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1930ref. 82301New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1930. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth; dustjacket; xiv318pp; color frontispiece and seven unnumbered leaves of b/w plates after André Durenceau who also designed the endpapers and dustwrapper. A sound generally clean copy; text over-opened at p.70 a few faint spots of foxing; Very Good. In the original dustwrapper unclipped but tattered with losses along upper margin and spine ends closed tears and age-toning; just Good. With the engraved bookplate of Portland Oregon collector Frederick W. Skiff d.1947. A colorful but cringingly condescending account by an Anglo-American trader who spent the years 1882-1896 in what was then French Equatorial Africa today called the Republic of the Congo. Includes chapters on cannibalism native African slaveholders and sexual customs about which the author warns he ".shall speak with the utmost frankness.for the reason that they are the most powerful and dominating factor" in the lives of the natives of Equatorial Africa. With illustrations in dramatic Art Deco style by Franco-American illustrator and muralist André Durenceau. Farrar & Rinehart unknown
1955ref. 176246Congo Belge Conseil de Gouvernement 1955 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Very good paperback copy in glassine dw; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Copy from Foreign Office. Foreign Office Library. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 54 pages; Physical desc.: Various pages numbers and languages: 51 lxvii 39 p folded map. Subjects: Colonialism -- Facts and Figures -- Statistics. Languages: French Dutch. (Congo Belge Conseil de Gouvernement, 1955) paperback
ref. DADAX0781438195David C Cook 0000-00-00. paperback. New. 6.00x0.25x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. David C Cook paperback
ref. 1020598980.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1119731860-9-1-NAUWiley. 1. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Wiley unknown
ref. 1119731860-10-1-NAUWiley. 1. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Wiley unknown
ref. 522162Bruxelles. Bon état légère usure de la couverture intérieur très bon. 62 planches en fin d'ouvrage nombreuses figures dans le texte . Une date : 1902-1906 mais cet exemplaire est une réimpression plus récente. in-4. Sans date. Broché. 310 pages. Bruxelles unknown
1954ref. 100071790Clarence Denis imp. 1954. Bon état sous papier de soie couverture un peu défraîchie intérieur propre. in8. 1954. Broché. illustrations en noir et blanc Clarence Denis (imp.) unknown
ref. 6208456266.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1958ref. 16299Leopoldville Kinshasa: Le Conseil Protestant Du Congo Léopoldville. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1958. Pamphlet. Light rub light tone light wear. Oversize paperback stapled pamphlet. ; French language. Pictorial history of Protestant missionary activities in Kinshasa during the Belgian Congo years on the 80th anniversary of the 1878 landing of George Grenfell and Thomas Comber of the Baptist Missionary Society. Published for the booth of "des Missions Protestantes au Congo" at the Brussels World's Fair - Expo 58. The first major World's Fair after World War II it also featured an inhabited exhibition Congolese village. Two years later in 1960 the Republic of the Congo was declared independent. An uncommon missionary publication from the last colonial years. . Le Conseil Protestant Du Congo, Léopoldville unknown
1889ref. 1250325.28L. Bourlard Bruxelles 1889. . Very Good. 8vo paperback. Vg condition. Covers lightly soiled. contents clean no marking or writing: appears unread - most pages still uncut. . Binding square and tight. 127 pp. text plus maps and charts. An interesting original publication outlining the ambitious project to ultimately traverse the Congo by rail line. L. Bourlard, Bruxelles paperback
1955ref. 519426Tervuren Koninklijk Museum Van Belgisch-Congo 1955. Bon état Bordures de couverture et dos brunis intérieur en excellent état pour les 4 volumes. in-8. 1955. Broché. 175188131232 pages. Tervuren Koninklijk Museum Van Belgisch-Congo unknown
