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Travels in the Interior of Africa by: Mungo Park

Travels in the Interior of Africa
by: Mungo Park

Hardcover. London, The Folio Society, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth boards, gilt titles, pictorial pastedown on cover. Maroon card slipcase is a little faded at entrance. 203 pages with endpaper maps plus 16 plates from photographs. A legendary explorer's own account of his expedition up the Gambia river originally published in 1799, here with the text of the 1860 edition with new opening and closing material by John Keay. Clean copy.

Record # 380847

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Hill Farmers of Nigeria: Cultural Ecology of the Kofyar of the Jos Plateau by: Netting, Robert McC.

Hill Farmers of Nigeria: Cultural Ecology of the Kofyar of the Jos Plateau
by: Netting, Robert McC.

Hardcover. Seattle WA, University of Washington Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 259 pages, b&w illustrations. The homestead field method of farming. Clean copy.

Record # 380946

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African Adventure: Letters from Famous Big-Game Huntersby: Lyell, Denis D.

African Adventure: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters
by: Lyell, Denis D.

Hardcover. NY, St Martins Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. First published in 1935, "This represents an accumulation of letters spanning thirty years the author received from big game hunters including F. C. Selous; C. H. Stigand; R. J. Cunninghame and many others. Most of this correspondence deals with hunting in Africa especially, for the Big Five, and rifle choices for use in various international locales."

Record # 381156

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Tell Freedom: Memories Of Africaby: Abrahams, Peter

Tell Freedom: Memories Of Africa
by: Abrahams, Peter

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st US, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorative red cloth, 370 pages, no dust jacket, Abrahams was born in the slums of Johnannesburg and later moved to England. Autobiography of author's 22 years of struggle before he left South Africa. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise tight and clean copy.

Record # 381184

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Indian culture in the days of the Buddha by: Zoysa, A. P. de

Indian culture in the days of the Buddha
by: Zoysa, A. P. de

Hardcover. Colombo INDIA, Gunasena, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket. 135 pages.

Record # 382052

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Cuba

Cuba

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 586 pages, b&w illustrations. Cuba's Revolutionary World examines in forensic detail how the turmoil that rocked a small Caribbean nation in the 1950s became one of the twentieth century's most transformative events. Initially, Castro's revolution augured well for democratic reform movements gaining traction in Latin America. But what had begun promisingly veered off course as Castro took a heavy hand in efforts to centralize Cuba's economy and stamp out private enterprise. Embracing the Soviet Union as an ally, Castro and his lieutenant Che Guevara sought to export the socialist revolution abroad through armed insurrection. Castro's provocations inspired intense opposition. Cuban anticommunists who had fled to Miami found a patron in the CIA, which actively supported their efforts to topple Castro's regime. The unrest fomented by Cuban-trained leftist guerrillas lent support to Latin America's military castes, who promised to restore stability. Brazil was the first to succumb to a coup in 1964; a decade later, military juntas governed most Latin American states. Thus did a revolution that had seemed to signal the death knell of dictatorship in Latin America bring about its tragic opposite. Clean copy.

Record # 382580

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Russia in Asia: A Record and a Study - 1558-1899by: Alexis Krausse

Russia in Asia: A Record and a Study - 1558-1899
by: Alexis Krausse

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 411 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name on inside front cover. Green cloth with gilt title and decoration. Front and rear hinges cracked. Missing front endpaper. Heavy foxing to preliminary pages up to contents page, and last 5 pages at end of book; including map. Front fold-out map at title page and rear most map both badly damaged. Foxing to edges. Moderate wear to covers. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 383672

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The Great Radio Heroes by: Jim Harmon

The Great Radio Heroes
by: Jim Harmon

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Co, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Return to the thrilling days of yesteryear when the most exciting people having the most exciting adventures came to us in our own homes through radio. Little Orphan Annie, Superman and others paraded through our ears and our homes in that wonderful time when our imaginations were ignited by fictional characters. Harmon provides reminiscences of the heyday of radio programming, with insights on such radio dramas as I Love a Mystery, Gangbusters, The Shadow, Inner Sanctum, Batman and Robin, Superman, Tom Mix, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, Adventures by Morse and a couple of dozen more. Clean copy.

