FRASER, John Foster. The Land of Veiled Women: Some Wanderings in Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco. London: Cassell, 1913. First edition. Cloth, 288pp. Cloth stained and marked, a good working copy only.
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FURLONGE, Geoffrey. The Lands of Barbary. (London): John Murray, (1966). First edition. Cloth, 227pp. Fine in a near fine d/w.
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$100 | Book Number: 33514 | Order / Enquire |
$150 | Book Number: 12601 | Order / Enquire |
$150 | Book Number: 24126 | Order / Enquire |
$125 | Book Number: 11377 | Order / Enquire |
GOTTLIEB, Alma and Philip Graham. Parallel Worlds. An Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa. New York: Crown, (1993). First edition. Cloth backed boards, 324pp. Fine in d/w. The authors visit West Africa.
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GRANT, John Cameron. The Ethiopian. A Narrative of The Society of Human Leopards. New York: Black Hawk Press, 1935. First U.S. edition. Cloth, xvi, 287pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy in d/w with wear and tape repairs to edges but certainly very good. "...the adventures of this Ethiopian Oxford graduate whose contact with a white woman causes him to backslide into the most medieval practises of his race....."
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HAFSA. Desert Winds. New York: Century Co., (1927). First edition. Cloth, 386pp. Spine a bit darkened o/w a fine copy. An account of the authors travels to Algeria. The author paints a picture of the entire North African scene, a historica arena where different races and cultures have met as well as clashed.
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$200 | Book Number: 33485 | Order / Enquire |
$200 | Book Number: 8131 | Order / Enquire |
HOOPER, Charles. Brief Authority. With an Introduction by Alan Paton. London: Collins, 1960. First edition. Cloth, 384pp. Fine in a nice d/w.
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HULME, Kathryn. Arab Interlude By....With Block Print Illustrations by Helene Vogt. Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, (1930). First edition. Cloth, 227pp. Spine faded, some marks on covers o/w very good.
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HUTTON, William. A Voyage To Africa: Including A Narrative of An Embassy To One Of The Interior Kingdoms, In The Year 1820; With Remarks On The Course and Termination of the Niger And Other Principal Rivers In That Country.....Illustrated With Maps and Plates. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. First edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary full calf which have been rebacked in the late 19th century with a calf spine, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather label, (xii), 489pp. Binding a bit rubbed with some wear to the spine ends and corners but still a very good copy with attractive plates. "This valuable work, with public documents. Contains observations made during a journey of eleven years mission to Ashantee, West Africa and four voyages to the Gold Coast, and also contains a small vocabulary of the Fantee language." (Allibone).
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JACK, James. Daybreak In Livingstonia. The Story of The Livingstonia Mission British Central Africa. Revised, With an Introduction by Robert Laws. New York: Fleming H. Revell, nd. (preface dated 1900). Revised edition. 8vo., orig. green pictorial cloth, 371pp. Small red stain on rear cover but still near fine.
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$100 | Book Number: 24121 | Order / Enquire |
JOOS, D.C. Through the Sahara to the Congo. Translated by Isobel and Florence McHugh. London: Blackie, (1961). First edition in English. Cloth, 200pp. Fine in a very good d/w. The author crossed the Sahara from Algiers to Lake Chad via the Hoggar and Northern Nigeria, by bus and car, and on to the Congo, and in telling the story of this unusual journey he gives a vivid and evocative picture of a generally unknown part of the world.
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JUNOD, H.P. Bantu Heritage. Johannesburg: Hortors Limited, nd. (preface dated "1938.") First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, vi, 155pp. Inscription o/w a fine copy. Excellent photographs by A.M. Duggan-Cronin. A comprehensive work on the language, folklore, social organization and customs of the Bantu.
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KENNEDY, R.F. Africana Repository. Notes for a Series of Lectures Given to the Hillbrow Study Centre From March to May 1964. Cape Town: Juta & Company, 1965. First edition. Sm. 4to., cloth, 178pp. A nice copy in d/w with a couple of chips o/w very good. This work contains much information, not easily accessible, but of primary importance to everyone interested in books about South Africa.
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$75 | Book Number: 8673 | Order / Enquire |
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