Catalog 157
Section #11

Wai-Zimbabwe

1000. Wai, Dunstan M., editor. The Southern Sudan: The Problem of National Integration. London: Cass, (c. 1973). 2 maps, index, xiii, 255p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. 25.00

1001. Wallis, John Peter Richard, 1880-1957. Fortune my Foe: The Story of Charles John Andersson, African Explorer (1827-1867). London: Cape, (c. 1936). 1st ed. frontis, photo, ills, index, 412p. Hardcover. dj. 20cm. Jacket has minor chipping and a soiled rear panel. "[Andersson] is not one of the mighty hunters whose story disgusts you with its account of the mass destruction of game. With him ... you get the impression of a real lover of the wilds, and alike of its animal and human denizens." [From the Foreword by General Smuts] 35.00

1002. Wallis, John Peter Richard, 1880-1957. One Man's Hand: The Story of Sir Charles Coghlan and the Liberation of Southern Rhodesia. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1972. frontis, index, xv, 254p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Scuffing & light soil on jacket. Reprint of 1950 edition; new Publisher's Introduction (4p.) and portrait of the author. 25.00

1003. Warburg, Gabriel. The Sudan under Wingate: Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899-1916). London: Frank Cass, 1971. 1st ed. frontis, index, folding map, xi, 245p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. 28.00

1004. Ward, H. F. and J. W. Milligan, compilers. Handbook of British East Africa 1912-13. London: Sifton Praed & Co., Ltd.; Nairobi: Caxton (B.E.A.) Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd., n.d. [ca. 1912]. 2nd printing. 1 folding map (of 2), xxiii, 314p. Hardcover. 21cm. Covers heavily spotted & worn. Lacks the folding "Map of East Africa Protectorate" which should appear at the end of the book. Poor-Fair. 95.00

1005. Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919. Five Years with the Congo Cannibals. London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 2nd ed. frontis, ills, xv, 308p. Pictorial dark blue cloth. 24cm. Covers moderately worn. Short tear (1.5cm) at fore-edge of front cover. Extremities frayed. Hingepaper cracked. Former owner's name. Two bookplates and a small label with a typed call number on endpaper. Good. 90.00

1006. Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919. My Life with Stanley's Rear Guard. NY: Webster, 1891. 1st ed. frontis (folding map), 151p. Hardcover (gray cloth). 19cm. Cover scuffed. Extremities frayed. Bookplate. Moderate stain along fore-edge of pages. Good. 150.00

1007. Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919. A Voice from the Congo: Comprising Stories, Anecdotes, and Descriptive Notes. London: Heinemann, 1910. 1st Eng. ed. frontis, photos, index, xv, 299p. Hardcover. 22cm. "Presentation Copy" embossed at top of title-leaf. Covers scuffed and worn. Two bookplates and a small label with a typed call number on endpaper. Contents sound. Fair-Good. Ward spent several years in the Congo and writes of his experiences and impressions. There is one chapter on hunting (elephants). 40.00

1008. Wells, L. G. Health, Healing and Society. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, (1974). 55p. Wr. 21cm. An indictment of unjustly unequal medical care in South Africa. 25.00

1009. Wendorf, Fred, editor. The Prehistory of Nubia. Dallas: Fort Burgwin Research Center & Southern Methodist University Press, (c. 1968). 1st ed. 2 vols. + separate card portfolio containing unbound maps & tables. illustrations, index, xi, 531, [535]-1084p. Hardcover. 28cm. Two shallow dents in front cover of first volume. 150.00

1010. Westermann, Diedrich, 1875-1956. Geschichte afrikas: staatenbildungen südlich der sahara. NY: Johnson Reprint, (1968). photos, ills, maps, index, xi, 492p. Hardcover. 24cm. German text. Reprint of the 1952 edition. 25.00

1011. Whisson, Michael G. and William Weil. Domestic Servants: A Microcosm of "the Race Problem." Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1971. 54p. Wr. 21cm. 25.00

1012. Whiteley, W. H., compiler. A Selection of African Prose: 1. Traditional Oral Texts; 2. Written Prose. London: Oxford, 1964. 1st ed. 2 vols. xv, 200, viii, 185p. Black cloth. djs. 22cm. Prominent ring-mark on jacket of first volume. 35.00

