Search Results: Titles starting with R from Michael Graves-Johnston

Published by Alhaji Ali Kotoko. Historical Direction: Ibrahima Baba Kake, Literary Direction: Francois Poli. Translated from the French. No place of publication, not dated. [circa 1970?] Wrpps, 4to. 40pp. map, biblio. Worldcat lists only the Harvard copy, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's yellow wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O]

In two volumes. Uppsala: Almquist & Wilsells, 1932 - 1941 Wrpps, Cr.folio (15 x 11 inches). (1). Part I. General Survey, Prehistory, Demography, Future of the Lapps. With the Collaboration of the Staff of the Institute and of Professor K. B. Wiklund. Edited by H. Lundborg, S. Wahlund. Printed partly with the help of private grants. Uppsala: The Swedish State Institute for Race Biology, 1932 viii,138 + 93pp. illustrations, map, biblio., index. (2). Part II. Anthropometrical Survey. By Gunnar Dahlberg, Sten Wahlund. Uppsala: The Swedish State Institute of Human Genetics and Race Biology, 1941. 88pp. map, tables, frontispiece and 198 illustrations from photographs on 27 plates, appendix, biblio. With a presentation inscription from Gunnar Dahlberg on the front wrapper of Volume II. A very nice signed set of the first edition in the publisher's printed wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world… Read More

By The Rev. W. C. Willoughby, Professor of Missions in Africa in the Kennedy School of Missions, Hartford, Conn., U.S.A.; lately Principal of the L.M.S. Native Institution, Tiger Kloof, South Africa. A study of the relation of Bantu and Britons in those parts of Bantu Africa which are under British control. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1923 Med.8vo. 396pp. map, index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's red cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ] Read More

By The Rev. W. C. Willoughby, Professor of Missions in Africa in the Kennedy School of Missions, Hartford, Conn., U.S.A.; lately Principal of the L.M.S. Native Institution, Tiger Kloof, South Africa. A study of the relation of Bantu and Britons in those parts of Bantu Africa which are under British control. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1923 Med.8vo. 396pp. map, index, dw. Slight marking of covers due to moisture, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's red cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are… Read More

Indisch Comite voor Wetenschappelijke Onderzoekingen, IV. Weltevreden, D.E.I.: G. Kolff, 1929 Roy.8vo. viii,122+vii pp. 25 plates, 9 maps, biblio., index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

By Lawrence Oschinshy, M.A., Ph.D., Formerly lecturer in Anatomy at the Makerere College Medical School, Kampala, Uganda. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Limited., 1954 8vo. x,188pp. 64 plates, 2 maps, biblio. Spine slightly sunned, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's green cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1938 Roy.8vo. cxxix,767pp. map, biblio., index. A fascinating work with many thousands of proverbs from the cultures of the world. The four indices are linguistic and geographical, subject-matter, race, and alternative chief word; and they occupy 125 pages. With contributions by R. R. Marett, Edward Westermarck, E. Denison Ross, etc. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L] Read More

by Rev. James Bruyas S.J. Missionary of the Mohawk. Published from the original Manuscript. In the Sixteenth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian collection Annexed Thereto. Made to the Legislature, April 15, 1863. Albany: Cumstock & Cassidy, 1863 Side-stiched, 8vo. 16pp. + 123pp. Jacques Bruyas (1635-1712) was a French Jesuit missionary among the Mohawk. This work was also published in Shea's library of American linguistics no. 10 at New York in 1862. From the John Lawson collection with his bookplate, occasional light foxing, a good copy. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully… Read More

Au nom de la Societe des Antiquaires de Normandie par une Commission composee de MM. A. Charma, L'Abbe Durand et G. Mancel. Paris: L. Hachette, 1852 Wrpps, 8vo. 31pp. 15 illustrations of objects on a folding lithographed frontispiece. Signed presentation inscription from the author on the front wrapper. Lacking the back wrapper, a very nice signed copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Alexandrie: Societe des Publications Egyptiennes, 1913 Wrpps, 4to. 48pp. 23 plates (7 colour), 14 illustrations, biblio. Lacking upper wrapper, with an old stamp of 'Societe Archeologique d'Alexandrie' to the second leaf, slight staining to lower margin of the plates, a nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

'S-Gravenhage: Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, 1929 4to. 110pp. 32 plates and illustrations, 4 coloured folding maps in pocket of rear board, biblio. Some old library stamps. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Alexandrie: Societe des Publications Egyptiennes, 1914 Wrpps, Roy.8vo. 11pp. With an old stamp of 'Societe Archeologique d'Alexandrie' to the upper wrapper, a good copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

Mit 7 tafeln. Sonderdruck aus dem "Archiv fur Rassen- und Gesellschaftsbiologie", Band 19, Heft 4. Munchen: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1927 Wrpps, Roy.8vo. 369-388pp. 7 plates. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

Oxford and New York: Berg, 2001 Wrpps, Med.8vo. xiii,270pp. illustrations, biblio., index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O]

London: Published for the International Institute of African Languages & Cultures by the Oxford University Press, 1936 8vo. xx,582pp. 28 plates, 4 maps, biblio., index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]

With illustrations and map. London: Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd., 1935 8vo. 291pp. 8 plates, folding map, appendix, index. From the library of Dr Juel-Jensen with a letter to him from Richard Pankhurst on the subject of Ethiopian references and thanking him for his kindness and his hospitality to 'Alula'. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's light brown cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1902, reprinted 1912 Cr.8vo. xiv,279pp. frontispiece and 15 plates, map. "... personal impressions of a journey made across Siberia through Manchuria in the autumn of 1901..." Spine slightly spotted, A very nice copy in the publisher's red cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1902 Cr.8vo. xvi,279pp. frontispiece and 85 illustrations on plates, map. "... personal impressions of a journey made across Siberia through Manchuria in the autumn of 1901..." The author, a journalist crossed Siberia on the Trans Siberian Railway and entered the prohibited Russian zone of occupation in Manchuria. A signed presentation copy from the author to Thomas Parkin with Parkin's bookplate. Tipped in is a 3 page ALS from the author as well as a christmas card from him and some relavent newspaper cuttings. Among the subjects discussed in the letter is the colour of the book's cover (yellow,) - 'The cover wants dying or die-ing.....It gives me an attack of Jaundice to look at it.' A few marks to the covers, spine browned, a very nice signed copy of the first edition in the publisher's yellow cloth with red lettering to spine and upper board. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology,… Read More

With a foreword by The Rt. Hon. Field-Marshall J. C. Smuts. London: Published for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures by the Oxford University Press 1943, reprinted 1965 8vo. xv,336pp. 16 plates, 4 maps, (1 coloured folding), index, dw. A very nice copy in the publisher's cloth with the dustwrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]

By F. Dillon Bell and Frederick Young Jun. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1842. Sewn as issued, 8vo. 34pp. + 4 pages advertisments for books on New Zealand, 2 tables. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]