New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a Very Good dust jacket. 257 pp, with author's note. "This book tells the story of the people of South West Africa - a people who have been too long the wards of the international community and who..... Item #185
Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. 84 pp, extensively illustrated, with a lengthy introduction describing the collections. One of 2500 copies printed. Very slight rubbing to the covers. Tightly bound and unmarked. Item #12668
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. 212 pp + illustrations, with map endpapers, index. Light dust soiling to top edge, previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. Dust jacket edgeworn, with a few chips and tears. The..... Item #293
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 352 pp, with 31 illustrations and a colored map. Original burgundy cloth. Endpapers somewhat brittle; occasional foxing, but overall clean and sound. Offers a historical survey of European exploration, trade, and colonization, as well as an assessment of the..... Item #13095
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 270 pp, in original brown and red cloth. No dust jacket. Name stamped on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked, with minimal wear. Binding tight and square. A collection of essays based on "material gathered during a sojourn of many years in..... Item #13735
New York: American Tract Society, 1907. Hardcover. Good. 484 pp, with index, illustrations from photographs, and large folding map. Ex-library, with a call number in black on the spine and a card pocket at rear. No other library markings. Boards have some old insect damage, text has some foxing. Binding..... Item #13742
London: Hakluyt Society, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. xvi, 365 pp + maps (one folding) + illustrations, with index, errata slip tipped in on half-title, editor's compliments sheet laid in. Lightly bumped corners, else fine. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, with two small (less..... Item #1903
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a good dust jacket. 299 pp. Lightly bumped corners, offsetting from tape to endpapers, ownership signature on half-title; text clean. Dust jacket shows shelf wear, with chips to corners and spine ends and a few internal repairs, and..... Item #2663
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: Frank Cass and Co., Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint of the first edition of 1788. Bound in red cloth with black spine label, with clear protective cover as issued. 183 pp, with one folding map and one folding plate. Mild sunning to upper front board, else fine. Item #12996
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 244 pp, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Some dust soil to top edge, otherwise clean, tight, unmarked. Dust jacket is price-clipped; else minimal wear. In 1946, the author acted as spokesperson for the Tekyiman..... Item #13307
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. Very good. Undated, copyright 1908. Second Edition. 380 pp + [16] (illustrations), with publisher's catalogue. Light general wear to boards; some small tears (1/4") on a few pages; else clean and sound. Inscribed (but not signed) "Compliments of the author" on the front..... Item #143
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
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
New York: Abercrombie & Fitch, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Abercrombie & Fitch Library. xix, 455 pp + folding map, with illustrations, index. Very light wear to edges; else fine. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1898 Rowland Ward edition. This volume is "the account of an ivory-hunting expedition in the..... Item #2107
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
London: Frank Cass and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi, 184 pp, with folding map. Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1790. Corners bumped, spine slightly sunned. Binding tight, contents clean. Item #13234
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. 370 pp + [illustrations], with frontispiece, maps, index. "This major document on the history of the United Nations and of Africa is the personal story of the Irish diplomat who resigned from his high..... Item #177
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: E.P. Dutton, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. 489 pp, illustrated, indexed, 5 maps. Black boards stamped in gilt. Spine lettering faded but legible. No dust jacket. Binding sound, text unmarked. Translated from the Polish. Item #13669
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
London: Constable & Co., 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a good+ dust jacket. pp xii, 240, bound in original red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Spotting to edges of text block, corner missing from one page, otherwise a very nice copy, in the original dust jacket. Jacket is..... Item #21011