1013. _____ SAME. Jacket on first volume soiled & browned (but no ring-mark). 30.00

1014. Whitlock, E. S. Graaff-Reinet: 'n Album ou Foto's = An Album of Old Photographs. [cover title]. n.p.: E. H. Walton & Co. Ltd, n.d. 32p. Wr. Oblong (31 x 22cm.). Cover scuffed and moderately edge-worn. Consists entirely of reproduced 19th century photographs. Brief captions and an equally-brief Foreword (by G. Froneman, Manager, Historical Homes of S. A. Ltd.) in English & Afrikaans. 40.00

1015. Widner, Jennifer A. The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya: From "Harambee!" to "Nyayo!" Berkeley: University of California Press, (c. 1992). index, xix, 283p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. 30.00

1016. Wilks, Ivor. Muslim Office in Dagomba. [Ghana]: Institute of African Studies, Univ. of Ghana; [Evanston]: Program of African Studies, Northwestern Univ., 1968. map, oddly numbered. Wr. 25cm. Text printed on one side. Field Notes: Yendi Project, Report No. 11. Interdisciplinary Seminar in Field Methods, Summer 1968. 45.00

1017. Williams, George Awooner. Rediscovery and Other Poems. Ibadan: Mbari, (c. 1964). 1st ed. 36p. Wr. 21cm. Light cover soil. Nigerian poet. 25.00

1018. Willoughby, John Christopher, 5th bart., 1859-. East Africa and Its Big Game: The Narrative of a Sporting Trip from Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai. Camden, South Carolina: Briar Patch, (c. 1990). frontis, ills, index, xviii, 303p. Black commercial leather. Gilt spine with 3 half bands. 23cm. All edges gilt. Reprint of the 1889 edition with a new Foreword by Jim Casada. 50.00

1019. Wilson, Francis. Labour in the South African Gold Mines, 1911-1969. Cambridge: University Press, 1972. 1st ed. index, xviii, 218p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. Small "U" inked on endpaper. 25.00

1020. Wilson, Francis and Dominique Perrot, editors. Outlook on a Century: South Africa 1870-1970. Lovedale: Lovedale Press, 1973. ills, index, xix, 746p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. Edges of jacket chipped. 30.00

1021. Wilson, Monica Hunter, and Leonard Thompson, editors. The Oxford History of South Africa. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969-1971. 1st ed. 2 vols. ills, maps (4 folding), index, xviii, 502, ix, 584p. Hardcover. 24cm. Cover stain at bottom on Vol. 1. Good. 25.00

1022. Wilson, Monica Hunter. Rituals of Kinship among the Nyakyusa. London: Oxford, 1957. 1st ed. photos, index, xi, 278p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Name on endpaper. A Nyasa cluster tribe in Tanzania with a distinctive form of social organization. 35.00

1023. Wilson, R. L., compiler. Proverbios do Povo Ochimbundo: Umbundo-Portugues. Bella Vista [Angola]: Tipografia do Dondi, 1958. 93p. Wr. 19cm. Moderate general wear. Numerous light pencil checkmarks in text. Good. Portuguese text. 30.00

1024. Winter,Edward H. Bwamba: A Structural-Functional Analysis of a Patrilineal Society. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, n.d. ill, index, x, 264p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Backstrip faded. Two small bubbles in cover cloth. Name on endpaper. 40.00

1025. Wissmann, Hermann von, 1853-1905. My Second Journey through Equatorial Africa from the Congo to the Zambesi in the Years 1886 and 1887. London: Chatto & Windus, 1891. 1st ed. in English. Trans. by M. Bergmann. frontis, ills, folding map, index, xiv, 326p. Hardcover. 22cm. Spine sloped. Large ink spot on back cover. Cover soiled. Split along rear joint repaired by gluing down a portion (now darker) of the backstrip. Bookplate. Rear hinge-paper cracked. Fair-Good. Wissmann was a noted African explorer and a German colonial official. He is remembered as the founder of the city of Kananga [formerly Lualabourg] in Kasai Province in 1884 and for his service in German East Africa where he led a German military force which crushed an Arab uprising in 1889 and later served for 18 months as Governor of the colony (1895-1896). 135.00

