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.
Kenya
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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."
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....
Armies and Parties in Africa
New York: Holmes & Meier, (1978). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, x, 278p. Original green hardcover binding. dj. 23cm.
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.
The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1981). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xiii, 196p. dj. 24cm.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
For Love of Our Culture. [cover title]
[Nairobi?]: n..d. [1974?]. Paperback. 48p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm.
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.
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.
Kenya
Nairobi: East Africa Tourist Travel Association, 1952. 3rd ed., revised. Paperback. photos, double-page map, (52)p. Wrapper. 19cm. Age-toned. Cover subtitle: "Your Queries Answered." A factbook, oriented toward both tourists and prospective immigrants.
Telephone Directory Kenya September, 1974
Nairobi: [1974]. Paperback. P24, B22, O7, 320, G24, Y46(p.) Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Cover scuffed and rather worn (including a repair with masking tape). Contents sound. Includes a listing for the father of U.S. President Obama.