Record # 384775

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The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century by: Brewer, John

The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century
by: Brewer, John

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 721 pages, many b&w illustrations, come color. John Brewster's landmark book shows us how British artists, amateurs, entrepeneurs, and audiences created a culture that is still celebrated for its wit and brilliance. Light notations to five pages, otherwise clean.

Record # 385532

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The Great Wall of China: From History to Mythby: Waldron, Arthur

The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth
by: Waldron, Arthur

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 296 pages, b&w illustrations. This is the first full scholarly study of the Great Wall of China to appear in any language, and it challenges many deeply held ideas about Chinese history. Drawing both on primary sources and on the latest archaeology, the book first demonstrates that the standard account of the Great Wall is untrue and misleading and then presents a convincing new account. It begins by tracing the various walls and systems of frontier defences that existed in early Chinese history, and shows how the greatest of these achieved a mythical symbolic stature which long survived the Wall itself. A striking concluding chapter traces how the true history of the Wall was lost in the early twentieth century as it was gradually transformed into a Chinese national symbol explained through historical myth. The book is an important contribution to the history of China's defensive policy, and her ideological attitudes, and will be of interest both to students of Chinese history and of international relations in the pre-modern world. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386017

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A Thousand Years Of The English Parish - Medieval Patterns And Modern Interpretations by: Jones, Anthea

A Thousand Years Of The English Parish - Medieval Patterns And Modern Interpretations
by: Jones, Anthea

Softcover. London, Cassell, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 336 pages. This book unravels the secrets and workings of the English parish and its effect on English society. There are 13,000 parishes in England, each with its parish church, covering the country in a network which gives identities to local communities. Two-thirds of English parishes are ancient, probably a thousand years old; one-third have been founded in the last 150 years, largely to meet the enormously increased numbers of people in big towns. One of the major themes of the book is the changing social fabric. Clean copy.

Record # 387246

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The Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera by: Miles, Jonathan

The Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera
by: Miles, Jonathan

Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Chronicling two-hundred years of glamour, intrigue, and hedonism, this rich and vivid history of the French Riviera features a vast cast of characters, from Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel to Andre Matisse and James Baldwin. In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream. In the 185 years between, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted a cultural phenomenon well in excess of its tiny size. A mere handful of towns and resorts created by foreign visitors - notably English, Russian and American - attracted the talented, rich and famous as well as those who wanted to be. For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Clean copy.

Record # 387739

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Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying: The Siege and Relief of Ladysmith, 1899-1900 by: Griffith, Kenneth

Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying: The Siege and Relief of Ladysmith, 1899-1900
by: Griffith, Kenneth

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st US, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 398 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. About the Boer War and the rescue of the garrison at Ladysmith, Natal, under siege by 5,000 Boer farmers. One map with bottom corner torn, affecting several words on caption, otherwise very good, clean copy.

Record # 387824

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The Conquest Of Mexico by: Thomas, Hugh

The Conquest Of Mexico
by: Thomas, Hugh

Softcover. London, Pimlico, 1st pbk., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 812 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear to covers and edges of spine. Old UK price sticker on rear cover. Neat, tight copy.

Record # 393592

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Patrol Into Yesterday: My New Guinea Yearsby: McCarthy, J. K.

Patrol Into Yesterday: My New Guinea Years
by: McCarthy, J. K.

Hardcover. Melbourne AU, F. W. Cheshire, reprint, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a poor, chipped and worn dust jacket, 252 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, and two maps in the text. End-papers feature double-page maps of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, index. The author was a Patrol Officer in New Guinea and later became a member of the Papua-New Guinea Legislative Council. The book covers three periods: 1927-1937; 1938-1942; and 1942-1962. There is pencil underlining to many pages. Still an attractive copy of a fairly scarce book.