1026. Woeber, Catherine & John Read, compilers. Es'kia Mphahlele: A Bibliography. Grahamstown: National English Literary Museum, (1989). 108p. Wr. 21cm. 30.00

1027. Wohlenberg, Hellmut. Im Sudlichen Abessinien: Reiseberichte von Oktober 1934 bis Mai 1935 ... Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1988. illustrations, folding map, vii, 311p. plus a few additional oddly-numbered pages. Hardcover. 28cm. German text. 38.00

1028. Wolde, Haile. Defend the Name. [Cover title]. Addis Ababa: Printed at the Commercial Printing Press, n.d. [1969]. 106p. Wr. 17cm. Minor cover soil. A short novel. 35.00

1029. Wolfe, E. M. Beyond the Thirst Belt: The Story of the Ovamboland Mission. London: S.P.G., (1935). photos, 93p. Wr. 19cm. Covers detached, chipped & quite worn. Contents sound. Poor-Fair. Church of England mission in Namibia. 28.00

1030. Wolff, Richard D. The Economics of Colonialism: Britain and Kenya, 1870-1930. New Haven: Yale, 1974. frontis (map), index, xv, 203p. Hardcover. dj. 25.00

1031. Women's Defense of the Constitution League. Transvaal Region. Who Cares? [cover title]. [Johannesburg?]: Black Sash, November 1970. 20p. Wr. 25cm. A few red ink underlinings & notes. James Michener's ownership stamp. 25.00

1032. Worcester 150 Jaar/Years Jubileum/Jubilee 1820-1970. Gedenkbrosjure/Souvenir Brochure. Worcester Suid Afrika/South Africa. [cover title]. [Worcester]: Stadsraad Worcester Town Council, (1970). photos, advertisements, map, 95p. Wr. 24cm. Minor scuffing & wear. 28.00

1033. Wren, Robert M. Achebe's World: The Historical and Cultural Context of the Novels. Washington: Three Continents Press, (c. 1980). 1st ed. illustrations, index, 221p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. Lacks half of front free endpaper. Jacket moderately worn along bottom. 25.00

1034. Wren, Robert M. J. P. Clark. Lagos: Lagos University Press, (c. 1984). frontis, index, 181p. Hardcover. dj. 21cm. Inexpensively produced book. Good/Good. A study of Clark's literary output. 35.00

1035. Wylde, Augustus B. Modern Abyssinia. London: 1901. 1st ed. frontis, folding map, 506p. plus 47p. publisher's advertisements dated November 1900. Hardcover. 23cm. Clean ex lib. (label on backstrip and library bookplate on endpaper). Good. 85.00

1036. Yankson, Kofi E. Ayi Kwei Armah's Novels. Accra: (1994). vi, 174p. Wrapper. 21cm. 25.00

1037. Yankson, Kofi E. Chinua Achebe's Novels: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. Uruowulu-Obosi: Pacific Publishers, (1990). viii, 152p. Wr. 21cm. Cover spotted. 25.00

1038. Young, T. Cullen, editor. African New Writing: Short Stories by African Authors. London: Lutterworth, (1947). 1st ed. 126p. Hardcover. dj. 18cm. Jacket chipped at head of backstrip & scuffed. Very Good/Good. Fourteen stories from British Africa (including South Africa). 30.00

1039. Zambia. Information Services. Tsopano. Six issues: Nos 6, 8-12 (March, May-September & November, 1960). Wr. 27cm. Corner clipped on one issue. Published monthly (but apparently no issue for October 1960) during this period. 30.00

1040. Zell, Hans M., compiler. Writings by West Africans in Print at December, 1967. Freetown: Sierra Leone University Press, (c. 1968). New & revised edition. ii, 31p. Wr. 25cm. Cloth backstrip on wrapper discolored. Good. 25.00

1041. Zimbabwe Women Writers. Anthology No. 1 -- English -- 1994. Harare: (1994). xiii, 252p. Wr. 21cm. Edited by Norma Kitson. 28.00