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Control and Crisis in Colonial Kenya: The Dialectic of Domination
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Ohio Univ Pr, 1990 Hardcover. Near Fine Binding/Near Fine Dustjacket. No Marks of Any Kind. more information
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The Dialectics of Transformation in Africa
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Palgrave MacMillan Hard Cover. Near Fine Binding/NEAR FINE DUSTJACKET. No Marks of Any Kind. more information
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African Underclass : Urbanisation, Crime and Colonial Order in Dar Es Salaam, 1919-61
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2005 occasional pencil marginalia. Hard Cover. Very Good Binding/Very Good + Dustjacket. Octavo. more information
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HOME IN SOUTH AFRICA
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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Book sold "AS IS." Binding loose but is holding. Pencil scribblings on front endpapers. Rear free endpaper is missing. Part of side edge of front free endpaper cut out affecting the frontispiece on other side. Scribblings on Title Page. Scattered foxing in text. Boards soiled and stained. Rubbed area at middle of front board with small piece of cloth missing. Digital pictures of book available upon request.. Brown Decorated Cloth. Fair Binding/No Jacket. Not an Ex-Library Copy. more information
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AFRICA: Past and Present
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New York: American Tract Society No pencil or ink markings in text. Date at end of preface is 1879. Green cloth binding with green lettering on gilt background. Shelf wear to lower spine. Top of spine is bumped. Corners lightly bumped.. Hardcover. Very Good Binding. Illus. by With Map and Illustrations. more information
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YUTHOK'S TREATISE ON TIBETAN MEDICINE (Sata-Pitaka Series Indo-Asian Literature Volume 72)
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New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture, 1968. Reproduced in original scripts and languages. Translated and annotated and critically evaluated by specialists of the East and West in a series of Collectanea. Quite scarce.. Hardcover. Very Good + Binding. Green Cloth. more information
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African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms
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Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press, 1979 Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Dustjacket slightly soiled. Very small closed tears at top and bottom of dj spine. . Hardcover. Very Good Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF AFRICA (8 Volume Set)
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Cambridge; London; New York; Melbourne; Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Usual library markings along with card holders in the 8 volumes. Shelf id on dustjacket spines. Only non-library marking evident was ink box drawn around information in Index of volume 7 on page 1038. No other markings evident in the 8 volume texts other than library markings. Brown cloth bindings with scotch tape residue on front and rear boards. Light to moderate edgewear to boards. Vol I: From the Earliest Times to c.500 B.C. pub, 1982; Vol II: c.500 B.C. - A.D. 1050 pub. 1986; Vol III: c. 1050 - 1600 pub. 1977; Vol IV: c. 1600 - c. 1790 pub. 1975; Vol V: c. 1790 - c. 1870 pub. 1976; Vol VI: c. 1870 - c. 1905 pub. 1985; Vol VII: 1905 - 1940 pub. 1986; Vol VIII: c. 1940 - c. 1975: pub 1984. Digital pictures of the 8 volume set available upon request.. Hardcover. Very Good Bindings/Very Good Dustjackets. Ex-Library. more information
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HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF CONGO
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Lanham, MD; London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996 No pencil or ink markings in text. Boards clean; binding sound. Grey cloth, gilt lettering. Digital pictures of book available upon request.. Hard Cover. Very Good + Binding/No Jacket. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITION OF MISSIONS AMONG THE SHERBRO AND MENDI TRIBES, IN WESTERN AFRICA
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Dayton, OH: United Brethren Publishing House, 1885 Scarce. No pencil or ink markings in text. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering. Tear at bottom of spine at front board with a small loss of cloth. Bottom corner of front board is bumped and torn with a loss of cloth. Small bump at top of spine. Board lightly soiled. Digital pictures of book available upon request. . Hardcover. Very Good- Binding. Illus. by Illustrations. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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DOMESTIC SLAVERY IN WEST AFRICA: With Particular Reference to the Sierra Leone Protectorate, 1896-1927
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NY: Barnes & Noble, 1975 Hardcover. Very Good + Binding/Very Good + Dustjacket. No Marks of Any Kind. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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Sacred Sites and the Colonial Encounter: A History of Meaning and Memory in Ghana
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Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 2002 Occasional pencil underlining and marginalia. Black cloth binding with gilt letteing on spine. Light shelf-wear to bottom spine.. Hardcover. Very Good + Binding. Illus. by Illustrations. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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Shaping Tradition : Civil Society, Community and Development in Colonial Northern Ghana, 1899-1957
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Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2006 Paperback. Very Good Binding. Wrappers. more information
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FREE RUM ON THE CONGO and What it is Doing There. (Library for Local Unions. No. 2)
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Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association, 1887 No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light edgewear to head and tail of spine. Digital pictures of book available upon request.. Hardcover. Very Good Binding. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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ON THE EDGE OF THE RIFT: Memories of Kenya
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962 Plate of previous owner's dog attached to front paste-down and previous owner's nameplate attached to fep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Cloth and paper-covered boards. Corners bumped. Head of spine very lightly bumped. Light to moderate edgewear to dustjacket with small loss at head of dj spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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Price: $14.00
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THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE (2 Volume Set); Vol I; Vol II
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New York; London: Dodd, Mead & Company; Hutchinson & Co., 1902 Sold as a 2 volume set. No pencil or ink markings in texts of the 2 volume set. Red cloth bindings with gilt lettering on spines. Mylar cut to protect boards. Digital pictures of the 2 volume set available upon request.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Bindings. Illus. by With 506 Illustrations from Drawings and Photograps By the Author and Others; 48 Full-page Coloured Plates By the Author and 9 Maps By J. G. Bartholomew and the Author. Mylar Covers. more information
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The Rescue of Emin Pasha The Story of Henry M Stanley and the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1889
