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
A Exhibition of Documents on Ghana's Constitutional Development. Catalogue. Ghana National Archives, Accra, March 1957. [cover title]
[Accra?]: [1957]. Paperback. 12p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Former owner's name stamp on page 1. Two slips mounted inside back cover adding to the lists of Prints and Portraits on page 12. 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
Okyeame, Vol. 1, No. 1
[Ghana]: (1960). Paperback. 64p. Wrapper. 29cm. Relatively minor edge-wear & browning. This initial issue of this literary magazine was published by The Ghana Society of Writers. The title actually begins with a backward "C" which is usually reproduced as an "O." 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. Voice of Africa, Vol. 1, No. 15 (September 1, 1960). Accra: Editorial Board, African Affairs Committee, 1960. Folded four-page leaflet. 28cm. Text browned. Upper left corner clipped. More
Twii Choir Guide
n.p. 1955. Paperback. 24p. Original wrapper. Stitched. 16cm. Light soil and wear. Unevenly printed. Twi text. Translated by Ven. Revd. Father Michael Abradu Amoah. More
The Aspirations of Our New Nation: Broadcast Talk to the Nation by Lt.-General J. A. Ankrah ... Chairman of the National Liberation Council, Thursday, March 24, 1966. [cover title]
Accra-Tema: Ministry of Information on behalf of the National Liberation Council, n.d. [1966]. Paperback. 7, [1]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Former owner's name stamp on cover. More
Friend to All: Speech by Lt.-Gen. J. A. Ankrah ... Chairman of the N. L. C. to Members of the Diplomatic Corps on 12th March, 1966. [cover title]
Accra-Tema: Ministry of Information on behalf of the National Liberation Council, n.d. [1966]. 5, [1]p. Softcover in original oblong wrapper. 12cm. Former owner's name stamp on cover. More
Our Oblication to Africa: Broadcast Talk by Lt.-General J. A. Ankrah ... Chairman of the National Liberation Council on Wednesday, 25th May, 1966. [cover title]
Accra-Tema: Ministry of Information on behalf of the National Liberation Council, n.d. [1966]. Paperback. 7, [1]p. Softcover in original oblong wrapper. 12cm. Former owner's name stamp on cover. Light stain in lower right corner. More
Unity through Understanding: Speech by the Chairman of the National Liberation Council, Lt.-General J. A. Ankrah, at a Luncheon in Honour of President Tubman of Liberia. [cover title]
[Accra-Tema]: n.d. [1966]. Paperback. 7, [1]p. Folded oblong four-page softcover leaflet. 12cm. Former owner's name stamp on cover. Staining on right and left sides, mostly in margins. More
The Brassman's Secret
Accra: Educational Press and Manufacturers Ltd., (c. 1981). Hardcover. illustrations (by the author), [40]p. Oblong (28 x 25cm.). Light stain along fore-edge of front cover. Evidence of a small price sticker removal from back cover. No Jacket. Children's book. More
Ghana Observed: Essays on the Politics of a West African Republic
Nanchester: Manchester University Press; NY: Africana Publishing Company, (c. 1976). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (map), index, [6], 199p. Original lightly faded green boards. dj. 22cm. More
Mmerehua: Twi Folk Tales
n.p. n.d. Paperback. 125p. Wrapper. 19cm. Cover faded at fold. Twi text (Foreword in English). More
The Downfall of Prempeh: A Diary of Life with the Native Levy in Ashanti 1895-96 ... with a Chapter on the Political and Commercial Position of Ashanti by Sir George Baden-Powell
London: Methuen, 1898. 2nd ed. Hardcover. frontis, map, illustrations, 199p. plus 40p. publisher's advertisements dated February 1898. Original cloth. Gilt figure on front cover. 21cm. Some foxing on endpapers. First published in 1896. More
Ashantee and the Gold Coast: Being a Sketch of History, Social State and Superstitions of the Inhabitants of Those Countries: With a Notice of the State and Prospects of Christianity Among Them
London: John Mason, 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. folding map, xix, 376p. Rebound in old mid-19th century 1/2 leather (marbled boards with dark leather backstrip and corners). 18cm. Joints scuffed. Extremities frayed and rather worn. Paper remnants of an old bookplate or label on endpaper. A few short tears. Contents sound..... More
The Relief of Kumasi
London: Methuen, 1901. 1st Colonial Library edition. Hardcover. 14 photos (including frontis), 2 sketch maps, folding map, xv, 315p. plus publisher's advertisements (3 pages dated March 1901 followed by another Methuen listed containing 39 pages (numbered [1], [9]-47) and [3] pages of advertisements for Methuen's Colonial Library). Original cloth. 20cm..... 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
Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po. By a F.R.G.S.
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, (1970). Hardcover. 2 vols. frontises (folding map in Vol. 2), viii, 303, 295p. Original red cloth. 22cm. No Jackets. A rather uncommon reprint of the 1863 edition. 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
A Bibliography of the Gold Coast
Accra: Printed by the Government Printer, n.d. [1931?]. 1st ed. Hardcover. xix, [5], 393p. Original cloth. 25cm. Mostly light foxing. "From the Library of Vernon McKay" stamped in green on endpaper. Short tear at head of front joint. No jacket (probably as issued). "Issued as a companion volume to the..... More
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Governor Carstensen's Diary 1842-1850. [cover title]
Legon: Institute of African Studies, 1965. 1st ed. Paperback. 69p. Softcover in original wrapper. 33cm. Uneven cover fading. Translated from the diary of the last Danish governor of the Danish establishments in the Gold Coast region of West Africa. More
Declarations and Resolutions, 22nd April, 1958, Parliament House, Accra, Ghana
Accra: Government Printer, (1958). Paperback. 16p. Wrapper. 22cm. Name on cover. More