[African-American: Tree House Restaurant, Pavilion of Africa, New York World's Fair]; Bea SandlerABAA
31.222 Ergebnisse
1964Best.-Nr. 9415New York: Harvest House 1964. Small quarto in comb binding 25.5 x 18 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated. Index. FIRST EDITION. A cookbook of regional African recipes by Bea Sandler restaurant consultant and food magazine editor. An expanded edition was released in 1970 by World Publishing Co. with the contracted title African Cookbook and re-issued again in 1993. The introduction to the 1993 edition notes that “The first publication of this book was . the first volume on African cooking to appear in this country or anywhere outside of Africa.” The second half of that statement was incorrect but it was indeed the first published in the U.S. The cookbook originated with Sandler’s role in planning the menu for The Tree Houses Restaurant at the African Pavilion of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. Sandler writes in the preface that after being given this task “to our amazement we could not find an African cook book published in America” though they were able to turn up a couple of volumes published in Africa after which “we embarked on a long and complex testing program. We invited people who had been in Africa to participate in the testings and to advise us on the final selection of menu items.” Each chapter of the book “is designed to give you a complete luncheon or dinner as you would get it at the African Pavilion.” For instance one chapter provides a complete “Couscous Menu” consisting of Groundnut Soup Couscous Mauritania a salad and Mango-Banana Sundae. Other recipes in the book include “Tree House” Chutney Curry of Beef Kenya Chicken Moamba Foo-Foo and Nigerian Pancakes as well as six recipes for alcoholic cocktails including Paw-Paw Paradise and Tanganika Tonic. The lower portion of each page prints a description of one of the countries featured at the pavilion. Sandler went on to travel extensively around Africa compiling recipes for her 1970 edition of this cookbook. This original World's Fair publication is very uncommon. One small pencil annotation to margin otherwise internally clean and sound. Photographically illustrated covers are lightly rubbed and with some bumping to corners otherwise fine. Not in Tipton-Martin's The Jemima Code. Harvest House unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 244788New York: Judelson 1994. Limited. hardcover. very good. 19 full page color illustrations plus black & white text illustions. text in two sections of 47pp. one in Englsh one in Russian. 8vo three panelled linen-backed boards inside front panel has pasted down envelope containing two folded posters. New York: Paul Judelson Arts and Moscow: Avant-Garde 1994. A very good copy. One of 1500 copies. Published in conjunction with Afrika's 1995 exhibition at the Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst MAK Judelson unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 117810Paris 1968. hardcover. One folding map. 8vo cloth. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1968. unknown books
1863Best.-Nr. 24075London: Tinsley Brothers 1863. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in the rarest binding state without Burton’s name or FRGS on the spines but with a “second edition” slug on the title pages. This state was apparently unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales by the publisher as the text is unchanged. Plate of Julu house is the frontispiece to Volume I and the map now detached and laid in is in Volume II. Both volumes lightly bumped/rubbed but clean and sound. Small bookplate of F.H. Spencer on each front pastedown along with a small bookseller stamp and evidence of a few markings removed. Much to his dismay Burton’s first consular posting landed him on a small desolate island off the coast of West Africa. He took every opportunity to leave the place exploring various parts of the mainland and making observations on cultural and traditions health and sanitary conditions and slavery among other things. The account of his journeys into Sierra Leone and Nigeria to investigate stories of gold and gold mining is credited with drawing public attention to mining prospects in the region. Penzer 71-72; Casada 70. Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 209738Oakland CA: BAFSAM 198-. 2.5x4 inch imitation pass book which unfolds to reveal text explaining the Apartheid-era pass book system and its racist application asking the reader to join the anti-Apartheid movement. BAFSAM unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 74157Cambridge MA: Africa Research Group 1970. ii 62p. stapled wraps 8.5x11 inches evenly toned else very good condition. "Written for the occasion of the International Development Conference held in Washington D.C. on February 24-26 1970 this pamphlet was produced by the Africa Research Group with active assistance of the Pacific Studies Center and the Committee of Returned Volunteers. Africa Research Group unknown books
