Catalog 161
Section #1

Abbay-Bevene

1. Abbay: Documents pour servir a l'histoire de la civilisation ethiopienne. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, (1984). 373p. Softcover. 30cm. Cover slightly browned and worn. Etudes Ethiopiennes 1983-1983. Cahier no. 12. French text (some articles in English). 40.00

2. [Exhibition Catalog] Abra Sellase: Ethiopian Icon Painter. [cover title]. St. Louis: 2000. Folded six-page leaflet. 28cm. Exhibition curated by Marilyn E. Heldman. Held Sept. 7 - Oct. 14, 2000 in Gallery 210 at University of Missouri--St. Louis. The leaflet includes color photos of three works, a black and white photo of the artist, and a description (written by Heldman) of the author's life and work. It does not include a list of the works exhibited. 25.00

3. Abraham, Emmanuel. Reminiscences of My Life. Oslo: Lunde, (1995). 342p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Diplomat and government minister under Haile Selassie I. Emmanuel Abraham was also active in the Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. 40.00

4. Abraham, Roy Cline. The Tiv People. Farnborough: Gregg, (1968). photos, maps, ii, 239p. plus (xv)p. index. Red cloth. 23cm. Reprint of the 1933 edition published in Lagos. 45.00

5. Across Frontiers: Out of the Jungle West Africa. [cover title]. NY: Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, (1939). 18p. Wr. 19cm. 25.00

6. Activist Voices: Feminist Struggles for an Alternative World. Dar es Salaam: Published for the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme by E & D Limited, (c. 2003). viii, 163p. Softcover. 25cm. 25.00

7. Addis Reporter. 5 issues: Vol. I, Nos. 1, 26 & 41 (1969); and Vol. II, Nos. 2 & 4 (1970). 24-36 pages per issue. Wr. 29cm. Old institutional stamp on most covers. Sound but well-used. Good. Published in Addis Ababa by the Ethiopian Patriotic Association. Appears to have been a weekly in 1969 and a monthly in 1970. 150.00

8. Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 1 (1998). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, (1998). 288p. Wr. 24cm. Most articles in English; some in other Western languages. Edited at the Institut fur Afrikanistik und Aethiopisik at Universitat Hamburg. 50.00

9. Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 2 (1999). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, (1990). 304p. Wr. 24cm. Most articles in English; some in other Western languages. Edited at the Institut fur Afrikanistik und Aethiopisik at Universitat Hamburg. 50.00

10. Afewerk Tekle. Afawarq Takle: [Acer yaheywot tarikuna meret seelocu] = Afewerk Tekle. Text by Prof. Richard K. P. Pankhurst. [Addis Ababa?]: Printed and bound by Artistic Printers of Ethiopia, (1987). illustrations (some color and 1 folding), 235p. Brown padded plastic binding. dj. 26cm. Jacket Good (stain at bottom of front panel). One of Ethiopia's most important artists. 200.00

11. _____ SAME. Chipping & wear at ends of backstrip and corners. Good. No Jacket. 150.00

12. African Academy of Arts and Research. Africa -- Today and Tomorrow, April 1945. NY: 1945. photos, 80p. Wr. 31cm. Moderately browned. Brown streaking across portions of several text leaves. Good. Says "Special Commemorative Issue" on Page 7; "Dedicated to Felix Eboue [and] Wendell Wilkie" [statement on cover]. We don't know whether other issues were published. Most of the articles are by Africans or African Americans. 75.00

13. African Ritual Dolls. Philadelphia: University Museum and Anko Foundation, 1974. Illustrated (many color), approx. 68 unnumbered pages. Wr. Square 21cm. Some light corner wear. 114 objects listed; approximately 48 illustrated in this catalog. 75.00

14. African Arts. Lot of 11 issues published between 1973 and 1999: Vol. VII, No. 1; Vol. VIII, No. 4; Vol. C, No. 4; Vol. XIV, No. 3; Vol. XV, No. 2; Vol. XX, No. 3, Vol. XXX, Nos 1 & 3; Vol. XXXI, No. 4; and Vol. XXXII, Nos. 1 & 2. Wr. 28cm. Virtually new copies of this high quality glossy magazine published by the African Studies Center at UCLA. 50.00

15. Afrique Mon Pays, No. 25 (Special Cameroun). Dakar: n.d. [ca. 1967]. photos, 18p. [plus a few pages of adverts]. Wr. 32cm. Moderate general wear. Good. French text. Magazine edited by Manadi N'Diaye. This issue is focused on Cameroon and Amadou Ahidjo. 30.00

