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1)	BLACK EMPIRES OF THE MIDDLE AGES Aziz, Philippe [ISBN: 2829500040]
	Geneva: Editions Fermi, 1979. 250pp + plates. Translated from French. Gilt-stamped gold & black leatherette. . Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $15.00

2)	MYSTERY OF THE NILE; THE EPIC STORY OF THE FIRST DESCENT OF THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST RIVER Bangs, Richard & Scaturro, Pasquale [ISBN: 0399152628]
	New York: Putnam, 2005. (10)294pp. Photo plates. Clean crisp condition. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $8.95

3)	RULE OF FEAR; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DINGANE KING OF THE ZULU Becker, Peter
	London: Longmans, 1964. (18)283pp. Biblio. References. Indexed. Map. Plates. Light staining along top page edge only. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $14.95

4)	SOUDAN'S SECOND SUNUP Bittinger, Desmond W
	Elgin, IL: Elgin Press, 1938. 254pp. Photos. List of references. A couple ink names in front including Bittingers. Small stain along margins of a few pages not afecting text or cloth. . Cloth Hard Back. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $12.00

5)	KALAHARI Bjerre, Jens
	New York: Hill & Wang, 1960. 227pp. Indexed. Many full-page photos. Dj quite worn along edges. . Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $7.95

6)	CONFESSIONS OF A NEGLECTED AFRICAN DAUGHTER Bosompem, Kwasi [ISBN: 0964935112]
	Silver Spring, MD: PRDC Publishing , 1997. Drawings. Map. INSCRIBED by the author. . Signed by Author. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $7.50

7)	AN AMERICAN FAMILY ON THE AFRICAN FRONTIER; THE BURNHAM FAMILY LETTERS, 1893-1896 Bradford, Mary & Richard, Editors
	Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1993. (28)300pp. Indexed. Photos. . 1st American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $15.00

8)	ROADLESS AREA Brooks, Paul
	New York: Knopf, 1964. (14)260pp. Text drawings. . First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Alaska. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $14.95

9)	THE BOOK OF THE DEAD; AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE CHAPTERS, HYMNS, ETC., OF THE THEBAN RECENSION Budge, E. A. Wallis
	New York: Barnes & Noble, 1951. (206)698pp + numerous plates, & index. From the "Second Edition Revised & Enlarged". Fold-out color plate. Text illustrations. Attractive brown cloth. Dj a bit worn at spine ends but no chips. . Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $49.00

10)	THE BOOK OF THE DEAD; AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE CHAPTERS, HYMNS, ETC., OF THE THEBAN RECENSION Budge, E. A. Wallis
	New York: Barnes & Noble, 1951. (206)698pp + numerous plates, & index. From the "Second Edition Revised & Enlarged". Fold-out color plate. Text illustrations. Attractive brown cloth. Dj a bit worn at spine ends but no chips. . Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $49.00

11)	THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN Carter, Howard [ISBN: 052570101X]
	New York: Excalibur, 1972. 238pp. Indexed. Color and black & white illustrations. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $10.00

12)	PETER AND NANCY IN AFRICA Comfort, Mildred Houghton
	Chicago: Beckley-Cardy Company, 1935. 287pp. Pronouncing vocabulary. Many photos. Color frontispiece. Map endpapers. Pictorial cloth. Blank library label inside front cover. . Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $14.95

13)	AFRICAN ROYAL COURT ART Coquet, Michele [ISBN: 0226115755]
	University of Chicago Press, 1998. (12)181pp. Notes, biblio, index. Wonderfully illustrated with maps & photos thru-out, some in color. Crisp unread condition. . First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $29.00

14)	THE HEART OF THE NGONI; HEROES OF THE AFRICAN KINGDOM OF SEGU Courlander, Harold with Sako, Ousmane [ISBN: 051754637X]
	New York: Crown, 1982. (12)178pp. Map. Reading list. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $10.00

15)	THE TIGER PRINCE; OR, ADVENTURES IN THE WILDS OF ABYSSINIA Dalton, William
	Boston: Roberts Bros, 1865. Several illustrations. 311pp. Original cloth. Lacks front free endpaper. Top of spine slightly frayed. 1/2" corner of 1st contents page chipped off not affecting any text. . Cloth Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $20.00

16)	SWORDS IN THE DESERT Davis, Raymond J
	Minneapolis: Sudan Inland Mission; Wilson Press, 1945. (2)112pp. Photo plates. Spine rubbed with a 1/2 piece missing at the bottom. Ink inscription in front. . 3rd Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $10.00