1951ref. EXP015Brussels: The Tourist Bureau for the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Brussels: The Tourist Bureau for the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi 1951 Good Traveller's guide to the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi First Edition 1951 757 pp Book is an Ex-Library copy in good condition No DJ Blue-gray cloth cover with gold gilt lettering & blue decoration on spine All edges have blue-gray stippled/staining Rubbing/bumping to spine edges & corners Sunning on spine Library markings including written publisher & catalog number on spine bookplate & usual stampingsThere are signs of visible wear which may include markings bookplate or authors name bumping small tears non-major spine or binding defects but book is still wholly intact SEE PICTURES for any wear or defects Condition based on age of book To ensure you receive the quality of book expected we provide pictures of NOTICEABLE WEAR for ALL books we sell with marked conditions of GOOD If you have any questions at all don't hesitate to send us an email The Tourist Bureau for the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi hardcover
ref. 1119731860-9-15-NAUWiley. 1. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Wiley unknown
1907ref. 30722London: Religious Tract Society 1907. First Edition. Illustrated with 17 full-page plates and a folding map of Congo at the end of the volume. Thick 8vo publisher's original brick-red cloth the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt top edge gilt. xx 446 14 ads. pp. A fine and handsome copy clean and very well preserved. FIRST EDITION AN EXPANSIVE AND ELUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF A CONGO PIONEER WRITTEN BY HIS WIFE. A fine work with extensive commentary on the geography the people and the social and cultural interactions of the period. An enlightening look into Congo at a time that the Belgian's were establishing rule over a vast area of the territory. Religious Tract Society hardcover
ref. 1119731860-10-1Wiley. 1. New. The item is brand new never used or read. It's in perfect condition and may include supplements and/or access codes or come shrink-wrapped. Wiley unknown
1954ref. 4520Belgian Congo: Congo Tours 1954. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Belgian Congo BIG GAME HUNTING Promotional Brochure issued September 1954. 3 part fold-out brochure. 6 pp 7.5 x 5/1/5 pages. Covering all hunting areas Lake Albert Kamanda Aba Beni Tayala's Semliki River and Gabios. Giving safari rates what they include costs of licenses trophy fees and a full page map. Area hunted is contiguous to Soudan Uganda and Tanganyika i.e. the best big game areas in the Belgian Congo. Fine. Congo Tours unknown
ref. 1119731860-9-15Wiley. 1. New. The item is brand new never used or read. It's in perfect condition and may include supplements and/or access codes or come shrink-wrapped. Wiley unknown
ref. 1119731860-9-1Wiley. 1. New. The item is brand new never used or read. It's in perfect condition and may include supplements and/or access codes or come shrink-wrapped. Wiley unknown
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ref. Z03OS-00324The Tourist Bureau for the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Democratic Republic of the Congo Guidebook Travel The Tourist Bureau for the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi unknown
1918ref. 40631Bolenge: Congo. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Fifth Edition. Flexible cloth. Small 8vo ; 231 pages; Belgian Congo. Bonkanda wa Nsao ya Nzakomba. Fifth Edition Enlarged and Revised. 231 hymns on 76 leaves in Bobangi. 8vo contemporary plain limp cloth; moderate wear spine sunned. Bolenge Congo Belge 1918. Not too many of these survive African Congo exposure in good shape. Mainly comprised of Christian hymns in Bobangi. . Congo hardcover
ref. 19807Temple London . 21 May 1867. 2pp. 12mo. With mourning border. In good condition lightly aged. When Twiss 'suggested the circumstance' Sir R. Palmer 'had some doubts about the United States Courts having limited the criminal consequences of violating neutrality to the cruise last word underlined'. There was also 'some doubt about the effect of a sale by a <> of a Prize Court to a third party. Twiss thinks 'it might be desirable to print & circulate the enclosed observations bearing upon those two points'. Temple [ London ]. 21 May 1867. unknown
