Philadelphia: Published by Author, 1936. Octavo, 157 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Boards have fraying and tearing to spine edges and rubbing to corners. Binding shaken. Textblock has partial tearing to front interior hinge. SW Consignment. Shelved Room A. More
Addis Ababa: 1949. First Edition. Octavo, 78 pages. In Good plus condition. Yellow covers with two staple saddle-stitch binding. Covers have bending to corners, creasing to bottom corner of rear cover, and mild to moderate edge and shelf wear. Textblock has slight creasing to bottom corners and fading to text on some pages. SW Consignment. Shelved Room A. More
London: Edward Stanton, 1898. Hardcover folding map in original red publisher's binding with red label to front cover. Boards show moderate shelf wear overall. Map measures 22 1/8" x 27" ; linen backed with toning and scattered foxing. Wear to hardcover with bumping to corners, small stain on front and back; moderate wear to spine with some loss of material and minor chipping to head and tail. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1966. Octavo, 383 pages. In Very good condition. Green spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show mild shelf wear. Text block has slight age-toning to endpapers. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More
Lonr: Jarrolds Publishers, 1935. Octavo, 287 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine brownish blue with gilt lettering. Boards show moderate wear including sunned spine, some scratches and light spotting exteriorly. Text block has foxing to the edges with some foxing to edges interiorly. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xix, 552 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue, black and white with white, black and blue lettering. Mild wear exteriorly with few smudges and minor rubbing to the head/tail edges. Cloth shows few, faint scuffs to slightly splayed boards. Text block has slight shelf wear with few, small ink marks to fore edge. Previous owner's information to the front end paper. Underlines and marginalia to several pages. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. Second Edition. Octavo, 372 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in faded red cloth with faded gilt lettering. Boards have major rubbing, some bumping to corners and denting to the side edge, and some staining to the back board. Text block has minor scuffing to the tail edge, age toning throughout, and binding is slightly shaken. NOTE: Shelved in ND-B. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 508 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine off-white with black and blue lettering. Exterior shows moderate shelf wear including light age toning and soiling with minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight shelf wear and lightly sunned head/tail edges. Text block has mild age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Gift inscription to the flyleaf. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
London: Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Octavo, 444 pages. In Very good condition with a Very good minus dust jacket. White spine with black lettering. Dust jacket has light scuffing and moderate age-toning. Text block clean. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More
Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2005. Octavo, xii, 221 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine mauve with white and purple lettering. Boards show minimal wear including very minor wear to the edges. Text block has minimal wear to the edges. Gift inscription to the title page. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
![1373433 THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, AND ARABIA. [Together with] EGYPT AND NUBIA [Two volumes]....](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1373433.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699459879)
London: Folio Society, 2010. Limited Edition, #717/1,000. Folios, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in full red cloth with pictorial boards and spine in black and gold, with red cloth slip cases. Housed in publisher's very good red cloth slipcases. Slipcases show very light edge wear. Limited Edition, #717/1,000. PH Consignment. Shelved above Egyptology. More
London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Quarto, xcii, 543 pages. In Very Good condition. Half bound in later brown leather with green and orange marbled paper boards and paneled spine bearing label with gilt titling. Splitting to front hinge. All three maps present, with one folding map detached from binding. Lacking portrait frontispiece. PH consignment. Shelved in Case 9. More
![1373225 THE HIGHLANDS OF ÆTHIOPIA [Three Volumes]. W. Cornwallis Harris](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1373225.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698432820)
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Second Edition. Octavos, Three Volumes. In Very Good condition. Half bound in brown leather with teal cloth boards. With color frontispieces in all three volumes. Some scuffing to leather on spine and corners. Folding map in Vol. 1 present, though with several closed tears. Textblocks dyed speckled red. Light scattered foxing throughout interior pages. An ex-library copy with usual markings, including bookplates to front paste downs and stamps to front free endpapers and title pages. PH consignment. Shelved in Case 9. More
