Search Results: Liberia

Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. , 1948. Hardcover. Good condition. 302pp. 22 cm.

Oakland: PM Press, 2019. Paperback. 334p., trade paperback. New and in fine new condition. First novel thriller set amidst civil war in Liberia. Carl is an African American expatriate in love with an idealistic medico who has been kidnapped by child soldiers. The rescuer recruits the aid of a smuggler and a thief.

Berkeley: Human Rights Center; University of California, 2011. 75p., paperback, 11x8.5 inches, very good.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971. xxii, 249p., photo section, first American edition cloth boards in glossy dj, near-fine all around. Not the author's first book on Liberia. Fulbright's 3p intro acknowledges Wilson as a peer; they grew up in the same Arkansas town at the same time and they kept in touch, and JWF relates that Wilson feels this is his best book to date.

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1934. Hardcover. Ex-Library in good condition . 212p., illus.

University Press of America. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1996. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0761803556 . NEW! .

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1978. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. sunned on spine. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1978). Very good<br/><br/> Letters of Peyton and George Skipwith and their families. Peyton was a freed slave from Virginia who lived in Liberia. His brother, George, remained a slave on an Alabama plantation.<br/><br/>

Monrovia, 1967. First. pamphlet. near fine. 44 pages. Slim 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Monrovia: Dept. of Information and Cultural Affairs. April, 1967. Near fine.<br/><br/>

Washington & Covelo, CA: Island Press/Shearwater Books. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Inscribed & Signed by the author on half-title page. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 246 pages. Describes the author and her family's five expeditions to Africa starting with the Belgian Congo in 1960 and ending in 1972-73 with a nine month excursion across southern Africa. A lively and humoured-filled account of the human side of scientific discovery. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Epping: Gower Press, 1972. First. hardcover. very good(-)/very good(-). Illus. 4to, black cloth, d.w. chipped, ex-lib with usual markings. (Epping): Gower Press, (1972).<br/><br/>

Monrovia: Providence Publications, 1968. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Color Illus. by Joseph A. Kolaczek. 78pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Monrovia: Providence Publications, (1968). First Edition. very good<br/><br/> Biography of William V. S. Tubman, former President of Liberia. Inscribed by the author.<br/><br/>

College Park: McGrath Publishing Co. As New with no dust jacket. 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Nearly new except for a few marks on the cover and bumped corners. A reprint of the 1931 original; 290 pages .

Philadelphia: William Stavely, 1838. hardcover. good. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 359pp. 12mo, original brown cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, scattered light foxing. Philadelphia: William Stavely, 1838.<br/><br/> Author was a rector of St. David's Church in Philadelphia and an abolitionist. There are several chapters in favor of the colonization of Liberia.<br/><br/>

Cincinnati: Middleton, Strobridge, & Co, 1859. Portrait. Steel plate engraving. Image measures 5 1/2" x 4"<br/> <br/> Mrs. Ann Wilkins was a notable figure in the history of the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) and its missionary work in Western Africa during the 19th century. She volunteered as a missionary to Liberia in 1837, where she worked as an educator at the White Plains Manual Labor School and at the Liberia Conference Seminary. She also founded the Female Boarding School at Millsburg in 1839. She remained in Liberia until 1856. This portrait was engraved by J.C. Buttre and printed by Middleton, Strobridge, & Co., was published in The Ladies Repository of 1859. In very good condition, with some scattered foxing.<br/> <br/>

Washington: James C. Dunn, 1831. First. pamphlet. good. With an Appendix. Folding map of the coast of the Colony of Liberia with an inset plan of Monrovia. xxvi, 42pp. with continuing text on the back inner and outer wrapper. 8vo, original green pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, light foxing throughout. Washington: George C. Dunn, 1831. First Edition.<br/><br/> The bottom one inch of the map is lacking, with a small loss of the coast line and an eight inch strip by one inch strip of ocean. The bottom one inch of the front wrapper margin is lacking. The first 26 pages which contain the Proceedings are chipped on the bottom margin. Several pages report on the progress being made in the Colony of Liberia. The appendix lists the life members of the Society and the auxiliary colonization societies and their officers.<br/><br/>

Amsterdam: Van Ditmar, 1967. hardcover. fine/very good. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Amsterdam: Van Ditmar, (1967). First Amsterdam Edition. very good<br/><br/> Biography of a President of Liberia by a Liberian citizen. Presentation copy from the author to Mrs. Julie Belafonte. Text in English.<br/><br/>

Philadelphia: Young, 1832. Third. pamphlet. good. Under the Following Heads: The Origin of the Society, Increase of the Coloured Population; Manumission of Slaves in this country... 28pp. 8vo, modern wrappers, lacks maps, light foxing throughout, light dampstain to title page, (Philadelphia): Young, Printer, 1832. Third Edition, Enlarged and Improved.<br/><br/> Two of Mathew Carey's published letters are on Liberia's American colonists and the climate and commerce in Liberia.<br/><br/>

Washington: James C. Dunn, 1833. First. pamphlet. good. With an Appendix. xxi, 40pp. with continuing text on the back inner and outer wrapper. 8vo, original green pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, light foxing and light dampstaining throughout, small amount of chipping to wrappers. Washington: George C. Dunn, 1833. First Edition.<br/><br/> Contains several pages on the current situation of the Society's activities in Liberia. Appendix contains the Constitution of the colony of Liberia and the plan for the civil government of colony of Liberia.<br/><br/>

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1906. hardcover. very good. Two volumes. Illustrated abundantly in black and white and in color -- several fold out maps. xxviii, xvi, 1183 pages. Thick 8vos, green cloth with decorative gilt-stamped spines (light wear and discoloration, page edges spotted). New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1906. Internally clean and tight. A very good set.<br/> <br/> With an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf.<br/> <br/>

Cincinnati: Middleton, Strobridge, & Co, 1859. Portrait. Steel plate engraving. Image measures 5 1/4" x 4"<br/> <br/> Rev. Francis Burns was a notable figure in the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) and its missionary work in Western Africa during the 19th century, being the first Missionary bishop and the first African-American bishop in the church's history. He was sent as a missionary to Liberia in 1834, where he worked to establish and strengthen the church's presence in the region. After briefly returning to New York in 1844, he returned to Liberia where he spent the remainder of his life, being elected bishop in 1858. This portrait was made after an ambrotype by Brady, engraved by J.C. Buttre and printed by Middleton, Strobridge, & Co. It was published in The Ladies Repository of 1859. In very good condition, with some scattered foxing.<br/> <br/>