1910Best.-Nr. 67670London Melbourne and Toronto: Ward Lock & Co. Limited 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 320pp. Duodecimo 19.5 cm Black cloth over boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board. With four illustrated plates by Amedee Forestier. Moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Foxing to the preliminary leaves and rear endpaper. Bookseller's very discreet ticket on front pastedown. With no distinctive John Ruyle markings but the book fits all of his collecting criteria. Bertram Mitford 1855-1914 a contemporary of H. Rider Haggard wrote over 40 novels most of which are set in South Africa. An odd mystery novel set in Africa and England in which the main character inherits a haunted house. The novel also involves a vendetta and romance. Scarce. Ward, Lock & Co., Limited hardcover books
2020Best.-Nr. 292600San Francisco: Prison Radio/Redwood Justice Fund 2020. Newspaper. 40p. a tabloid-style paper different because single-themed. An honor roll of American activists and internationals with detailed reviewing of the crime scene photos texts demonstrating Mumia's innocence. Nice copy not much handled and no damage. Prison Radio/Redwood Justice Fund unknown books
2014Best.-Nr. 287332New York: Picador 2014. Hardcover. vii 232p. note from the publisher very good first US edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Autobiographical novel about POWs in Italy & Germany who must come to terms with desires in all-male confinement. The author was of Arab & Turkish ancestry raised by Christians after being orphaned. The book was not published until he was 80. Picador hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 203641New York: ECSA 1972. Two issues of the staplebound newsletter 8.5x14 inches 10 and 14 pages respectively. Holes punched at left for storage in binder; little impact on text only removing a few letters; some handling wear and toning occasional minor marginalia. Issues present are Ash Wednesday 1972 and Feast of the Nativity 1973. These issues are largely devoted to Namibia. The Episcopal organization pushed for fthe reedom of Namibians to strike and to pursue self-government. ECSA unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 184685San Francisco & New York: Freedom for South Africa Refugee Campaign 1986. Two brochures folded to 4.25x8.5 inches with basically the same information photos but differing fonts and designs and a short story of Sarah Ngobese. Fundraising brochures for the Ruvu Refugee Community Tanzania. Freedom for South Africa Refugee Campaign unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 181593Johannesburg: NUM 1994. Newspaper. Two issues of the publication 8p. each in the format of a tabloid newspaper but printed in color on glossy paper with many photos. December issue has horrendous cover photos of diseased teeth from exposure to sulphiric acid in the mining process. Articles on labor disputes mine safety Cuba solidarity and more. NUM unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 143161Philadelphia: AFSC Southern Africa Program Peace Education Division 1981. Pamphlet. 44p. wraps 4x7.5 inches; old price tag on back cover else very good condition. AFSC, Southern Africa Program, Peace Education Division unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 136677New York: the Campaign 1975. Single sheet folded to make 8-panel brochure 3.75x8.5 inches very good. OCLC lists only one copy as of 5/2021. Sponsors include several CPUSA leaders as well as more mainstream labor and legislative figures. the Campaign unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 110073London: The British Academy at the Royal Geographical Society 1979. 10p. including covers 5.5x8 inches economic reports and balance sheets very good in original stapled wraps. The British Academy at the Royal Geographical Society unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 93859Addis Ababa: UNECA 1990. iv73p. 5.75x8.25 inches introduction annexes very good booklet in stapled wraps. A plan for encouraging more popular representation in African development. UNECA unknown books
1887Best.-Nr. 52601London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Livingston 1887. Second edition of volume I first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 316; viii 2 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn folding map printed in color 20 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; slightly later full green crushed levant gilt monogram of Henry Arthur Johnstone and gilt tools exposed sewing thongs at inner corners of covers t. e.g. pigskin endpapers with Johnstone's nautical ex-libris stamped in brown on the front free endpaper and dated 1899; light rubbing at extremities all else near fine. The library of Henry Arthur Johnstone which contained a large proportion of books on natural history was sold en bloc to the London bookseller Clements in 1921 and thence dispersed. Mendelssohn I p. 812-3: "The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-Equatorial Africa and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions and of their fauna inhabitants &c. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston unknown books
