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Brussels: Pierre Berge & Associes, 2008. Softcover. Auction catalog for a 299 lot sale of African and Oceanic art objects, masks, and sculptures. In black wrappers with pictorial covers. Very good with a few ink notations by potential buyer. Without prices realized. In French. 142 pages. African Art. ART/010517. Very Good. More
Pasadena: California Insitute of Technology, 1971. Catalog for exhibition held at the Baxter Art Gallery. Nicely produced with tipped in color plates and b&w text photographs. In black paper wrappers with pictorial front cover. Very good condition. 8 x 11.5 inches. Unpaginated. [about 50 pages] African Art. ART/010417. More
Manchester: Abel Heywood and Son, 1909. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in white illustrated side-stapled paper wraps. many illustrations throughout. 32 pages + ads. English Travel. ENGTRA71021. Very Good. More
New York: Duffield & Green, (1932). Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth covered boads with silver title to front board and to spine. Fading to spine panel and Minor soiling to rear board. Interior is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. Map endpages. 100 pages. French travel. FRETRA/022216. Very Good. More
London: Spring Books, No date. Hardcover. Very good+ in red illustrated dust jacket iwth black title to front and spine panels. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Interior is clean and bright and filled with photographic illustrations. Text is in French, English, and German. Index, 222 pages. French Travel. FRETRA/022516. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
London: Grant Richards, 1902. Hardcover. Vg in green, gilt-lettered boards/12mo./272 pp. Travel. TRA112111. Very Good. More
Oxford: for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titl to spine. Underlining in red pen to a few pages. Else clean and bright. Blue illustrated dust jacket with yellow title to front and spine panels. Light wear to edges and spine ends fo dust jacket. IN BOTH FRENCH AND ENGLISH. Index, 426 pages. AFR/040611. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More
Ibadan University Press and Nelson, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Signed and inscribed by previous owner, else interior is very clean. Dark blue illustrated dust jacket with orange title to spine. Heavy creasing, fading, and wear to jacket. Index, 555 pages. AFR/072806. Very Good in Good Plus dj. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light soiling to end pages and light yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright. 339 pages. Travel. TRA101102. Very Good. More
London: Constable, 1949. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor bumping to spine ends. 203 pages. English Travel. TRA91072. Very Good. More
Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in blue boards with gilt and black title to spine. 303 pages. English Travel. TRA51082. Very Good. More
Sydney, London, et al. Angus & Robertson, 1960. Hardcover. 1st edition. Very good in very good dustjacket. New Zealand. NZ1/12200. Very Good. More
Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1905. Hardcover. VG, small 8vo; red boards in mylar cover; marbled edges; all maps present; 480 pp. Travel. TRA/10292. Very Good. More
Leipsic: Baedeker, 1901. Hardcover. Includes 18 maps, 39 plans, and a panorama. Very good in flexible red cloth boards with gilt title to front cover and spine. Notes in pen to last couple of pages and previous owner signature in pen to front endpaper. Some maps have tears. Clean overall. 600 pages. TRA109171. Very Good. More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1892. Hardcover. Red cloth covered flexible boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Wear to rear hinge. Rubbing to corners, spine ends, and hinges. Minor browning to exterior. Hinges cracked but have been repaired and binding remains tight. Front free end page and fold out map at front are nearly detached but present. Closed tears to front fold out map all along the creases except for one. Else is clean and bright. All other maps are clean and bright and in good condition. 370 pages In German. Travel. TRAV/012314. Very Good. More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1891. Hardcover. Includes 39 maps, 11 plans, and 12 panoramas. Very good in red cloth flexible boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Chip to head of spine and remnants of a sticker to spine. Both hinges are cracked and there is chipping to edges of some pages. The textblock remains firmly attached to the covers despite the cracked hinges. 498 pages. TRA/083117. Very Good. More
New York and Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. Vol. I and II in one volume. Appears to be a facsimile of original text. Very good 4to., black cloth boards w/ gilt stamping to spine. Boards mostly clean with only minor wear to edges. Moderate bump to foot of spine and rear inner joint is split at last endpaper otherwise tightly bound. Interior is clean with only slight soiling to bottom edge of textblock and a crease to the ffep. Very good brown & white DJ with an open tear to foot of spine which corresponds to bump in spine and minor wear to corners. Pencil sketch illustration of Joseph Baretti as frontispiece. 419 pp. Travel. TRA/12223. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st Edition, 1967. Hardcover. Folio. Very good illustrated white paper covered boards with black title to spine. Interior is clean and bright and filled with wonderful photographic illustrations in both full color and black and white. clear dust jacket with gilt and black title to front panel. Large open tear to rear panel and small closed tear to foot of spine panel of dust jacket. Africa. AFR108301. Very Good. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1953. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/map frontis./8vo./246 pp. African History. AFR3/4302. Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good+ hardcover with Very Good+ dustjacket. Some rubbing to froint of dustjacket. Includes numerous photographs. Price clipped. South Pacific. SPAC/7232. Very Good. More
London: Andrew Dakers. Hardcover. Very Good in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Spine and board edges faded, front board slightly bowed. Minor toning to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright. Index, 220 pages. Africa. AFR1/8231. Very Good. More
London: Viking, (1991). Hardcover. Fine in near fine black and orange illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and black title to orange spine panel. Fading to spine. Pristine interior with many photographic illustrations. Index, 206 pages. French Travel. TRA/10142. Fine / Near Fine. More
Paris: Guides Morance, No date. Paperback. White illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright and filled with black and white photographic illustrations throughout. 61 pages. FRETRA/042116. Very Good. More
Norregade, Kobenhavn: V. Pios Boghandel, Povl Branner, 1925. Hardcover. 8vo. Modern binding in green cloth with gilt title to spine. Light foxing throughout thoug text remains clean and bright. Previous owner's writing and stamp to half title page. Illustrations throughout. IN DANISH. AFR/040611. Very Good. More
Milano: Touring Club Italiano, 1922. Hardcover. 12mo. Very good+ in red cloth covered stiff wraps with gilt title to front wrap and to spine. Previous owner's greek bookplate to front paste down. Else is clean and bright, Maps throughout. 420 pages. In Italian. Travel. TRA/011714. Very Good+. More