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International African Institute / Oxford University Press 1st edition 1965 reprint.. Owners inscription ffep. top edge dusty, prelims and some end pages show damp mark top corner else contents clean and unmarked. overall thus G++ condition in Good dustwrapper (closed tear at rear, dusty & tanned, shows damp storage internally). both maps present and in excellent condition with no tears and no stains. despite listed faults presents as a decent copy.. Navy cloth boards. 420pp illustrated plates, 2 folding maps. 8vo. 1.0kg. An exhaustive treatise on the Nupe of northern Nigeria, the first such detailed study of a Muslim Emirate in Nigeria. Deals with environment, women, social, economic, agriculture, trade & industry, labour, education, and political aspects.

Victoria Square Press, England 1976 1st edition.. Ownership stamp, VG in G d/w (worn, rubbed, no major loss or tears). includes original loose Errata and Addenda.. Gilt on brown cloth boards, 325pp, 8vo.

The Centre For African Area Studies. Kyoto University 2005. isbn 4879740523 C3072.. Lower spine shows bump which has split the wrap at that point (book was probably dropped) hence VG only. no inscriptions or markings, otherwise as new.. Printed wraps. 160pp illustrated line drawings, photographs. small 4to. The Samburu are located in northern Kenya. This scarce reference work is illustrated in colour. It provides an overview of the society and then details of adornments for children, moran (the youth), elders, women, ritual occasions, and also body deformation (ear piercing, skin markings such as tattoos and burn marks, tooth extraction. This book represents the first systematic collation of Samburu adornments with a meticulous outline of their contextual significance.

Halton & Co. London/New York 1949 2nd edition.. No inscriptions. insect damage to surface of spine and worn to head thereof. eps tanned, tissue guard to frontis shows loss, else contents very clean, overall G+ condition.. Gilt dec blue cloth boards. 81pp + 120 plates 4to. Includes list of museums in Europe & America containing ship models.

Collins. London 1969 1st edition.. No inscriptions. edges & eps spotted hence VG in G-VG dustwrapper (price-clipped, some closed tears repaired, no major loss or tears). despite listed faults a bright copy.. Ochre cloth boards. 224pp illustrated 8vo. An overview of the tsetse fly covering not only the entomological aspects but the human and social ones as well.

A.K. Nath. Assam 1948 stated 1st edition.. No inscription. a G+ copy. folding map excellent. Spine faded. Paper-covered boards, one quarter maroon cloth. 158pp illustrated plates 8vo. Deals with: The Austrics, the Negroids, the Kiratas, the Bodos, the Dravidians & Tee Aryans, the Asuras, the Naraka dynasty, the Varman dynasty, the Mlechha dynasty, the Pala dynasty, the Deva dynasty, the Bhuyans, the Jitari dynasty, the Koches, the Morans, the Varahis, the Kalitas, the Kacharis, the Tipperahs, the Manipuris, the Jaintiasa & the Khasis, the Mikirs, the Garos, the Lalungs, the Pators & the Sylhetties, & the Ahoms.

Central News Agency / Gordon & Gotch. 1937.. Ownership signature ffep else a G+ copy. some foxing else clean and sound.. Green cloth boards. 427pp illustrated b/w plates, maps. 8vo 0.7kg. The most detailed of the works on the issue of the voortrekkers and the great trek.

Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sendingkerk In S.A. Bloemfontein 1974.. No inscriptions. minor pencil underVG-Fine condition.. Printed card wraps. 193pp. Includes three papers: J.A. Naude, Daar Is Geen God Naas Allah Nie. A. van Selms, En Mohammed Is Die Boodskapper Van Allah. W.D. Jonker, Jesus Meer As 'n Profeet.

Oxford University Press 2000 2nd edition.. Ownership inscription ffep. used academic text sold with all faults. stained front wrap. overall G+ with one small area highlighting.. 337pp softcover. A complete guide for the local practitioner.

Mandela Bay Development Agency. Nelson Mandela Bay, Gqeberha, 2013.. Externally VG with wear along bottom edge.. Large square 4to. unnum. 1.5kg. Full page images of beaded representations of quotations from Nelson Mandela, chronologically arranged, with the actual quotations in text on facing page.

Totem Galleries 2002.. Wraps are lightly rubbed else this is a near-Fine copy.. 255pp softcover illustrated 4to. 1.1kg. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Standard Bank Gallery assembled and organised by the University of the Witwatersrand. Essays by Anitra Nettleton, Omotoso Eluyemi, Paula Girshick Ben Amos, Babatunde Lawal, Herbert M. Cole. The Meneghelli collection is the largest collection of historical art in Southern Africa in terms of the diversity of the cultures which it embraces and the number of items in its collection. The pieces on the exhibition were a selection from the Nigerian artworks in the collection.

Hugh Keartland 1965 1st edition.. Good, no dustwrapper.

Self published. Grahamstown 1991.. A new unread copy.. Printed boards. 112pp. Illustrated b/w photos. drawings. Tells the story of the creation of the 1820 Settlers monument set on Gunfire Hill overlooking Grahamstown. This is a cultural and performance venue used during the annual National Arts Festival and other events held in the city.

Self published. Grahamstown 1991.. A new unread copy.. Printed boards. 112pp. Illustrated b/w photos. drawings. Tells the story of the creation of the 1820 Settlers monument set on Gunfire Hill overlooking Grahamstown. This is a cultural and performance venue used during the annual National Arts Festival and other events held in the city.

Self published. Grahamstown 1991.. A new unread copy.. Printed boards. 112pp. Illustrated b/w photos. drawings. Tells the story of the creation of the 1820 Settlers monument set on Gunfire Hill overlooking Grahamstown. This is a cultural and performance venue used during the annual National Arts Festival and other events held in the city.

Secker & Warburg London 1958 1st edition.. Ownership ticket ffep. top edge dusty, maps show minor spotting but no tears. a sound clean VG copy but no dustwrapper.. Tan cloth boards. 247pp illustrated 8vo.

Arnold. London 1995.. Crease to front wrap hence VG- condition.. 202pp paperback 8vo. Postcolonial novelists often aim to revise the ideological messages created by European domination of their culture. In this new study Author demonstrates the subversive nature of such fiction. In the African context the author examines J.M. Coetzee's 'Waiting For The Barbarian' and 'The Foe', and Nadine Gordimer's 'Something Out There'.

Spot On. Heinemann Johannesburg 2008.. New.. 233pp illustrated A4 format, 0.6kg. Intended for the South African school grade 12 Literature examination (school leaving). Contains the full text of the novel with much additional information to improve the student's knowledge and understanding of the text.

Spot On. Heinemann Johannesburg 2008.. New.. 233pp illustrated A4 format, 0.6kg. Intended for the South African school grade 12 Literature examination (school leaving). Contains the full text of the novel with much additional information to improve the student's knowledge and understanding of the text.

Spot On. Heinemann Johannesburg 2008.. New.. 233pp illustrated A4 format, 0.6kg. Intended for the South African school grade 12 Literature examination (school leaving). Contains the full text of the novel with much additional information to improve the student's knowledge and understanding of the text.