17)	THE COUNTRY OF THE DWARFS Du Chaillu, Paul
	New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913. 314pp. Full-page illustrations. Decorative cloth. Originally published in 1871.. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $30.00

18)	CROSSING AFRICA BEING THE EXPERIENCES OF A HOME SECRETARY IN PRIMITIVE PARTS OF THE BLACK CONTINENT Dunkelberger, Stella C
	Germantown, Philadelphia, PA: Mission Offices, 1935. 105pp. Indexed. Many photos. Maps. Cover taped at spine ends and at a spot where a 1" piece is missing. Interior good. . Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $10.00

19)	THE NILE Elisofon, Eliot
	New York: Viking Press, 1964. 292pp. Indexed. Profusely illustrated with photos. Fold-out map. Intro by Laurens Van Der Post. Ink gift inscription in front. No other marks. . Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Dust Jacket. Large 4to. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $22.00

20)	THE SWORD AND THE CROSS; TWO MEN AND AN EMPIRE OF SAND Fleming, Fergus [ISBN: 080211752X]
	New York: Grove Press, 2003. (14)349pp. Sources & References. Index. Biblio. Maps. Photo endpages. Clean crisp unmarked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.95

21)	DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT; AN AFRICAN CHILDHOOD Fuller, Alexandra [ISBN: 0375758992]
	New York: Random House, 2003. (10)315pp. Photos. Map. . Soft Cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $4.95

22)	SCRIBBLING THE CAT; TRAVELS WITH AN AFRICAN SOLDIER Fuller, Alexandra [ISBN: 0143035010]
	New York: Penguin Books, 2004. Name stamp in front. . Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $3.00

23)	SAHARA DESERT OF DESTINY Gerster, Georg
	New York: Coward McCann, 1961. (10)302pp. Glossary. Biblio. Index. Photo plates. Map endpages. . First American Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $14.00

24)	TALES TO TELL Gethoi, Mutu Wa [ISBN: 9966498222]
	Marquette, MI: NMU, 1991. (6)90pp. Kenyan author's first published collection.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $15.00

25)	TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN Gilbert, Katharine Stoddert, Editor [ISBN: 0870991566]
	New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976. 175pp. Biblio. Color and black & white illustrations thru-out. Hint of rubbing to corners. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.00

26)	ALBERT SCHWEITZER GENIUS IN THE JUNGLE Gollomb, Joseph
	New York: Vanguard, 1949. 249pp. . 16th Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Religion. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $7.95

27)	THREE EMPIRES OF THE NILE; THE VICTORIAN JIHAD, 1869-1899 Green, Dominic [ISBN: 0743280717]
	New York: Free Press, 2007. (18)328pp. Glossary, notes, biblio, index. Maps. Plates. Clean unread condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.50

28)	BRITON AND BOER IN SOUTH AFRICA Halstead, Murat
	W. E. Scull, 1900. 542pp. Illustrated. A decent copy in original cloth with paste-down on cover though paper is yellowed. . Cloth Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Africa. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $19.00

29)	A GUIDE TO KENYA AND NORTHERN TANZANIA Horrobin, David F
	New York: Scribners, 1971. (100304pp. Indexed. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Maps. Ink name in front. A bit rubbed. . Presumed 1st Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $12.50

30)	TUTANKHAMUN THE UNTOLD STORY Hoving, Thomas [ISBN: 0671243055]
	New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978. 384pp. Sources. Index. Photo plates some in color. Dj a bit worn along the edges. . 7th Printing. Cloth Hard Back. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.95

31)	FOUR YEARS IN PARADISE; SISTERS OF THE HUNT Johnson, Osa [ISBN: 0811731308]
	Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2004. 345pp. Glossary. Index. Photos. Clean & unmarked. . Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.95

32)	THE LIFE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBE; 2 VOLUMES Junod, Henri A
	New Hyde Park: University Books, 1962. (16)559,(4)660pp. Indexed. Glossary. many photos. In a solid slipcase. . Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $29.00

33)	BACKGROUND IN SUNSHINE; MEMORIES OF SOUTH AFRICA Juta, Jan [ISBN: 0684127547]
	New York: Scribners, 1972. (16)302pp. Glossary & biblio. Illustrations.. Presumed 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $7.50

34)	AFRICAN LAUGHTER; FOUR VISITS TO ZIMBABWE Lessing, Doris [ISBN: 0060168544]
	New York: Harper Collins, 1992. (16)442pp. Photo portrait of Lessing on the dj. Unread condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $12.95