Record # 396548

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Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Accountby: Justin Williams, Sr.

Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Account
by: Justin Williams, Sr.

Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with light fading to spine, 305 pages, b&w illustrations. Notes, bibilography, index. Highly informed opinions concerning most of the controversial aspects of the Allied occupation of Japan and the adjustment of Japanese politicians to the democratic process. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396896

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Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration by: Wilson, George M.

Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration
by: Wilson, George M.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 201 pages. In this concise but ambitious historiographical essay, Wilson argues for an approach to the Meiji Restoration that emphasizes multiple lines of motive and action. The four groups under discussion: 1. The loyalists -wanted to redeem the national image and thought themselves patriots. 2.The old guard -the samurai loyal to the shogunate. 3. The common people who only wanted stability. Some favored one side or the other and some just wanted change. 4. The foreigners -most sided with the Shogunate for economic stability. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397299

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Arms for Empire: A Military History of the British Colonies in North America, 1607-1763 by: Leach, Douglas Edward

Arms for Empire: A Military History of the British Colonies in North America, 1607-1763
by: Leach, Douglas Edward

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket, 566 pages, b&w illustrations, map endpapers. The story of warfare in North America in the 156 years between the founding of Jamestown and the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The first conflicts were between white colonists and Native Americans. Then came conflicts between competing European colonies, as with King William's War and Queen Anne's War and culminating with the French and Indian Wars. Well researched in original sources. Includes a good bibliography and glossary of period naval and military terms. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397523

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Nietzsche and Soviet Culture: Ally and Adversaryby: Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal (Ed.)

Nietzsche and Soviet Culture: Ally and Adversary
by: Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This pioneering study documents the extent and diversity of the impact of Nietzschean ideas on Soviet literature and culture. It shows for the first time how these ideas, unacknowledged and reworked, entered and shaped that culture and stimulated the imagination of both supporters and detractors of the regime. 421 pages, a bright, clean copy.

Record # 399112

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Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisisby: Volker Ullrich / Jefferson Chase (Translator)

Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis
by: Volker Ullrich / Jefferson Chase (Translator)

Hardcover. NY, Liveright, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 432 pages, b&w illustrations. As the great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography, written in exile, "I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions." He was referring to the situation in Germany in 1923. It was a "year of lunacy," defined by hyperinflation, a political system on the verge of collapse, and separatist movements that threatened Germany's territorial integrity. Most significantly, Adolf Hitler launched his infamous Beer Hall Putsch in Munich-a failed coup that nonetheless drew international attention and demonstrated the Nazis' ruthless determination to seize power. In Germany 1923, award-winning historian Volker Ullrich draws on letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, and other sources from the time to present a captivating new history of those explosive twelve months. Clean copy.

Record # 399202

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Hitler and the Power of Aestheticsby: Spotts, Frederic

Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics
by: Spotts, Frederic

Hardcover. Woodstock NY, Overlook Press, 1st US, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 456 pages with b&w and color illustrations. In Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics, acclaimed historian Frederic Spotts presents a startling reassessment of Hitler's aims and motivations. Spotts dismisses the traditional biographical view that Hitler was an "unperson," who had no life outside of politics, Spotts shows that Hitler's interest in the arts was as intense as his racism and his argument is punctuated with photographs and illustrations, including reproductions of Hitler's watercolors and drawings from his 1925 sketchbook. The book offers the first full analysis of Hitler's own work as a painter, as well as of his art collection. It also treats the entire range of his personal interests: from architecture, painting, symphony, opera, and sculpture, to the German autobahn system and the development of the Volkswagen. A riveting and highly original work, Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics provides a key to an understanding of the Third Reich which has, until now, been missing from biographies and studies of the arts in the Third Reich, as well as from political and military studies of Hitler. Clean copy.

