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1930réf. 52156Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1930. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper of first volume: "Mr. Malcolm B. Stone / with much appreciation of his interest in the work in tropical medicine / from Richard P. Strong" dated in year of publication. First printings. Two large octavo volumes 27cm; publisher's maroon cloth boards lettered in gilt on spines and front covers; xxvi1-568; ix569-1064pp; illus. Mild lean to text block of second volume else a tight Near Fine set lacking the dustwrappers. A major work in the history of public medicine. Strong 1872-1948 was the first professor of Tropical Medicine at Harvard and the foremost American authority on the subject. This important two-year expedition to Liberia and the Congo led by Strong in the company of seven fellow Harvard scientists was the first full-scale attempt to document the etiology of a variety of tropical diseases as well as documenting existing sanitary conditions in Liberia and colonial West Africa. The mission also collected a wealth of zoological and anthropological data that would inform various fields of Africa Studies for decades. Harvard University Press unknown books
1853réf. 45888New York: George P. Putnam & Co 1853. First Edition. Presumed Third Printing First Issue. Octavo 19.25cm; brown vertically-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine triple-ruled border and decorative centerpieces stamped in blind to covers; pale yellow endpapers; iiviii1793pp. Inscribed in pencil on the front flyleaf: "Hon. J. Collamer / With respects of The Author" possibly Jacob Collamer judge and U.S. Senator from Vermont. Tiny chip to upper left corner of rear endpaper handful of dog-eared pages smoothed out else very Near Fine. Handsome copy of this volume Hawthorne edited for his friend and patron Horatio Bridge 1806-1893 a United States Navy officer. First printed in wrappers in 1845 Journal is the narrative of Bridge's trip on the USS Saratoga "the flagship of Commodore Matthew Perry with the mission to stop and search all American ships on the west coast of Africa that might be carrying slaves. That mission was fruitless they saw none but Bridge's comments on the efforts of the American Colonization Society in Liberia and on Africa in general were vivid" Moore Margaret B. the Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne p.135. An interesting printing not noted by BAL - "What appear to be first-issue sheets with the Putnam title page intact gathered in the same form as the Putnam publication are also found in a typical Ticknor format A binding.When Ticknor and Fields bought the Putnam plates for Mosses and Cruiser at the Bangs Bros. Trade Sale in New York March 1854 they may have acquired some Putnam sheets that were later bound up in Ticknor style and distributed in an effort to recover some of the purchase costs" Note: CLARK A14.1.c1. Presentation copies uncommon with only two noted in Rare Book Hub PBA 2019; Goodspeed 1910. cf.BAL 7597. George P. Putnam & Co unknown books
réf. 47326N.d. ca 1970s. Original large-format color print in presentation mat with title card affixed to mat below image. View size 49cm x 38cm ca 19" x 15"; overall dimensions 60cm x 51cm. Title card inscribed in black ink: "For Bob MacNeal a fellow photographer with best wishes / Arnold Newman" undated. Mat lightly soiled with a few small chips and abrasions to extremities; image clean and unfaded Near Fine. ca NOTE: the mat appears permanently fixed to the photograph as presented by the photographer; we have not attempted to examine the print outside the mat. Impressive large-format portrait by Newman here inscribed to one "Bob MacNeal" identified as a "fellow photographer" though we can find no photographers of the period who used this spelling. Possibly a misspelling of Bob MacNeil still active the prominent Canadian fashion photographer; possibly a misspelling of Bob McNeill d.2007 the prominent African-American documentary photographer; or possibly the correct spelling of an acquaintance of no notable prominence at all. Undated but ca. early 1970s a superlative image of the Ethiopian Emperor boldly inscribed and signed by Newman below image. unknown books
1967réf. 48170Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations 1967. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 10pp. Mild corner-creasing and evidence of handling else Fine. One of a series of "Topical Talks" on South African race relations issued by the SAIRR in the 1960s. South African Institute of Race Relations unknown books
1951réf. 48167London: Edinburgh House Press 1951. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pictorial paper wrappers; 64pp; illus. Mild external wear; a few instances of light pencil marginalia; Very Good. Ownership stamp inside front cover "Property of M.S.C.C. Library / Toronto." In the publisher's series of "Background Books" intended for Sunday School readers to educate them on countries where the Church of England was conducting missionary activities. Edinburgh House Press unknown books