16. [Signed by Author] Aguiar, Antonio A. Correa de. O trabalho indigena nas ilhas de S. Tome e Principe: relatorio apresentado ao Governo da Colonia, a proposito de alguns reparos feitos em Iglaterra sobre a mortalidade, recontratos, repatriacao e estatistica dos servicais. S. Tome: Imprensa Nacional, 1919. photos, 2 folding maps, 460p. Contemporary half-leather. 23cm. Extremities slightly scuffed. Munger Africana Library stamp embossed on wr. Tape repairs at bottom of wr. INSCRIBED by Aguiar. Portuguese text. 200.00

17. Aguolu, Christian Chukwunedu, compiler. Nigeria: a Comprehensive Bibliography in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 1900-1971. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1973. index, lv, 620p. Red buckram. 26cm. 50.00

18. Ahmad, Abdussamad H. and Richard Pankhurst, editors. Adwa: Victory Centenary Conference, 26 February - 2 March 1996. Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1998. ii, 698p. Wr. 25cm. 40.00

19. Ahmadu Bello University. Opening of the New Kashim Ibrahim Library, Friday 10th December, 1976. [cover title]. [Zaria]: 1976. Special book, obviously produced in only a few copies which contains a typed list of contents, a small printed booklet issued for the occasion, typed copies of the brief speeches delivered on this occasion by Dr. Iya Abubakar, Hajji Khalil Mahmud and Sir Kashim Ibrahim, and three glossy photographs of the speakers. Hardcover. 26cm. INSCRIBED to Clarence L. Holte by Khalil Ibrahim, the University Librarian. Holte, a entrepreneurial collector of books on Africa and African Americana, sold his first large collection to Ahmadu Bello University in the year following this dedication ceremony. 100.00

20. [Odd Volume] Alexander, Lieutenant Boyd. From the Niger to the Nile. London: Arnold, 1907. 1st ed. Vol. II ONLY (of 2). frontis, photos, folding map, index, xi, 420p. plus 16p. publisher's adverts dated October, 1907. Maroon cloth. 24cm. Light cover scuffing and a few small cover spots. Alexander was awarded a Founder's Medal in 1908 by the Royal Geographical Society for this journey which lasted three years. Alexander was murdered in Chad in 1910. 85.00

21. Alexandre, Gustave. Grammaire More. n.p.: 1935. index, 253p. Flexible cloth. 21cm. Backstrip creased. Munger Africana Library stamp embossed on title-leaf. Good. French text. West African language. 100.00

22. All-Africa Peoples' Conference. News Bulletin. Vol. 1, Nos. 2-7 (1958). Issues bound together in a plain browned softcover binding backed in green binding tape. Titling in large green inked letters on front cover. 33cm. Some edge-wear and chipping but internally sound. Good. Nos. 2, 3, 6 & 7 issued by the Permanent Secretariat, Nos. 4 & 5 by the Conference Secretariat. The six issues are preceded in this bound volume by two speeches by Nkrumah from the opening and closing sessions at the first All-African People's Conference in 1958 which were distributed with the compliments of the Administrative Secretary of the Conference. 250.00

23. [Exhibition Catalog] Allan Frumkin Gallery. Art of the Sudan. NY: n.d. (1960s or 1970s). photos, [16]p. Wr. 21cm. French Sudan. Nine objects listed and illustrated. 25.00

24. Alldridge, T. J. A Transformed Colony: Sierra leone as It Was, and as It Is; Its Progress, Peoples, Native Customs and Undeveloped Wealth. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1910. 1st American edition. frontis, photos, folding map, index, xvi, (1), [17]-368p. Red cloth, with gilt illustration. 22cm. Uneven cover fading and spotting. Short tear at base of backstrip. Foxing on fore-edge. Top edge gilt. Sound copy. Good. 100.00

25. Allen, William, 1793-1864, and Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson. A Narrative of the Expedition sent by her Majesty's Government to the River Niger, in 1841. Under the Command of Captain H. D. Trotter, R.N. London: Frank Cass, 1968. 2 vols. 2 frontises, 2 folding maps, illustrations, xviii, 509, viii, 511p. Red cloth. 22cm. Backstrips slightly faded. Reprint of 1848 edition. 125.00

26. Alokan, Adeware. The Christ Apostolic Church, C. A. C., 1928-1988. n.p.: Printed by Ibukunola Printers, (c. 1991). photos, index, xix, 382p. Wr. 20cm. Cover scuffing and soil. Good. 40.00

