Complete Caralogue 1976-77 from East African Literature Bureau
Dar es Salaam [etc.]: East African Literature Bureau, n.d. [1976]. Paperback. 215p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Cover scuffed. Subject and title indexes at end. More
Dar es Salaam [etc.]: East African Literature Bureau, n.d. [1976]. Paperback. 215p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Cover scuffed. Subject and title indexes at end. More
Hampton, Va. Hampton Institute, 1919. Paperback. photos, pp. [97]-160. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Partially unopened. Among the contents: "Care of Negro Workman: A Great Manufacturing Company's Object Lesson," by W. T. B. Williams, Field Agent for the Jeanes and Slater Boards, about the Aluminum Company of American (pp..... More
London: International African Institute, 1967. 1st ed. Paperback. index, folding map, 94p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25 cm. Ethnographic Survey of Africa. East Central Africa. Part 16. INSCRIBED by authur ("To John from T") on front cover. More
New York: Holmes & Meier, (1978). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, x, 278p. Original green hardcover binding. dj. 23cm. More
London: Frank Cass, 1967. Hardcover. 3 maps, xxxvii, iv, [5]-195p. Original green cloth-backed boards. dj. 21 cm. Jacket foxed and rather worn. Reprint of the London first edition of 1864 with the addition of a lengthy new Introduction by Robert O. Collins. Burton included M'Queen's highly partisan and ill-founded attack..... More
London: John Murray, 1859. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, ccxxiv, 464p. plus a folding map at the end of the volume. Old (contemporary?) blue cloth. 22cm. Bookplate (Burke Casari). Endpapers brittle. Mostly modest age-toning on all leaves. Minor splitting along folds on map. Burton had been accompanied on this expedition of..... More
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 1st ed. Hardcover. iv, [5]-195p. Rebound in modern buckram. 19cm. Defective -- lacks all three maps. "Sao Paulo Ry Book Club".stamp in purple in the corbner of a frew text pages. Burton included M'Queen's highly partisan and ill-founded attack on Speke to bolster Burton's efforts to..... More
Paris: Hachette, 1862. 1st ed. in French. Hardcover. woodcut illustrations (including 15 unnumbered full-page plates), 2 maps (1 folding), [6], 719p. Original quarterbinding (green cloth backed in black leather). 24 cm. Cover corner broken (and now reglued). Endpapers discolored. Bookplate. Old name stamp on title-page. Contents sound and clean with..... 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
Dar es Salaam: Government Printer, 1944. 1st ed. Hardcover. diagrams & tables (2 folding), xii, 78p. Original gray cloth. 19 cm. Glue and label remnant inside back cover. No jacket. More
London: Frank Cass, 1971. Hardcover. [12], 361p. Blue cloth. dj. 25cm. Minor foxing on jacket. Former owner's name. Reprint of the original 1945 edition; the 45 folding tables of that edition are reproduced on regular text pages in this Cass reprint. More
London: Lund, Humphries, 1945. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, 45 folding tables, [12], 299p. Original blue cloth. 25cm. Light cover wear. Pencil notes on rear endpaper. No Jacket. More
Nairobi: The Society, n.d. [1970s?]. Really just a card wheel on a wheel (in a tiff envelope). The smaller outer wheel can be rotated to give information about animal longevity, getstation priod, weight and height as well as where (which Parks/Reserves in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) the various animals are..... More
1965. Paperback. 21 [of 22] issues published between 1965 and 1976: Vol. 35, No. 1; Vol. 36, 1-2; Vol. 37, Nos. 1-2; Vol. 38, Nos. 1-2; Vol. 39, No. 1/2 [a single issue]; Vol. 40, Nos. 1-2; Vol. 41, Nos. 1-2; Vol. 42, Nos. 1-2 [the second number is also..... More
1925. Paperback. [167]-192, [233]-263p. Contemporary plain wrapper. 25cm. Cover chipped. Former owner's name. Numerous markings and notes, mostly in red & black pencil. Extracts from the periodical titled Bantu Studies for 1925 and 1926. Kiniramba is spoken by the Iramba peoples in Central Tanzania. More
London. SPCK. Hardcover. 301p. Original cloth. 22cm. Pencil notes on front free endpaper. No jacket. More
London: Longmans, Green, 1912. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, xix, 294p. Blue cloth. Pictorial backstrip and front cover. 22cm. No Jacket. A pleasing copy of an attractive book with an account of travel through the Mediterranean and down the East coast of Africa. More
Ames: Iowa State University Press, (1982). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xii, 151p. dj. 21cm. INSCRIBED by McCarthy. More
Mikkeli: Oswald Interkopio Oy, (2000). Paperback. 79 songs. Not paginated. Pale green wrapper. 30cm. Unsigned gift inscription. Light stain and some rippling in bottom margin. Kiswahili(?) text. More
Dar es Salaam: 1968. Paperback. illustrations, 61p. Wrapper. 19cm. Swahili text. More
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1891. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), illustrations, index, xviii, (1), 597p. Original reddish pictorial cloth. Rebacked with most of original worn backstrip mounted. 22cm. Covers faded, worn and scuffed. Contents sound although lacking the folding map. Translated from the original German by H...... More
Bruxelles: Raymond Dupriez, (1939). Paperback. illustrations (by Paul de Masy), photos, map, index, 146p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Light foxing on a number of pages (mostly plates). No Jacket. INSCRIBED on half-title by Pflieger. Copy #405 of an edition of 510 numbered copies. French text. A wildlife-viewing safari..... More
[1937]. Paperback. Approximately 100 photos. Almost 90% are 11 x 8cm.; the rest are snapshots (6 x 4 cm. or a bit larger). All are pasted down, 4-9 to a page on both sides of 14 album leaves. Amateur photos, generally with Very Good detail. A few photos worn or..... More
London: Oxford University Press, (1967). Hardcover. index, xi, 422p. dj. 22cm. Jacket has scuffing and edge-wear. First published in 1940. More
London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1959. Hardcover. ii, 124p. Cloth. 22cm. Backstrip faded. Former owner's name. A few ink underlinings. No Jacket. Typed letter from the International African Institute to a missionary in Tanganyika about helping him get this book. More