New York: Bantam Books, 1997. Trade Paperback.
Wrappers heavily rubbed, ink name on half-title page.
290 pp. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography about the early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story.....
Melville / Pietermaritzburg: Scripta Africana / Hans Strydom Publishers / Interpak Natal. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover.
Limited edition, #746 of 1000 copies, signed by publisher on limitation page. Slipcase rubbed.
246 pp. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations in text. Includes: Prelude to Disasters: The Letters of Philip Anstruther, 1879-1880; Introduction: The.....
London / New York: Blandford Press, 1987. Reprint. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Top page ridge lightly foxed.
176 pp. "Explains the causes of the Boer war, describes and analyzes typical battles, and discusses the outcome and impact of the war."
New York: Blandford Press, 1984. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Top page ridge foxed.
189 pp. "Tells of Britain's continual military involvement in Egypt and the Sudan to protect British "interests" and the Suez Canal. A compelling story of gruelling desert campaigns led by Victorian generals such as Wolseley, Gordon, and.....
Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1987. Reprint. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Light general wear.
ix, [1], 181, [1] pp. "Of all the many colonial campaigns of the Victorian era, few have gripped the imagination more than the Zulu War of 1879. Its dramatic events and the high courage displayed by men.....
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "To Irene--with love, Amy 11/15/09 Rich---" A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Minor general wear.
xxiv, 198 pp. "On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Scratch on rear panel of jacket. Top edge faintly foxed.
401 pp. "A portrait of one of the Victorian Age's most renowned English explorers and one-time Confederate soldier, remembered for locating David Livingstone, charting the Congo river, and campaigning.....
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Minor ink mark on rear jacket panel.
xii, 328 pp. The Sikh Wars; The Third China war, 1860; The Expedition to Abyssinia, 1867-8; The Ashanti Campaign, 1873-4; The South African War, 1880-1; The Egyptian Campaign, 1882; The Reconquest.....
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front jacket flap price-clipped. Top edge very faintly foxed.
xi, 225 pp. "Offers a series of portraits of the "white tribe" in Africa that demonstrates the great European spirit of adventure in figures past and present, including Blixen.....
New York: Signet, 1966. Mass Market Paperback.
Front wrapper lightly foxed, spine creased, rear wrapper creased, pages lightly toned.
viii, 429 pp. Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable stories of our time. This is a thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a......
New York: United Book Guild, 1964. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Revised, limited edition, one of 500 copies. Unnumbered. No jacket. Boards lightly foxed, top corners bumped.
251 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Authors Foreword; Clothing; Ornament; Hair-Dress; Decoration of the Skin; The Body; Hygiene; Social Differentiation of the Sex; Relation of the.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. Trade Paperback.
Wrappers creased, half inch tear along spine base, laminate starting to peel, page corners lightly dog-eared.
li, 1093 pp. "From all over the world and through the ages, here is a dazzling collection of two hundred women writers of African descent, showcased as.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1931. First Thus. Soft Cover.
First thus (Toledano, 149.2). Spine lightly toned with crease, front and rear hinges starting, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, ink name on front endpaper.
xv, 879 pp. Includes section of biographical sketches of the various authors, and an extensive bibliography.....
New York: Basic Books, 2004. Trade Paperback.
Faint stain to first few pages.
First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in.....
New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1926. Hard Cover.
Special edition limited to 500 copies. Ink gift note on front endpaper. Small abrasion to base of rear board.
x, [2], [895]-996, 1047-1070, [1]-101, [3] pp. William Wisner Chapin produced 130 hand-colored lantern slides of Korea that are housed in the permanent.....
. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1970. Robinson, Charles. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards stained, pencil marks on front endpaper and page 13. Very Good.
96 pp. "Here are eleven stories of Africa, centering around the great chief Mawkoom and his grandson Neyroom, that celebrate the strength, wisdom, and.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1973. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Spine lightly toned, page ridges lightly foxed.
xxviii, 350 pp. The military correspondences of Winston S. Churchill. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial Note; The North-West Frontier, 1897; Sudan, 1898; South Africa, 1899-1900; Index.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. An exceptional copy.
Over the past two decades, the situation in Africa's largest country, Sudan, has progressively deteriorated: the country is in second position on the Failed States Index, a war in Darfur has claimed hundreds of thousands.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Harris, Charles "Teenie" 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover.
Second printing. Top edge of rear jacket joint taped.
167 pp. From the 1930s to the 1970s, Charles "Teenie" Harris traveled the alleys, workplaces, nightclubs, and streets of his native city of Pittsburgh with a Speed Graphic.....
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979. Davis, J.A. Hard Cover.
Ink stamp to front endpaper, page ridges lightly foxed. Jacket lightly rubbed and lightly toned.
215 pp. "The life of Samaki, a spot-necked otter from Tanzania, from eight weeks old. Through his eyes are seen the other inhabitants of the African.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A bit musty, ink name & date partially crossed out on front flyleaf.
v, 374, [2] pp. 8vo. A 19th century overview of Morocco and its citizens, with illustrations throughout text.
New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005. Hard Cover.
Top page ridge foxed, ink name on front free endpaper.
xxxiii, 126 pp. "Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the.....
New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005. Hard Cover.
Jacket clipped. Two inch tape on free endpaper.
xxxiii, 126 pp. "Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and.....
New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Kuhn, Bob. Large Hardcover.
Multiple chips and tears to jacket edges, some mended with tape on jacket reverse, jacket lightly toned. Address label on dedication page.
154 pp. "No other animals in the world have ever quite captured man's imagination as have the fabled "Big.....
Rochester, N.Y. John P. Smith Company, Inc., 1927. Pomeroy, Daniel E.; Stewart, Audley D.; Eastman, George; Johnson, Martin. Hard Cover.
Boards stained, edges rubbed. Letter (from Eastman Kodak Company to the factory employees regarding vacation pay, 1937) laid in. Signature on bookplate printed in every copy.
87, [1] pp., plus.....