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Historically Significant Album with 80 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken in French Colonial Guinea and Showing Fula Susu and Conagui People Inhabitants of Conakry Kipe Rio Pongo Kourussa Guinean Forest Scenes in Local Villages &c. Ca. 1900s.

réf. PE68Oblong Large Octavo album ca. 165x24 cm or 6 ½ x 9 ¼ in. 56 paper leaves. With 80 mounted original gelatin silver photos including over thirty larger images from ca. 125x175 cm 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in to ca. 115x135 cm 5 ¼ x 4 ½ in; the rest of the photos are from ca. 8x9 cm 3 ¼ x 3 ½ in to ca. 45x8 cm 1 ¾ x 3 ¼ in. Ca. 40 images with period ink captions in French on the mounts. Period grey quarter cloth album with papered boards; marbled endpapers. Binding rubbed on extremities spine soiled some photos with various degrees of fading or mild silvering but overall a very good album of interesting strong photos. Interesting collection of eighty original gelatin silver photographs – mostly ethnographic portraits and scenes with the native people of French colonial Guinea modern-day Republic of Guinea. Taken by a French resident of the colony the photos resemble images taken by François-Edmon Fortier 1862-1928 a prolific documentary photographer of French West Africa. The images in the album portray “Foulah” Fula “Soussou” Susu and “Cogniaghi” Conagui people – individuals and groups of men young women families and children; the photos allow to see traditional costumes decorations and hair styles. There are also portraits of “Femmes Tirailleurs” inhabitants of a Guinean forest women washing laundry in a river a family from Rio Pongo women from Kourussa a chief with his wives scenes at a Conakry market in a local village at a well in a “caravanserail” a views of “case de Sokbi à Kipé” a river wharf with a group of native people on a pier &c. Three photos feature Frenchmen posing with native people and youth in Kippe Kipe or watching Guinean farm workers. Overall an interesting collection of original portraits of the indigenous people of Guinea in the early 20th century. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · États-Unis1 500,00 $US≈ 1 337,49 €

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A MOUSE'S TALE. Author/illustrator SIGNED copy.

réf. rja665217UKslim Qrto HBno dw/djas issuedSIGNEDillustrated1st edn. Retold by Naomi Lewis from a story by Wayne Anderson and Leonard Price. FINE. No owner inscrptn author/illustrator's Wayne Anderson blue inkhandwritten dedication and signature in bold expansive hand to title page: 'To Jenny & Richard Wayne Anderson'no dw/djas issued.Brightcrispclean glossy laminated - virtually scoring and indents freesharp-corneredcolour pictorial illustrated boards with immaculate plain khaki endpaperswith black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nickstears or bumps/dents present.Spine/backstrip appears very lightly sunned.Top edges sporadically and very lightly foxed/spotted - almost imperceptiblebut along with fore-edges - still bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread apart from my collation.UKslim Qrto HBno dw/djas issuedauthor SIGNED1st edn32pp unpaginated includes half-titleb/w border illustrated and SIGNED title page14 full-pagefull-colour illustrations all by Wayne Andersonwith text opposite each.Uncommon title - particularly in as good a grade as this is and also particularlyas a SIGNED example. See also my book ID rja31058 THE MAGIC CIRCUS - text by Christopher Loguerja529015 - 'The Flight of Dragons' and also rja534715 - 'The Wizard of Oz'and rja728617 - 'Moon Dog' for others of Wayne Anderson illustrated books/titles. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight and value of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1983. hardcover

R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. · Royaume-Uni45,00 £GB≈ 53,55 €

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