27. Amanuel Sahle. Sewasiw Tigrinya B'isefihu = A Comprehensive Tigrinya Grammar. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Pr., (c. 1998). x, 118p. Wr. 22cm. Tigrinya text. 25.00

28. Amanze, James N. African Traditional Religions and Culture in Botswana. Gaborone: Pula Press, (2002). 1st ed. xiv, 459p. Wr. 23cm. 30.00

29. American Committee to Aid Red Cross Work in South African War. Printed Form Letter Seeking Donations for Red Cross Work among Boer War Soldiers. Undated and unsigned. Single sheet, printed on one side. 28cm. John V. L. Pruyn is listed as Chairman; Tunis G. Bergen, to whom donations were to be sent, is listed as Treasurer. The letter states that all donations will be forwarded to the "Boer Red Cross" and states that "... money sent means lives saved; Briton and Boer alike within Boer lines." 85.00

30. Anderson, Andrew Arthur. Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon in the Gold Regions of Africa. London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. 1st ed. 2 vols. frontises, ills, x, 307, vi, 253p. Inexpensive later quarterbindings. 8vo. Backstrips chipped and worn. An uncommon work. Our last copy had 40p. adverts (dated November 1887) bound in at the end of the second volume. 175.00

31. Anderson, Benjamin J. K., 1834-. Narrative of a Journey to Musardu, the Capital of the Western Mandingoes, Together with a Narrative of the Expedition Despatched to Musahdu by the Liberian Government under Benjamin J. K. Anderson ... in 1874. London: Frank Cass, (1971). 2nd ed., with a new introduction by Humphrey Fisher. folding map, index, xxiii, 118, (2), 43, (5)p. Red cloth, with gilt illustration. Moderately worn dj. 22cm. Endpapers browned. Reprint of the original editions (of 1870 and 1912) of these two accounts. 50.00

32. Anderson, L. K. In a Cameroun Clearing. NY: Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1939. 14p. Wr. 19cm. Fictional missionary account of events in Songa, a village in Cameroon. 25.00

33. Anderson, L. K. Incidents and Recollections of Missionary Service 1926-1965. n.p.: (1980). 111p. Softcover (plain blue covers; black comb binding). 29cm. Text printed on one side. Appears to have been produced by photocopying a typed manuscript. Account of Anderson's service as a missionary at the Presbyterian Church's West Africa Mission in Cameroon. We doubt that more than a few copies were produced for family and friends. 100.00

34. Andersson, Karl Johann, 1827-1867. Lake Ngami or Explorations and Discoveries during Four Years of Wanderings in the Wilds of South-Western Africa. Cape Town: Struik, (1987). frontis, ills, folding map, index, xviii, 546. Brown cloth. dj. 22cm. Reprint, first published in 1967, of the 1856 Second Edition. "The narratives describe two expeditions, one in which the author was accompanied by Mr. Francis Galton, which extended to Nangoro's Werft in the Ovampo country, and the other when he travelled by himself to Lake Ngami ... Few, if any, books give so full and complete an account of Namaqualand, Damaraland, and the Ovampo country...." [Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography] 58.00

35. Andersson, Karl Johann, 1827-1867. The Okavango River: A Narrative of Travel, Exploration and Adventure. Cape Town: Struik, 1968. frontis, ills, index, xxi, 371p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Jacket Good (a couple of ring marks and other small stains on front panel). Copy No. 612. Reprint, limited to 750 numbered copies, of the London edition of 1861. 90.00

36. [Children's Book] The Animal Kingdom: or, a Concise History of Birds and Beasts. Edinburgh: James Clarke & Co., n.d. [1830s?]. Quarter to half page illustration at top of each page, 31p. [cover included in pagination]. Softcover (light yellow wr.). 13cm. Light cover soil and a couple of spots. Tiny chip at one corner of back cover. Two pages each given on the lobster and elephant; one page each on the hippopotamus, camel, wolf, dog, horse, lion, tiger, eagle, osprey, ostrich, swan, peacock, water crow, cuckoo, robin, siskinm, waterwagtail. golden-crested wren, and serpent. 100.00

37. Annales d'Ethiopie: Revue publiee avec le Soutien du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres. Volume XVI, Annee 2000. n.p.: (2000). 376p. Wr. 24cm. French text. 35.00

