New York: G. Lane & P.P. Sandford, 1841. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 317 pp, in original blind-stamped cloth. Spine faded, some edgewear, small wormhole at fore edge, moderate foxing throughout. Binding tight, hinges secure. Shaw arrived in Cape Town in 1816 and soon established the first Wesleyan Mission Station..... Item #13094
Andover: Warren F. Draper, 1857. First Edition. Pamphlet, 24 pp, in original sewn wrappers. Author's name and an old ink stamp on the front wrapper, else clean, with a mild vertical crease and light handling wear. Very good. Shedd (1820-1894) was a distinguished Presbyterian theologian and enthusiastic supporter of colonization..... Item #17948
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. ix, 185 pp, with index. Boards soiled with some wear; two pages have 1/2" tear with soiling to facing page; else clean and sound. No dust jacket."This enquiry has partaken as much of the nature of a consultation as..... Item #190
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 272 pp, illustrated with maps and photographs by the author. Slight wear to boards, tight binding, no markings. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has some chipping and short tears. Skolle traveled extensively in..... Item #12602
East London, South Africa: East London Municipality and the South African Railways and Harbours, 1927. Softcover. Very Good. 5.25 x 8.25 in., 53 pp, with b/w illustrations from photograph, maps, in original illustrated wrappers. Light handling wear, slight dampstain visible on upper spine of wrappers only; very good. Promotes East..... Item #2796
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
New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. xvii, 551 pp + 16 (Illustrations) + folding map, with frontispiece, index. Top front corner lightly bumped; else fine. No dust jacket. Stanley worked on the Autobiography for many years, but died before it was completed. According to the DNB, "Stanley's..... Item #957
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd., 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. xxiv, 221 pp + [91] (illustrations), with appendix, itinerary, maps (one folding), index. Boards are lightly rubbed and scuffed; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "The 1934-35 British Museum Expedition to East Africa was organized for the purprose of..... Item #133
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 291 pp, with index, illustrations, and folding map. Original pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Corners bumped, inscription partially erased from front endpaper, all else very good. In his Introduction, the author (an American war correspondent) compares Africa to the..... Item #13356
New York; London: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. Good. Undated, likely first American edition, c. 1929. xix, 609 pp + [25] (illustrations), with index, b/w illustrations from photographs. Author photograph tipped in as frontispiece. Foreword by "Dr. Laws of Livingstonia." Ex-library copy with normal markings, stamps, etc, including call number..... Item #55
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: Paternoster Press, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Uniform edition, Number 4 in the Jungle Doctor series. 121 pp, with 30 illustrations by Harry Swain. Edges of text block dust soiled, otherwise minimal wear. Dust jacket is price-clipped, chipped at the corners. Item #13169
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
New York: Whittlesey House, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xv, 320 pp, with color frontispiece, index, illustrations (from photos and drawings by the author), maps (one folding). Short tear in cloth along rear joint at head of spine, paper cracked over front hinge, occasional penciled lines in the margine;..... Item #181
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a Good+ dust jacket. 351 pp + illustrations from photographs, map endpapers. Very light shelf wear to boards, gift nscription on dedication page; text clean, binding sound. Dust jacket is rubbed along the folds, has tape reinforcement to inside..... Item #2585
London: Edinburgh House Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 144 pp + illustrations front photographs, bibliography, index, folding map of Africa. Light shelf wear, "Colorado Christian Woman's Missionary Society" written on front pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "An effort has been made to let Africans speak..... Item #303
London: Lutterworth Press. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated. 190 pp, in original orange cloth; no dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped, one scuff mark on front board. Internals fine. Foreword by H.S. Keigwin. Chapters on marriage, kinship, coming of age, taboos, religious beliefs and practices, etc. Item #13168
