ITEM # 5836 MADAMI BY ANNE EISNER PUTNAM PUB 1954 BY PRENTICE HALL 303 PGS 6 X 81/4 HARD BACK THE STORY OF THE AUTHORS YEARS LIVING AMONG THE AFRICAN PIGMIES . MANY B & W PHOTOS BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN AND BRIGHT , NO MARKS OR TEARS D.J. , IN MYLAR HAS SOME SMALL CHIPS [ BIO ] View More...
This book is clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. The books is bound in black cloth, the edges are very clean, and the top edge is inked in orange The dustjacket is very handsome and has not been price-clipped ($4.50) and is protected in a mylar cover. The jacket does shows a few very small tears and chips at the lower spine, and a small crease to the bottom edge of the jacket The book is for readers 11 and up. The story is about the slave trade and a young boy named Demba at 12 years old and was captured by alien tribemen from whom he learned the hard way about terrors and h... View More...
Book and dust jacket are in pristine condition -- no faults and dust jacket is handsome in a brand new mylar cover. The author wrote this story later in life, but brought to the endeavor her love for Africa. It's illustrated throughout with drawings by Mary Baucher.Book measures 5-3/4" x 8-1/2" and has 240 pages. Map endpapers are especially graphic in bold black and white. A gently used book. View More...
Very nice clean book. Blue boards show no bumps or wear and pages are clean with no names or writing. A facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1926. Portrait of author at frontis in black and white. Burnham was an American scout and adventurer famous for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell. The latter caused him (Burnham) to play a role in the founding of the international Scouting Movement. Illustrated throughout with maps, art and photography in black and white.370 pages. View More...
Book is very clean and tightly bound with a handsome photograph pasted on front board as per design. Tightly bound with no cracks to hinges and has pristine pages. Book measures 5-1/2" x 7-3/4" with 481 pages. Nicely illustrated with black and white photographs printed on quality coated paper plus maps. Only defect is a small bit of wear to corners of upper spine. A small inscription on front free endpaper reads "January 9, 1951, Happy Birthday to Ray from Orville" Ray then pasted the handsome bookplate on the front pastedown. The photos at forntis shows a picture of the author who was a mis... View More...
Very nice clean booklet measuring 6"x9" -- not often seen. The overriding title is Drugs, Rituals and Altered Sates of Consciousness of which this, Auditory Driving, Hallucinogens and Music-Color Synesthesia in Tsonga Ritual, is one part. The booklet contains 19 dense pages illustrared with black and white photographs, drawings and music View More...
Crisp, clean book which appears unread. No cover lift, no spine crease, no names or writing.Onlt fault is sunning to spine and part of back covering causing color to be a bit lighter. Photo illustrated throughout. Author traces the effect of French domination in Madagascar through the coloniall period and into the years after independence was declared in 1960. A massive book o 627 pages. Indexed. View More...
Book itself is clean and bright with no names or writing and no bumps to boards. Jacket is likewise clean in brand new mylar and shows only a few small faults --small chips to top of spine near both corners, a closed tear to top front corner which virtually disappears, and sunning to spine. A delightful, yet scholalry, text forcued on the stories and storytelling techniques of the people of Western Africa, specifically from Sierra Leone. Many stories included, but text also focuses on both composition and delivery. 352 pages. View More...
ITEM #7761 THE LIFE AND DESTINY OF ISAK DINESEN . FRANS LASSON EDITOR , RANDOM HOUSE 1970 HARD BACK 227 PGS PHOTO BIOGRAPHY OF ISAK DINESEN AUTHOR OF OUT OF AFRICA AND MANY OTHER BOOKS, BOOK IS FINE BUT FOR BUMPED TOP CORNER DJ IN MYLAR HAS TWO SMALL TEARS RICH WITH FAMILY PHOTOS, MANY FROM AFRICA [ BIO ] View More...
Book is perfect bound with no creasing to spine. Paper is crisp and clean inside and out and there is no cover lift and no names or writing. The only fault is a small bit of wear to corners of spine at top and bottom. Book measures 5-1/2"x 8" and has 114 pages. Many detailed drawings show the various specimens. Text is generous -- there is no date. Not commonly found. View More...
Gorgeous oversized book in very nice, clean condition. No chips or tears, no names or writing, no price-clip. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Only fault is toning to edges of endflaps. Extraordinary photographs, 261 in all, many in full color, pulsate with vitality showcasing dances and rituals never before captured on film -- war dances, funeral dances, initiation rites, ceremonies for planting and harvest, and even spontaneous expressions of joy. They are divided into locales and each is accompanied by explanatory material. 241 pages. View More...
Clean , nice book woith just a small bit of edge wear to front spine edge, whoich does not impinge on the binding. No spine crease and pristine pages. Book is printed on quality coated paper and is illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Inscription to first blank page which reads, "For -----------, Best wishes, Moe Klippert". W.E. Klippert was also known as Moe Klippert the musician who played clarinet in Moe Klippert's Collegiate Aces For Hot Collegiate Dance Music." His rubber growing years took him to Sumatra, Singapore, Central America, the Belgian Congo and many othe... View More...
We buy very few ex-libs, but this is an excellent book with scant evidence of library origin. The book itself is clean as a whistle inside and out. One stamp at each edge of textblock, but we were able to lighten the one to outer edge. Dustjacket is likewise clean and nice and has been relieved of its stickers and placed in brand new mylar cover. Interior shows only one stamp at front and one at back. A claasic book on the South African Campaign of the Anglo-Zulu War, first published in 1880 and reprinted here in facsimile. Illustrated throughout with portraits.Contents include a detailed sket... View More...
Book is pristine with no names or writing and no bumps to boards. Pages and page edges snow white. Paper of jacket is very crisp and there are no tears or chips -- will arrive in brand new mylar cover. A look at St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission, an indepdent church which played a significant role in the community during apartheid. Discusses healing rituals and complex faith-based symbols wihich derived from the indigenous culture. 174 pages including index. View More...
ITEM # 8461 AFRICAN TRIBL IMAGES BY WILLIAM FAGG PUB 1968 BY CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART 8 3/4 X 9 1/4 CARD COVER LIMITED TEXT AND MANY B.& W. PHOTOS ILLUSTRATE 283 AFRICAN TRIBAL ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KATHERINE WHITE RESNICK VERY GOOD CONDITION [ ART ] View More...