1899ref. 91742London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1899. Presumed First Edition First Printing. Wraps. Good. 9 1 pages and 36 pages. Tabular Data. This item has been disbound from a larger volume and now has a stiff blue cover protecting it. The British Central Africa Protectorate BCA was a British protectorate proclaimed in 1889 and ratified in 1891 that occupied the same area as present-day Malawi: it was renamed Nyasaland in 1907. British interest in the area arose from visits made by David Livingstone from 1858 onward during his exploration of the Zambezi area. This encouraged missionary activity that started in the 1860s undertaken by the Universities' Mission to Central Africa the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland and which was followed by a small number of settlers. The Portuguese government attempted to claim much of the area in which the missionaries and settlers operated but this was disputed by the British government. To forestall a Portuguese expedition claiming effective occupation a protectorate was proclaimed first over the south of this area then over the whole of it in 1889. After negotiations with the Portuguese and German governments on its boundaries the protectorate was formally ratified by the British government in May 1891. As late as 1888 the British Foreign Office declined to accept responsibility for protecting the rudimentary British settlements in the Shire Highlands despite unsubstantiated claims by the African Lakes Company of Portuguese interference with their trading activities. However it also declined to negotiate with the Portuguese government on their claim that the Shire Highlands should be considered part of Portuguese East Africa as it was not regarded by the Foreign Office as under effective Portuguese occupation. In order to prevent Portuguese occupation the British government sent Henry Hamilton Johnston as British consul to Mozambique and the Interior with instructions to report on the extent of Portuguese rule in the Zambezi and Shire valleys and the vicinity and to make conditional treaties with local rulers beyond Portuguese jurisdiction. These conditional treaties of friendship did not amount to the establishment of a British protectorate but prevented those rulers from accepting protection from another state. In response to a Portuguese incursion Johnston's deputy John Buchanan declared a Shire Highlands Protectorate in Johnston's absence despite the contrary Foreign Office instructions. It seems probable that Buchanan's action made without reference to the Foreign Office but following instructions that Johnston had left was to prevent any further advance by the Portuguese rather than to establish British rule in the area. Johnston's proclamation of a further protectorate the Nyasaland Districts Protectorate west of Lake Malawi was also contrary to Foreign Office instructions. However it was endorsed by the Foreign Office in May 1891. This was because the discovery of the Chinde channel in the Zambezi delta which was deep enough to allow sea-going ships to enter the Zambezi which was an international waterway without having to enter Portuguese territory whereas previously such ships had to use the port of Quelimane. There followed an Anglo-Portuguese Crisis in which a British refusal of arbitration was followed by the 1890 British Ultimatum of 11 January 1890. This demanded that the Portuguese give up all claims to territories beyond the Ruo River and west of Lake Malawi. The Portuguese government accepted under duress and ordered their troops in the Shire valley to withdraw to the south bank of the Ruo. This order was received by the commander at Katunga on 8 March 1890 and all Portuguese forces had evacuated Katunga and Chiromo by 12 March. An 1891 Anglo-Portuguese treaty fixed the southern borders of what had been renamed the British Central Africa Protectorate. The treaty also granted Britain a 99-year lease over Chinde a port at one of the Zambezi delta mouths where sea-going ships could transfer goods and passengers to river boats. The northern border of the protectorate was agreed at the Songwe River as part of the Anglo-German Convention in 1890. Its western border with Northern Rhodesia was fixed in 1891 at the drainage divide between Lake Malawi and the Luangwa River by agreement with the British South Africa Company which governed what is today Zambia under Royal Charter until 1924. After this until 1898 troops were used to assist the locally recruited police force to suppress the slave trade. The three main groups resisting British occupation were Yao chiefs in the south of the protectorate and Swahili groups around the center and north of Lake Nyasa both involved in the slave trade and Ngoni people who had formed two aggressively expansionists kingdoms in the west and north. As the northern Ngoni kingdom did not threaten European trading interests as it was far from European-owned estates and as the Scottish mission at Livingstonia was influential within the kingdom Johnston did not use force against it. It accepted British rule in 1904 on condition of retaining its own traditions. Its king was recognized as a paramount chief the only one in the protectorate at that time. Her Majesty's Stationery Office paperback
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