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Hardcover. NY, Prestel, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 192 pages, color and b&w images. This first volume in a major new series of illustrated biographies of Magnum photographers traces the life and achievements of Eve Arnold, who captured an incredible array of subjects with remarkable clarity and compassion. Eve Arnold (1912-2012) was born to a poor immigrant family in Philadelphia and became a photographer by chance. In 1950 Arnold was a 38-year-old Long Island housewife when she enrolled in a six-week photography course that led to her groundbreaking photo essay on black fashion models in Harlem. She went on to become the first woman to join Magnum Photos and, eventually, one of the most accomplished photojournalists of her time. Filled with reproductions of Arnold's acclaimed photographs, shot in both color and black and white, as well as previously unseen archival images, this biography relates Arnold's bold images to the fascinating story of their making. Renowned for her intimate portraits of figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Malcolm X, and Queen Elizabeth, Arnold was equally comfortable documenting the lives of the poor and dispossessed. "I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens." To her images of migrant workers, disabled veterans, and protesters for civil rights in the US and against apartheid in South Africa, she brought an unflinching eye and a strong sense of social justice. This highly engrossing narrative tells a compelling story of an intrepid artist whose life's purpose was to report on the lives of others.

Hardcover. US, Damiani, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. hardcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. English and Italian language. No dj issued. Eve is a reportage by Italian photographer Giovanni Marrozzini about the way of life of Wolayta women in Ethiopia. About 70 black and white photos describe the tough daily existence of these women: weaving, washing, ploughing, seeding fields, carrying huge wooden faggots, giving birth, looking after their children, etc. The world in which these women live is entirely controlled by men, that in Wolatya society hold a privileged and dominant position. In particular, Eve deals with the subject of infibulation, documenting with photos this tragic reality that marks women's entry into adulthood, the fulfillment of their social position and their pray for fertility and desirability in the eyes of men. By looking at these women, Marozzini tells the story of a small part of the 100/140 millions women around the world, above all in Sub-Saharian Africa, suffering genital mutilations or alterations.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages, color illustrations. Introduction by Paul Theroux. This album of over 200 century-old postcards takes the reader on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting the Orient, the Arab lands, Africa, the Americas and Oceania. These haunting postcards and the people they depict strike us with a special force today, vividly expressing a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. Clean, bright copy in a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Paris, Editions Place de Victoires, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 599 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This vivid photo-essay on the great adventure of discovery and exploration 1860-1930 is drawn from the collection of The Royal Geographical Society in London. It begins with Stanley and Livingstone in Africa and proceeds through Asia and Oceania, the Americas, and the Middle East. The work of twenty-three intrepid photographers are included.

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 2nd pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 342 pages. In Extended Play, one of the country's most innovative music writers conducts a wide-ranging tour through the outer limits of contemporary music. Over the course of more than twenty-five portraits, interviews, and essays, John Corbett engages artists from lands as distant as Sweden, Siberia, and Saturn. With a special emphasis on African American and European improvisers, the book explores the famous and the little known, from John Cage and George Clinton to Anthony Braxton and Sun Ra. Employing approaches as diverse as the music he celebrates, Corbett illuminates the sound and theory of funk and rap, blues and jazz, contemporary classical, free improvisation, rock, and reggae. Using cultural critique and textual theory, Corbett addresses a broad spectrum of issues, such as the status of recorded music in postmodern culture, the politics of self-censorship, experimentation, and alternativism in the music industry, and the use of metaphors of space and madness in the work of African American musicians. He follows these more theoretically oriented essays with a series of extensive profiles and in-depth interviews that offer contrasting and complementary perspectives on some of the world's most creative musicians and their work. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Andrew Dakers Limited, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with uneven sun-fade, 221 pages. Endpaper maps & 60 photographic illustrations. Travels in the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi with excellent illustrations of the people, activities, artifacts, and description of the tribes, animals and natural resources.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 196 pages. Publisher's release and photo of author laid in. Foxing to top edge. Spine slightly cocked. Else a very clean, tight copy. The author's first work of fiction and his second book to be published (the first being a philosophical work published 1988 under the title "Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970"). Writing of this debut Novel in the New York Times, Anne Gotlieb stated "This is a strange and often wonderful hybrid -- an ebullient philosophical novel in the form of a folktale-cum-black girl's odyssey. It is a book bubbling like a conjure woman's kettle with African lore, preserved intact in the half-magical, half-demeaning world of Hatten County, Georgia."

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light abrasions on bottom corners. Light edgewaer to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Caldecott Honor Book with sticker on front. Handsomely illustrated with Brian Pinkney's color scratchboard drawings. Based on a West Indian folk-tale drawing on African, European and South American traditions.

Softcover. NY, Schocken Books, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 222 pages, b&w illustrations. The Falashas, who are the most isolated and most ancient Jewish community extant, have preserved their own religious writings through the centuries. No one knows for certain how Judaism reached this part of Africa. They observe the Sabbath as indicated in the Torah, eat only kosher food, pray in straw-roofed synagogues, and use only unleavened bread during the seven days of Passover. This book offers a cross section of their sacred literature, translated for the first time into English from Ethiopic sources. In addition, the translator provides a detailed description of the life and mores of the Falashas, based on his personal experience and observation during a prolonged stay in their community. Clean copy.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 161 pages. In this overview of the origins and development of black societies in southern Africa, Martin Hall reconstructs the region's past by throughly examining both the archaeological and the historical records. Beginning with the gradual southward movement of the earliest farmers nearly two thousand years ago, Hall tracks the emergence of precolonial states such as Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe. Farmers, Kings, and Traders concludes with the devastating effects of colonialism. Through a close reading of the accounts of early travelers, colonialists, archaeologists, and historians, Hall places in context the often contradictory histories that have been written of this region. The result is an illuminating look at how ideas about the past have themselves changed over time. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st pbk, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 418 pages, b&w illustrations. "...chronicles the historic transition from apartheid to democracy. This compelling story is told through the lives of four pairs of South Africans from opposite sides of the racial and political divide. Taken together, the profiles provide the most intimate look yet at the social dynamics of post-apartheid South Africa." Clean copy.

