Search Results: History: Africa from The Owl at the Bridge

Phila., New Society/Earthscan, 1986. Soft Cover. 232 p., photos, 20.5 cm. "Drought may have triggered the famines, human mismanagement caused them. Stock# 34,086. Vg/ paper

New York ; London : Free Press, c2001. Hard Cover. xvii, 247 p., [8] p. of plates, illus., maps, index, 24.5 cm, History of the Egyptian city of Alexandria established on the Delta of the Nile by Greeks, it was an ancient center of learning and of power struggles. Stock# 40,010. Fine, new from publisher/ dj fine.

Viking Press, NY, 1937. 'First Published in September 1937.'. Hard Cover. 325 p., illus. throughout. Sanderson was leader of the Percy Sladen Expedition to the British Cameroons, West Africa, 1932-33; he returned with 'a wealth of data, the notes for this book, and the precise and lovely drawings which illustrate it.' Bound in pictorial tan linen stamped in brown, gold spine lettering, top edge yellow; 24.5 cm.; no dj (flap loose in book); VG. 28580

NY, Greystone [1963].. Hard Cover. 256 p., index, maps, illus.,65 color plates; 23.5 cm. Series: Art of the World. Prospectus for the series. Stock #29,780. VG/ dj good, some tears.

NY, Atheneum, 1980. Soft Cover. 373 p.,21.5 cm. A South African journalist, Woods opposed Apartheid and was forced to flee with his family when the government threatened to kill him. Stock# 30,610. Vg/ paper.

Hammond was an American mining engineer employed by Cecil Rhodes in South Africa; he was involved in the Jameson Raid (1895/6), captured & sentenced to death, eventually released on payment of a fine; he promoted many hydroelectric and mining projects. VOLUME TWO ONLY. Pages 387-813, index, plates; 23 cm. Bound in green cloth, spine faded, no dust jacket; Good+. Stock#20971bis/house.

Softcover. 296 pages, illustrations (some color), maps; 31 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, February 10-April 16, 1989 and Walters Art Gallery, May 21-July 16, 1989. Inconspicuous ink owner name on flyleaf; taped repair of bottom front cover; Very Good. Stock#45251/h.

NY, Holt, 1988. Hard Cover. 288 p., photos; maps, 23.5 cm. Travels up the Congo in modern Zaire to trace the steps of three men who were there in 1890: Joseph Conrad, Roger Casement, and missionary Dan Scott, the author's great uncle. Stock# 31,606x. Fine/dj fine. Another copy.Soft cover edition. Vg. $7.50.

Putnam's Sons, NY [c1952]. Hard Cover. Set in Liberia, at Bolahun in the jungle and later at Cape Mount on the coast. Chapters include The Hospital in the Forest; Fire, Beasts, Epidemic; Doctor and Medicine Man; Leopards and Leopard-Men. 248 p., 21 illus., 21.5 cm.; pink cloth boards stamped in black; ex library; worn; good. 32987.

Hardcover. xvi, 334 pages including illustrations, genealogical tables, diagrams, plates (1 folding), portrait, folding map, index; 24 cm. This book, by the medical officer of the Somaliland Protectorate, is mainly an account of the Somali people and is the result of ten years' acquaintance with that race. The flora and fauna and the economic resources of the country are also considered. Of equal interest are the opening chapters, which contain an historical summary, and give the best description we have of Zeila, Berbera, and the other ports. Originally published: London: Hurst & Blackett, 1912. New from publisher / no dust jacket, as issued. Stock#43610x/h.

Two bookseller catalogues listing books on Eastern lands. Salloch, Orientalia, 72 pages, 235 items, xvi plates with 25 illustrations plus 2; Brill, Again the East, 1660 items, 26 illus. Both stapled in pictorial paper covers; both Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0263.

Two bookseller catalogues. Quaritch 1017, 385 items, illus.; Lake 51, 158 items. Both in paper covers; both Good or better. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0318.

N.Y., Viking, 1937.. Hard Cover. 342 p., index, portrait front., 24 cm. Biography of the Queen of Egypt and of her enormous influence in the Roman Empire. Stock #29,142. Good/ no dj.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1967. Hard Cover. viii, 404 p., map; 24 cm. "In the most comprehensive study in any language of the background to the war, Baer investigates how the leaders of the great, and the lesser, powers reacted to Mussolini's open preparations for his fateful invasion in October 1935, analyzing the profound consequences of their actions". Bibliography: p. [379]-400. Stock#Neu143. Vg / dj vg.

London, Faber and Faber, [1990]. Soft Cover. 222 p., 19.5 cm. First published 1959. Autobiography of a black man growing up in South Africa. Stock# 33,190. Vg/ paper; good.

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1991.. Hard Cover. xii, 295 p. : ports. ; index, 24 cm. Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University. "A fascinating contribution to the story of Britain's attempt to maintain its role as an economic world power, of the uses of and limitations on U.S. economic power and, more generally, of the role of economic matterts in modern diplomacy." Bibliography (p. 281-288). NEU021. Vg / dj vg.

London, Cambridge UP for Hakluyt Society, 1976, #147. Hard Cover. xvi, 365 p., index, plates (one folding). Antedating the chartering of the East India Company by nearly twenty years, and "Chronicling, in the main, the initial (albeit abortive) attempt to establish a spice trade in the Moluccas, The Diary of Richard Madox... provides... details of the Oxford and London scenes and the organizational aspects of the trading venture, to the customs of the natives of Sierra Leone, including the earliest English record of an African language, together with drawings of the flora and fauna. …Appendices include… the complementary diary of his fellow chaplain John Walker.' Dj; fine. Stock#23373.

Stroud: Sutton, 2004. Hard Cover. xi, 180 p., illus. (some color), maps, ports.; 24 cm. "In Engineering the Pyramids, author Dick Parry - a civil engineer - assesses the design of the pyramids and the likely methods of quarrying, transporting and raising the stones. Basing his ideas on both the archaeological record and the basic principles of engineering - as well as the results from a series of model and full-scale tests - Dr. Parry provides a challenging answer to this mystery of the pyramids. He suggests that ramps were used and the huge stones were transported and raised by rolling them, rather than using highly inefficient sledges beloved of Egyptologists." Fine, new from publisher / dj fine. Stock#45065.

NY, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1988. Soft Cover. 530 p., photos, maps; 21.5 cm. Ten essays which show the harmful effects of South African Apartheid in the entire region. Stock#30795. Vg/ paper.

John Day, NY [1972].. Hard Cover. viii, 248 p., index, illus., photos, maps; 24 cm. Biography of Amenhetop IV, King of Egypt, 1388-1358 B.C. Stock# 29,785. Good+/ no dj. Egypt; religion; archeology.