38. [Exhibition Catalog] Anspach Collection. Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, 1968. Illustrated. [12]p. Wr. 28cm. Held March 17-May 12, 1968. 132 objects are listed; eight are pictured in the catalog. 25.00

39. Antonios Alberto. The Apostolic Vicariate of Galla, a Capuchin Mission in Ethiopia (1846-1942): Antecedents, Evolution and Problematics. Addis Ababa: Capuchin Franciscan Institute of Philosophy and Theology, 1998. maps, xviii, 377p. Blue cloth. 30cm. Ethiopian Review of Cultures (series), 1. 75.00

40. Appel, Christopher D. Notions sur le Jeu de Basketball. n.p.: United States Information Agency, n.d. [ca. 1970]. photos & diagrams (corrective strips of mounted over diagrams on three pages), 49p. Wr. 27cm. French text. Biographical sketch of author on first page describes Appel as a High School basketball coach from California who had been involved with a number of international basketball squads. In 1970 he worked with the national team from the Central African Republic. The photos in this book use players from that squad. 50.00

41. Appleyard, David. Ethiopian Manuscripts. London: Jed Press, 1993. illustrated (several color), 142p. Wr. Square 24cm. Most text double- or triple-columned. 45.00

42. Arambourg, C. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo, 1932-1933. Tome I: Geologie - Anthropologie. Fascicule I. Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1935. This Part ONLY. 59p. plus folding map and 7 plates. Wr. 29cm. Covers split and detached at folds and also chipped and rather worn. Name stamp on front. Contents shaken but otherwise sound and clean. Fair. French text. At head of title" Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle. 25.00

43. [Exhibition Catalog] L'arche ethiopienne: art chretien d'Ethiopie: 27 septembre 2000-7 janvier 2001, Pavillon des Arts. Paris: Paris musees; [Girona]: Fundacio Caixa de Girona, 2000. illustrations (almost all color), 200p. Wr. 27cm. French text. 60.00

44. Ardener, E. W. Historical Notes on the Scheduled Monuments of West Cameroon. Buea: Ministry of Education and Social Welfare and West Cameroon Antiquities Commission, (1965). photos, 16p. Wr. 24cm. Backstrip wear at top. 25.00

45. Ardener, Shirley G. Eye-Witnesses to the Annexation of Cameroon 1883-1887. Buea: Ministry of Primary Education and West Cameroon Antiquities Commission, (1968). frontis, 88p. Wr. 25cm. Moderately worn. Extensive ink underlings and annotations. Fair. 25.00

46. Arkwright, Robert. Sport and Service in South Africa: The Diary of Lieutenant Robert Arkwright 1843-1846. Cape Town: Balkema, 1971. frontis, 98p. Hardcover. 23cm. Edited by Edward C. Tabler. First publication of this diary. 30.00

47. Artisanat du Cameroun = Handicraft of Cameroon. Yaounde: Edite par le Ministere du Commerce et de l'Industrie, Direction des Relations Exterieures et des Reglements Internationaux, (1969). photos, 23p. Wr. 24cm. Price Lift (Tarif-Rate) laid in giving the prices for items shown in CFA Francs. Printed in Monte Carlo by Editions Paul Bory. Text and captions in French and English. A catalog of art and handicrafts which were offered for sale; The back cover has a space which states "Reserve au cachet du revendeur." 65.00

48. Arts Rhodesia. No. 1 (1978) Annual. Salisbury: National Arts Foundation of Zimbabwe, 1978. photos 64p. Wr. 29cm. Laid in is a four-page "Index of Arts and Cultural Organization in Rhodesia in 1978." Art, Poetry, Ballet, Drama, Music, etc. 50.00

49. Asare, Meshack. The Brassman's Secret. Accra: Educational Pr. and Manufacturers Ltd., (c. 1981). ills (by the author), [40]p. Hardcover. Oblong (28 x 25cm.). Light stain along fore-edge of front cover. Evidence of a small price sticker removal from back cover. Good. Children's book. 65.00

50. Asfa Yilma, princess. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia:With a Brief Account of the History of Ethiopia, Including the Origins of the Present Struggle, and a Description of the Country and Its Peoples. NY: Appleton-Century, 1936. 1st Amer. ed. frontis, photos, folding map, index, xiv, 305p. Hardcover. 23cm. 75.00

51. Ashe, Robert Pickering. Chronicles of Uganda. London: Frank Cass, 1971. frontis, photos, index, xii, 480p. Hardcover. 22cm. Reprint of the 1894 edition with the addition of a new Introduction by John A. Rowe. 60.00

