African Myths and Legends

by Arnott, Kathleen

Description: Fine. 1989 Oxford University Press. Softcover. Black and white illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 211 pages. Retold by Kathleen Arnott. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

Song From the Forest: My Life Among the Ba-Benjelle Pygmies

by Sarno, Louis

Description: Very Good. 1994 Penguin Books. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 297 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Small chip at tail of spine. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

African Lives: White Lies Tropical Truth, Darkest Gossip, and Rumblings of Rumor-From Chinese Gordon to Beryl Markham, and Beyond

by Boyles, Denis

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1988 Weidenfeld & Nicolson. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has pale orange paper-covered boards with navy blue cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Shallow dent to the fore edge of the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 225 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at ... Read More

Where Soldiers Fear to Tread: a Relief Worker's Tale of Survival

by Burnett, John S.

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 2005 Bantam Books. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has gray paper-covered boards with black textured paper-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. 350 pages. Color-illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, ... Read More

The Lost Treasure of King Juba: the Evidence of Africans in America Before Columbus

by Joseph, Frank

Description: Fine. 2003 Bear & Company. Softcover. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 238 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

A Guide to the Historic and Prehistoric Monuments of Rhodesia

by Cooke, C. K.

Description: Good. 1972 Historical Monuments Commission, Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Small softcover, 4.75 x 7.25 inches. Black and white plates. 84 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers mildly curled. Spine is darkened with age and has some light flaking of the paper surface; spine is blank, so no lettering is affected. The first couple of pages have very light wrinkling. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

Namaqualand in Flower

by Eliovson, Sima

Description: Very Good. 1977 Macmillan, Johannesburg. Second edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized. 8.2 x 11 inches. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Small crease at bottom edge of back cover. Spine NOT creased. Spine surface wrinkled. Faint remains of name in pencil, since erased, on half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. 128 pages plus many leaves of color plates. Printed in ... Read More

The United States and Ethiopia: Military Assistance and the Quest for Security, 1953-1993

by Agyeman-Duah, Baffour

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1994 University Press of America. First edtion. Hardcover has black leather-grain texture paper-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Small dent in top edge of back cover. Appears to be unread. Small light traces of erased pencil marking (former price) at top corner of front endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed ... Read More

Thrilling Experiences in the War in South Africa

by Everett, Marshall (Editor)

Description: Good; No jacket. 1900 The Educational Company. NOT ex-library. Oversize oblong hardcover, 12.5 x 9.6 inches, has olive cloth-covered boards. Front cover has two paper pasted-on sepia illustrations with gold borders, as well as gold and black lettering and decorations; back cover also have gold lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Both hinges cracked, some webbing showing, not broken. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers ... Read More

Cheikh Anta Diop: Poem for the Living: a Poem

by Okantah, Mwatabu S.

Description: Very Good. 1997 Black History Museum-UMUM-LOH Publishing, Philadelphia. SIGNED by author on title page, with a personal inscription, dated 2-8-99. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Black and white photographs. Color illustrations inside of covers. Main body of book is in English (pages 1-120). This is followed by a French translation of two of the essays and the memorial poem (pages 121-166). The final section is a Wolof translation of the same two essays and the memorial poem (pages ... Read More

Big Game Hunting and Collecting in East Africa, 1903-1926

by Kittenberger, Kalman

Description: Good; No jacket. 1929 Longmans, Green & Co. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Top pages edges are red. Tissued frontispiece. Black and white plates. Fold out map in rear. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Top edge of front cover worn, with some fraying; board visible in a few small spots. Covers lightly soiled, with a several one ... Read More