New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one: 179; 198 pp, plus publisher's ads. Frontispiece of a hippo bathing in the Nile. Original green cloth, with blind-stamped decoration and faded gilt lettering on the spine. Corners and spine ends rubbed, evidence of a bookplate..... Item #13668
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London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 244 pp, with frontispiece, 11 plates, an attractive folding "Sketch Plan of the N.E. Face of the Simen Escarpment," and five full-page maps in the text. Bound in original green cloth. Old dampstain visible at rear joint and on rear..... Item #22453
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. xi, 180 pp, with index and bibliography. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Boards very slightly bowed, else fine. Studies in Religion in Africa No. I. "The aim of this study is to clarify the Ghanaian image of the missionary as..... Item #13071
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970. Hardcover. Near fine. 180 pp, with index and bibliography. Boards very slightly bowed, else fine. No dust jacket. Includes a brief history of Christian missions in Ghana, followed by extensive analysis of 20th century critiques of those missions. Item #21501
New York: Robert Carter, 1843. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Third edition. xii, 406 p, in original cloth backed boards with mounted spine lanel. Cloth chipped at head of spine and along rear joint, boards worn. Binding sound, contents unmarked, other than owner's signature on title..... Item #13337
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xvi, 368 pp, with two maps (one folding) and many illustrations from photographs. Original red cloth boards stamped in gilt and black. Spine slant, slight sunning to upper board, previous owner's name on front..... Item #13051
New York: Neale Publishing Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 708 pp, with 2 maps and many illustrations from photographs. Publisher's blue cloth. Spine toned but legible; clean and tight. In addition to being a Presbyterian missionary, the author was an accomplished linguist and..... Item #13055
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. xiv, 174 pp, with principal dates, index. "Here are chiefs, kings, poor scholars and soldiers. Sir Rex Niven writes of them and of their achievements with the humanity and deep understanding bred..... Item #155
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated, c. 1924. 303 pp, indexed, with 57 photographs and 2 folding maps. Publisher's green cloth shows light general wear; bookplate on front pastedown, one plate and one map loose and laid in. Travel narrative of several months' journey on foot through..... Item #13110
New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Series: Themes in European Expansion: Exploration, Colonization, and the Impact of Empire. 474 pp, indexed. Lists 3089 items. The first attempt to compile a comprehensive bibliography of English and foreign-language pamphlets and books pertaining to British East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika..... Item #13712
New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 316 pp, with frontis portrait, 19 illustrations and 2 maps (1 folding). Green cloth boards with gilt decoration. Spine cocked, brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, else very good. Good served as a Presbyterian missionary in West Africa..... Item #13079
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1972. No Binding. Fine. xxiii, 211 pp, with index, bibliography, maps. One corner bumped, else fine. No dust jacket. Item #13238
Boston: Beacon Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Second edition, enlarged. 214 pp. Clean and tight, with minimal wear to the boards. Dust jacket is edgeworn, chipped at the corners, and has a one inch section missing from the head of the spine. Biography of the..... Item #13676
Philadelphia: Reading and Company, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xv, 278 pp, illustrated with portraits (many of Africans), maps, and a plan. Original dark blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Corners rubbed and bumped, spine ends rubbed. Crease in cloth on front board. Some signatures a bit loose..... Item #11320
New York: Fleming R. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated, but Preface dated 1929. 208 pp + illustrations from photographs, map, frontispiece. "This is just a story! It is not a history, or a survey! It is the 'Log of the Lingua,' the Bible Society's motor that tours East and Central..... Item #183
Gregg Press, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes in one, reprints of the 1923 and 1924 Cambridge editions. 176; 205 pp, with folding maps and illustrations; both volumes indexed. Light dust soil to fore edge, else a fine copy in the original green cloth. No dust jacket. Item #13443
Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard Univeristy Press and Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 351 pp, with bibliography, index, information about authors, illustrations, maps. Upper corners are bumped; light soiling to top edge; else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped, with..... Item #52
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 133 pp + ads, with a gruesome frontis photograph of natives being hanged as spies. Original green cloth with decoration in gilt. Slight rubbing to corners, gift inscription on front free endpaper, mild foxing. A fictional account of the occupation..... Item #12358
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 286 pp, plus one-page glossary of terms used in the "Mahogany" district of West Africa. Corners very slightly bumped, else a fine copy in a clean, priced dust jacket with a few small chips..... Item #13441
New York: Katanga Press, 1916. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. 311 pp, illustrated with b/w plates. Ex-library, with stamps and bookplates on the endpapers, stamps on top and bottom edge. Old tape repair to title page, otherwise sound, with no markings in the text and minimal wear to boards. Introduction by..... Item #13338
London: Methuen & Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxvii, 319 pp, illustrations, 4 maps (two folding). Introduction by George T. Goldie. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and vignette of soldiers on front board. Former mercantile library copy, with bookplate on front pastedown and..... Item #11853
Richmond, VA: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1921. Soft cover. Very Good. 201 pp, with illustrations and map, in original printed wrappers. Spine is sunned and has one chip in the paper at the head of the spine. Binding solid, text unmarked. McCutchan was sent as a missionary to the Congo..... Item #13243
London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii, 623 pp, with 12 maps (2 colored), select bibliography, index. Very light general wear to boards, some offsetting and previous owner's label on endpapers, contents clean, binding sound. No dust jacket. Includes chapters on Dutch occupation, colonization, Parliament and..... Item #1268
London: Frank Cass and Co., Ltd, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Second edition, a reprint of the 1877 edition with a new introduction by A.G. Hopkins. xxii, 355 pp. Boards are bumped at the corners and slightly sunned at the edges, top edge is dust..... Item #13023
London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 285 pp, with index and folding map. Light wear to boards, tight binding, unmarked. No dust jacket. A study of the role of the Gold Coast Legislature in the political life of the colony, based on printed sources available..... Item #13239