Record # 399262

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Academic and Scientific Traditions in China, Japan, and the Westby: Nakayama, Shigeru

Academic and Scientific Traditions in China, Japan, and the West
by: Nakayama, Shigeru

Hardcover. Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages, beige cloth covers with dark brown lettering on spine. Scholarly, but accessible to a wider intellectual audience. Nakayama lucidly describes the similarities and differences between "Eastern" and "Western" science from Aristotle to the twentieth century.

Record # 403112

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Farthest North: Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship `Fram', 1893-1896, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an appendix by Otto Svedrup Captain of the `Fram'. In Two Volu

Farthest North: Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship `Fram', 1893-1896, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an appendix by Otto Svedrup Captain of the `Fram'. In Two Volu

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan and Co., reprint, 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volume set. 12 mo. 351 + 471 pages. Original heavy navy with gilt lettering, and gilt embossed design on front over. "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and British Colonies." This is a smaller edition than the original, and contains no photos but there is a folding map in Vol. 2. Light wrinkle to cloth spine of Vol. 1, endpapers in both books have foxing but doesn't affect internal pages. A clean, very good set. NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 412177

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History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade 1914-1918by: Bickersteth, Lt. J. B.

History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade 1914-1918
by: Bickersteth, Lt. J. B.

London, Baynard Press, 1st, N.D., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 124 pages, Illustrated with 5 b&w portraits of Generals, 15 fold-out maps in color. Label on front cover is torn, chipped, with paper loss to 3 sides. Otherwise book is very good with all maps in excellent condition. Scarce.

Record # 512196

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Die Olympischien Spiele 1936. The Olympic Games 1936by: n/a

Die Olympischien Spiele 1936. The Olympic Games 1936
by: n/a

Hardcover. Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Herausgegeben Vom, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volumes. Text in German. Approx. 300 pages. B&W tipped in photographs. Dark blue cloth with gilt pictorial bell to cover. Spine cocked. Edges soiled. Inscription in German on front flyleaf of second volume. Overall, a nice set.

Record # 850681

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To Cuba and Back - A Vacation Voyageby: Dana, Jr., Richard Henry

To Cuba and Back - A Vacation Voyage
by: Dana, Jr., Richard Henry

Hardcover. Boston, Ticknor & Fields , 1st, 1859, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original textured brown cloth with publisher's embossed decoration. some light wear to spine extremities. 288 pgs, 16 pgs of ads in back. The author of "Two Year's Before the Mast", here gives vivid and interesting description of his travels in Cuba. 'Kept in the form of a journal, this is a graphic account of the author's vacation trip to Cuba in February and March 1859. He made acute observations of the land and the people'.

Record # 28695

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Hindu Manners Customs and Ceremoniesby: Dubois, Abbe J.A. , Beauchamp, Henry K. (Tranlation, edit with notes, biography)

Hindu Manners Customs and Ceremonies
by: Dubois, Abbe J.A. , Beauchamp, Henry K. (Tranlation, edit with notes, biography)

Hardcover. London, England, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 3rd Edition reprint, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 741 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrated frontispiece. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Pages clean, unmarked. Binding good. Spine straight. Dark blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has some agewear, price-clipped. An impressive eye-witness account of life in India at the turn of the century. It combines descriptions of the Hindu religion and Hindu sociology with masterful portraits of the intimate lives of the people among whom the author lived.

Record # 99167

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Came to Oxfordby: Bone,Gertrude, Illustrator: Muirhead Bone

Came to Oxford
by: Bone,Gertrude, Illustrator: Muirhead Bone

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Basil Blackwell, 2nd pr., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. Thirty-one indexed unpaginated plates, including frontispiece. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. "Sir Muirhead Bone, the illustrator of Came To Oxford, was Britain's first officially appointed war artist, serving in both the First and Second World Wars. He is recognized as well for his portraits of Joseph Conrad, his watercolours and drawings of Old Spain, and his works recording the damage and reconstruction in his beloved England following the wars." Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 372327

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A Motor Flight Through Algeria and Tunisia by: Ayer, Emma Burbank

A Motor Flight Through Algeria and Tunisia
by: Ayer, Emma Burbank

Hardcover. Chicago, A.C. McClurg, 1st, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 445 pages, b&w photos by the author. Front fly leaf with top corner clipped. Tan covers and spine have discoloration, fading, internally very good. Map on front end paper. No markings.