52. Ashe, Robert Pickering. Two Kings of Uganda or, Life by the Shores of Victoria Nyanza; Being an Account of a Residence of Six Years in Eastern Equatorial Africa. London: Frank Cass, 1970. [Second edition]. illustrations, folding map, xxi, 354p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Relatively short tear on rear panel. Reprint of the London edition of 1889 with the addition of a new Introduction to the "Second" Edition by John A. Rowe. 65.00

53. Ashmun, Jehudi, 1794-1828. History of the American Colony in Liberia, from December, 1821 to 1823. By J. Ashmun. Compiled from the Authentic Records of the Colony. Washington City: Printed by Way & Gideon, 1826. 1st ed. folding map, 42p. Softcover in original printed gray wr. 23cm. Text portion of leaves browned, heavily on some pages. Map has a relatively short corner tear and quite a bit of foxing, mostly along folds. Ashmun, a white American who had been the first principal of the Bangor Theological Seminary, was an agent of the American Colonization Society and an early leader of the fledgling colony. 1500.00

54. Asserate, Asfa-Wossen. Die Geschichte von Sawa (Athiopien) 1700-1865: Nach dem Tarika Nagast des Belatten Geta Heruy Walda Sellase. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1980. 2 maps, xii, 165p. Wr. 24cm. Studien zur Kulturkunde, 53. German text. 45.00

55. Asusu Anye: Standard III na IV. Onye Supervisor na nde nkuzi akuku Enugu dele ya. [Onitsha?]: Holy Ghost Fathers, Onitsha Archdiocese, n.d. 55p. Wr. 19cm. Cover faded around edges. Text browned. Good. Igbo text. 25.00

56. Austin, Herbert Henry, 1868-1937. With Macdonald in Uganda. Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973. frontis (portrait), photos, folding map, index, xxiv, xiv, 314p. Hardcover. 22cm. Reprint of the London edition of 1903 with the addition of a new Introduction by A. T. Matson. Austin was a Captain on Macdonald's 1897 expedition in Uganda and Kenya and went on to have a successful military career in India and elsewhere. 125.00

57. _____ SAME. Corners bumped. Light scuffing & wear. Good. 100.00

58. Autograph Letter, Unsigned, addressed to William H. Seward about Madagascar. Author unknown. Undated but from the text it appears to have been written in 1861. Four pages written on one side of letter-sized sheets. 22 x 28cm. A small Africa-shaped stain on upper right corner of all four pages. Good. This is probably a retained copy or a draft of a letter. In it, the unidentified writer states that he was in Madagascar in July and August of 1861 at the time of the death of Queen Ranavalo [Ranavalona] and the accession of Radama II and feels obliged to write to the U.S. Secretary of State since the writer believes that "no other citizen of the United States enjoys the same facilities." He summarizes the importance and recent history of Madagascar and urges that measures be taken to extend recognition to the government of the new king and to "conclude a permanent treaty upon Proper grounds." 150.00

59. Azevedo, Mario J. The Returning Hunter. Thompson, Ct: InterCulture Associates, (c. 1978). double-page photo, 60p. Wr. 21cm. African Sketch Series. Note on back cover states that the author of this fictional work about a man in Mozambique who makes many compromises to live as an "assimilado" had been born in Mozambique and was now a teacher at Jackson State University. 25.00

60. Azikiwe, Nnamdi. Liberia in World Politics. London: Stockwell, 1934. 1st ed. 406p. Red cloth. 19cm. 19cm. Extremities frayed. Backstrip darkened and has some tears at ends. Good. Written while the author, who was later known as"Zik of Nigeria," was a student/professor at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. 150.00

61. Azuonye, Chukwuma, editor. Nsukka Harvest: Poetry from Nsukka 1966-72. Nsukka: Odunke Publications, (c. 1972). errata slip (laid in), 40p. Wr. 25cm. A few tiny chips. 25.00

62. Baden-Powell, Col. R. S. S. The Matabele Campaign, 1896: Being a Narrative of the Campaign in Suppressing the Native Uprising in Matabeleland and Mashonaland. Westport: Negro Universities Press, (1970). frontis, illustrations, photos, sketch map, 500p. Red cloth. 22cm. Reprint of the 1897 edition. 60.00

