Search Results: Africa from Black Sheep Books

London: Oxford University Press, 1956. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Good-. Subtitled "A Study of Community Development in Eastern Nigeria." Book includes sections on historical, social, and economic contexts for development, and looking at a possible government administrative framework and leader training before making some interesting conclusions. Off-white cloth with gilt titling on spine, four pages of black and white photographs at centre of the book, 110 pages. Corners and spine ends very slightly worn, spine slightly sunned and cocked,previous owner's name stamped on front endpapers, end papers foxed, occasional foxing spots in text, interior in very good condition, tightly bound. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has shelf wear, edgewear with chipping and creasing, there is a 1" by .05"open tear at the bottom of the spine, back of cover darkened with various pale brown marks. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges… Read More

London: International African Institute , Oxford University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. An account of the social organization of the Swazi, with special reference to the aristocratic structure of their society. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white plates, tables and diagrams, fold-out black and white map at back. Top inch of front end paper is cut out to remove previous owner's name, otherwise book appears to be without flaws. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light wear at corners and is slightly darkened, but is clean and bright. 251 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Milpark, South Africa: Earthyear Books/M&G Books, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. After being rescued from a frightening encounter with lions in the Timbavati game region.Linda Tucker embarks on a journey into the mysteries of the most sacred animal on the African continent: the legendary white lion." Brown hard cover with gilt titling on spine, black and white illustrations as well as a 32 page cluster of colour plates, 400 pages. Cover has edge wear with bumped corners and spine ends, text block edge has some pale smudges, text is clean and tight. Dust jacket has light edge wear, more wear to corners and spine ends and light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Nairobi: Government Printer, 1958. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/-. Volume XXXVI (New Series). Tan cloth with black titling on spine, a few black and white diagrams, 788 pages. Corners and spine ends are slightly worn, owner's name and address written in black pen on front cover, covers have many darker markings/smudges, front cover has three small white spots, owner's address stamped on title page and number written in ink as well, first 19 supplements are hole punched very close to the binding, a few ink markings on textblock edge, spine is slightly cocked, a few pages have light lengthwise creases, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Munchen: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, 1926. Card Cover. Very Good-/-. A German text cultural study about the rights and tribal laws of the Dshagga, the East African Bantu peoples. Gray covers with black titling on front and spine, untrimmed side and bottom textblock edges, the top page edge of every other page remains uncut! 778 pages. Creases to cover and a crease the length of the spine, a few faint smudges on the covers, edges and corners lightly worn, interior is in very good condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" tall

Nakura: Kenya Weekly News. Hardcover. Fair/-. Book is a collection of articles, published in The Kenya Weekly News, between July, 1943 and March, 1944, on the past, the present, and the future of Kenya Colony. Grey boards with black titling on front, brown cloth spine, 275 pages. Corners and edges are worn and chipped, heavy shelf wear, text block edges are browned, spine cover split at gutter, endpapers cracked at hinge, binding is shaky, owner's name and owner's stamp on first page. Reading copy only. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: International African Institute/Oxford University Press, 1945. Hardcover. Good/-. An investigation of the Tale social structure, by Meyer Fortes, Sociologist to the Institute of West African Industries, Arts & Social Science, in Accra, Gold Coast. Dark blue hard cover with gilt titling on spine, black and white frontispiece, black and white diagrams, maps and photographs, black and white fold-out map at back, 270 pages. Cover has minor edge wear, significant shelf wear with multiple spots of pale discolouration, sunned spine and upper front edge, text block edges darkened, owner's name in ink on end paper, front end papers foxed, underlining and notes in ink to the first 42 pages and very occasionally thereafter, occasional fingerprint smudges near a few page edges, binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable… Read More

Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis Museum of Art?Indiana University Press, 1996. First Edition. . Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Book published in conjunction with an exhibition "Egypt in Africa" held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Colourfully illustrated black soft cover, black titling on yellow, brown end papers, black and white and colour illustrations throughout, 134 pages. Cover has edge wear, significant shelf wear particularly to back cover which has multiple white spots, creases to lower front edge which continue through several pages, five-inch crease to lower back corner which continues through the three adjacent pages, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Heinemann, 1962. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. The story of a village in Egypt, translated by Desmond Stewart. First edition, review copy (publisher's review notice inserted in book). Brown cloth with gilt titling on spine, 250 pages. Three corners quite bumped, first few pages have small crease at upper corner from being bumped, spine ends are slightly worn - book is clean, binding is tight. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, shows some edge and shelf wear, several darker smudges front and back, in protective plastic cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Surrey, B.C.: North-West Book Co. Ltd., 1990. Leather. Very Good. Strohhacker, Hans. A signed presentation copy, this book portrays the beauty of African wildlife and sounds a warning to the world: abundant as wildlife in Africa may seem to be, it cannot withstand the onslaught of human activity that is overtaking the continent. A sensitively written record of Africa's diminishing wildlife, illustrated by four hundred magnificent photographs. Brown leather cover with gilt titling and faux bands on spine, gilt titling and overall decoration on front, front end papers have watercolour images by artist, Wesley Clark, of the quagga and the bloubok, both now extinct, signed by both author and photographer on presentation page, colour frontispiece, and stunning colour photographs throughout book, 276 pages. There is a folded colour map entitled "The Afrotropical Realm" in a pocket at back of book; also a copy of a congratulatory letter to Strohhacker from Ian McTaggart Cowan, Dean Emeritus… Read More

