Glossy black wrappers are rubbed, two faint corner creases. No other defects; contents are excellent. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Exhibition catalog in full color. Dance masks of Zaire. All text is in both English and Danish. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 175 pages. M6 View More...
No defects. Book is As New and unread. No dust jacket, as issued, bound in brown cloth covers with bright gilt titles. . Facsimile reprint of a work originally published in 1885. Treats the 19th century invasion of Madagascar that eventually led Madagascar's becoming a full-fledged French colony. This edition published by Negro Universities Press. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 279 pages. M2 View More...
Spine crease, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Collection Hommes Et Societes Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 310 pages. J4 View More...
No defects. This is a 6-page side-stapled booklet. No publication date but circa 1975. . Provides a precise history of Fomena, a description of the three principal royal houses, a complete listing of the Chiefs of Adansi-Fomena, and the Seating Position for the Ashanti Chiefs. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 6 pages. A1 View More...
No defects, Like New. . This is a 40-page booklet with stiff card covers and printed on coated paper. It contains a lengthy description of the Osun State of Nigeria and the Keynote Address delivered by the Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlolan, at a Conference on Sacred Knowledge, Sacred Power and Performance held in Cambridge Massachussets from March 13-16, 2008. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 40 pages. A4 View More...
Spine of dust jacket is slightly sunned, no other defects, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book spine is slightly rubbed at extremities, no other defects, appears unread. . Handsome book club edition of a classic. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 304 pages. T5 View More...
Page ends are darkened, owner name penned to first endpaper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Paton's second book. This is the true (South African) first edition. A solid copy of the first edition, lacking the dust jacket. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. J3 View More...
Card wraps are creased, a little soiled, corner bump, heavy creasing to spine. First hundred pages or so have instances of erasable pencilled underlining and notations. Binding is tight, remaining pages are clean and unmarked. Not handsome but still readable and remains quite useful. . Text is in French. Scarce. . 1845-1941 Series. Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 630 pages. C5 View More...
Book covers are somewhat worn at extremities, no other defects. Formerly owned by the late Dr. Susan Broadhead Herlin, Tamale Zo-Simli-Naa, of Ghana, and history professor, University of Louisville, and signed by her on the first endpaper. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 238 pages. H1 View More...
Light pencil marks on a few pages, slight bump to upper corner, no other defects. Spine is uncreased, binding is tight. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 377 pages. K4 View More...
A few light pencil marks, mostly checkmarks. No other defects. Bound in stiff paper covers. . Text is in French. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 399 pages. T4 View More...
Dust jacket is rubbed with light wear at extremities, no other defects, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has inscription to former owner written in Portuguese, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Printed on coated paper with an 8-page summary in English. Profusely illustrated in full color. . Susidos Para O Seu Estudio Series. Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 157 pages. C7 View More...
No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Includes a Bibliography, 16 Appendices, Glossary. . African Studies Series. Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 183 pages. E2 View More...
Bound in heavy card covers; covers lightly soiled, spine sunned, some creasing and bumps. Binding is tight, pages are clean with a few instances of pencil or ink marks. . Van Alstein was an 18th century slave captain whose career lasted more than thirty years. The text provides great detail concerning his voyages, based on historical records. Text is in French. . Memoires De L'Institut Francais D'Afrique Noire Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 451 pages. C7 View More...
Dust jacket is rubbed, price-clipped, light edgewear, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Sixteen scholarly papers treat aspects of the general subject. Select bibliography, index. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 730 pages. F2 View More...
Formerly owned by African studies scholar Janet MacGaffey; her elegant signature appears on the half-title page. Scattered light pencil marks in the text. Lacking the dust jacket. . Fourteen papers treat aspects of the general topic. Index. . African Modernization And Development Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 357 pages. K3 View More...
Corner crease to front cover, rubbing to edges of card covers, remainder mark to top page ends. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, spine is not creased. . Sixteen papers address aspects of the general topic, Index. . Westview Special Studies On Africa Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 356 pages. S3 View More...
No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. Bound in blue card covers. . Doctoral dissertation completed at the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 248 pages. M3 View More...
No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Nineteen articles on aspects of the general topic. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 337 pages. T6 View More...
