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1927Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1944Pages 291-348 plus several pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Killer Sleeman" - a Mountie's challenge handling a cop-killer; The Man Who Lost Face - a young ship's officer gets in the bad books of Chinese smugglers; The Inventor of the "Rugger" - William Webb Ellis; Amateur Bandit; A Paraguayan Dance - wild and wooly doings; "Humpie" - the unfortunate choice of a gold-seeking partner; Crocodiles in Northern Australia - article with great photos; The Clue of the Single Finger-Print - Part III of the robbery ofthe First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado and the bloody aftermath; "Bhang" - the smoking of this forbidden narcotic in Africa; My Elephant Drive - a tale from the Belgian Congo - with photos; Madui's Curse - a Rhodesian tale; Beachcombers' Luck - an amusing story from the British Columbia coast; Fish-Spearing in the South Seas; and more. Above-average external wear. Covers nearly loose. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
ref. 13977170München: Fred Jahn, 1992 in-4, 348 pages, nomb. illustrations, cartes dont une carte des ethnies en couleurs et se dépliant in fine. Bibliographie. Reliure toile, jaquette, état neuf. Texte anglais et allemand.
1974124 pages. Features: Magnificent boxing poster-style cover featuring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman as they prepare for their fight in Zaire; Many lovely fashion ads. Funky one-page photo ad features young white male with bushy hair and beard, for the city of Cleveland; Amnesty - the painful issue of how to handle Americans who dodged the draft; Putting Zaire on the Map - article on the upcoming boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire - with one-page photo of President Mobutu; Hooked on Vietnam - hundreds of unusual Americans have chosen to stay in Vietnam, including: Seminarian John Tabor, Harry Hartwig, and Frank Mariano; 'Computer Raped by Telephone' - and other futuristic felonies by electronic con men who leave no footprings (a remarkably prescient look ahead to modern day hackers); Letter from Erica Jong; Two-page Teacher's Whisky ad features one-page photo of Mel Brooks in caveman attire; The Case of the Hot Writer - a visit to Cornwall's David Cornwell - far from the neurotic insecurity of John Le Carre's unholy underworld; Color-photo centerfold ad for Bill Blass Collection beddings; Home is Next to the Factory - The Tai and Rosita Missoni home; Suicide - a sin or a right?; Will My Baby be Normal? - Genetic counselors are having increasing success in anwering this heavy question. Above-average external wear, particularly along cover fold. Bit of writing in upper corner of front cover at spine. A worthy vintage copy of this timeless boxing memento. Book
1965Features: The village of Kibweta in the war-torn Congo; The hard limits of government by consensus - LBJ is up against it; Daily Dilemmas of the Attorney General - Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Commuters of Rio de Janeiro gripe but they love their city on its 400th anniversary; The American Dream and the American Negro; Venezuelan artist Marisol (includes picture of her with Andy Warhol); New York's street gangs no longer 'Bop,' they 'Jap'; Playwright Neil Simon's Prescription for Comedy. Crossword completed otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1964160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1929Pages 169-252 plus 28 pages of ads. Features: Chink-Running - an account of the illegal smuggling of Chinese over the U.S. border from Canada via the Detroit River; Slippery Wiley's Luck - Mr. Wiley returns to the scene of his prior crime to con money from more victims in Australia; The Mysterious M'Zab - A description of a little-known country in the heart of the Sahara where, although the French are the nominal rulers, the people actually obey the edicts of a secret Government of their own - great photos; "Ning We Pulls the Strings" - A story of Colonel Mackenzie's inimitable Chinese detective; Our Gatta - a most amusing tale of a native regatta from West Africa; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record, by John H.E. Nolan (Part 3 of 3) - with several photos; Murder Paul Jaworski is permitted to read advance copy of a magazine serial before being executed for his crime; Feather's Folly - a stirring sea yarn from Newfoundland; Seeing America on Thirteen Dollars - Carl N. Taylor describes his four year adventure which began when he was sixteen; At the Eleventh Hour - Racing A Dying Prospector in the Belgian Congo to British Territory for the sake of his life insurance policy; The Human Tiger - a man planning murder in Perth Australia sees his plan go wrong; A Break in Routine - a true story from a Commissioner of Police in Uganda. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Small tape reinforcements to each end of backstrip. A sound copy of this engaging vintage issue. Book
ref. 13980785Hong Kong: Ethnic Art & Culture, 2016 in-4, 351 pages, nombreuses illustrations. Bibliographie. Broché, couv. à rabats. Etat neuf. Tiré à 500 ex. Contributions de Baeke Viviane , Bourgeois Arthur P., Brown H. Kellim, Binkley David A., Ceyssens Rik, Felix Marc Leo, Gossiaux Pol Pierre, Jordan Manuel, Petridis Constantine, Strother Zoë S., Volper Julien, Pan Yanqin.