63. Baeteman, Joseph. Dictionnaire Amarigna-Français suivi d'un Vocabulaire Français-Amarigna. Dire-Daoua (Ethiopie): Imprimerie Saint Lazare, 1929. xxi, 1262 (i.e. 631), 433 (i.e. 216)p. Contemporary binding. 25cm. Two moderate ink stains on one page. Text moderately browned. Text double-columned with each column numbered. 125.00

64. Baier, Stephen. An Economic History of Central Niger. London: Oxford, 1980. index, 325p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. 40.00

65. Baikie, William Balfour. Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwora and Binue Commonly Known as the Niger and Tsadda. London: Frank Cass, 1966. frontis, folding maps, xvi, 456p. Hardcover. 22cm. Moderate fading on backstrip and around cover edges. Reprint of the London edition of 1856. 55.00

66. Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875. The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa. London: Edward Stanford; Cape Colony: J. W. C. MacKay, 1877. 1st ed. mounted photographic frontis portrait, 3 other mounted photographic illustrations, folding facsimile letter from Livingstone, xxiv, 240p. Lacks binding. 22cm. Name stamp on outer blank page and on a couple of other leaves. Contents sound and clean. Partially unopened. Lacks the folding map which would have been contained in the cover pocket. Fair. "The volume is a most important work, and contains full information of every description upon the subject of the gold discoveries in Matabeleland and Mashonaland, with much curious knowledge of the inhabitants. It is evident that the author had formed a far higher opinion of Lobengula than was the case with subsequent explorers, and he appears to have been on excellent terms with the King, at whose coronation he was present. The book also contains an account of the gold discoveries in the Transvaal, which were then confined to the Leydenburg district ..." [Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography]. 50.00

67. Baker, Samuel White, 1821-1893. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources. London: Macmillan, 1866. 1st ed. 2 vols. frontises (tinted in second volume), map, index, xxx, 395, ix, 384p, Green cloth. 23cm. Covers unevenly but heavily spotted and discolored. Old lending library label partially removed from front cover of first volume and almost completely removed from second volume. Spines sloped. Name on title page. Lacks three (of 4) maps but the contents are otherwise sound and clean. Fair. 90.00

68. Baker, Samuel White, 1821-1893. Ismailia: a Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. London: Macmillan, 1874. 1st ed. 2 vols. frontis, ills, folding map, index, viii, 447, viii, 588p. plus 55p. adverts dated October, 1874 at end of first volume. Original green cloth, recently and sturdily rebacked with original heavily-chipped backstrips mounted. Gilt illustration on front covers. Good. 22cm. 200.00

69. Baldwin, James [and many others]. Perspectives: Angles on African Art. NY: Center for African Art & Harry Abrams, (1987). ills (many color), index, 195p. Hardcover. dj. 29cm. INSCRIBED by Robert Faris Thompson under his photograph on page 178. Interviews by Michael John Weber with James Baldwin and nine other influential people. 45.00

70. Balfour, Andrew, Sir, 1873-1931. First Report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum. London: Published for Dept. of Education, Sudan Government, Khartoum, by Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1904. frontis, illustrations, photos, 5 color plates, index, 83p. plus index. Hardcover. 28cm. Light cover soil. Three additional reports were published over the next several years. 50.00

71. Balsvik, Randi Ronning. Haile Selassie's Students: The Intellectual and Social Background to Revolution, 1952-1977. East Lansing: African Studies Center, Michigan State University, (c. 1985). index, xix, 363p. Wr. 23cm. Committee on Northeast African Studies. Ethiopian Series. Monograph No. 16. 30.00

72. Bamert, Arnold. Africa: Tribal Art of Forest and Savanna. NY: Thames & Hudson, (1980). color illustrations, index, xii, 332p. Hardcover. dj. 32cm. Base of backstrip bumped. Translated from the German by James Ramsay. 50.00

73. [Cameroon] Baptist Herald, Vol. 66, No. 3 (March 1988). 31p. Wr. 28cm. Pages 2 and 4-21 are devoted to articles about Baptist missionary efforts in Cameroon. 25.00

74. Barley, Nigel. Symbolic Structures: an Exploration of the Culture of the Dowayos. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., (1983). index, viii, 125p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. 40.00

75. Barnard, Lieut. Frederick Lamport A Three Years Cruise in the Mozambique Channel. London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1969. folding map, xxxiv, xiii, 319p. Blue cloth. 19cm. Some cover soil. Reprint of the London ed. of 1848 with the addition of a new Introduction by D. H. Simpson and a map of the East Coast of Africa from another 19th century work. 40.00