Record # 374793

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Different Drums: A Doctor's Forty Years in Eastern Africa by: Wood, Michael

Different Drums: A Doctor's Forty Years in Eastern Africa
by: Wood, Michael

Hardcover. NY, Clarkson N Potter, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Dr Michael Wood, cofounder of Kenya's Flying Doctor Service, brings a beautiful and troubled land into sharpe focus in his written account of forty years in Africa. More than 90 brilliant full-color photographs provide a vivid scenic background to this absorbing memoir. Flying from his base in nairobi to tribal lands of the Maasai, the Muslim villages on he coast, and the Ethiopian highlands, Wood established hospitals and conducted clinics, responding to medical emergencies throughout the area. He came to know the land and its peoples intimately. 223 pages, clean copy.

Record # 378639

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Encyclopaedia/Encyclopedia Of Papua & New Guinea Volume I A-K; Volume II L-Z; Volume III Index by: Ryan, Peter (Ed)

Encyclopaedia/Encyclopedia Of Papua & New Guinea Volume I A-K; Volume II L-Z; Volume III Index
by: Ryan, Peter (Ed)

Hardcover. Melbourne AU, Melbourne University Press , 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three volumes. Volume 1: A-K, 588 pages. Volume 2: L-Z, pages 589-1231. Volume 3; Index, 83 pages, plus a fold-out map in a folder at the back. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine and decoration on upper cover. All volumes with numerous illustrations and maps, the indispensable reference work on New Guinea. NOTE: Vol. 2 has text block separated from binding but all pages present in VG condition.

Record # 379192

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An African Adventure by: Isaac F. Marcosson

An African Adventure
by: Isaac F. Marcosson

Hardcover. NY, John Lane Company, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with faded gilt lettering. Written by Isaac Frederick Marcosson, an American magazine editor, on his travels through Africa and along the Congo. Complete with 48 illustrations including photographs, maps and frontispiece of King Albert. Newspaper photo of author pasted to inside front cover, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 380839

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Time Longer than Rope: A History of the Black Man's Struggle for Freedom in South Africa by: Roux, Edward

Time Longer than Rope: A History of the Black Man's Struggle for Freedom in South Africa
by: Roux, Edward

Softcover. Madison WI, University of Wisconsin Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 469 pages."One of the first histories to treat non-whites as active self conscious protagonists in twentieth-century South African affairs rather than as a dark acquiescent host before which the really important story of white South Africa unfolds. The new edition has been corrected and eight new chapters extend the coverage to the end of 1963. It is an important addition to the literature about South Africa."--The Historian. C;ean copy.

Record # 380872

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An African Seasonby: Levitt, Leonard

An African Season
by: Levitt, Leonard

Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 3rd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 223 pages. A young American's experience in a district school in Tanganyika and traveling in Rhodesia and South Africa as a member of the Peace Corps. Clean copy.

Record # 381151

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Report from the Rhodesiasby: H. Maclear Bate

Report from the Rhodesias
by: H. Maclear Bate

Hardcover. London, Andrew Melrose, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn, chipped dust jacket. With two double page color plates and 28 black and white illustrations, plus maps for endpapers, and frontispiece.