![1372784 FLASH OF THE SPIRIT: AFRICAN AND AFRO-AMERICAN ART AND PHILOSOPHY [INSCRIBED]. Robert...](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1372784.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698334130)
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Octavo, xvii, 317 pages. In Good plus condition with Good Dust Jacket. Spine is black with dark gold and white lettering. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, with minor closed tears along the edges, front flap has a minor fold at the top, and minor foxing along the top of the interior. Boards have minor scuffing and minor shelf wear. Text block has foxing along the exterior edges. Inscription is to John Szwed. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1960. Octavo, viii, xii, 595 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine brown and off-white with off-white lettering. Few instances of chips to the edges with mild age toning and minor marks exteriorly. Boards show very light wear to the exterior with extremely light wear to the edges. Text block has lightly age toned edges. Previous owner's information to the front free end paper. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xviii, 296 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with white and black lettering. Dust jacket shows mild wear exteriorly with lightly sunned spine, slightly dinged head/tail edges and mild age toning to the flaps. Boards have very minor weather to the head/tail edges. Text block has moderate age toning. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. More
Philadelphia, New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 345 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is yellow and grey with an elephant illustration and black text in an orange block. Dust jacket is a second printing and protected in a mylar covering with the price uncut: "$3.50". Noticable edgewear to the dust jacket with tearing on the tail of the backflap. Soiling to interior of dust jacket and textblock fore edge. Top edge of text block dyed red and fading, light edgewear to the head and tail of the book spine. Tearing to rear flap and rear endpaper. Shelved under Case 8 1/2. More
Surrey UK: Curzon Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo, xiv, 221 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine dark blue with gilt lettering. Boards show extremely slight wear with minor bumping to the corners, mild lean to the spine and faint, small sticker residue to rear. Text block has light foxing. Illustrated. First Edition. More
Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xv, 234 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine red with gilt lettering. Boards have two ex-library stickers to the rear. Text block has few ex-library markings to copyright page. Illustrated. First Edition, First Printing. More
New York: Routledge, 2006. Octavo, 213 pages. In Very Good condition. Yellow spine with black lettering. Full binding in yellow paper. Boards show very mild shelf wear and edge wear. Text block has the seal of ex-library on front free endpaper. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927-1928. Octavo, Two volumes. In Fair plus condition with Fair dust jackets. Spines are tan with black print. Dust jackets in mylar, have edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Prices unclipped: “$4.00” (Vol. 1), “$3.50” (Vol. 2). Boards in green cloth with gold print. Wear to spine caps and corners. Text blocks have tinted top edge. Illustrated with b&w frontispieces (portraits) in each volume, maps on endpapers. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Trader Horn / with a foreword by John Galsworthy (1927; Eleventh printing; tanning to endpapers and preliminary pages, inscription in ink on half-title page, owner name stamp on page 1, intermittent spine breaks; viii, 302 pages) — Vol. 2. Harold the Webbed, or, The Young Vykings / with a foreword by William McFee (1928; 275 pages). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
Accra: Black Mask Limited, 1986. First Edition. Octavo, vii, xii, 122 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine red with black lettering. Covers have slight plus wear with white scratches to the rear and lightly rubbed edges. Text block has mildly age toned edges. Illustrated. First Edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #8. More
San Jose: Supreme Grand Lodge of A.M.O.R.C., Inc., 1981. Fourth Edition. Octavo, xii, 322 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine teal green with gilt lettering. Boards show very mild wear with tiny rubs to the corners. Gilt illustration and lettering to the front. Text block has head edge colored green and slight foxing to the fore and tail edges. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown and faint offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. Fourth Edition. More
London UK and Herndon VA: Cassell, 1997. First Edition. Octavo, vii, 392 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth with gray and red lettering. Moderate wear exteriorly with lightly bumped corners and slight scratches. Text block has very mild age toning to the edges. Illustrated. First Edition. More