ref. 108004aaf1998 - 2002, in-4to, ca. 200 ff. par cahier. - L’année 1998: Le Sud-Kivu au coeur du conflit. / 1999 en 2 parties: La 2ème guerre / 2000 en 3 parties: Mgr Kataliko exil, L’exil continue, pweaona non grata à Bakavu / Idem 2000: Documents / , 2000-01 Documents / 2002 en 3 parties: Les nuages s’accumulent sur les Grands Lacs - Accord de Sun City ! - J’ai vu partir les troupes rwandaises Est-ce bien vrai ? / timbre ‘Bibliothèque Africanum Fribourg’, cahiers dos collées.
ref. 98318aafBruxelles, Librairie Européenne G. Muquardt, 1897, lg. in-8vo, 170 p., avec une carte dépliante, tampon ‘Guggisberg’ sur garde, reliure en demi-toile aux coins, plats avec petits frottements.
ref. 95372aafLondon, Hutchinson , 1908, in-4to, XXIII (+1) +496 p. + 1 folded map at the end / XX + page 497 upto 990 + 1 folded map at the end, foxed, small legacy stamp on first fly ‘Guggisberg’, in original dark burgundy cloth, gilt lettered and ruled on the spines, Joints used. Topedge gilt.
ref. 137980aafBruxelles, impr. Charles Bulens, 1912, 40x27 cm (in-folio), 2 ff. + 50 p. ill. + 11 photogr. orig. avec sous-titre ms. collées sur des feuilles bl., (prises de l ‘Ingénieur Epper, qqs collègues et vues deqqs chutes), envoi manurcr.: Hommage de la Compagnie du Chemin de fer du Congo à Mons. Epper Ingénieur, Exemplaire N° 118, reliure en toile originale de l’éditeur, inpr. or au dos et sur le plat devant, charnière d’en bas devant avec début de fente. sinon bon exemplaire.
1951Ouvrage complet en 2 tomes, tome I: vii + 121pp. avec 68 figures dans le texte, tome II: 40 planches et 5 cartes hors-texte (en feuilles, papier de la planche no.1 légèrement bruni), 33cm., dans la série "Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Tervuren. Nouvelle série in-4, Sciences de l'homme. Ethnographie" volume 1, dédicace (par ?) sur la couv. de tome 2, brochures originales (dos du t.2 peu abimé aux bouts), bon état, texte et intérieur en très bon état, C94874
1951ref. C94874Tervuren, Musée du Congo belge 1951 Ouvrage complet en 2 tomes, tome I: vii + 121pp. avec 68 figures dans le texte, tome II: 40 planches et 5 cartes hors-texte (en feuilles, papier de la planche no.1 légèrement bruni), 33cm., dans la série "Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Tervuren. Nouvelle série in-4, Sciences de l'homme. Ethnographie" volume 1, dédicace (par ?) sur la couv. de tome 2, brochures originales (dos du t.2 peu abimé aux bouts), bon état, texte et intérieur en très bon état, C94874
ref. 13983494Bruxelles: Falk Fils, 1929-1930 2 vol. in-folio (29x37 cm, 78 pages (pagination continue), 16 planches, 2 cartes. Chemises à rabats usagées avec déchirures, très bon état intérieur, non coupé. (Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Ethnographie Série VI. Catalogues illustrés des Collections ethnographiques du Musée du Congo Belge Tome 1 fascicules 1 et 2).
