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
Tanzania
Darlite. Three issues of this magazine of "original writing from University College, Dar es Salaam," including Vol. 1, No. 1 (Sept. 1966); Vol. 1, No. 2 Jan. 1967); and Vol. 2, No. 2 (August 1968)
1966-1968. Paperback. Wrappers. Different sizes and formats. Library stamp on one issue. More
East African Playing Cards
Vitoria, Spain: Heraclio Fournier, S. A., 1957. 55 cards. Four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades) of 13 cards (with the fact of each suit printed in a different monochrome color), two jokers and one introductory card. Also a small folded sheet titled "East Africa invites you!" and is dated..... More
The Southern Workman, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3 (March, 1919)
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
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
Lutheran Wartime Assistance to Tanzania Churches, 1940-1945
Lund: Gleerup, (1968). Paperback. 170p. Wrapper. 24cm. Spine sloped. Sound but a well-used copy. A few ink underlinings. Studia Missionalia Upsaliensia, IX. More
Impola Nanziza za ke Yesu Klisto kena nandekwe nu Yoana
London: British and Foreign Bible Society; NY: American Bible Society, 1945. Paperback. 43p. Wrapper. 17cm. Ilamba text. 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 Nile Basin and Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile, by James MacQueen
London: Frank Cass, 1967. Hardcover. 3 maps, xxxvii, iv, [5]-195p. Green cloth-backed boards. dj. 21cm. 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 on Speke..... More
The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa, with Notices of the Lunar Mountains and the Source of the White Nile; Being the Results of an Expedition Undertaken under the Patronage of Her Majesty's Government and the Royal Geographical Society of London, in the Years 1857-1859 [as found in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol 29 for 1859]ccxxiv, 464p.
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 (which seem rather brittle). Minor splitting along folds on map. Burton had been accompanied..... More
The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to Be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir ...[by Richard F. Burton]. Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile: A Review ... [By James M'Queen].
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
Voyage aux Grands Lacs de l'Afrique Centrale
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
Zanzibar; City, Island, and Coast
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. folding map, 4 plans, 11 plates, xii, 503, vi, 519p. Hardcover in original chocolate brown cloth with gilt stamped design of an Indian on front covers. 23cm. Corners frayed. Recased with new inner hinges. Original endpapers preserved. Other restoration includes releasing..... More
Afrique en Images: A l'Ombre du Kilimanjaro
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
The Welfare of the African Labourer in Tanganyika
Dar es Salaam: Government Printer, 1944. 1st ed. Hardcover. diagrams & tables (2 folding), xii, 78p. 19cm. Glue and label remnant inside back cover. No jacket. More
Slave-Catching in the Indian Ocean: A Record of Naval Experiences
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1968. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, folding map, index, viii, 503p. Green cloth. 22cm. Light cover soil and wear. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1873 London edition. More
Customary Law of the Haya Tribe, Tanganyika Territory
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
Customary Law of the Haya Tribe, Tanganyika Territory.
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
Morgendammerung in Deutsch-Ostafrika: Ein Rundgang durch die Ostafrikanische Mission (Berlin III)
Berlin: Martin Warneck, 1899. No statement of edition [1st?]. Paperback. map, photos, vii, 179p. Original wrapper. 22cm. Cover edge-worn. Former owner's name. German text. More
Wildlife "Spotter"
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
A Walk across Africa: Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 1st ed. Hardcover. folding map (in pocket), xviii, 452, (2)p. plus (40)p. undated publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth. M'ganda warrior in gilt on front cover. 23cm. Cloth split or fraying at several places along joints. Ex lib. (bookplate -- of the Scottish Rite Cathedral..... More
German African Possessions (Late)
London: HMSO, 1920. Hardcover. index, iv, [6], 55, 83, 114, 115, 50, 41p. Original olive green cloth. 22cm. No Jacket (probably as issued). Peace Handbooks, Vol. XVIII. Includes0 five handbooks: No. 110 - Togoland; No. 111 - Cameroon; No. 112 - South-West Africa; No. 113 - Tanganyika (German East Africa);..... More
Swahili [later Kiswahili]: Journal of the Institute of Swahili Research.
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
Notes on Kiniramba [in 2 parts]
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
Conflict and Growth in Africa. Vol. 2: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Paris: Development Centre of the OECD, (c. 1999). Paperback. This volume only. 113p. Wrapper. 23cm. More