1804Best.-Nr. 15505London: T.Cadell and W. Davies 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix 3 632 with 8 plates including frontispiece five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers original red spine label preserved three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue repair to first page of table of contents ocasional foxing and minor soiling in the margins; overall quite clean and sound. "Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney's mission to the court of China in 1792 as his private secretary and the present account.is one of the best illustrated English travels on China. The eight plates are from drawings by William Alexander who also accompanied the embassy and later published his own work. The strict exclusion of Europeans by the Chinese emperors had left China very much terra incognita to the western world well into the nineteenth century. Barrow was an excellent observer and the text contains a number of descriptions and illustrations of Chinese artifacts and novelties. Among these are a plate depicting musical instruments extensive renditions of Chinese melodies in western western notation and a long description with illustration of an abacus" Hill 62. Historian Michael Adas notes that Barrow "interspersed descriptions of his travels and personal experiences with lengthy discussions of varying aspects of Chinese culture.His judgments on the quality of Chinese life and material culture tended to be favorable at the beginning of his residence in China but grew more and more disparaging as time passed." Unlike Jesuit writers who praised the sophistication of Chinese science and culture Barrow argued that a once-great civilization had been on the decline since the fifteenth century providing "an implicit contrast between static past-minded backward China and the continually improving foreward-looking industrializing states of Europe Adas Machines as the Measure of Man pp 179-180. Cox I:346; Cordier 2388. T.Cadell and W. Davies hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 10097London: John Murray. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0719548381 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . John Murray hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. 28955London: Struik Publishers Amplats. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1868724131 . Text by Sandra Klopper. Color photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Struik Publishers (Amplats) hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 89599Johannesburg: Botsotso Publishing 1996. First Edition. First printing. Quarto. Pictorial laminated card wrappers; 911pp; illus. Very mild external wear still Near Fine. Uncommon collaborative collection mostly English-language but with a few compositions in Venda. Scarce. Botsotso Publishing unknown
Best.-Nr. DADAX084782988XNew unknown
1934Best.-Nr. 89810London: Boriswood 1934. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Green cloth hardcover; yellow top-stain; dustjacket; 208pp. A few spots of foxing to upper and lower edges of text block; expected offsetting to endpapers from jacket flaps else a tight clean Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced 7s. 6d. at base of front flap lightly foxed on front and rear panels but otherwise clean and well-preserved Very Good or better. The South African poet's provocative first memoir written just a few years after his famous split with London literary society spurred by his acerbic take-down of the Bloomsbury Group in his 1931 book-length poem "The Georgiad." Much of Broken Record focuses on Campbell's early years in South Africa with only the latter third of the book taking up his emigration to London and his early literary acquaintances towards most of whom he is callously dismissive. Later in the decade Campbell would alienate himself further from the British intelligentsia by supporting the Fascist side in the Spanish Civil War. While Campbell styled himself more right-wing provocateur than Fascist it is hard to sympathize in any way with the author of such sentiments as "One can forgive the Jews anything for the beauty of their women which makes up for the ugliness of their men. But I fail to see how a man like Hitler makes any 'mistake' in expelling a race that is intellectually subversive as far as we are concerned." Broken Record p.156. Despite reprehensible passages such as these Broken Record remains an important document: Campbell exemplifies a certain kind of reactionary London intellectual outsider of the Thirties a trait most notably shared by his friend Wyndham Lewis; also of course Ezra Pound but to a lesser extent such conservative Catholic writers as C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton with both of whom Campbell maintained close ties throughout his later years. A somewhat uncommon book scarce in dustwrapper. This is an attractive example some external foxing notwithstanding. Boriswood unknown
1976Best.-Nr. 89897Johannesburg: Ad. Donker Pty Ltd 1976. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20cm; original pictorial card wrappers; 78-72pp. £1.75p price sticker to lower right corner of front wrapper faint crease to lower right edge of same else a clean Fine copy. A sharp copy of the South African poet and novelist's second collection of verse following his 1975 debut Hurry Up To It! 89897. Ad. Donker (Pty) Ltd unknown
1977Best.-Nr. 89898London: Rex Collings Ltd 1977. First U.K. Edition. First Impression a review copy with the publisher's publicity letter folded and laid in. Octavo 19.75cm; original photo-illustrated card wrappers; viii533pp. Faint foxing to upper edge of textblock else very Near Fine. The South African poet's third collection of verse. "The present collection.reflects the anger that was the natural reaction to the tragic events that took place when Soweto one of the black townships of the Johannesburg area violently exploded in June 1976" from rear wrapper. 89898. Rex Collings Ltd unknown
