Asemka: A Literary Journal of the University of Cape Coast, No. 6
(September 1989): 1989. Paperback. 97p. Wrapper. 21cm. Labels removed from wrapper. More
Ghana
The Ghana Dance Ensemble
[Legon?]: n.d. [late 1960s?]. photos, 24p. Original wrapper. Oblong 19cm. More
A New Era in Ghana
Accra-Tema: Ministry of Information on behalf of the National Liberation Council, n.d. [late 1966 or a bit later]. Paperback. a few photos, 28p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Former owner's name stamp on cover. Appears to have been issued several months after Nkrumah was removed from office. More
Our Destiny in Our Hands: News Commentaries from Radio Ghana (February 24, 1966)
Accra: Ministry of Information, n.d. [1966?]. Paperback. photos, 26p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Minor rippling. Former owner's name stamp on cover. More
Transactions of the Gold Coast & Togoland Historical Society, Vol. II, Part I (1956)
Achimota, Gold Coast: 1956. Paperback. [4], 52p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. More
Voice of Africa, Vol. 1, No. 15 (September 1, 1960)
Accra: Editorial Board, African Affairs Committee, 1960. Paperback. Folded four-page leaflet. 28 cm. Text browned. Upper left corner clipped on both leaves. More
The Brassman's Secret
Accra: Educational Press and Manufacturers Ltd., (c. 1981). Hardcover. illustrations (by the author), [40]p. Original oblong hard cover binding. (28 x 25 cm.). Light stain along fore-edge of front cover. Slight cover warping. Evidence of small price sticker removal from back cover. No Jacket. Children's book. Asare won the 2015..... More
The Gold Coast Nation and National Consciousness.
Liverpool: D. Marples & Co., 1911. 1st ed. Hardcover. viii, 63p, plus 16 or so blank sheets bound in at end to bulk out this thin item. Rebound in cloth. 20 cm. Ex lib. ("International African Institute" stamps on free front endpaper and title-page. Some ink underlinings. An uncommon item..... More
Mmerehua: Twi Folk Tales
n.p. n.d. Paperback. 125p. Wrapper. 19cm. Cover faded at fold. Twi text (Foreword in English). More
Mission from Cape Coast to Ashantee, with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa
London: John Murray, 1819. 1st ed. Hardcover. 3 maps (1 folding and 1 which is called an "Ichnographical" Sketch), folding facsimile, 6 (of 7) color plates, 1 of which is folding, 5 pages of music (on 3 leaves), viii, [2], 512p. Rebound in new quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in dark..... More
To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 folding maps (frontis map in vol. I detached and now in an envelope attached by its flap to an early blank leaf), xii, 354, 32p. Original red cloth. 19cm, Spines slightly sloped. Cover somewhat soiled. Backstrips darkened (also rubbed at ends)..... More
Croissance demographique et evolution socio-economique en Afrique de l'Ouest: recueil d'articles inedits
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
Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species Humbly Submitted to the Inhabitants of Great britain by Ottobah Cugoano, a Native of Africa.
n.p. n.d. [a typed and undated 20th century -- 1980s? -- reprint of the text of the 1787 edition]. Paperback. iv, 148p. 25cm. Softcover in light blue covers backed in black tape. 25 cm. More
The Akim Abuakwa Handbook. Compiled at the Request of The Hon. Nana Sir Ofori Atta ...
London: Forster Groom & Co., Ltd., 1928. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 127p. Green cloth (original?). 21 cm. Royal Commonwealth Society stamp on title-page as well as the same Society's discard stamp. Modest text browning throughout. Fore-edge ragged on one text leaf. No jacket. An uncommon work by Danquah... More
Gold Coast: Akan Laws and Customs and the Akim Abuakwa Constitution
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1928. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, index, x, 272p. Original blue cloth, lettered in red on backstrip. 22 cm. Modest cover soiling and warping. "Supplied by Scottish Mission Depot" stamped in purple on somewhat foxed title-page. No jacket. More
The Akan Doctrine of God: A Fragment of Gold Coast Ethics and Religion
London and Redhill: Lutterworth Press, (c. 1944). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (a facsimile of the original) plus 7 text illustrations (numbered as Plates II-VIII), xxxvii, 206p. 21 cm. Original blue cloth which has been recased or just pasted dorwn snugly to the backstrip. Ex library (The London Library, 14 St..... More
Broken Myths: News Commentaries from Radio Ghana (March, 1966)
Accra: Ministry of Information, n.d. [1966?]. Paperback. photos, 32p. Softcover in original green wrapper. 23cm. Former owner's name stamp on upper right corner of front cover. Scuffed. Modest staining and wear along top edge. More
Correspondence relating to The National Congress of British West Africa
Godl Coast: Government Press, Accra, n.d. Reprint of the 1920 edition. Paperback. 61p. Softcover in light green wrapper which is backed in dark green binder's tape. 32cm. Appears to be an undated later photocopy of the original 1920 edition. More
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[Five Items on Agriculture published by the Govt. of Gold Coast ]; (1) Dept of Agriculture. The Plant Pests and Diseases Ordinance, 1937. Broadsheet. 26cm.; (2) Dept. of Agriculture. Storage of Cocoa. A Word of Warning and Advice. Broadside. 21cm.; (3) Dept. of Agriculture. Harvesting and Storage of Cocoa. Broadside. 34cm. Later fold. Circular No. 18/1937; (4) The Swollen-Shoot Disease of Cocoa. 8p. No separate wrapper. Reprint of speech by Colonial Secretary in the Legislative Council. Dated August, 1937; and (5) Inspection of Cocoa. Extract from the Report by Mr. F. A. Stockdale ... on His Visit to Nigeria, Gold Coast and Sierra Leone, October, 1935-February, 1936. 19p. Green wrapper. 34cm.
Paperback. Condition varies but all are sound. Rust stains from staples or proximity to staples on adjacent items. More
Report from the Select Committee on the West Coast of Africa; Together with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index.
[London]: Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 1842. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. 4 folding maps (3 in Part I and one in Part II, xxvi, 744, 637p. Contemporary 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Covers intact but rather heavily scuffed and rubbed. Bookplates removed on both front..... More
Money Matters: Instability, Values and Social Payments in the Modern History of West African Communities
Portsmouth: Heinemann; London: James Currey, (c. 1995). Hardcover. index, xiii, 331p. Original green cloth. dj. 23cm. More
Prophet Harris: A Study of an African Prophet and His Mass-Movement in the Ivory Coast and the Gold Coast, 1913-1915
London: Longman, (1971). Hardcover. map, photos, index, xix, 250p. Original black leather. Gilt image on front cover. 22cm. No Jacket. More
Guinea-Worm amongst a Detachment of 2nd West Indian Regiment on the West Coast of Africa
[London: HMSO, 1870]. Paperback. This is an original single leaf of text (pp. 335-336) extracted from the "Army Medical Department Report for the Year 1868" and pressure bound in a modern blue wrapper with a photocopy of a portion of the original title-page mounted on the front. This two page..... More
The Organization of Markets in the North-east of Ghana
[Ghana]: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana; [Evanston]: Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, 1968. Paperback. vi, 57, viii(p.). Wrapper. 25cm. Text printed on one side. Field Notes: Yendi Project, Report No. 6. Interdisciplinary Seminar in Field Methods, Summer 1968. More
Sketch of the Forestry of West Africa: With Particular Reference to its Present Principal Commercial Products
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887. 1st ed. Hardcover. 533p. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 19cm. Minor wear only. Bright copy of an uncommon book. More