76. Barnard, Phoebe, editor. Biological Diversity in Namibia; a Country Study. Windhoek: Namibian National Biodiversity Task Force, (c. 1998). color photos, 325p. plus index. Wr. 30cm. Some edge wear. 40.00

77. [Odd Volume] Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865. Reisen und Entdeckungen in Nord- und Central-Africa in den Jahren 1849 bis 1855. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1857. 1st ed. Vol. 1 ONLY (of 5). illustrations in text, 12 tinted plates, 6 folding maps (Karten 1-6), xlii, 638p. Original cloth. 22cm. Ex lib. Lacks almost all of backstrip. Covers detached as are folding maps at end. One or more vertical lines (as well as other lines) drawn in pencil through text on almost all pages. Poor. Binding broken splitting the book into two pieces. Chipping on a few page edges. Poor. German text. 150.00

78. [Odd Volume] _____ SAME. 1858. Vol. 5 ONLY (of 5). ills in text, 10 tinted plates, 1 folding map (Karte 14), xii, 804p. Original cloth. 22cm. Ex lib. Lacks almost all of backstrip. Binding broken splitting the book into two pieces. Lacks the two folding maps (Karten 15 & 16) called for in the list of illustrations. Chipping on a few page edges. Poor. German text. 100.00

79. [Odd Volumes] Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa; being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855. NY: Harper, 1857. Vols. I & II ONLY (of 3). frontis, folding map, illustrations, 657, 709p. Reddish brown cloth. 24cm. Extremities rubbed (some fraying). Name on endpapers. Short tear in margin on last several leaves in Vol. II. 125.00

80. Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865. Reisen und Entdeckungen in Nord-und Central-Africa in den Jahren 1849 bis 1855. Im Auszuge bearbeitet. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1859-1860. 2 vols. portrait, 3 (of 4 tinted plates), folding plan, 508, 456p. Hardcover. 21cm. Fraying at ends of backstrips. Front joint beginning to split on top on Vol. 2. Name stamps and bookseller's small label on endpapers (which are browned). Light foxing and just a little staining in text. Lacks the folding map as well as the one tinted plate. Fair. German text. Shorter German edition. The first German edition, in five volumes, was published 1857-1858 [See items 78-79]. 50.00

81. Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865. Dr. Heinrich Barth's Reiser og Opdagelser i Nord- og Mellem-Afrika. Kjobenhavn: Woldike, 1860. 2 vols. plates, folding plan, folding map, 500, 434p. Contemporary quarterbinding. 34cm. Covers rather heavily scuffed. Scattered foxing and wear. Good. Danish text. Appears to be a Danish translation of Item 80. 125.00

82. Bartnicki, Andrzej & Joanna Mantel-Niecko. Geschichte Aethiopiens: von d. Anfangen bis zur Gegenwart in 2 Teilen. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1978. 2 vols. Translated by Renate Richter. plates, genealogical tables (loose inside back cover), xlii, 378, xi, [379]-725p. Hardcover. 21cm. German text. Translation of "Historia Etiopii" (Polish). 35.00

83. Bascom, William. Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1969). plates, x, 575p. Hardcover. 26cm. Name and price inked on endpaper. 45.00

84. Bastian, L., translator. Iwe adura lati gbo misa: Pelu awon Epistoli ati ihin rere ti ojo ose kokan, etc. Alencon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, 1893. tables, 456p. Softcover in soiled wr. 16cm. Text browning and becoming brittle. Good. Mostly unopened. Yoruba text. A Catholic prayer book translated into Yoruba. 100.00

85. Batello, Caterina, Marzio Marzot & Adamou Harouna Toure. The Future Is An Ancient Lake: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Lake Chad Basin Ecosystems. Rome: FAO, (c. 2004). color photos, xii, 307p. Wr. 29cm. Corners slightly bumped. 40.00

86. Bates, George L. Handbook of Bulu; Containing a Grammatical Sketch, Folk-Tales for Reading and a Vocabulary. London: Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, 1904. xii, 233p. Hardcover. Moderate general wear. Cover cloth bubbled. Large modern bookplate. Library stamp embossed on title-leaf. Good. A scarce grammar of this language spoken in parts of Southern Cameroon and Northern Gabon. 225.00

87. Bauer, Dan Franz. Household and Society in Ethiopia: An Economic and Social Analysis of Tigray Social Principles and Household Organization. East Lansing: African Studies Center, Michigan State University, (c. 1985). 1st ed. [i1]-i45, 196p. Wr. 23cm. Northeast African Studies Committee, Occasional Paper Series. Monograph No. 6 (Second edition). 35.00

