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[10] + xxviii + 257pp., 23cm., br.orig., bon état, [contient 1338 références bibliographiques sur les pygmées, d'après un manuscrit de F. Plisnier-Ladame], C98361
432pp. avec qqs. figures dans le texte + 29 photos en n/bl hors-texte, 24cm., brochure originale, dans la série "Institut royal colonial belge. Section des sciences morales et politiques. Mémoires in-8" tome 26 fasc.2, bon état, [Ceci est l'édition scientifique de 1952. En 1957 parut une édition populaire et abrégée de cette étude], C99683
xvi + 530pp. + 5 planches hors-texte, 25cm., reliure cart. moderne solide, dos en toile noir avec titre doré, qqs. cachets, bon état, C99853
viii + 404pp.+ 9 bl/w plates out of text & 1 map, text in German, 31cm., in the series "Institut Royal Colonial Belge. Sections des sciences morales et politiques. Mémoires collection in-4" tome V, Good condition, C100635
8vo., First Edition, with an engraved frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, 21 engraved plates and large folding map at end, a few leaves lightly chafed at fore-edges, map mildly age-stained; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, gilt image from original front board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The author's second book is a vividly-written account of his second [1863-1865] expedition around the delta of the Ogooue in what is now Gabon. Here he is able to confirm his 'discovery' (perhaps more accurately 'rediscovery') of the Gorilla, a species previously unseen by outsiders since Biblical times, and the actual discovery of the Giant Otter Shrew (Potamagale velox); both species are illustrated. An elegant copy of a very scarce account. Hosken, p.63.
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [x], xiv, 264 pp, frontis, numerous plates & illustrations from photos, map. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, near fine clean copy, signed by the author on the front endpaper. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Travels from Mombassa westward through Kenya, Tanzania, Congo and Uganda, past the Albert Nyanza., with much on the people and excellent illustrations including Masai, Wanyika, Wakamba, Wakikuyu, Pygmies, Wakavirondo, Masia lion hunt, etc.
A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT EARLY ACCOUNT OF LIFE AMONG THE PYGMIES. 4, 183 pp plus several full-page photographic plates. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON LAFUMA WOVE PAPER. 8vo. Original illustrated wraps. Light wear to covers, internally UNCUT, FINE, AND BRIGHT.
119p. + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Penciled ownership of Mrs. William A. Kump, 1917. 12mo. Original full printed wraps, damp stained at top edge. AFRICA/2
Mm 140x210 Volume rilegato di pp. 757, in piena tela, con cartina allegata al piatto anteriore, numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo e tavole a colori fuori testo. In lingua inglese. Cartine topografiche fuori testo. First Edition. In lingua inglese. English text. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
in-8°, 261 pp., nombreuses illustrations, reliure demi-percale, plats marbrés, titre doré, couverture conservée. Tres bel exemplaire. [NV-30]
Features: Terror of the Zambezi Swamps - Crocodiles Story; Dance of the Pygmies; Target Lightship - "Twixt Sea and Sand," Continued - the story of a lightshipman who helped to man the North Goodwin vessel; The Secret of the Reef - a treasure hunt on the coast of Western Australia; Riding in Rough Waters - a canoeist in Britain's Backwaters; Short Cut - a Sierra Leone Railroad Tale; Sutty of the Railroad - a tale from the Kootenays in British Columbia; Sons of the Snake - the bushmen of Southwest Africa; Tin-Tacks - the author and his wife are captured by Japanese Pirates; The Rogue Male of Kazimvimba - an elephant adventure; Australia's Lonely People - Lighthousemen; Bypaths to Adventure - the third instalment of the gripping story of world traveller; and more. Average wear. Price adjusted in ink upon front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
98 pages. Features: United States Lines one-page color-photo ad features Colonel and Mrs. Leon Mandel of Chicago, Mr. & Mrs. Russell V. Downing of New York, and Mr. & Mrs. Allyn H. Barber of Pasadena; Chlorine gas leak near Labarre, LA; Special Report on "The House That Sam (Rayburn) Built"; Heavy snow in New York City; Short Mardi Gras article with photo; Classy one-page color-photo ad for American Airlines; Two-page ad for Metrecal weight control products; Photo of people reaching for food aid in Congo; War and Revolution come to the Watusis, the Bahutus, and the Pygmies; Adolph Eichmann formally indicted on fifteen charges; Photo of passengers being pushed into Tokyo train (shirioshi); centerfold Goodyear ad loose but present; Passengers of hijacked Portuguese luxury liner Santa Maria safe; Dodge Lancer color photo ad shows misty lady dressed