Leiden and Boston: Koninklijke Brill NV, 2009. Octavo, vi, xiii, 339 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine yellow with black lettering. Text block has sparse, small smudges to exterior head edge. Illustrated. More
Zomba: Government Printer, 1923. Quarto, iii, [1], iii, [3], 2, [2], 1-15, [3], 1-67. In Fair condition. Three-quarters bound in yellow publishers cloth with blue paper boards. Severe rodent damage exposing all quires on spine, light rubbing and bumping to corners and edges, light soiling overall, and moderate warping to boards. Light age toning to exterior and throughout interior of textblock, rodent damage to top corner of textblock, light foxing to end papers and pastedowns, and gutter splitting throughout. RWO Consignment. More
Zomba: Government Printer, 1922. Quarto, v, iii, [2], 5, [2], 1-9, 1-56. In Good minus condition. Quarter bound in purple publishers cloth with blue paper boards. Moderate rodent damage exposing quires at head and tail of spine, severe bumping to head of spine, moderate rubbing and bumping to corners and edges, moderate rodent damage to paper boards, moderate plus soiling overall, and moderate warping to boards. Moderate age toning to exterior and throughout interior of textblock, light foxing to end papers and pastedowns, and light rodent damage to front paste down and front free end paper. RWO Consignment. More
Zomba: Government Printer, 1919. Quarto, iv, iii, [3], 27, 1-43. In Good minus condition. Quarter bound in yellow publishers cloth with blue paper boards. Moderate plus rodent damage exposing quires at head and tail of spine, moderate rubbing and bumping to corners and edges, moderate plus soiling overall, "government printer" stamp to front board, and moderate warping to boards. Light age toning to exterior and throughout interior of textblock, light to moderate uneven foxing at first and last few pages, significant creasing to pages C 36 - C 43, and light rodent damage to front free end paper. RWO Consignment. More
Zomba: Government Printer, 1927. Quarto, ii, ii, [2], 15, [3], 1-7 pages, [3], 1-45. In Good minus condition. Quarter bound in yellow publishers cloth with grey paper boards. Light plus chipping to head and tail of spine, moderate plus rubbing and bumping to corners and edges, moderate age toning to paper on boards, moderate rodent damage to fore edges, significant soiling overall, ex-library stamp to front board, and moderate warping to boards. Light age toning to exterior and throughout interior of textblock, moderate foxing at first and last few pages, and markings in red ink and blue pencil throughout. RWO Consignment. More
Zomba: Government Printer, 1926. Quarto, iii, ii, [2], 5, [3], 1-10 pages, [2], 1-39. In Good minus condition. Quarter bound in yellow publishers cloth with grey paper boards. Light plus chipping to head and tail of spine, moderate rubbing and bumping to corners and edges, dent to front top edge, moderate soiling overall, and moderate warping to boards. Light age toning to exterior and throughout interior of textblock, and light to foxing at first and last few pages. RWO Consignment. More
Zomba: Government Printer, 1924. Quarto, iii, ii, [2], 1, [3], 1-7 pages, [3], 1-32. In Good minus condition. Quarter bound in yellow publishers cloth with blue paper boards. Moderate chipping to head and tail of spine, moderate rubbing and bumping to corners and edges, dent to front top edge, ex-library stamp to front board, and significant soiling overall. Light age toning to exterior and throughout interior of textblock, light to moderate uneven foxing throughout interior most prominent at first and last few pages, ex-library stamp to front free end paper, and notes in ink and green colored pencil throughout. RWO Consignment. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. First Trade Edition. Octavos, two volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in publisher's pictorial brick cloth stamped in gilt, gray, and black. Some general shelfwear and rubbing, including chipping to heads and tail of spines, bumping to corners, and discoloration along lower edges. Small embossed stamp to front free endpapers from previous bookseller. With three folding maps, one with small tape repair, 38 wood-engraved plates, one photogravure frontispiece, one folding table, and numerous in-text wood-engraved illustrations. Shelved case 8 1/2. More
Washington DC: Biological Society of Washington, National Museum of Natural History, 2006. Quarto, 436 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Pictorial black spine with white lettering. Covers have mild shelf wear with minimal wear to the edges and light crease to rear tail fore corner. Text block has light soiling to the edges. Illustrated. Text in French and English. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 295 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text on black spine labels. Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page. Lacking issued dust jacket. Boards have fading to spine as normally seen, rubbing to corners, brown marks on both covers, and fading to covers near edges. Text block has light foxing to many pages. Shelved in Case 13. More