1770ref. carte180b12Français : Un bel exemple de la carte décorative de l'Afrique de l'Ouest de Rigobert Bonne datant de 1770. Couvre de la Gold Coast (Ghana moderne), au sud autour du golfe du Bénin (Biafara) jusqu'au Gabon, au Congo et à l'Angola. Comprend les pays modernes du Ghana, du Togo, du Bénin, du Nigeria, du Cameroun, de la Guinée équatoriale, du Gabon, du Congo et de l'Angola. Comme la plupart des cartes de l’Afrique, cette carte montre d’excellents détails le long de la côte et uniquement des spéculations à l’intérieur. Donner la preuve d’importantes activités cartographiques belges à travers le Congo. Nomme de nombreux royaumes africains, dont Anzico, Mujaco, Bembe, Lubolo, Pemba, Dembi, Calbongo, Bake-Bake, Bénin et d'autres. Tentatives de cartographier le fleuve Niger quant à ses écoulements dans le désert de Seth ou Saghara, mais la plupart de cette cartographie est au mieux spéculative. Dessiné par R. Bonne en 1770 pour émission sous la planche no. B 30 dans le numéro de 1776 de Jean Lattre de l'Atlas Moderne English: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1770 decorative map of West Africa. Covers from the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana), south around the Bight of Benin (Biafara) to Gabon, Congo and Angola. Includes the modern day countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Angola. As with most maps of Africa, this map shows excellent detail along the coast and only speculation in the interior. Give evidence of significant Belgian mapping activities throughout the Congo. Names numerous African Kingdoms including Anzico, Mujaco, Bembe, Lubolo, Pemba, Dembi, Calbongo, Bake-Bake, Benin and others. Attempts to map the Niger River as to flows into the Desert de Seth or Saghara, but most of this cartography is speculative at best. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1770 for issue as plate no. B 30 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .
1922ref. 7647Luebo Congo Belge Africa: The J. Leighton Wilson Press American Presbyterian Congo Mission 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Plain mauve cloth 5 x 7 inches 58 pp. index clean text. No entries for any edition at WorldCat. We have seen three binding varieties for this issue: blue pebble cloth dark green pebble cloth and a mauve plain cloth.There are 38 articles in the Constitution - these define the work the officers & workers the powers of the officers the election of officers &c. The By-Laws start with no. 39 and run to no. 113. These treat with standing committees and their duties how appointed then practical matters of budgets ordering supplies hospital and medical fees &c. Ends with a 8 pp. index. The J. Leighton Wilson Press | American Presbyterian Congo Mission hardcover
1922ref. 7646Luebo Congo Belge Africa: The J. Leighton Wilson Press American Presbyterian Congo Mission 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Dark green pebble cloth 5 x 7 inches a few blotchy stains to the binding 58 pp. index clean text. No entries for any edition at WorldCat. We have seen three binding varieties for this issue: blue pebble cloth dark green pebble cloth and a mauve plain cloth.There are 38 articles in the Constitution - these define the work the officers & workers the powers of the officers the election of officers &c. The By-Laws start with no. 39 and run to no. 113. These treat with standing committees and their duties how appointed then practical matters of budgets ordering supplies hospital and medical fees &c. Ends with a 8 pp. index. The J. Leighton Wilson Press | American Presbyterian Congo Mission hardcover
ref. 13976469Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique noire, 1998 in-4, pp. 872-1100 (pagination continue), nombreuses illustrations. Bibliographie, index. Reliure toile, sans jaquette, très bon état.
1890ref. AUB-7585Paris, Hachette 1890. 2 beaux et forts in-8 reliés, rel. demi cuir avec coins, dos 5 nerfs avec titres dorés, 518 pages et 482 p. avec annexes + cartes et tableau.
ref. 13973920Meudon: Chaffin, 1982 in-4, 293 pages, 20 illustrations en couleurs, 1 + 197 illustrations n/b, carte. Bibliographie, glossaire. Reliure toile, jaquette illustrée et rhodoïd (dos un peu jauni), étui, très bon état. Texte français et anglais. Ouvrage de référence sur l'art Tshokwe, ethnie de l'Angola et du Congo R. D. C.
ref. 13978019Farnborough: Gregg Press Limited, 1967 2 volumes in-8, xxiv et vii-1052 pages (pagination continue), tableau dépliant. reliure percaline d'éd., très bon état. Ex-libris. Reprint de l'édition de 1887-1895.
ref. 13973936Meudon: Chaffin, 1984 in-4, 271 pages, 16 illustrations en couleurs, 2 + 247 illustrations n/b, carte. Bibliographie, glossaire. Reliure toile, jaquette, étui, état neuf. Texte anglais et français. Ouvrage de référence sur l'art des ethnies Yaka et Suku du Congo R. D. C.
ref. 13978845Léopoldville: "Les amis de l'art indigène du Congo belge", 1951 in-4, 64 pages, illustrations. Broché, très état. On joint une photo de H. Goldstein représentant un mur peint du village de Ekibondo (n° 31.223/14 Congopresse).
ref. 13978016London: Harley House, 1883 in-8, xii-248 pages. Demi reliure basane à coins, dos à nerfs, petites usures, sinon bel exemplaire. Ex-libris Herbert & Sarita Ward (peintre et sculpteur ayant travaillé au Congo belge), signature et annotations (datées Lukungu 1885) de H. Ward, ex-libris.