in white in background; One-page photo of Jerry Lewis with large sucker in Consolidated Paper ad; Chimp sent up on rocket from Cape Canaveral; What Makes a Prima Donna?; Meet Eileen Farrell; Photo and brief article on college hockey phenom Phil Latreille; Passing of Eugene Dennis, Perry W. Howard, Anna May Wong, Dorothy Thompson, Alphonse Picou and John Zahnd; Tax Reform; Scantlin Electronics and John R. Scantlin; Article on pending national fresh water shortage and possible remedies; Henry Hazlitt on 'Pledges vs. Policies'; Interesting color-photo ad inside back cover presents the huge accounting machine made by National; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Large book: 11 1/2"h x 10"w in excellent condition, as new in heavy black cloth HB covers, gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 285 pages with a great many b&w and color large, often full page, photos throughout, including sculpture, masks, furniture, pottery, helmets, cookery, plaques, jewelry, doors, etc. from Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroun, Sierra Leone, etc. Contents include: The African and his environment: Bushmen, Negritos or Pygmies, Negroes, Bantu, Hamitic peoples, Nilo-Hamites and nilotes; Material aspect of art, Social life : Birth and youth, Maturity, Death, Age groups, Secret societies, legal power, rank and state procedures, Economics, Relion and the supernatural, Play, etc. copyright 2011 Pistil Books
1997réf. 3881997 Editions Marval - Collection Afriques, parrainée par le Ministère de la Coopération - 1997 - In-4 (31 x 24 cm) couverture à rabats - 129 pages - Superbes photos en noir et blanc - ISBN : 9782862342436
1925réf. 030441London 1925 Seeley, Service & co limited Hardcover 1st Edition
1935réf. 100151812Librairie de l'Œuvre Saint-Charles 1935 in8. 1935. Broché. Cet ouvrage du R.P. Trilles missionnaire spiritain rassemble des contes légendes chants et jeux recueillis auprès des Pygmées et des Fang du Gabon Congo Cameroun et Centrafrique. Publié en 1935 il constitue une source ethnologique précieuse sur les traditions orales de ces peuples
réf. 49578Rennes (France), Editions Ouest-France, 1991. 16 x 24, 256 pp., nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en N/B, reliure souple d'édition, bon état.
1984réf. 9048Parenthèses 1984 In-8 cartonné, 121 pp. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs dans le texte et en pleine page.
1928réf. 85663Impr. des orphelins-apprentis d'Auteuil ; à l'Oeuvre d'Auteuil, G. Beauchesne, Procure générale des PP. du Saint-Esprit 1928 In-8. Couverture imprimée, 372 pp., cartes, photogravures, dessins et croquis de l’auteur.
1991réf. 116254Musée Dapper 1991 In-4 reliure éd. sous jaquette 29,6 cm sur 22. 168 pages. Jaquette en bon état. Bon état d’occasion.
réf. 2665AVEC LES CHERCHEURS D'OR ET LES PYGMEES. PARMI LES ELEPHANTS ET LES GORILLESParis, Editions de France, 1940. In-12 broché en parfait etat
1946réf. 19731946 broché in-octavo, dos marron fendu, couverture recto ornée d'une illustration, non rogné, 11 illustrations photographiques + 3 dessins, 188 pages, 1946 Niort Editions Nicolas,
1940réf. 20747Paris Gallimard 1940 in-8 demi-basane un volume, reliure demi-basane bleu-marine in-octavo (binding half sheepskin in-8) (22,3 x 14,3 cm), Reliure d'époque, dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), décoration or et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration) à filet à froid (blind stamping lines), titre frappé or (gilt title) avec filet à froid de part et d'autre du titre, filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs et en tête et en pied, plats décorés à froid, mors ornés d'un filet à froid, papier peigné bleu et rose aux plats (cover with painting paper), toutes tranches lisses, couverture illustrée conservée, orné de 16 planches photographiques hors-texte à la sépia et 5 cartes hors-texte en noir, 199 pages, 1940 Paris Gallimard Editeur,
1975réf. 26364CAPE TOWN C. STRUIK (PTY) LTD 1975 in-8 bradel cartonné 1 fort volume, reliure cartonnage bradel Plein skyvertex bordeaux in-octavo Editeur (22 x 14,3 cm), dos long, Titre et Auteur frappés "or" avec filet à froid en place des nerfs (plaque spéciale Editeur), plat titrés à froid dans un encadrement à froid orné d'un Pygmée en costume avec arc doré en bas du premier plat, avec jaquette couleur orange imprimée en noir et illustrée en orange et noir; toutes tranches lisses, TEXTE EN ANGLAIS, orné de 37 illustrations in et hors-texte en noir + une grande carte dépliante in-fine en noir, Édition limitée, Numéro 244/1000, initialement publiée en 1925 et Rééditée à l'Identique. Sous-titré « Récit des tribus de chasseurs habitant le grand plateau aride du désert du Kalahari, de leur mode de vie précaire, de leurs habitudes, coutumes et croyances, avec quelques références à l'art Bushman". Décrit les armes et les coutumes, traite également des peuples Hottentots, Herero et Tswana, 318 pages, 1975 CAPE TOWN C. STRUIK (PTY) LTD,