Record # 381179

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My Command-An Account of the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970by: General Olusegun Obasanjo (Former Head of State)

My Command-An Account of the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970
by: General Olusegun Obasanjo (Former Head of State)

Softcover. London/Ibadan, Nigeria, Heinemann, reprint, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 178 pages. Text augmented by 13 black and white plates, and by eight sketch maps. The first book on the Nigerian Civil War written by one of the top commanders, Obasanjo was a Colonel when the war started but he rose to become Commander of 3 Marine Commando Division, "which played a crucial role in winning the [war] for the Federal Government". A well regarded and highly authoritative book of interest to the Africa historian as well as to militarists, the author gives a detailed account of the military operations on all fronts. In later years, he became Head of State from 1976 to 1979 before handing over to an elected civilian regime, and he remains a much respected figure. Cheaply produced book but a solid copy. No marking.

Record # 381761

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North to the Horizon: Searching for Peary's Crocker Islandby: Hunt, Harrison J. and Thompson, Ruth Hunt

North to the Horizon: Searching for Peary's Crocker Island
by: Hunt, Harrison J. and Thompson, Ruth Hunt

Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 117 pages, b&w illustrations. First-hand account of the Crocker Land Expedition to Greenland and Ellesmere Island, based on the diary, letters and reminiscences of the expedition's doctor. Includes observations of the Polar Eskimo lifestyle. Clean copy.

Record # 382245

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The Sex Lives of African Women: Self Discovery Freedom and Healing by: Sekyiamah, Nana Darkoa

The Sex Lives of African Women: Self Discovery Freedom and Healing
by: Sekyiamah, Nana Darkoa

Hardcover. Astra House, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 288 pages. In these confessional pages, women control their own bodies and desires, work toward healing their painful pasts, and learn to assert their sexual power. Weaving a rich tapestry of experiences with a sex positive outlook, The Sex Lives of African Women is an empowering, subversive book that celebrates the liberation, individuality, and joy of African women's multifaceted sexuality. From a queer community in Egypt, to polyamorous life in Senegal, and a reflection on the intersection of religion and pleasure in Cameroon, feminist author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah explores the many layers of love and desire, its expression, and how it defines who we are.

Record # 383339

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La Riforma protestante nell'Italia del Cinquecento (Studi storici) (Italian Edition) by: Salvatore Caponetto

La Riforma protestante nell'Italia del Cinquecento (Studi storici) (Italian Edition)
by: Salvatore Caponetto

Softcover. Torino IT, Claudiana, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, laminated wrappers, 526 pages, b&w illustrations. ITALIAN TEXT. Labels inside covers, from university library but like new, never checked out.

Record # 384425

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The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by: Vilhjalmur Stefansson

The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
by: Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: 100.00, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Gilt still bright. The book shows little if any use. Two maps in excellent condition in pocket on rear paste down. 784 page, b&w frontispiece, fully illustrated with 138 photographs, 34 plates, 9 maps and 2 maps in a rear pocket, 4 fold out maps. Copyright page states: "Published in November 1921", title page states 1922. Preface by Stefansson, commander of expedition, who explains that he is an anthropologist by profession & he started his work. To learn whatever he could about the Eskimos. During 5-6 years of continuous residence he learned that the Eskimos resemble an uninstructed peasantry with a large measure of native intelligence lying fallow, lacking opportunities of instruction and development, "the Eskimos are honest and intelligent but have a higher percentage of unfounded beliefs than any white people with whom I have associated." Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 385397

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A Glimpse At Guatemala, And Some Notes On The Monuments Of Central America. With Maps, Plans, Photographs, other Illustrations and a new Introduction by James C. Andrewsby:

A Glimpse At Guatemala, And Some Notes On The Monuments Of Central America. With Maps, Plans, Photographs, other Illustrations and a new Introduction by James C. Andrews
by:

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Flo Silver Books, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with gilt stamping. 289 pages, b&w illustrations. A quality reprint of the 1899 edition published in London. A travel book as well as an archaeological study of the area. No map laid in. Clean copy.

