South of the Zambesi: Poems from South Africa
London: Abelard-Schuman, (1966). 1st ed. Hardcover. 32p. Hardcover. dj. 22 cm. An important English-speaking South African poet and writer. More
London: Abelard-Schuman, (1966). 1st ed. Hardcover. 32p. Hardcover. dj. 22 cm. An important English-speaking South African poet and writer. More
Capetown: A.A. Balkema, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 40p. Thin, flexible reddish-brown cloth. 19cm. Small indentation on front cover. No Jacket. SIGNED by Butler on title-page and dated "Cradock 9 Feb., 53." More
Johannesburg: Donker, 1989. Hardcover. 205p. dj. 23cm. INSCRIBED by Butler to his brother Jeffrey ("Jeff") and Jeffrey's wife ("Val") and dated Christmas 1989. More
1975. A five inch stack of files containing about 110 letters from Guy to Jeffrey dated between 1965 and 1989 as well as photocopies of many of Jeffrey's letters to Guy over the same period. Also in the files are a few drafts of articles and other items. Condition of..... More
London: Published by Courtesy of the Prevention of Accidents Committee of the Rand Mutual Assurance Co. Ltd by Longmans, Green and Co., (1937). Rand Edition -- also identified on copyright page as Revised edition. Paperback. photos, 96p. Softcover in original wrappers. 22 cm. First and last leaves browned. More
London: Haughton and Co., n.d. [1870s?]. Hardcover. frontis, 58, [1]p. Ofitinal red cloth. 17 cm. Cover soiling and some minor staining.. Spine sloped. A missionary tale set in a small village about 40 miles from Lagos in Nigeria. More
[Uppsala]: 1966. Paperback. XXXII, 286p. Softcover in original wrapper. 32cm. Cover chipping and wear around edges. Contents sound and unopened. Dtudia Ethnographica Upsaliensia, XXV. French text. More
New York: Missionary Research Library, 1972. Paperback. ii, 40p. Wrapper. Stapled. 28cm. Several ink checkmarks. More
New York: The Population Council, (c. 1973). Paperback. index, xiv,1028p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. French text. Includes sections on Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia and Zaire (Congo) in addition to most of the former French colonies in West and Central Africa. More
Yaounde: (1965). 2e edition. Paperback. portrait, map, 42p. Wrapper. 20cm. Minor browning. French text. More
London: Printed for the Author by Pickering & Inglis, n.d. [late 1920s or early 1930s]. Paperback. photos, 39p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm. Cover flap price-clipped. Name stamp on front cover. Missionary item. More
1815. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), folding map, 8 plates (1 folding), xvi, 582p. Later 3/4 leather (marbled boards with large brown leather backstrip and large corners). 21cm. No half-title present. Map uncolored. Front and back covers detached. Trimmed when rebound leaving adequate but narrow margins. Title page discolored in upper right..... More
London: William John Johnson, 1861. 1st English ed. Hardcover. double-page map (tipped in along inner edge of page 12), 116p. Original printed boards, rather crudely rebacked with a strip of black leather. 17cm. Cover partially detached at title-page and also rather scuffed. Rear endpaper splitting along hinge. Large piece gone..... More
New York: Preebles Press, (c. 1975). 1st ed. Hardcover. text followed by uncaptioned full-page photos (many black and white and some color), pages unnumbered. Original green boards. dj. 31cm. Cover corners bumped. Jacket has modest wear. More
Abidjan: Universite d'Abidjan, Institut de Linguistique Applique, (1971). Paperback. 142p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29cm. Text printed on one side. French text. First published in 1968 by the Section Linguistique Appliquee de l'Universite Federale du Cameroun. More
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1912. 1st ed. Paperback. 2 vols. double-page map, 380, 277p. A very worn copy of this uncommon book with all leaves detached. Edges ragged or chipped or creased on numerous leaves. All that remains of the covers for this softcover item are the front covers of both..... More
Lisboa: Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar, 1980. Paperback. folding map, 35p., plus (22) photos & illustrations. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. "Rejected Tozzer Library" stamp on cover. Portuguese text. Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar, Centro de Estudos de Antropologia Cultural, Estudos de Antropologia Cultural, No. 13. More
Nairobi: Oxford University Press, (c. 1969). Paperback. 82p. Wrapper. 19cm. A short play set in a fictional Congo-like country. More
Nairobi: The Eagle Press/ East African Literature Bureau, 1957. 1st ed. Paperback. frontis, 149p. Softcover in original wrapper.22 cm. More
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, (1970). Hardcover. iv, 479p. Cloth. 18cm. No Jacket (as issued). Moderate foxing on page edges. Reprint of the Boston edition of 1852. More
Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1961. Hardcover. photos, index, 127p. dj. 24cm. Jacket chipped. Endpapers slightly browned. More
Lisboa: Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar, 1981. Paperback. 52p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. White sanded area on front cover where a name was removed. Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar, Centro de Estudos de Antropologia Cultural, Estudos de Antropologia Cultural, No. 14. More
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1855. Paperback. 396p. Blue wrapper. 25cm. Backstrip recently replaced with plain off white paper. Front and back covers substantially chipped and recently re-attached--both covers had been heavily reinforced with cellophane tape which is now gone leaving clear evidence of its use over most of the front..... More
Centerton, N.J. Johns Hopkins University, Laboratory of Climatology, 1954. Paperback. 1 of 2 folding maps (laid in), pp. 453-474. Wrapper. 28cm. Name stamp on wrapper and on map. Has the folding map on Africa but lacks a similar one on India. Publications in Climatology, Vol. VII, No. 4. More
Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1890. 1st ed. Hardcover. xv, [8], vii, 391p. Contemporary Portuguese quarterbinding. 23cm. Backstrip worn at ends and wormed. Light marginal stains on last 50 (or so) leaves. "Munger Africana Library" embossed lightly on title-leaf. Portuguese text. At head of title: Expedicao Portugueza ao Muatianvua. More