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Central Africa:

(Burundi) Defense Mapping Agency . BURUNDI OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 84
Washington 1964 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 44pp., original decorated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. Near Fine. (a76234)
$36.00 (malawi) . MALAWI OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 113
Washington 1970 GPO. United States Board on Geographic Names. Oblong 4to., 161pp., original blue wraps. Light non-circulating library stamps. VG, light wear. (a76187)
$75.00 (politics, culture) . AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FIELD STAFF REPORTS SERVICE CENTRAL & SOUTHERN AFRICA SERIES VOLUMES I-XI 1952-1964
Hanover 1952-64. Scholary studies mostly on third world developments. Eleven years of reports, with original covers, bound in 3 quarto volumes, original cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, stamp on front free blank. VG. Set of 11 years in 3 volumes. (z602)
$160.00 (politics, culture) . AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FIELD STAFF REPORTS SERVICE CENTRAL & SOUTHERN AFRICA SERIES VOLUMES 7-10 1959-1962
Hanover 1959-62. Scholary studies mostly on third world developments. Four years of reports, with original covers, bound in one quarto buckram volume. Institution stamps on fore-edges, stamp on front free blank. VG. Set of 4 years in 1 volume. (z603)
$60.00 (politics, culture) . AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FIELD STAFF REPORTS SERVICE CENTRAL & SOUTHERN AFRICA SERIES VOLUMES 12-18 1968-1974
Hanover 1968-74. Scholary studies mostly on third world developments. Seven years of reports, with original covers, bound in four quarto buckram volumes. Institution stamps on fore-edges, stamp on front free blank. VG. Set of 7 years in 4 volumes. (z604)
$150.00 (zambia) . ZAMBIA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER
Washington 1972 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 585pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG (a76196)
$80.00 Arnot, Fred S . GARENGANZE; OR , SEVEN YEARS' PIONEER MISSION WORK IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Chicago n.d. (preface dated 1889) Fleming Revell. Adventures West Central Africa in Angola and Zambia. 8vo., 274pp., woodcut illustrations, large color folding map, index, original brown cloth with black and silver lettering. Very faint residue of label on heel of spine. Blindstamp on title page. VG, new endpapers, one inch closed tear along one fold of map on lower edge, light cover wear and light cover soiling. (a51009)
$145.00 Barnes, James . THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA FROM COAST TO COAST
NY 1915 First edition. Appleton. Hardcover. Lg.8vo., 283pp., color frontis, monochrome photo illustrations by Cherry Kearton. Gilt-trimed green cloth. VG, new endpapers, light fading of backstrip, light wear on corners. Excellent condition. Text clean and bright. Focus is on ethnology, including pygmy tribes. (a6795)
$95.00 Campbell, Dugald . WANDERINGS IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Philadelphia c. 1929 Lippincott. The experiences and adventures of a lifetime of pioneering and exploration. Octavo, 284pp., photo illustration, some quite unusual, map. hardcover. Good, light wear. (a12427)
$65.00 Delevoy, G. et M. Robert . LE MILIEU PHYSIQUE DU CENTRE AFRICAIN MERIDIONAL ET LA PHYTOGEOGRAPHIE
Bruxelles 1935 Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. 8vo., 102pp., foldout map, wraps.. Very light institution stamp on cover. VG . (a66281)
$80.00 Huntingford, G. W. B. . EAST CENTRAL AFRICA PART VI THE NORTHERN NILO-HAMITES
London 1953 1st International African Institute. 8vo., 106pp., original wraps bound in library binding. Library stamps and labels. Good, text clean and unmarked, no DJ. (a47219)
$25.00 Johnston, James M.D. . REALITY VERSUS ROMANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY ACROSS THE CONTINENT FROM BENGUELLA ON THE WEST, THROUGH BIHE, GANGUELLA, BAROTSE, THE KALIHARI DESERT, MASHONLAND, MANICA, GORONGOZA, NYASA, THE SHIRE HIGHLANDS , TO THE MOUTH OF THE ZAMBESI ON THE EAST COAST
London 1893 Hodder and Stoughton. Sm.4to., 353pp., 51 fullpage illustrations from photographs - including a stunning frontispiece, original printed hardcover. Lacks the foldout map. Fair, rear hinge cracked and cover worn on corners and quite worn on spine ends, backstrip browned. Sold as is, a good reading copy. (a57004)
$98.00 Le Roux, Hughes . CONGO
Paris 1919 1st Jean Cussac. Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres. Contents (in French): Chronologie, Geographie , Climat, Condition Sanitaires, Cour d'Eau, Plantes, Animaux, Demographie, Ethnologie, Conditions Economiques, Communication, Routes, Chemins de Fer, Postes, Industries, Irrigation, Commerce, Tarifs, Religion, Organisation Politique, and so on. In French. Octavo, 84pp., 2 large color foldout maps, original printed wraps. Signed by Le Roux in presentation (to R. G. Harris). VG. Scarce. (a67579)
$125.00 Le Roux, Hughes . MOYEN-CONGO
Paris 1918 1st Jean Cussac. Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres. Contents (in French): Chronologie, Geographie , Climat, Condition Sanitaires, Cour d'Eau, Plantes, Animaux, Demographie, Ethnologie, Conditions Economiques, Communication, Routes, Chemins de Fer, Postes, Industries, Irrigation, Commerce, Tarifs, Religion, Organisation Politique, and so on. In French. Octavo, 48pp., 2 very large color foldout maps, original printed wraps. Signed by Le Roux in presentation (to R. G. Harris). VG. Scarce. (a67524)
$125.00 Moore, J. E. S. . TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MODERN ASPECT OF CENTRAL AFRICA, AND OF SOME LITTLE KNOWN REGIONS TRAVERSED BY THE TANGANYIKA EXPEDITION, IN 1899 AND 1900
London 1901 1st Hurst and Blackett. Sm.4to., xvi, 350pp., color frontis, one large color foldout map and two smaller maps, many photo illustrations and drawings (some foldout), advertisements, original green cloth hardcover with dark blue picture of a donkey-man, gilt lettering on spine. Faint residue of numbers at heel of spine, institution booklate andstamp on title page. Good, corners and spine ends a bit worn. Scarce mountaineering book. (a61677)
$495.00 Schweinfurth, Georg . THE HEART OF AFRICA. THREE YEARS' TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA FROM 1868 TO 1871 2 VOLUMES (C0OMPLETE)
NY 1874 1st American Harper. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Large octavos, 559pp. 521pp., 2 maps, plates, text illustrations, maroon cloth. Village library stamp on title pages. Good, new end papers, a few early leaves chipped around edges, cover and spine faded, moderate wear. (a71130)
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