1956réf. 48163Washington DC: National Planning Association 1956. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 115pp; illus. Wrappers worn with grease-pencil notation to covers; ownership signature to title page; text clean and unmarked. A complete Good to Very Good reading copy. National Planning Association unknown books
1966réf. 48285London: Africa Bureau 1966. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; stapled wrappers; 12pp. Trivial wear to extremities else Fine. "The overwhelmingly important question in the Rhodesian crisis is now Rhodesia's vulnerability to economic sanctions. It is difficult to be exact in economic terms; we can only make rough estimates. It is even more difficult to say what the political effect of the economic damage may be. It is important to appreciate as accurately as possible the economic effects; the final conclusion about the effectiveness of sanctions must however be a political one" from introduction. Africa Bureau unknown books
1971réf. 48288Cambridge MA: Africa Research Group 1971. Reprint. Slim octavo 21.5cm; illustrated wrappers stapled; 12pp. Tiny nick to lower edge of front wrapper else Near Fine. An expose of the repression experienced in Ethiopia by the Ethiopian Students Union in North America. "Ethiopia is often portrayed as a country with a glorious tradition of rich and enduring civilization.But this image leaves out too much. Beneath the picturesque medievalism of kings and queens lies the overwhelming reality of the misery of our people who have borne the burden of this pageantry. The Ethiopian masses who made heroic sacrifices to safeguard the nation's independence have become subject to the most oppressive internal domination" from introduction. Africa Research Group unknown books
1966réf. 48284New York: Alexander Defense Committee 1966. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; stapled wrappers; 43pp; illus. Light wear to extremities modest toning to rear wrapper with two small faint stains to upper front wrapper; contents clean; Very Good or better. Expose of state-sponsored apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia. With several photographic illustrations halftones. The author was Executive Secretary of the Alexander Defense Committee organized in 1965 to advocate on behalf of the "Alexander Eleven" a group of anti-apartheid activists headed by Neville Alexander who were imprisoned under South Africa's "Sabotage Act" in 1963. Alexander Defense Committee unknown books
1953réf. 48281Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations 1953. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; stapled wrappers; 62pp. Light wear and scattered foxing to extremities some oxidation to staples else Very Good. Covers criticisms of the then-current system for native education in South Africa the aims of Bantu education proposed schemes for the re-organization of Bantu education and schemes of educational development for the period 1952-1962. Part of the Donaldson Blueprint Series. South African Institute of Race Relations unknown books
1970réf. 47443London: International Defence and Aid Fund 1970. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Octavo; mimeographed wrappers; 47pp. Fine unread copy. Case of 22 Black defendants arrested in 1969 under the Suppression of Communism Act. International Defence and Aid Fund unknown books
1960réf. 46633Johannesburg: South Africa Department of Information n.d. ca. 1960s. First Thus. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's grey pictorial wrappers; 140pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities rather worn and dog-eared with chip at spine crown rear cover a bit dampstained else Good or better. Originally issued as a series of five pamphlets covering topics such as education economic advancement and agricultural improvement. South Africa Department of Information unknown books
2011réf. 42477Gambia: ArtWords 2011. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 212pp. Fine and unmarked but for Library of Congress "duplicate" stamp to title page. ".Consists of nineteen cases from 2005 to 2011 including some judgments of Justice A.S. Tahir; the pioneer Chairman of the Cadi Appeals Panel. ArtWords unknown books
1957réf. 38052New York: American Committee on Africa 1957. Octavo 22.5cm.; publisher's staplebound self-wrappers; 63pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit worn and dust-soiled rear cover postally used with "Return to Sender" rubberstamp else Near Very Good and sound. Includes two contributions by the South African novelist Alan Paton including the poem "My Great Discovery. American Committee on Africa] unknown books
1959réf. 38051New York: American Committee on Africa 1959. Octavo 22.5cm.; publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 23pp.; illus. Some minor toning and dust-soil else Very Good. Includes an article on the newly elected first President of Guinea Sékou Touré during whose 26-year régime approximatley 50000 people would be killed. American Committee on Africa] unknown books