Central News Agency, 1959. A Hard Cover. Good/-. Laurence, Gertrude E.; Letty, Cythna (and others). Written in two parts. Part 1: "A Guide to the Identification of Grasses in South Africa" by Lucy K. A. Chippinall. Part 2: "Pasture Management in South Africa" by Prof. J. D. Scott, Prof. J. J. Theron, D. Meredith and others. Green cloth covers with gilt decoration on front cover, gilt titling on spine, covered with laminated clear plastic, illustrated endpapers, colour frontispiece plus thirty-one gorgeous colour plates, two fold-out charts, index, glossary, black-and-white illustrations and maps throughout. Corners and spine ends are slightly worn, a few spots on text-block edges, spine is a little shaky. 771 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions… Read More

Bombay: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/-. Mowgli stories for children, written in Swahili, book has green boards with black titling on front, green cloth spine, illustrated with black and white plates and drawings, 219 pages. Green boards slightly faded and smudged, text block edges darked, end papers foxed, previous owner's name in ink on end paper, otherwise this attractive little book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Los Angeles, CA: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. Museum of Cultural History Monograph Series Number Twenty Six. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name. Black soft cover with picture of mask to front, purple endpapers, four pages of full-colour photographs, black and white photographs illustrating the text111 pages. Light shelf wear, crease to top free corner of cover, another light crease to back cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Nairobi: Government Printer, 1959. Paper Cover. Good/-. A supplement for the Bill for Introduction in to the Legislative Council, The Companies Bill, 1959. Beige paper covers with black titling, one-staple binding, no spine, 347 pages. Book has edge wear with light creasing and chipping, foxing on both covers, list of numbers in red ink on front cover, stapled binding is slightly rusty. first few and last few pages have light crease, text is clean. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Bologna: Zanichelli, 1936. Soft cover. Written in Italian, this is an Italian text published close to the Italian occupation of Abyssinia (Ehtiopia); includes sections on political geography, economics, climate, geology, and much more. Tan card covers with red titling on front, leading and bottom edges of text block are untrimmed, top edges of last few pages uncut, illustrated with black and white diagrams, a maps in black and white as well as colour, some are fold-out, 407 pages. The covers are in poor condition with numerous stains, previous owner's signature in blue crayon on front cover and in black ink on title page, top and bottom two inches of spine detached, faint dotted foxing on some pages but entire text is easily legible, there is a pocket for a fold out map on the back pastedown however the map is missing, otherwise the book is complete, binding quite weak at beginning of third part and spine is cracked in a couple of other locations. A thorough and interesting overview of Africa… Read More

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. This book examines the cultural background of the Luguru people and the conditions leading to the riots of 1955. Black cloth with silver titling on spine, end papers are maps, tiny bookseller's plate inside front cover, black and white photographs and tables, 212 pages. Front corners bumped, text block edges are slightly darkened and have a few foxing spots, otherwise book is in great shape. Dust jacket, which is not price clipped, has minor edge wear, 1" by .25" tear in fold of front flap, spine slightly sunned, multiple foxing spots, but is basically clean and bright. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Pretoria, Cape Town: Academica, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Grey cloth, white titling to spine, 291 pages. Light edge wear, small bump to top right corner, pastedown gift plate to ffep by Africa Institute of South Africa, bookseller's sticker to last free endpaper. Dust jacket shows light edge wear and some sunning to spine. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Lisbon: Agencia-General Do Ultramar, 1967. Second Edition. . Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. A comprehensive description of Mozambique. Soft cover with red and black titling, illustrated with black and white plates, fold-out black and white map at back. Book is slightly warped due to damp exposure, but is otherwise without flaws - clean, bright and tight. 157 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-. An updated version of "Native Administration and Political Development in British Tropical Africa", this is the second of five volumes (the last being an index) covering modern Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. The report gives a detailed regional account the countries mentioned covering social services, ethnic distribution, native administration, and more; also has general information on each country including its constitution, political associations, laws, courts. Blue boards wtih gilt titling on spine, blind-stamped border on front and back boards, charts throughout, 168 pages. Cover has shelf wear, including some tiny spots along edge adjacent to front of spine and on top edge, corners and spine ends slightly worn, previous owner's name in ink on end paper, ink stamp on same page, tightly bound, interior in very good condition, clean and bright. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under… Read More

Durban: Butterworths. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In this book, published in 1983, ideologies, constitutional systems, forms of government and government institutions, and constitutional proposals are discussed and analyzed in their South African context. Green and white cloth with green and white titling on spine, front and back, illustrated with tables .Included in book is a card (in English and French) that reads: "With the Compliments of the Counsellor (Information), South African Embassy, Ottawa, Canada. Book appears to be without flaws. Dust jacket has minor edgewear which includes a closed half inch tear, and is very lightly sunned. 639+ pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall