Africa from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Farnborough: Gregg, 1968. Facsimile reprint ed. Hardcover. Near fine (not issued with a jacket). Quarto in polished green cloth; [1], xii, 176, xv, 205 pages, 65 plates, illustrations, 2 maps 23 cm. Reprint of 1st ed., London, Cambridge U.P., 1923-1924. A top-quality facsimile reprint as per usual with Gregg. ¶  Banyankolé (Peuple d'Afrique) Nyankole (African people) Banyankole. Mackie… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. 1st U.S. ed. Hardcover. Fine in fine(-) price-clipped jacket with faint edge-wear, in archival mylar.. Folio in color photo illus jacket; 208 pages: illustrations (some color); 32 cm; bibliographical references (pages 206-207)./ Also issued online. "From 1962 until 1977 Riefenstahl had been living as the first white woman with a special permission… Read more about this item

New York: Horizon Press, 1962. First thus (reprint ed.). Hardcover. A fine set in near fine price-clipped jackets in archival mylar.. Two quarto volume sin jacket; illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Maps on lining papers; index. A very attractive set. "Sir Samuel White Baker, a British explorer, officer, naturalist, and author, etched his name in history with his significant… Read more about this item

Ghana: Ghana Bead Society, 1995. 2nd ed. Paperback. About near fine with minor external wear. Lacks Errata slip.. Octavo in yellow, color illus stapled wraps; viii, 43 pages: b&w illustrations, map; 21 cm; bibliographical references (pages 33-37). Scarce work on African beads in Ghana. / Broderie de perles -- Ghāna. Beadwork. Manners and customs. Ghana -- Social life… Read more about this item

Accra: Woeli Publishing Services, 2011. Paperback. Minor dimpling to wraps; esle tight clean and overal about near fine. See photos.. viii, 105 pages; 22 cm. Scarce item. Collection of the author's writing on contemporary life in Ghana and Africa. Journalism -- Ghana. Media -- Aspect social -- Ghāna. Journalism -- Ghana. Manners and customs. Mass media -- Social… Read more about this item

Scotsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009. 2nd ed. Paperback. Fine.. Small quarto in glossy photo-illus stiff paper wraps; xvi, 231 pages: illustrations; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index. Signed and inscribed by primary author. Contents: Dirty politics: South African energy -- Interrogating nuclear and renewable energy -- Low-hanging fruit always rots first: observations from South… Read more about this item

Johannesburg: J. Ball, 2002. Paperback. About good condition with several notes in ink throughout; some underlining and general wear to exterior. Please see photos. Uncommon in the US.. Large octavo in color illsu glossy stiff paper wraps; 359 pages: genealogical table, map; 22 cm. South African fiction (English) -- Translations from Afrikaans. Afrikaans fiction -- Translations into English.… Read more about this item

Camden, SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Reprint of the 1867 ed. published by Macmillan, London. Hardcover. Fine with bit of foxing to gilted fore-edge. Please see photos.. Quarto in brown faux leather, gilt stamped and ornamented boards; AEG; marbled endpapers; xxii, 606 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. Folding map at rear. A very nice copy of this classic. /… Read more about this item

[Luanda] Angola: Edicoes DIP, 1985. Hardcover. Near fine thus, with pervious owner name hand-writen in ink and scribbled out, also in ink, to front free enedpaper; in a very good jacket.. Folio in illus jacket; 237 pages: color illustrations; 30 cm. In English, French, and Portuguese. Many worthwhile color photos of Angola from the 1980 and 70s. Uncommon… Read more about this item

Johannesburg: African Music Society, 1948. Hardcover. Very gentle fraying wear to spine head, extremely mild fraying wear to spine foot, sunned spine, very gentle rubbing to corners, light spotting and soiling to fore-edges, pale soiling to boards and front free endpaper, tight binding, bright pages, else very good(+).. Large black octavo, xi, 121 pages, b&w illustrations, 25 cm.… Read more about this item

London: Ethnographica, 1982. Paperback. Very neat red pen ruler-guided underlining throughout; else a near fine copy thus, with no other signs of wear aside from a very wee bit of edge-rubbing.. Oblong quarto in off-white color photo illus glossy paper wraps; 125p., b&w photos throughout, bibliog., glossary, index;; 21 x 23 cm. Scarce. Only volume 1: Folk practice… Read more about this item

[Washington, DC]: Cuban American National Foundation, 1986. Paperback. Fine with institutional library stamp to front wrap (no other markings). Octavo in red and green illus stapled stiff wraps; 22 pages; 23 cm., bibliographical references. Series: The Cuban American National Foundation, number 17. Contents: Castro takes aim at the United States; Soviet-Cuban cooperation in the Third World; Cuban involvement… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1955. First edition presumed (no subsequent printing or editions noted). Hardcover. Very good with very light foxing to endpapers and extremely light foxing to top board edges only; in an about very good(-) to good(+) partly chipped and worn jacket now housed in mylar acetate. Small price sticker to secondary front free endpaper verso.. Octavo in… Read more about this item

Nairobi, Kenya: Camerapix Publishers International ; Ethiopian Tourist Trading Enterprise, 2013. Revised fifith edition. Paperback. Fine with faintest treaces of edge-wear to wrapper to corners.. Small folio in color illus (predominantly) purple coated wraps; 213 pages: color illustrations, color map; 30 cm. A very well realized work with many quality, color photos and a highly interesting, infomrative text.… Read more about this item

Cape Town; Oxford; New York: David Philip Publishers; James Currey Publishers; St. Martin's Press, 1997. Second edition. Paperback. Near fine(-) copy with light wear to edges and corners; small chip to head of spine; very small yellow stain to foreedge of first half of pages (very minor); else tight copy; wrappers are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and… Read more about this item

Paris: Richard-Masse, 1972. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A fine crisp unopened copy. Tan quarto; 152 p, music, 26 cm. In French // Music -- Africa -- Congresses -- France.

London: Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Mint, new in a new slipcase in unopened plastic seal. Quarto in an orange slipcase (tan spine); 276 p: illus; 26 cm. Africa, West -- Description and travel -- Literature.

Zanzibar: Gallery Publications, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. Tight copy, very small 1/8 inch bump to spine and very minor dents to top edge, else near fine (-) to very good (+). Light tan octavo; 154 p: illus; 22 cm. Swahili -- Speaking peoples -- Folklore -- Tales -- Africa, East.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1987. 1st American edition. Hardcover. A crisp fine clean copy, faint rubbing to DJ spine else near fine in archival mylar sleeve. Quarto in a tan DJ; 223 p.: color illus; 26 cm. Aeronautics in medicine -- Kenya -- Africa -- Medicine Doctor -- Culture -- Biography. Aviation. Medicine.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Museums, 1997. Gallery Series No. 21. Paperback. A fine crisp copy. Thin red octavo (white back); 12p , 25 cm. Great descriptions of African Art // African -- Sculptures -- Museum - History -- Teel -- Art.