35)	FRIENDS OF AFRICA MacKenzie, Jean Kenyon Et Al
	Cambridge MA: Central Committee...Foreign Missions, 1928. (8)250pp. Biblio & index. Photo plates. Color map in front.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $7.50

36)	FRIENDS OF AFRICA MacKenzie, Jean Kenyon, Editor; Various Authors
	Cambridge MA: Central Committee...Foreign Missions, 1928. (8)250pp. Biblio & index. Photo plates. Color map in front.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $7.50

37)	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SCARCE AND RARE BOOKS; BOOKSELLER'S CATALOGS; 9 VOLUMES McBlain, Phil; McBlain Books
	Hamden, CT: McBlain Books. Circa 1990's. Mixed catalogs #129-153, each 100+pp of over 1000 priced items, with indexes.. Soft Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $25.00

38)	THE WHITE NILE Moorehead, Alan
	New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. 385pp. Notes & index. Photo plates. Map.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Good Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.00

39)	THE BLUE NILE Moorehead, Alan
	London: Reprint Society, 1963. (14)304pp. Sources & index. Map & plates.. Reprint. Paper-covered Boards. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $5.00

40)	THE WHITE NILE Moorehead, Alan
	London: Reprint Society, 1962. 390pp. Notes & index. Photo plates. Map.. Reprint. Paper-covered Boards. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $4.50

41)	NO MERCY; A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF THE CONGO O'Hanlon, Redmond [ISBN: 0679406557]
	New York: Knopf, 1998. 462pp. Biblio. Photos. "Withdrawn" stamp on rear endpaper. Library stamp near gutter of front endpaper. No other marks. . 4th Printing. Hard Cover. About Fine/About Fine Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.95

42)	CRY OF THE KALAHARI Owens, Mark & Delia [ISBN: 0395394139]
	Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. (6)341pp. Indexed. References. Map and photos. Very clean with only a hint of rubbing to edges.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $4.95

43)	AFRIKAN SAFARI; AUTOLLA AFRIKAN YMPARI Pankola, Rauno
	Jyvaskylassa: K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtio, 1961. 343pp. Numerous photo plates. In Finnish language. SIGNED by Pankola, with an additional ink inscription. Very scarce. . Signed by Author. Cloth Hard Back. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $75.00

44)	AFRICAN FOLK TALES & SCULPTURE Radin, Paul & Marvel, Elinore; Sweeney, James Johnson
	New York: Pantheon Bollingen Series, 1953. Bollingen Series XXXII. (24)355pp. Indexed. Glossary. Sources. 165 full-page photos. Map. Art Museum bookplate in front. Numbers in ink at bottom of spine. Very clean inside & out. . 2nd Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $95.00

45)	A PEEK INTO MY NIGERIAN DIARY Reim, Celeste
	Author Published, 1997. (12)182pp. Photos. A first-hand account of misguided thinking & actions by "Christian" missionaries. . Soft Cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $19.00

46)	STAFFS OF LIFE; RODS, STAFFS, SCEPTERS AND WANDS FROM THE COUDRON COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART Roberts, Allen F., Editor; Various Authors
	PASALA: University of Iowa, 1994. (6)66pp. Works Cited. Photos in color and black & white thru-out. . Soft Cover. Fine. Square 4to. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $9.50

47)	SCHINDLER'S GUIDE TO CAIRO Schindler, R
	Cairo, Egypt: R. Schindler. Circa 1945. About 160pp with index, photos, maps, and a fold-out map. 3/4" piece of lower spine missing. 1/2" chip in rear cover. Paper yellowed & fragile with small loss of some corners not affecting text. . Soft Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $35.00

48)	DECODING CORPORATE CAMOUFLAGE; U.S. BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR APARTHEID Schmidt, Elizabeth [ISBN: 0897580222]
	Washington DC: Institute For Policy Studies, 1985. (10)127pp. Footnotes. Clean & unmarked. . 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $4.50

49)	BETWEEN THE ELEPHANT'S EYES Scott, Colonel Robert L
	New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. (8)243pp. Text illustrations. Map endpapers. Bookplate inside front endpage not interfering with map. . Presumed 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $19.00

50)	AFRICAN SCULPTURE Segy, Ladislas
	New York: Dover Publications, 1958. 163pp + 2-page map. Photos thru-out. Light pencil underlining. 2 color photos gently taped onto 1st page. . Presumed 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (United States)	Price: $7.00

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