Search Results: Africa from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. good/good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Ex-library, with call no. on dj, libray stamps, and remnants of check out label at rear. Name of former owner on flyleaf. 357 p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, endnotes, index. A largely positive, anti-colonial biography of Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi from 1964-1994, popular in the west for his anti-communism, while having numerous opponents arrested, tortured, and killed. He also kept full diplomatic relations with South Africa, which strained his relations wth other African states.

Boulder: Westview Press, 1996. Second printing. Cloth. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear and rubbing to edges of covers with some light scuffing. Slight crease on front and rear inner flaps of dj. Black remainder mark on lower edges of pages. 201 pages with illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. A study of Burkina Faso's history, government, and economy since its independence from France in 1960.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1970. Reprint of a 1920 work. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dust jacket and boards. Name of former owner and date on flyleaf. 374 p. w/ fottnotes, index. A look at the relationship between European states with their policies and commerce and their holdings in Africa. It also looks in turn at how those holdings affect (at the time) European power and policy.

New York, NY: George Braziller, 1979. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 118 p. w/40 color plates, introduction, and commentaries. Includes a brief discussion of talismanic art in Ethiopia.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very Good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Missing the dj. Small spot on page opposite title. 283 p. w/ bibliogaphy, index. A solid survey of this small part of West Africa during the time of the European penetration, colonization, and slave trade. Includes discssion on the 16th c. invading tribal group known as the Manes.

Camden, SC: African Collection series - Briar Patch Press, 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full Red Leather hardcover. Very Good. Thick quarto (oversized book). Gilt design and lettering on spine, similar on cover. All pages edges gilt. Slight shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. Slight scuffing to cover. 352 p. w/illustrations. The account of Cumming's hunting exploits in the Orange River country in the late 1840's.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thick octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Rebound in red library cloth with gilt letting on spine. NOT ex-library. lxv, 587 p. w/2 maps (1 at rear, folding, backed in canvas), frontis, 30 illustrations. Approx. 1/3 of the book is appendices of pertinent and interesting supplementary material to the Journal itself. The Journal covers the dates from 10 Sept. 1884 to 14 Dec. 1884, the last entry Gordon made, though the city did not fall till late the following month.

New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. 368 p. w/ maps, footnotes, bibliographic essay, index. A study of the complex interplay of native cultures, Arab merchants, and colonial British soldier-administrators in the Upper Nile basin.

Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Company, 1964.. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First edition. Very good quarto hardcover with good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and a bit of bumping to the corners of the panels. Back of spine is a bit browned. Dj seems to be a bit larger than the book and has creasing on the top edge. Dj also has a few small tears along the edges and some scuffing. Main problem with the dj is the heavy browning along the spine and lighter browning to the edges. Some foxing to the edges of the pages (mainly the upper edges of the pages). Definite smoky smell to the book. 276 pages with 8 plates, 120 figures/illustrations, notes after each chapter, and index. A scarce work on the archaeology of Western Africa during the Stone Age. There are chapters on: 1. the Chronological Frame, 2. Pluvial Sequence in Africa, 3. Raised Beaches, 4. West African River-Terraces, 5. Soil-Profiles and… Read More

Camden, SC: African Collection series- Briar Patch Press, 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full blue calf hardcover in cloth-bound slipcase. Very Good. Thick octavo (larger than standard size). Gilt design and lettering on spine, likewise on cover. A limited edition of this series, #14 of 500, with better quality leather than in the regular run. All pages edges gilt. Slight shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. Light scuffing to covers. 272 p. w/illustrations. Includes the final chapter missing from the original edition. Finaughty was a muzzle loading hunter of the old school, and was active in the 1860s and 1870s.

1stEd WWI POWs Pamphlets Colonialism Prisoners War German East Africa Military History Great Britain Germany World War One. 1st edition. Very good. Unbound oversize pamphlet. Staplebound. Very slight rust at staples. Folded in half at middle, some wear and browning to cover at crease. Small tear at spine near crease, and at heel. Some smudging to covers. Edges have some wear. 31 pages. Numerous reports from imprisoned British civilians and clergy and some natives on their experiences under German authority. Excellent original though biased source material for the study African colonialism at this time.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Octavo (standard size). Some wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Slight soiling to edges of textblock, more so at top. 250 p. w/charts, notes, bibliography, index. A study of the BaSotho kingdom and its industry and politics in a time of colonialization and upheaval.

Camden, SC: African Collection series - Briar Patch Press, 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full Dark Brown Leather hardcover. Very Good. Thick octavo (a bit larger than standard size). Gilt design and lettering on spine, with gilt lettering on cover. All pages edges gilt. Some shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. 359 p. w/color illustrations, map. A nice reprint of Harris's 4 month expedition in north-east South Africa, with much information on Boers, hunting, and the native peoples. It was frist published in India under the title NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO SOUTHERN AFRICA, then given the current title and re-published in England.