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Nigeria:

Hoffman, Carl (editor) . THE JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES VOLUME IX, NO 1 MARCH 1974
1974. One complete issue. Includes articles on Recapitualing Pronouns in Kuteb; On Serial Verbs and Verbal Status; Consonantal Labialization in Ga, etc. Octavo, 58pp., original printed wraps. VG plus. (a77705)
$35.00 Berry, Erick . GIRLS IN AFRICA
New york 1938 (1928) Macmillan. Six stories about young girls in Nigeria and West Africa from different African tribes. Large print. Octavo, 128pp., color frontis, line drawings, orange cloth hardcover. Publishers owner stamp on half title. VG in Good DJ. (a67346)
$22.00 Smith, John . COLONIAL CADET IN NIGERIA
Durham 1968 1st Duke University. About the work and life of British Administrators in colonial northern Nigeria. Octavo, 202pp., hardcover. Owner signed. Fine in Fair DJ, worn. (a66873)
$20.00 White, Carl M. . THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA - GROWTH OF THE IDEA, PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS
Lagos 1964 Federal Ministry of Information. Sm.4to., 59pp., original printed wraps. Ex- university library. Good, text clean, some cover wear. (a61765)
$45.00 (Baptist Christian missions) . THE FOREIGN MISSION JOURNAL 5 YEARS (JULY 1911 THROUGH OCTOBER 1916)
1911-1916 Southern Baptist Convention. 5 years of this journal bound in 5 hardcover volumes (12-16 issues per volume), including original covers. Each issue has list of missionaries and their locations. Much information on Baptist missions in Africa and Asia. Includes short article on Moses Ladejo Stone, a Yoruba Baptist preacher, with a photo portrait. Octavos, photo illustrations and photo portraits, hardcovers. Institution withdrawn stamp at a number of places. Bookplates removed from inside each cover. Good plus, occasional light wrinkling in text, covers a bit soiled, spine labels worn. 5 years in 5 volumes. Scarce and invaluable. (a61079)
$170.00 Alubo, S. Ogoh and Franklin Vivekananda . BEYOND THE ILLUSION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN AN AFRICAN SOCIETY THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH CARE AND CRISIS IN NIGERIA: WITH A DISCOURSE ON KENYA, TANZANIA, BRAZIL, CUBA. ISBN 91-86702-29-7.
Stockholm 1995 1st Bethany. ISBN 91-86702-29-7. 8vo., 256pp., original wraps. VG plus. (a59589)
$39.00 (nigeria) . HANDBOOK OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA
Lago 1960 4th edition. Federal Ministry of Commerce. 8vo., 338pp., hardcover. Light paperclip damage on initial pages. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a53921)
$45.00 Cook, T.L. . AN INTEGRATED PHONOLOGY OF EFIK VOLUME I. THE EARLIER STAGES OF THE PHONOLOGICAL DERIVATION, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE VOWEL AND TONE SYSTEMS
Leiden 1985. In English (one page in Dutch at end). Nigerian language. Lg.8vo., 629pp., foldout chart at rear, wraps. Inscribed and signed by Cook on the title page. VG, light wear. (a50929)
$120.00 Odeku, E. Latunde MD . WHISPERS FROM THE NIGHT
Ibadan 1969 1st Abiodun. Poetry by Nigerian neurosurgeon. 12mo., 137pp,. wraps. VG, light cover wear. (a45413)
$65.00 Jones, Thomas Jesse . EDUCATION IN AFRICA
NY no date (c. 1922) Phelps-Stokes Fund. A study of West, South and Equatorial Africa by the African Education Commission under the auspices of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and Foreign Mission Societies of North America and Europe. Lg.8vo., 323pp., monochrome photo illustrations, color map of Africa, index, printed hardcover. Owner name stamps on end paper.A few pencil notes in margins, Good, crease on title page, no DJ. (a45269)
$40.00 (anthropology) . THE KENNECOTT LECTURE SERIES 1960 1961
Tucson 1961 University of arizona. Contents: An Anthropologist Looks at Africa by Paul Bohannan; Education Bulwark of Nigerian Independence by Alan Pifer; Political Independence and Economic Progress in Tropical Africa by William O. Jones. VG in Good DJ, a bit chipped. (a45259)
$30.00 Dark, Philip J. C. . THE ART OF BENIN A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE A. W. F. FULLER AND CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM COLLECTIONS OF ANTIQUITIES FROM BENIN, NIGERIA
1962 Chicago. 8vo., 74pp. plus 48 photo plates, wraps. VG. (a38608)
$24.00 Imam, A. et al . WOMEN AND THE FAMILY IN NIGERIA
1985 Codesria Book Series. Octavo, 165pp., wraps. VG. (a38160)
$25.00 Hazzledine, George Douglas . THE WHITE MAN IN NIGERIA
NY 1969 Negro Universities Press. Reprint of original 1904 edition. 8vo., 228pp. VG. (a37400)
$25.00 (nigeria) . THE ART OF IFE
Lagos no date (mid 20thc) Nigerian Museum. 8vo., 28pp., photo illus., wraps. VG, light wear. (a36287)
$25.00 Umeh, Marie . WOMEN AND SOCIAL REALISM IN THE NOVELS OF BUCHI EMECHETA
Madison 1981. Doctoral Thesis, University of Wisconsin. Emecheta is a Nigerian writer. 4to., 196 leaves, mimeo on rectos only. Bound in buckram. Near Fine. (a32580)
$125.00 Evers, H.D.; S. Von Schwerin and H. Weiler . ERZIEHUNGSWESEN IN CEYLON, ISRAEL UN NIGERIA BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Freiburg 1962. Arbeitsstelle fuer Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung. In German. 4to., 45pp., mimeo, wraps. VG, old stain on front. (a30306)
$35.00 Azikiwe, Uche (comp.) . WOMEN IN NIGERIA AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Westport 1996 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-29960-9. Hardcover. Octavo, 144pp., cloth. Fine. (a28813)
$44.00 Pearce, Robert (editor) . WHEN THE WIND CHANGED IN AFRICA NIGERIAN LETTERS OF ROBERT HEPBURN WRIGHT
London 1992. Hardcover. Otavo,, photo illustrations, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a27559)
$45.00 Lyons, Charles H. . THE PUZZLING PILGRIMAGE OF ATTAHIRU AHMAD, MARCH 15-JULY 27, 1903
NY 1968. In Columbia Essays in International Affairs, Volume IV, the Dean's Papers, at pp. 25-48. The entire volume comprises 12 article. 8vo., 295pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a27551a)
$35.00 Cook, Arthur Norton . BRITISH ENTERPRISE IN NIGERIA
Philadelphia 1943 1st University of Pennylvania. Octavo., 330pp., index, hardcover. Ex-library. Good, no DJ. (a11272)
$29.00 Migeod, Frederick William Hugh . GRAMMAR OF THE HAUSA LANGUAGE
London 1914 Kegan Paul. Octavo, 228pp., hardcover. Good, a bit worn, leaves slightly browned but not brittle. (a9022)
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