Centre De Research Et D'Information Socio-Politiques. Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Softcover. Scattered inked marks in margins throughout, last page has several inked notes, spine creasing. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Former owner is social anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey, and his elegant signature is found on the half-title page. ; ABAKO stand for Alliance des Bakongo, which was a cultural and political organization headed by Joseph Kasavabu, It emerged in the late 1950s as a... more information

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Washington DC: Department of the Army. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Covers are beat up on edges, corner bump, light soil. Tight and square, . pages are clean. NOT an ex-library book. . A bibliographic survey on the . subject. Fairly long annotations for most items listed. Subdivided into . several dozen smaller categories. Tipped in is an enormous (31 inches by . 41 inches) fold-out map of Africa circa 1960. Tight, square, pages clean . and bright. DA PAM 20-62. . Trad... more information

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Philadelphia: U. Pennsylvania Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1957. Softcover. Tiny faint stain to front cover, else Fine. Pages are clean and crisp, . binding is tight; book appears unread. . Glossy paper with b/w photos on . every page, text. Includes fold-out map of Central Africa. Book is in . beautiful condition. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 79 pages. Art. . African Native Sculpture. Africa . ... more information

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Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 0201624621 . Reed's fourth collection of nonfiction, about half of which is previously . published. Someone has written in light pencil on half title page "Insc. . To Jan Kerouac (Jack's only progeny) for benefit auction, S. F. 1995." . Inscribed by author on title page: "for Jan, old times, Ishmael Reed, . March 16 '95." In mylar cover. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall.... more information

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Paris: Musee De L'Homme. Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Softcover. Ex-library book with associated defects; rubbed at extremities of card . covers, nicks, bumps and wear to covers, especially around spine. Contents . are excellent. Printed on coated paper. Binding is tight, pages are clean . and unmarked. . Extraordinary art from Black Africa: from the Paul Tishman . collection. 135 plates; captions in French and English. . Trade PB. 4to . 11" - 13" tall. African Art. Exhibition Catalog... more information

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Edinburgh University Press & Manchester University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1996. Softcover. The first thirteen volumes of this important series in African . bibliography, from 1984 to 1996, lacking 1995. Conditions vary from VG to . NF. All have tight bindings, pages are clean. A few have a spine crease, . orange spines of earlier volumes have toned to yellow. Three volumes have . a few marginal neatly inked checkmarks, no other marks. A few volumes have . minor bumps. Overall, the s... more information

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NY: John Wiley. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1972. Third Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 0471820083 . Purple cloth covers are a bit dinged, minor small stains. Pages are crisp, . tight, book appears unread. . Profusely illustrated with maps and photos. . . Small 4to - 9" to 11". 520 pages. Africa. Tropical Forests Grasslands. . Economic Development . ... more information

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Dawsons of Pall Mall. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1970. Reprint. Softcover. 0712904220 . Ex-library stamp to half-title page, no other indications of that status. . Spine area of card covers is wrinkled, no other defects. Pages are clean . and crisp, the binding is tight and square; appears to be unread. . . Reprint of a work originally published in 1936. . Ex-Library. 8vo - 8" to . 9" tall. 116 pages. African Native Music. Reference . ... more information

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University Press of Virginia. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813918146 . Minor creasing to extremities of dust jacket, no other defects. Book has . no defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . 8vo - 8" to . 9" tall. 354 pages. East Africa. South Africa. World History . ... more information

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Harpercollins Publisher. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Softcover. 0061317055 . A few inked checkmarks in margins, creased spine. Binding is tight, pages . are otherwise clean and unmarked. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 232 . pages. African Civilizations. Africa. New World . ... more information

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Society for African Philosophy in North America. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Spine crease, a few small, inked marginal marks, mostly checkmarks and . question marks. Binding is tight, pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. . . Eighteen scholarly papers, treating various aspects of the general . subject. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 444 pages. African Philosophy . ... more information

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London: Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is price-clipped, small tear and associated crease, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. Bound in black cloth with bright gilt titles to spine. : This is the revised second edition. A handsome copy. : 8vo - 8" to 9" tall: 196 pages . ... more information

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International Studies and Programming, Macalester College. Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. Softcover. No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; . book appears unread. . Nineteen articles on aspects of the general topic. . . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 337 pages. South Africa. After Apartheid. . Contemporary Studies. Anthology . ... more information

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Pacific Press Pub. Association. Fine with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Book has no defects save for very slight rubbing to spine, still Fine, . lacking dust jacket. E. Autobiography of an African orphan who was . educated in a mission school and then adopted by an American couple. Her . life was featured in a Ralph Edwards' "This is Your Life" segment; she . later returned to Africa as a missionary herself. This is the first . printing; published in 1965 with no printin... more information

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Bloomington: Indiana U. Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0253304717 . One-inch ink mark to fore-edge of pages, last 100 pages have slight rippling to bottom margin of pages. No other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. : The Kuranko are a branch of the Malinke tribe that occupy large sections of both Sierra Leone and southern Guinea. : African Systems of Thought: 8vo - 8" to 9" tall: 324 pages . ... more information

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W. Waterman Publications. Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 9781874959472 . No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; . book appears unread. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 224 pages. Angola. . Southern Africa. Civil War . ... more information

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Charlottesville: U. Press of Virginia. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 081391504x . Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . . Historical overview of anthropology and the African continent. . 8vo - 8" . to 9" tall. 165 pages. Anthropology. Africa. Historical Analysis . ... more information

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1970. Third Printing. Softcover. 0226236781 . Name inside front cover, 1/2" tear on back cover, light edge rubbing. . Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Tight, square, pages clean . and bright. An oversized, high quality softcover. Spine is uncreased. "A . century of political evolution among the Basoga of Uganda. " . Trade PB. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 281 pages. Sociology. Anthropology. Africa. Bantu... more information

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Facts On File. Very Good+. 1971. First Edition. Softcover. 087196192X . Green card covers are rubbed, a little worn at extremities. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. : Nearly a hundred short pieces, index. Describes the events before and during the Nigerians Civil War in 1967-1970. A million civilians had died in fighting and from famine. Biafra has now been reintegrated into Nigeria. : Trade PB: 8vo - 8" to 9" tall: 142 pages . ... more information

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Chicago: U. Chicago Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0226023435 . Scattered marginal light pencil marks, mostly checkmarks or question marks. Spine is uncreased. Binding is tight, pages are clean. ; Book attempts to explicate the power of ritual in Yoruba society. ; Trade PB; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 280 pages . ... more information

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