1970réf. 37294N.p.: S.i. ca.1970's. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in red black and green on white stock measuring 47cm x 60cm 18.5" x 23.5cm. Tack holes to all corners masking tape remnants and inked name on verso with wear and a few short tears to extremities and an old dampstain along lower half of left edge; Very Good unbacked / B-. Attractive rustic image of two African women clapping beneath a quote from António Agostinho Neto 1922-1979. Neto served as the first President of Angola having led the MPLA in the war for independence. Known for his contributions to literature he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. The text quoted along the lower half is from his poem "Sculptural Hands": "I see beyond Africa / love emerging virgin in each mouth / in invincible lianas of spotaneous life / and sculptural hands linked together / against the demolishing waterfalls of old / Beyond this tiredness in other continents / Africa alive I feel it in the sculptural hands / of the strong who are people and roses and bread and future." Not found in OCLC though we note an example held at OMCA. S.i. unknown books
1987réf. 37337Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 26cm; black cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xxiv2817pp; illus. Some trivial wear to lower board edges else Fine in a Near Fine lightly shelfworn dustjacket. Scholarly volume illuminating "the vigorously creative traditions of Yoruba art in Freetown Sierra Leone and shows how the city's secret societies have made these traditions an integral part of life in urban West Africa" from front flap. University of Illinois Press unknown books
1971réf. 34844London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1971. Third printing. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; 131pp. A Fine copy. Discussion of the South African government's BOSS Bureau of State Security laws. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
1969réf. 34842London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1969. First Edition. Slim octavo 20.75cm; stapled wrappers; 462pp; illus. Pinpoint wear to extremities else Fine. Discussion of the South African government's policy of mass "resettlement" which uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and moved them to so-called "homelands." One of the pillars of apartheid. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
1970réf. 34841London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1970. First Edition. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; 18pp. Some pinpoint wear along spine-fold else a Fine copy. "This pamphlet does not attempt to deal with all aspects of the sale of arms to South Africa. It answers two popular fallacies: a that trade investment and friendship are persuading the South African government to abandon apartheid; and b that economic forces inside South Africa are eroding apartheid and bringing about political changes leading to a democratic and just society" from introduction. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
1970réf. 34884London: Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd 1970. Second Edition. Slim octavo 21cm; stapled wrappers; vi66pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities and light dust-soil to rear wrapper else Near Fine. "Apartheid - or the system of "separate development" as the South African authorities prefer to call it - is not self-enforcing. It is maintained by an elaborate system of penal laws backed up by the powerful weaponry of a modern state. This study deals with the special character of law enforcement in a society where race distinction lies at the root of government policy" from introduction. Published for the International Defence and Aid Fund by Christian Action Publications Ltd unknown books
1966réf. 34011London: Ellis Bowles 1966. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm; original pictorial staplebound wrappers; 84pp. Wrappers a bit worn with wrinkling along spine edge old ink note to upper cover else Near Very Good and sound. Covers the fall of the Independent Federation and First Republic of Nigeria which would lead to three years of civil war. Ellis Bowles] unknown books
1955réf. 32530Pretoria: The Government Printer 1955. 28th volume in the series covering the years 1954-55. Thick octavo; printed paper-covered boards; xvi 866pp. Covers tanned at board edges; mild external rubbing; very slight age-toning to text paper; a solid Very Good copy. Official statistics structure of government diary of laws descriptions of geography natural resources etc. A well-preserved copy uncommon thus. The Government Printer unknown books
1986réf. 29544Washington DC: Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1986. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial glossy wrappers; 39pp; illus. Light wear; Near Fine. Articles on the State of Emergency the Rent Boycott Campaign Political Trials etc. Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law unknown books
1954réf. 28950Pretoria: Government Printer 1954. First Edition. Large thick octavo 25cm.; original blue printed paper-covered boards; viii1364pp.; folding color map plates folding brochure titled "History of the Kruger National Park" bound in between pp. 54 & 55. Spine slightly sunned else Very Good or better. Government Printer unknown books