88. Beanland, Lillian L. African Logs. NY: Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., c. 1945. map, ills (by Lois McNeill), 96p. Wr. 22cm. Moderately worn, including light cover chipping and some foxing. Good. A history of their missionary efforts in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Their earlier efforts in Gabon are also mentioned. 40.00

89. Beaver, Philip, 1766-1813. African Memoranda relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama. London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1968. folding map, 2 folding plates, 500p. Hardcover. 27cm. Relatively light cover soul and a little minor bubbling of cover cloth. Reprint of the London edition of 1805. 45.00

90. Beckingham, Charles Fraser and G. W. B. Huntingford, editors and translators. Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646. Being extracts from The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida, Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla. Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, 1967. frontis, ills (in text), maps (2 folding), index, xcviii, 267p. Hardcover. 22cm. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. CVII. Reprint of the 1954 edition. 30.00

91. Beecham, John. Ashantee and the Gold Coast: Being a Sketch of the History, Social State and Superstitions of the Inhabitants of Those Countries: With a Notice of the State and Prospects of Christianity among Them. NY: Johnson Reprint Corporation, (1970). folding map, xix, 376p. Hardcover. 22cm. Reprint of the London edition of 1841. 40.00

92. Belaynesh, Michael, S. Chojnacki and Richard Pankhurst, editors. Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography. Volume I: From Early Times to the End of the Zagwe Dynasty c. 1270 A. D. Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1975. xi, 218p. Blue boards. 24cm. Cover scarred where a small sticker was removed. Blank white label on endpaper. Appears to be the only volume published. 150.00

93. Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi Information and Public Relations Office. Ruanda-Urundi: Economy. Brussels: 1960. 2 vols. maps, 75, 75p. Wr. 25cm. Covers faded around edges. Minor chipping. 28.00

94. Bell, C. R. V. The Somali Language. Farnborough: Gregg International, (1968). 2 folding tables, xi, 185p. Hardcover. 19cm. Reprint of the 1953 edition. 50.00

95. Bell, Fred. W. The South African Conspiracy or the Aims of Afrikanderdom. London: Heinemann, 1900. 1st ed. index, xvi, 248p. Original cloth. 23cm. Cover spotted and heavily worn. Bookplate. Contents reasonably sound although a former owner has placed his purple name stamp in top margin of several pages. Fair. 30.00

96. Bender, M. Lionel. Peoples and Cultures of the Ethio-Sudan Borderlands. East Lansing: African Studies Center, Michigan State University, (c. 1981). ix, 214p. Wr. 23cm. Committee on Northeast African Studies. Ethiopian Series. Monograph No. 10. 40.00

97. Bent, James Theodore, 1852-1897. The Sacred City of the Ethiopians; Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893. London: Longmans, Green, 1893. 1st ed. frontis, photos, illustrations, folding map, index, xv, 309p. plus 24p. adverts dated August, 1893. Hardcover. Gilt figure on horseback on front cover. 22cm. Joints and edges rubbed. Name removed from half-title. Substantial waterstain in top margin throughout contents. Publisher's advertisements browned and brittle. Good. 175.00

98. [Odd Volume] Benyowsky, Mauritius Augustus, Count de. Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky ... Consisting of His Military Operations in Poland, His Exile into Kamckatka, His Escape and Voyage from That Peninsula through the Northern Pacific Ocean, Touching at Japan and Formosa, to Canton in China, with an Account of the French Settlement He Was Appointed to Form upon the Island of Madagascar. Dublin: 1790. Vol. II ONLY (of 2). Translated. (4), 373p. Old leather. 22cm. Covers quite worn and lacking most of backstrip. Front cover detached. Lacks all prelims prior to title-page. Title-leaf thinned (and has numerous small holes) where a library stamp was partially removed. Contents sound with some scattered foxing. No maps or plates present. Poor. This volume begins with the account of his Visit to the Island of Usmay Ligon (perhaps one of the Amami Islands of Japan) and moves on to Formosa and Macao during the first 86 pages; the balance of this volume related to his efforts in Madagascar 1774-1776. 50.00

99. Bevene, Taddesse, Taddesse Tamrat & Richard Pankhurst, editors. The Centenary of Dogali: Proceedings of the International Symposium, Addis Ababa-Asmara, January 24-25, 1987. Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1988. 344p. Wr. 21cm. 30.00