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(west africa) . LA MAURITANIE; LE DAHOMEY
Paris 1932, 1934 Agence Economique de L'Afrique Occidentale Francaise. 2 items, in French. Small octavos, 18pp., 15pp., maps, photo illustrations, wraps. Mauritanie: Fair, cover worn, text browned and some blue pencil underlining in text; Dahomey: Good, cover soiled. 2 items. (a12693)
$30.00 Campbell, Albert A. . ST. THOMAS NEGROES: A STUDY OF PERSONALITY AND CULTURE
NY 1943. American Psychiatric Association Volume 55, Number 5, Whole No. 253. Author professsor at Northwestern. Octavo, 90pp., wraps. Good, lightly wrinkled. Very Scarce. (a19510)
$95.00 (africa) . THE GOLD COAST
London no date (1937 date on map) Hudson and Kearns.Hardcover. first edition. Lg.8vo., photo illustrations, large folding map in rear pocket (map is Fine). Good, light cover wear; end papers toned; no ownership marks. no dj. (a32950)
$28.00(west africa). GUID' A. O. F. 1952-1953
Dakar 1952 Agence de Distribution de Press. Afrique Occidentale FrancaiseAddresses of businesses in Dakar, Senegal, Mauritanie, Soudan, Guinee , Haute-Volta, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Dahomey and Togo. Maps. Advertisements. Additional information about government structures, communications, transportation, education, religion, etc. In French. Lg.8vo., 476pp., maps, advertisements, wraps. Good, cover tip corners chipped off, leaves slightly browned. (a40906)
$35.00 Siegel, Morris . THE MACKENZIE COLLECTION A STUDY OF WEST AFRICAN CARVED GAMBLING CHIPS
Menasha 1940. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, Number 55. Lg.8vo., 81pp., illustrations, original printed wraps. VG. (a43273)
$22.00 (west africa) . BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE DOCUMENTS ET RAPPORTS DUR LES PAYS DU SAHEL. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS ON THE SAHELIAN COUNTRIES (1977-1985)
Paris 1989 Club du Sahel. In French. 4to., 198pp., wraps. A few institution and dicard stamps on fore-edges, inside wraps and on front and rear blanks. Good, section of rear wrap torn off. (a50705)
$75.00 Westermann, Diedrich . KULTURELLE WANDLUNGEN UND ANPASSUNGEN IN WESTAFRIKA
Berlin 1951. Article (20pp., in German) in Sociologus Zeitschrift f�r Empirische Soziologie, Sozialpsychologische und Ethnologoische Forschung. Included in a whole issue with several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG. (a55581b)
$40.00Davis, Shelby Cullom. RESERVOIRS OF MEN: A HISTORY OF THE BLACK TROOPS OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA
Geneva 1934 first edition Librairie Kundig. Hardcover. Octavo, 205pp., photo illustrations, black cloth with gilt trim. Good plus, a few page corners creased, light cover wear, occasional light foxing, no DJ, No ownership marks. (a58667)
$69.00 (missionary) . MISSIONARY ANECDOTES SERIES FIRST
Philadelphia (c. 1850) American Sunday-School Union. The Islands of the Pacific; India and Burmah; China; North Africa and Turkey; South Africa and Madagascar; North America and the West Indies. 12mo., 233pp., frontis illustration of Chinese prayer wheel index, gilt decorated purple cloth hardcover. Good, occasional light foxing, front cover almost faded to grey. Scarce. (a62196)
$160.00 Biss, Captain Harold C. J. . RELIEF OF KUMASI
London 1901 2nd Methuen. Hardcover. Small octavo, 315pp., 48pp (publisher catalogue). photo illustrations, large folding map, maroon cloth. (some fraying on top edge of map due to inexact folding.) Tiny paper spine label. Some institution stamps and markings. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, some fraying at top edge of map. (a72764)
$150.00Guinea. COLONIES PORTUGAISES LA GUINEE
Lisbonne c. 1925 L'Agence Generale des Colonies. In French. 12mo., 30pp., original printed wraps. Blue pictorial cover . VG. lightly worn. (a74600)
$29.00 Barnett, Francis Blackman . MORE OF MY TREK IN WEST AFRICA
Offprint from Twenty-Five years after Yale 1902. Octavo, 23pp., one photo plate, original printed wraps with small photo illustrated portrait of Barnett mounted on front. Signed by previous owner John Kirstoff. Fair, worn and moderately foxed but legible and intact. (a75986)
$35.00 (ghana) . GHANA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 102
Washington 1967 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 282pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG (a76194)
$95.00 (gambia) . GAMBIA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 107
Washington 1968 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 35pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG (a76195)
$49.00(guinea). PORTUGUESE GUINEA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER 105
Washington 1968 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 122pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG (no maps, just a gazetteer of place names.) (a76206)
$65.00 (mauritania) . MAURITANIA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 100
Washington 1966 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 149pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a76213)
$90.00(religion). THE UNITED BRETHREN'S MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCER AND RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY - 5 SEPARATE ISSUES 1826- 1828
1826- 1828. Five issues, each octavo about 40pp., in original printed stringbound wraps. Issues for 1st, 3rd and 4th Quarters 1826, and 1st and 3rd Quarter of 1828. One has contemporary signature of Miss G. Parker. Includes articles as "Journal of a Reconnoitring (sic) visit to the Tambookkie Country" by Brethren Hallbeck and Fritsch" ; much more. Each issue has discard stamp of an Historical Society on the title page. Good but text toned (still legible) some wear throughout, fraying of most edges and bumping of corners. 5 issues. (a76799)
$125.00 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(military). MANUEL A L'USAGE DES TROUPES EMPLOYEES OUTRE-MER - DEUXIEME PARTIE - FASCICULE II AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE ET EQUATORIALE ANTILLES ET GUYANE
Paris 1926 Charles-Lavauzelle.In French. Narrow octavo, 338pp., large foldout map, printed salmon-colored boards. VG, light wear, no ownership marks. (a77784)
$65.00 Shaw, C. T. . REPORT ON EXCAVATIONS CARRIED OUT IN THE CAVE KNOWN AS BOSUMPRA AT ABETIFI, KWAHU, GOLD COAST COLONY
1944. Single complete issue of Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 4to., 67pp., 15 pages of line drawings, 3 photo plates, 1 map, original printed wraps. VG. (a78111)
$75.00 Gruvel, A. . L'ANGOLA
1911. Article at pp. 439-450 avec six figures dans le texte in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., originall printed wraps. Good, cover worn and a few small chips on spine and rear. (a78184b)
$35.00 Bauer, P. T. . WEST AFRICAN TRADE A STUDY OF COMPETITION, OLIGOPOLY AND MONOPOLY IN A CHANGING ECONOMY
Cambridge 1954 1st Cambridge University. Hardcover. Octavo, 450pp., blue cloth. End paper maps. VG Plus, no DJ. Binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. (a80110)
$29.00 Lefevre, Raymond . LE CAMEROUN 1957
1957. Statistics, reference book, and tourist guide. In French. Octavo, 109pp., photo illustrations, small maps, material indexed with color tabs along right edge of text, wraps. VG. (a80837)
$45.00(politics, culture). AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FIELD STAFF REPORTS SERVICE WEST EUROPE VOLUME I 1960 AND EAST AFRICA VOLUME 5 1959
Hanover 1959-60. Scholary studies mostly on third world developments. Two years of reports, with original covers, bound in one quarto volume, original cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, stamp on front free blank. VG. Set of 2 years in 1 volume. (z700)
$65.00