New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First edition. Octavo. Red, gilt-stamped cloth; map endpapers; xiv, 411 pp.; 31 photographs; dust jacket. A biography of the noted taxidermist, inventor, conservationist, big game hunter, and writer, Carl Akeley, by his wife. Many of the specimens he collected can still be seen... More
Paris: Éditions Albert Morancé, 1923. First edition. Original printed wrappers; 75 pp., adverts; 33 plates. A small French language monograph on Egyptian art and covering architecture, sculpture, painting and the minor arts. Wrappers are browned with triangular piece chipped from bottom corner of the front wrapper; minor foxing to a.... More
Somerville, Mass. New England Free Press, n.d. First edition thus. Saddle-stapled wrappers with photograph of Biko to front cover; 17 pp. Reprints two articles by the South African martyr, Steve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness Movement. He died in police custody in 1977. A Very Good copy, although scuffing... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. First edition. Octavo (21.5 cm). Blue cloth stamped in gilt; color illustrated endpapers; xiv, 273 pp.; 26 photographic plates. A memoir of the author's life in central Africa, Tanganyika Territory, in which she hunts big game in the wilds of the African jungle... More
New York: The Africa Fund, [1976]. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo (22 cm). Saddle-stapled blue wrappers printed in black; 45 pp.; 3 maps. A scarce pamphlet on the liberation of Angola by the MPLA. No other copies currently for sale in commerce (July 2016). Faint soiling to rear wrapper; Very Good+. More
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1899. 12mo. Brown cloth boards; xxx, 244 pp. An update on Haggard's first book, "Cetywayo and His White Neighbors" (1881), in which he examines the British's role in the South African Repubic (Transvaal) after its annexation in 1877. He provides a history of the... More
Virginia: [Published by the author?], 1979. First edition. Pamphlet. Octavo (22 cm). Saddle-stapled, photo-illustrated, glossy wrappers; 80 pp.; photographs. The author, a Ghanian who appears to have relocated to Virginia in 1977, explains the workings and significance of four African religious practices: 'vudu' (voodoo); 'afa', an ancient African practice of... More
London: Congo-Africa, 1962. First edition. Octavo. White, saddle-stitched wrappers printed in green; 24 pp.; map; black & white photographs throughout. The author, a British journalist, asserts that the uprising in Angola is the result of American missionaries and outside Communist agitators and argues for the continuance of Portuguese colonialism. Note... More
Richmond, British Columbia: LSM Information Center, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Octavo (22 cm). Perfect-bound; 98 pp.; map, photographs. A comprehensive look at the liberation movement in Portuguese Guinea-Bissau. Organized into two sections: Part 1: Background Documents & Part II: PAIGC 1973-74. The LSM was primarily composed of white intellectuals based... More
London: Knightly Vernon Limited, [1965]. First edition. Saddle-stitched card wrappers; unpaginated [20 pp.] The author, a British lawyer, presents three conclusions regarding Rhodesia in 1965: that it's progressive and dynamic; that its form of government is designed to be increasingly inclusive of the African majority; and that the British government... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. First edition. Octavo. Orange cloth stamped in black; xiv, 338 pp.; 17 illustrations. A collection of essays on Egypt and the Pharaohs from the noted Egyptologist, archaelogist, set designer and novelist, Arthur Weigall. A VG+ copy with some light rubbing to cloth, foxing... More