Tunis: Ceres Editions, 2005. Quarto, 173 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine green with white and yellow lettering. Boards have mild shelf wear with slight bumping to the edges. Text block shows few light smudges to front free end paper and half title page, slight defect to gutter at half title page and rear end paper. Illustrated. Text in French. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Trade Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 294 [1] pages. In Very Good condition, and lacking issued dust jacket. Full binding of green cloth with gilt lettering. Minor shelfwear. Bumping to head and tail of spine and corners. Water staining to lower portion of textblock fore edge and rear cover. Age-toning to textblock. Spine very slightly cocked. Previous owner's sticker on rear pastedown. Shelved in Case 13. More
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1973. Octavo, xxxiv, 420 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is brown with white print. Dust jacket has mild edge wear. Boards in tan cloth. Illustrated with b&w plates, maps. More
Washington DC; Plymouth UK: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008. Large Octavo, x, xx, 542 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine ivory beige/blue black and beige lettering. Boards have slight wear with few scratches and lightly rubbed edges. Text block has minimal wear to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxiii, 333 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine yellow with black and green lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Minor shelfwear. Textblock clean. Inscribed flat by Muehlenbeck on front free endpaper. Shelved in International Affairs. More
Leiden: Brill, 2012. Octavo, 456 pages. New in shrink wrap. Spine dark brown with beige and orange lettering. Paperback bound. Illustrated. Text in French. More
Portlaoise: Arderin Publishing Company, 2004. Quarto, 142 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is grey with black print. Cover has slight edge wear. Illustrations b&w. Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page. Personal letter signed by author laid in. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
Washington, D.C. National Geographic, 2002. Quarto, 175 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus Dust Jacket. Spine is dark orange with black and white lettering. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear and minor foxing on the interior. Rear paste down has minor staining. More
New York: Flare Books published by Avon, 1972. First Flare printing. Octavo, 267 pages. In Good condition. Spine is white with black print. Price unclipped: “$3.95”. Illustrated cover has mild edge wear, creasing to spine, light shelf wear. Illustrated with b&w drawings. More
Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1967. Reprinted. Octavo, x, 543 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is black with orange print. Dust jacket has edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners, small portion torn away at top of spine, crease to spine, stray ink mark on front, notes in ink inside rear flap, shelf wear. Price unclipped: “25s”. Boards in orange cloth. Wear to spine caps. and corners, light shelf wear. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, marginal notation in ink in bibliography at rear. Illustrated with b&w maps. More
Zanzibar: The Department of Archives, Museums & Antiquities, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 151 pages. In Good plus condition. Blue spine with black text. Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, bending to corners, and slight tearing to spine edges. Textblock clean. More
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1974. Reprinted. Octavo, xi, 303 pages. In Vey Good condition. Spine is brown with black print. Boards in brown cloth. Illustrated with b&w plates. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Reprinted with corrections. Octavo, xii, 151 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: “25s. net”. Boards in green cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, slightly cocked spine, slight warping. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf. Illustrated with b&w maps and plates. More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1967. Reprinted ... from corrected sheets of the first edition. Octavo, ix, 262 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is tan with blue print. Dust jacket has toning to spine, peripheral toning, small vendor label on front flap. Price clipped. Boards in blue cloth. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf. Folded b&w map at rear. More
Beverly Hills and London: Sage Publications, Inc., 1981. First Printing. Octavo, 256 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine brown with gilt lettering. Mild shelf wear and slightly rubbed edges. Text block has very light wear to edges, light pencil marginalia and illustrated. Volume 5: Sage Series on African Modernization and Development. First Printing. More
Lanham MD: Lexington Books, 2007. Octavo, xii, 285 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Brown and yellow spine with yellow and white lettering to the spine. Boards have slight tilting to the spine and very minor wear to the corners. Text block has very faint finger marks to the edges and very light wear interiorly. Illustrated. More
