pages. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. Ex-library with Univeristy of California bookplate on the inside front cover and remnants of a library card holder on the inside back cover. Otherwise very good. No dust jacket.
The Macaulay Company, 1920. Hardcover. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining. Dust jacket is chipped along head and foot of spine and parts of the front cover have been ripped away (presumably from stickers which were not cleanly removed).
Kegan Paul International, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 313 pages. Contains 28 essays. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Kgari Schele II Secondary School, 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 47 pages plus 8 pages of ads. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. School publication including poems and stories by the students, B/W photos, forward by the headmaster, report of club activities. First edition (first printing). Very good in blue illustrated wrappers.....
Harper & Brothers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 331 pages. Illustrations by Paul Whitman. Travel book across Africa and first work of non-fiction by this Broadway playwright and Pulitzer-prize-winning novelist. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in black cloth with white lettering on spine. Dust jacket is tanned at.....
Twowindows Press, 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 45 pages. This story of Gold's trip Biafra originally appeared in Harper's Magazine. Limited edition, 1/1100. Cover art by Satty. Signed by the author on title page. Limited edition, #2/100 copies in flexible leather wrapper. First edition (first printing). A very good copy.....
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1941. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 173 pages. Vol. XIX, No. 1, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Chatto and Windus Ltd, January 1982. Hardcover.
Houghton Mifflin, April 2000. Hardcover. AFRICA IN MY BLOOD is an extraordinary self-portrait in letters of Jane Goodall's early years, from childhood to the publication of IN THE SHADOW OF MAN, revealing this remarkable woman more vividly than anything published before, by her or about her. We see her at.....
Service Geographique, 1954. Map. 34 by 17-1/4 when unfolded. One-sided color road map of the island of Madagascar. With inset maps of the capital city. Uncommon. Very good. Light stain on front panel, not affecting map.
Editorial 'Cultura', 1927. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 59 pages. The Guatemalan poet writes of his experience in Morocco in 1926. The book was recently reprinted in Guatemala and also translated into Polish. OCLC records six copies in three entries. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Pages unopened.....
Oxford University Press, September 1996. Hardcover. On November 10, 1995, the Nigerian military government under General Sani Abacha executed dissident writer Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight other activists, and the international community reacted with outrage. From the Geneva based International Commission of Jurists (who called the executions a criminal act.....
University of Wisconsin Press, (1988). First Edition. Trade Paperback. 524 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Minor edge wear. Inscribed by the author. This is the first comprehensive assessment of the end of slavery in Africa. Editors Suzanne Miers and Richard Roberts, with the.....
University of Capetown Press, 1996. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 383 pages. 9 by 11-1/2 inches. Illustrated through out. An important museum exhibition monograph. *** Skotnes, an art professor and book artist, curated a major exhibition about the San, the 'Bushmen' of South Africa. The intent of the exhibit at the.....
Simon & Schuster/A Touchstone Book, January 1986. Hardcover.
Trischler and Company, [1891]. Hardcover. 176 pages plus ads. Includes a two-page spread design for spoof board game about Henry Morton Stanley, the African explorer. 'Fifteenth thousand.' Probably a second or three printing, undated, but early 1890s. An attractive copy in the publisher's cloth.
Editions Radot, 1927. First Edition. Novelty. 9 by 11 inches. 12 leaves, including 3 pages of text followed by 30 individual poichoirs after watercolors by Mary-Maurin of Senegal and the Sudan. Each illustration is captioned in French with an African proverb. Published in an edition of 250 copies. Uncommon. First.....
Masoandro, (n.d. but ca. 1957?). Trade Paperback. 107 pages. More than 1800 proverbs from Madagascar, in French translation (only). Selected from Ny Ohabola-nny Ntaholo (1918). With much opinionated commentary. This edition is undated, corresponding to one copy in OCLC. Most holdings are for a dated 1957 edition. Whether this is.....
National Literacy Campaign, Department of Public Instruction, 1953. First Edition. Pamphlet. 52 pages. Illustrated with vignettes by Blanche Britte. A collection of proverbs, presented in literal English translation from the oral Kpelle, followed by English explanations. The proverbs were collected in the Formah Chiefdom and originally published in two small.....
Centre IFAN, 1953. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 150 pages. Translated into French by Mourad Teffahi. Folding map at rear. This is the first French edition of an important 1911 work on Mauritanian culture. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Copy 8 of an unspecified number of copies.....
Language Centre, 1966. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 174 pages. Proverbs organized by topic. Proverb in Bemba followed by an English translation. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Bookplate on inside front cover.
Commission de Lenguistique Africaine, 1958. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 828 pages. 2670 proverbs followed by a short index by subject. Mongo is a Bantu language spoken in Congo. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). A large, heavy book.