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NY: St. Martin's Press, 1973 First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good + Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. No Marks of Any Kind. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria
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New York: St Martins Press, 2002 Signed and inscribed by author on ffep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Black hardcover with light edgewear at head and tail of spine. Very light edgewear at head and tail of dustjacket spine.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good + Binding/Very Good + Dustjacket. Illus. by Illustrations. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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THE STORY OF THE BARBARY CORSAIRS
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New York; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons; T. Fisher Unwin, 1890 Church library name stamped on front endpapers and previous owner's name written on fep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Green and red decorated cloth binding with green and black lettering. Boards slightly cocked. Moderate edgewear at head and tail of spine.. Hardcover. Very Good Binding. Illus. by Illustrations. Ex-Church Library. more information
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RIVALRIES IN ETHIOPIA
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World Peach Foundation Hardcover. Very Good Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. more information
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Asante Identities: History and Modernity in an African Village, 1850-1950
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Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 2001 binding tight; pencil marginalia (NO ink); . Hard Cover. Very Good Binding. more information
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A SOCIAL SURVEY OF THE AFRICAN POPULATION OF LIVINGSTONE
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Manchester University Press, 1956 No pencil or ink markings in text. Wrappers clean; binding sound.. Wrappers [Paperback]. Very Good + Binding/No Jacket. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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Ethnic Politics in Kenya and Nigeria
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Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: Nova Science Pub Inc, 2001 contents clean and binding sound. Hard Cover. Near Fine Binding. Octavo. more information
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THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN CHIEF
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935 No pencil or ink markings in text. Light edgewear to top spine. Light edgewear to dustjacket.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. Illus. by Eleanor Maroney. Previous Owner's Name. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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Trade and Imperialism in Southern Nigeria: 1881-1916
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Nok Publishers International Hard Cover. Very Good Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. more information
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WHITHER AFRICA?: Racism, Neo-Colonialism, Development Aid
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Zurich: Edition Interfrom AG, 1978 No pencil or ink markings in text. Covers clean. Small bump at bottom corner of front cover, top corner of front cover and top corner of rear cover. Digital pictures of book available upon request.. Wrappers [Paperback]. Very Good + Binding/No Jacket. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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The Nigerian Military and the State
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United Kingdom: I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 1997 pencil marginalia (NO ink or highlighting);. Hard Cover. Very Good Binding. Octavo. more information
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AFRICAN SWITZERLAND
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Cape Town: Juta, 1948 Small chip at top of front panel of the dustjacket. Hardcover. Very Good + Binding/Very Good - Dustjacket. No Marks. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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NUBIAN FARMERS AND ARAB HERDERS IN IRRIGA ED AGRICULTURE IN THE SUDAN: FROM DOMESTIC TO COMMODITY PRODUCTION
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Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1984 Gift note written at top of front free endpaper. No pencil or ink markings in text. Black paper covers. This is a facsimile printed by microfilm/xerography on acid-free paper by University Microfilms International.. Facsimile. Paperback. Very Good + Binding. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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DAVID LIVINGSTONE: Family Letters 1841 - 1856; VOL I: 1841-1848; VOL II: 1849-1856
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1959 Sold as a two volume set. No pencil or ink markings in text of either volume. Dustjackets of both volumes slightly soiled, spines sunned. Digital pictures of books available upon request.. Red Cloth Bindings. Very Good Bindings/Very Good Dustjackets. DJ's protected Mylar Covers. more information
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American Evangelicals in Egypt: Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World) (Hardcover)
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Princeton University Press, 2008 Light stamp on bottom edge "Examination Copy...Not for Resale". Hardcover. Near Fine Binding/Near Fine Dustjacket. No Marking in Text. more information
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THE MOSSI OF THE UPPER VOLTA: The Political Development of a Sudanese People
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Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1964 Previous owner's name written at top of ffep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Beige cloth binding. Large tear at bottom of spine at front board. Moderate to heavy edgewear to dustjacket particularly at head and tail of dj spine. . Hardcover. Very Good - Binding/Good Dustjacket. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. more information
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Price: $12.00
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Vilimani: Labor Migration and Rural Change in Early Colonial Tanzania
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Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2001 Hardcover. Very Good + Binding. No Marks of Any Kind. more information
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Canadian Relations With South Africa: A Diplomatic History
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Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Amer, 1982 Paperback. Near Fine Binding. more information
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SOUTH AFRICAN ODYSSEY: Jewel of the Motherland
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New York: Martin Luther King Fellows Press, 1999 No pencil or ink markings in text. Wrappers clean and binding sound.. Inscribed By Author. Pictorial Wrapper. Very Good + Binding/No Jacket. NOT Ex-Library. more information
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Price: $18.50
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The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Segregation and Apartheid
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Williston, Vermont, U.S.A.: Blackwell Pub, 1994 pencil marginalia else Near Fine condition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Binding. Octavo. more information
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Price: $27.50
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