Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Michael Graves-Johnston

Oxford studies in African affairs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990 8vo. xv,316pp. 7 tables, 7 maps, biblio., index, dw. A study of the administration and government of the kingdom of Asante between 1744 and 1873. Previous owner's signature to title page and stamp to end-paper, a very nice copy of the first edition with the dustwrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]

By Capt. John Yardley, D.S.O. With a foreword by Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby. London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1931 8vo. xi,288pp. 27 illustrations on plates, folding map, appendix, index. In 1917 Abyssinian raiders and Turkana tribesmen were invading parts of Northern Kenya. "At Torit Captain Yardley took over command of No. 6 Company of Equatorials. He vividly brings before us the country, the Nile tribes, the game, the climate;..." A little scattered foxing, spine faded and marked, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's orange cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service;… Read More

Alverdens Kunst I. Kobenhavn: Rosendahl & Jorgensens, 1944 Wrpps, 8vo. 64pp. 31 plates, biblio. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Colony of Mauritius. Port Louis: Printed by R. G. Bumstead, Government Printer, 1926 Wrpps, small folio. iv,22pp. map. biblio. On the control and treatment of hookworm. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's dark blue wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

New York: Metropolitan Museum exhibition catalogue, 1979 Wrpps, 4to. 238pp. 16 colour plates, numerous illustrations, map, biblio. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

New York: Metropolitan Museum exhibition catalogue, 1979 Wrpps, 4to. 238pp. 16 colour plates, numerous illustrations, map, biblio. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

New York: Metropolitan Museum exhibition catalogue, 1979 Wrpps, 4to. 238pp. 16 colour plates, numerous illustrations, map, biblio. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Osaka: NHK Service Center, 1997 Wrpps, Roy.4to. 334pp. numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, maps, biblio., dw. With text in Japanese and English. An exhibition to mark the 20th anniversersary of the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka held in Osaka and in the Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]

With a foreword by H. S. Keigwin. London: Lutterworth Press, nd (circa 1950) 8vo. 190pp. chipped dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the chipped dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

including the author's original alphabet as extended by Mr Champollion, with a translation of five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts, by Thomas Young. London: Murray, 1823 8vo. xvi,152pp. hieroglyphic illustrations in the text. The paper spine worn, bound without the 8-page 'Appendix II' on 'Specimens of Hieroglyphics,' at the end of the text, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's boards. [Dawson and Uphill: 312] We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs… Read More

By Lieut H. Yule, Bengal Engineers. London: Offprint of The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society, 1844 Binder's cloth backed marbled boards, 8vo. 21pp. 2 folding lithographed plates. Occasional foxing in the text, a good copy of the first edition. With a signed inscription from the author to Captain Henry Harness dated March 1845. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]