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
Kenya
Kuiyuria nda tikuo guthondeka mwiri
Nairobi: Eagle Press, 1950. Paperback. Translated from the English. 16p. plus (2)p. adverts. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Cover browned. Taanya Ugima-ini - Aim at Healthy Living Series. Kikuyu text. This tract on nutrition is a translation of "Feeding the Body Is More than Filling the Stomach." More
Papers Presented during the First Conference on the Historical Role of Iranians (Shirazis) in the East African Coast, 2nd-3rd February 2001
Nairobi: Cultural Council of the Embassy of I. R. Iran, (2001). Paperback. 175p. Wrapper. 24cm. Edge wear. More
Racial and Communal Tensions in East Africa.
Nairobi: East African Publishing House, (1966). Paperback. 133p. Softcover in original light green wrapper. 23cm. Title inked on top edge of pages. Contemporary African Monographs, No. 3. More
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Uhuru, [No.] 10
Nairobi: Newspread International, n.d. [1974]. Paperback. photos, 46p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Text lightly browned. A few ink markings. At base of front cover: 1963-1973 Kenya's First Decade of Independence. First of four annuals issued 1974-1977 to honor the 10th-13th anniversaries of Kenyan independence. More
Tendi: Six Examples of a Swahili Classical Verse Form with Translations & Notes
New York: Holmes & Meier, (1971). 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. index, viii, 504p. dj. 22cm. Minor wear. More
Mill Reef Diggers' Digest, (July 1966)
1966. Paperback. 29p. Partial original wrapper. 3 rusty staples along left side. 28cm. Cover lightly soiled and chipped (lacking back cover). Contains 1 28-page article with photos titled, "The Cradle of Man at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa and at Olorgesailie, Kenya, East Africa" by Fred Olsen. More
Ostafrikanische Volker Zwischen Mission und Regierung: Referate einer Arbeitskonferenz in Erlangen 16-18. Juni 1982
Erlangen: [1983?]. Paperback. 209p. Wrapper. 21cm. Contributions in German or English. More
Among Swamps and Giants in Equatorial Africa: An Account of Surveys and Adventures in the Southern Sudan and British East Africa
London: C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1902. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, 1 (of 2) folding maps with small tear, photos, index, 354p. Original blue cloth. 22cm. Cover moderatly worn. Lacks map of Land Journey from Nasser to the Uganda Railway which should face page 55. Foxing (mostly light). No jacket. More
With Macdonald in Uganda
Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), photos, folding map, index, xxiv, xiv, 314p. 22cm. No Jacket. Reprint of the London edition of 1903 with the addition of a new Introduction by A. T. Matson. Austin was a Captain on Macdonald's 1897 expedition in Uganda and Kenya and... More
With Macdonald in Uganda
Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), photos, folding map, index, xxiv, xiv, 314p. 22cm. Minor scuffing only. No Jacket.Austin was a Captain on Macdonald's 1897 expedition in Uganda and Kenya and went on to have a successful military career in India and elsewhere. This is a reprint... More
Men of the Trees in The Mahogany Forests of Kenya and Nigeria
New York: Dial Press, 1931. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 283p. Original cloth. 24cm. Backstrip darkened, lightly frayed at ends. Spine lettering indistinct. Bookplate. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Baker. Preceded by the English edition which was titled "The Brotherhood of the Trees." More
Through Central Africa: From East to West
New York: Appleton, 1915. Cherry KeartonL. Hardcover. frontis (color), folding map, photos, index, xviii, 283p. Original green cloth. 25cm. Gilt lettering on backstrip almost completely gone; gilt lettering and decoration on front cover front cover still bright although rulled line around edges dulled at corners. Contents partially unopened and a.... More
Armies and Parties in Africa
New York: Holmes & Meier, (1978). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, x, 278p. Original green hardcover binding. dj. 23cm. More
The Company of Adventurers
London: "East Africa" 1928. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (map), photos, xvi. 318p..Original cloth. dj. 22cm. Jacket has moderate chipping at ends of backstrip and modest chips at ends of folds. Former owner's name on endpaper. Travel and adventure, including elephant shooting in what was then called the Lado Enclave. More
The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1981). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xiii, 196p. dj. 24cm. More
John Boyes King of the Wa-Kikuyu: A True Story of Travel and Adventure in Africa
London: Methuen & Co., (c. 1911). 1st ed. Hardcover. xiii, 13 photos (including frontis), 320p. plus 31p. publisher's catalog dated May 1911. Original red cloth. 23m. Joints reglued where cracked. Endpapers cracked at hinges. Lacks map. INSCRIBED ("en bon souvenir les membres de la mission Xmas 11 L. Bernard") on... More
The East African Home Doctor
Nairobi: The Eagle Press/ East African Literature Bureau, 1957. 1st ed. Paperback. frontis, 149p. Softcover in original wrapper.22 cm. More
A Special Study of Kenyatta's Kenya
New York: American-African Affairs Association, n.d. [Introduction dated 1968]. Paperback. map, 10p. Wrapper. 28cm. Bound (two staples) along the top in a light blue wrapper which had been folded twice horizontally, probably for mailing in a business-size envelope. Chamberlain was a popular and very conservative American journalist who often wrote... More
Through Jungle and Desert: Travels in Eastern Africa
London: Macmillan, 1896. 1st British ed. frontis (portrait), illustrations, 1 (of 2) folding map in pocket, index, xiv, 535p. Recent quarterbinding. 25cm. Some internal soiling and scattered foxing (substantial on frontis). Lacks one of the folding pocket maps ("General View of East Africa"). "Mudie's Select Library" label on the folding... More
Als Naturforscher in Ostafrika: Schilderung einer Expedition zum Mt. Elgon, Rudolfsee, Omo-Fluss
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Erwin Nagele), 1935. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 119p. plus (1)p. folding map. Original beige cloth. dj. 22cm. German text. More
The Game Animals of East Africa
Nairobi: S.P.C.K. and C.M.S. Bookshop, 1944. Paperback. Text illstrations, 35p. Original wrapper. 19cm. Cover has light foxing and wear. More
For Love of Our Culture. [cover title]
[Nairobi?]: n..d. [1974?]. Paperback. 48p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. More
The Luo of Kenya: An Annotated Bibliography
Washington, D.C: Institute for Cross-Cultural Research, (c. 1968). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, iv, index, 164p. Turquoise Cloth. 23cm. No jacket. More
Lillibullero or the Golden Road
Zanzibar: Privately Printed, (1947). 3rd ed. Hardcover. double-page map, xii, 312p. Orioginal cloth. 25cm. Ends of somewhat stained backstrip worn. Other, mostly moderate, wear. Former owner's name. No jacket. More