The Dark Kingdoms: The Impact of White Civilization on Three Great African Monarchies
by Scholefield, Alan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688029582
- ISBN 13
- 9780688029586
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Co, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. William Morrow and Co., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Includes maps, some quite unique illustrations, and bibliography. Binding of black half cloth gilt tilted, black paper-wrapped boards; very clean and unmarked; lower corner of front board has slight indented diagonal crease line. Tight, solid, sewn binding. Interior is quite clean and free from any markings. Jacket clean, unmarked with slight edgewear, original price unclipped but has a white sticker over it. The story of three black kingdoms, the old, sixteenth-century kingdom of Congo, Dahomey, and Lesotho (Basutoland). Each of the three is shown at a critical point in its history, the period when they met white pressure head on. How they reacted to this pressure determined whether or not they survived. Only the last of the three now survive. 194 pages with Source Books and Index. 5.6 x 8.5 inches. William Morrow and Co., New York, 1975.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014093
- Title
- The Dark Kingdoms: The Impact of White Civilization on Three Great African Monarchies
- Author
- Scholefield, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688029582
- ISBN 13
- 9780688029586
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- AFRICA, HISTORY; CONGO (KINGDOM)-HISTORY; DAHOMEY-HISTORY; LESOTHO-HISTORY; BOERS; BASUTOS; BURTON, SIR RICHARD; GELE, KING OF DAHOMEY; BASUTOLAND; MOSHESH; ORANGE FREE STATE; SAO, SALVADOR;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Africa;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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