Hardcover. Scalo, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 79 pages. Fazal Shiekh's portraits of some of the many refugees of Africa. The black and white photos and the text illuminate the tragedy and the spirit of these unfortunate and proud people.

Hardcover. London, Elsevier Science, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 600 pages. Hardcover no with dust jacket. Minor soiling to boards. An otherwise unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color illustrations throughout.

Softcover. Minneapolis MN, University Of Minnesota Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 312 pages. Collins looked at the role of African American women in the feminist movement. Here she focuses on the prejudices they face. Collins discusses the culture of silence in which African American women are seen but not heard, making them outsiders within their own race. She notes that their accomplishments are often ignored, especially when the women transcend expectations. She points to Mary McLeod Bethune, whose role in FDR's administration is often overlooked, and Angela Davis, who found that her Civil Rights work boiled down to her Afro hairdo. Collins discusses the need for African American women to avoid being segmented into areas the present culture finds acceptable. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, National Travel Club, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt design on front cover, 309 pages. In 1931, Wyndham Lewis travelled to the part of Morocco, known traditionally as 'Barbary'. He set out for the majestic High Atlas and recorded the rich traditional culture of the isolated Berber tribes. Illustrated with 16 photographic plates and a small map. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st , 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 242 pages. Tan cloth cover. Rear hinge cracked. Illustrated endpapers. Stain to front cover, mild soiling to spine. Corners bumped. Small hole to about 20 pages on outside edge. An adventure set in the North African desert, uncommon.

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, reprint, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. A classic account of settler life and experiences in the early days of Kenya, by one of Kenya's most prolific and readable authors. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Reaktion Books, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 256 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Meals associated with train travel have been an important aspect of railway history for more than a century - from dinners in dining cars to lunches at station buffets to foods purchased from platform vendors. For many travelers, the experience of eating on a railway journey is often a highlight of the trip, a major part of the 'romance of the rails'. Food on the Move focuses on the culinary history of these famous journeys on five continents, from the earliest days of rail travel to the present. The engaging story and vivid illustrations invite readers to discover an array of railway feasts: haute cuisine in the elegant dining carriages of the Orient Express, American steak-and-eggs on the Santa Fe Super Chief, and home-cooked regional foods along the Trans-Siberian tracks. Readers will be tempted to eat their way across Canada's vast interior and Australia's spectacular and colourful Outback; grab an infamous `British railway sandwich' to munch on the Flying Scotsman; snack on spicy samosas on the Darjeeling Himalayan `Toy Train'; dine at high speed on Japan's `Bullet Train'; and sip South African wines in a Blue Train luxury lounge car featuring windows of glass fused with gold dust. Food on the Move focuses on the culinary history of these famous journeys. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ALEXANDER half title-page. Color illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Small tear to front dust jacket cover but otherwise lovely, new-looking, clean condition. States First Edition but number line starts with 2.

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 2nd pr., 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. 320 pages, b&w photo illustrations. The Chapters are: Gambia; Sierra Leone; The Gold Coast; Nigeria: The West; The North; The Southern Cameroons; and The East; followed by an index. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 402 pages, b&w illustrations. An insightful examination of the impact of the Civil Rights Movement and African Independence on jazz in the 1950s and 60s, Freedom Sounds traces the complex relationships among music, politics, aesthetics, and activism through the lens of the hot button racial and economic issues of the time. Ingrid Monson illustrates how the contentious and soul-searching debates in the Civil Rights, African Independence, and Black Power movements shaped aesthetic debates and exerted a moral pressure on musicians to take action. Throughout, her arguments show how jazz musicians' quest for self-determination as artists and human beings also led to fascinating and far reaching musical explorations and a lasting ethos of social critique and transcendence. Clean copy.

hardcover. London, Sinclair-Stevenson , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 293 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Gilt titles on spine. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Novel based on a true piece of colonial history when 25 European radicals met on Lamu planning to travel inland & set up a Utopia on Mount Kenya.

Softcover. London, ABACUS/Little Brown, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 434 pages. Having travelled across West Africa for over ten years, Peter Biddlecombe's often hilarious account of a long and lingering liaison dangereuse with the sixty per cent of the continent that is French-speaking is a highly readable, hugely entertaining introduction to the je ne sais quoi of French Africa. In countries such as Togo, Mali and Burkina Faso, Biddlecome encounters old-fashioned camel butchers, modern witch doctors who run mail-order companies, gold smugglers and counterfeiters who send their sons to Oxford. He also experiences a delicious foie gras of places: from eerie voodoo ceremonies in the old slave port of Ouidah to Italian ice-cream parlors in the middle of the Sahara desert. And Biddlecombe reveals not only Francophone Africa's politics, often bizarre business traditions and culture, but also provides a mass of practical advice on everything from how to eat a water-rat to talking your way through a road block in the middle of an attempted coup. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Faber and Faber, 1st UK, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt and red title block on spine. 422 pages, b&w map. Light bump to top corner otherwise very good, clean copy. "An analysis That carries an indictment of the whole colonial system."