The Swahili Coast: Poltics, Diplomacy and Trade on the East African Littoral, 1798-1856 by C.S. Nicholls

NY: Africana Publishing, 1971. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 419 pages, 6 maps, appendix, bibliog., index. Based on many original & unpublished materials, this book examines the impact of Omani rule & trade and the growing involvement of Western powers in Zanzibar politics in the first half of the 19th century. Owner's signature on front fly leaf, college bookplate on inside front cover. About 10 pages with light underlining. Record # 380844

Ny: Africana Publishing, 1971. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo. Not Xlib. No Marks.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Bound in red cloth with silver lettering on spine. Owner name on front pastedown, otherwise internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dust jacket is not price-clipped, has a 1/3" tear top of front spine fold and very minor creasing along the top edge. Issued as St. Antony's Publications No. 2. Deals with a sixty-year period in which Arabs from Oman in Arabia extended their influence over the East African coast from Mogadishu in the north to Cape delgado in the south. 419 pages including comprehensive bibliography and index. . First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

New York: African Publishing Corporation. This is a Fine Copy of this book in original red cloth silver title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.There is NO leaning or rolling to spine.The text block remains crisp and clean internally.Book has a firm binding with No hinge weakness,Great copy for the collector with the dust-jacket well protected in a brodart cover sleeve,8vo 419pp First US Edition 1st Impression [1971] . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1971.