Record # 385742

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The Continent of Circe: Being an Essay on the People's of Indiaby: Nirad C Chaudhuri

The Continent of Circe: Being an Essay on the People's of India
by: Nirad C Chaudhuri

Hardcover. London, Chatto and Windus, 2nd pr., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with faded spine, 320 pages, b&w frontis. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386151

Price: $18.00 
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The Puritans in Africa: Story of Afrikanerdom by: W. A.( William Abraham) De Klerk

The Puritans in Africa: Story of Afrikanerdom
by: W. A.( William Abraham) De Klerk

Softcover. UK, Penguin Books, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 317 pages. The roots of apartheid. The book relates the history of a small people, the Afrikaners, and their attempts to remake their particular world according to a rational plan from the radical Right. First published in 1975. Clean copy.

Record # 387566

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Return to Paradiseby: Breyten Breytenbach

Return to Paradise
by: Breyten Breytenbach

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The painter, writer, and political activist returns to his native South Africa, where he was once imprisoned for working for the African National Congress, and reflects on the decline of apartheid and his own attachment to the Boer state. He describes the travail of his country riven by racial conflict. He recounts his seven-year imprisonment for treason and shares the passionate love of an exile--he resides in Paris--for his native land. In the recent period of "stability laced with blood" as De Klerk and Mandela's forces struggle to maintain a precarious political equilibrium, Breytenbach has been allowed to return for visits with his Vietnamese wife. Part travelogue and part memoir, this account offers frequent political discussions about the rivalry between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party. A careful observer of people, their surroundings, fauna and flora, Breytenbach weaves richly colored narrative history, local lore and personal allusions. Clean copy.

Record # 387815

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South Africa by: Jan H. Hofmeyr

South Africa
by: Jan H. Hofmeyr

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 331 pages, fold-out map in rear. Clean, bight copy.

Record # 387874

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George III and the Historiansby: Butterfield, Herbert

George III and the Historians
by: Butterfield, Herbert

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 2nd pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 304 pages. In this book, a revised edition of the original published in England in 1957, Herbert Butterfield explores the sources of myths, errors and inferences concerning the reign of King George III. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396468

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Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of Chinaby: Seagrave, Sterling

Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China
by: Seagrave, Sterling

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 601 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to edges and covers of pictorial dust jacket, else a very nice, tight copy. Our most vivid and reliable biography yet of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, remembered through the exaggeration and falsehood of legend as the ruthless Manchu concubine who seduced and murdered her way to the Chinese throne in 1861.

Record # 396642

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Sun Yat Sen: A Portraitby: Stephen Chen; Robert Payne

Sun Yat Sen: A Portrait
by: Stephen Chen; Robert Payne

Hardcover. NY, John Day Co., 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. A biography of Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the short-lived Chinese Republic. Dust jacket spine faded, bookplate inside front cover.

Record # 397181

Price: $28.00 
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Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49by: Nella Last /Richard Broad  & Suzie Fleming(Editors)

Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49
by: Nella Last /Richard Broad & Suzie Fleming(Editors)

Softcover. London, Profile Books, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 312, b&w illustrations. In September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son joined the army while the rest of the family tried to adapt to civilian life. Writing each day for the "Mass Observation" project, Nella, a middle-aged housewife from the bombed town of Barrow, shows what people really felt during this time. This was the period in which she turned 50, saw her children leave home, and reviewed her life and her marriage - which she eventually compares to slavery. Her growing confidence as a result of her war work makes this a moving (though often comic) testimony, which, covering sex, death and fear of invasion, provides a new, un-glamorised, female perspective on the war years. 'Next to being a mother, I'd have loved to write books.' Clean copy.

Record # 397425

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A Camp Without Walls: The Journey of an Italian Survivor of a Nazi Labor Camp and His Family's Plight from World War II to the Present by: Lombardo, Maria

A Camp Without Walls: The Journey of an Italian Survivor of a Nazi Labor Camp and His Family's Plight from World War II to the Present
by: Lombardo, Maria

Hardcover. Rome, Italy Italy Enterprises, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 240 pages illustrated in b&w and color. Clean copy.

Record # 398138

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