Zanzibar tales :; told by natives of the coast of East Africa
Zanzibar: Gallery Publications, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. Light tan octavo ; 154 p : illus ; 22 cm. Swahili -- Speaking peoples -- Folklore -- Tales -- Africa, East. More
Africa, North Africa, Maghrib
Spectacular vernacular :; the adobe tradition
New York: Aperture Foundation, 1989. First edition, first printing (presumed; no earlier dates or printings stated). Hardcover. Folio in a brown DJ ; 191 p. : color illus ; 32 cm. Architecture -- Arid regions -- Middle East -- Africa. More
La Tunisie dans le haut moyen age :; sa place dans l'histoire : I
Le Caire: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, 1948. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. White duodecimo; 23 p. In French. || Africa; Tunisia -- History -- 647-1516. More
Nhamo iri kure
Salisbury [Zimbabwe]: Literature Bureau, 1981. Paperback. Octavo in pale blue and brown illus wraps; 20 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Enclosed in custom instuttional stapled boards, 'double bound' thus. In Shona. The first publication in the Shona language we have seen. Quite scarce in the USA // African Literature..... More
Yoruba :; nine centuries of African art and thought
New York: Center for African Art in Association with H.N. Abrams, 1995. Third printing. Hardcover. Folio in white DJ; 256 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 31 cm. Contents: The Yoruba world / Henry John Drewal, John Pemberton III, and Rowland Abiodun -- Ife: origins of art and civilization /..... More
The Art of Identity :; African Sculpture from the Teel Collection
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Museums, 1997. Gallery Series No. 21. Paperback. Thin red octavo (white back) ; 12p , 25 cm. Great descriptions of African Art // African -- Sculptures -- Museum - History -- Teel -- Art. More
Searching for my brother :; Poems from the Kiswahili
New York: Grossman, 1973. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Large octavo in a black DJ ; 90 p, illus 18 x 25 cm. Swahili poetry -- Africa -- Muslim -- Art -- Kiswahili. More
The African mask as sculpture :; September 10-October 5, 1990, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico
Chico, CA: University Art Gallery, 1990. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Light grey quarto; [16] p, b&w illus ; 28 cm. Sculpture; African. || Uncommon. More
Four Dan sculptors :; continuity and change
San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Black quarto paperback(grey spine) ; xvii, 102 p : illus (some color) ; 28 cm. Art -- African -- Wood-carving -- Liberia -- Exhibitions. More
The individual and his society :; the psychodynamics of primitive social organization
New York: Columbia university press, 1949. First edition, fourth printing. Hardcover. Light brownish-cloth quarto; xxvi 503 p. Ex-library book. || Social psychology; cultural studides; Madagascar. More
De Gaulle and Algeria, 1940-1960 : ; from Mers el-Kébir to the Algiers barracades
London: Quartet, 1993. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Large ocatavo in green DJ; xv, 666 p, [32] p of b&w plates, maps, portraits, index; 25 cm. Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962. More
Bundi :; the culture of a Papua New Guinea people
Nerang, Qld. Ryebuck Publications, 1983. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Multicolored folio (black spine); x, 166 p. color and b&w illus; 30 cm. Gende (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs. || Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries on Earth, with over 850 indigenous..... More
Travels in West Africa
London: Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Quarto in an orange slipcase (tan spine) ; 276 p : illus ; 26 cm. Africa, West -- Description and travel -- Literature. More
Origins reconsidered :; in search of what makes us human
New York: Doubleday, 1992. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Large octavo in a blue DJ(black spine) ; xxii, 375 p., [24] p. of b&w plates : illus, maps ; 25 cm. Anthropology -- Human evolution --Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Africa, East -- Biological Evolution -- Fossils. More
Woman in ancient Africa ;; by Heinrich Loth ; translated from the German by Sheila Marnie.
Leipzig: 1987. Edition Leipzig. Hardcover. Quarto in glossy black illus DJ and original cardboard slipcase; 189 p. : ill. (some col.), bib.; 28 cm. A very nice copy but for small DJ tear. Translation of: Die Frau im Alten Afrika. Women -- Africa -- History. Africa -- Social life and..... More
Escravismo em Sao Paulo e Minas Gerais
Sao Paulo: Imprensa Oficial do Estado de Sao Paulo, 2009. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Multicolored octavo (red spine); 621 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 23 cm. In Portuguese. || Slavery -- Brazil -- Sao Paulo -- History. More
Tuhfat al-awfiya li-masirat al-tahrir wa-al-ta'rib fi al-qarn al-Afriqi
N.P. A.A. Muhammad, 2001. al-Tab`ah 1. Paperback. Small green quarto in pale green wraps; 736 p. : ill., bibliographical references (p. 727-729) ; 24 cm. In Arabic. Uncommon. // Northeast Africa; politics and government; history. Detailed history of the political development of Somalia and Ethiopia // Alternative title: Tuhfat al-awfiya..... More
Black images :; the art of West Africa
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Large quarto in black DJ; 95 p, b&w illus; 29 cm. Art; West Africa. || Beautiful b&w illustrations of West African Art. More
Le livre des Imraguen : pecheurs du banc d'Arguin en Mauritanie ;; Marie-Laure de Noray-Dardenne ; préface d'Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh ; traduction arabe de Mohamed Abdel Jelil Ould Houeibib.
Paris: Buchet-Chastel, 2006. Paperback. Oblong quarto in color photo illus wraps; 154 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 19 x 23 cm. In French, with some Arabic and French on facing pages // Imragen (Berber people) Fishers -- Mauritania -- Arguin Island. Fisheries -- Mauritania -- Arguin Island. Fishing..... More
al-Sultan al-thair Sidi Muhammad ibn Yusuf Sultan Marrakush ;; bi-aqlam kibar al-kuttab al-sharqiyin ; ishraf Muhammad 'Abd Allah al-Samman, Muhammad al-Zizi.
Misr: Maktaba'at Dar al'Ta'lif, 1956. Paperback. Octavo in illus yellow, red and grey-green wraps; 159 p. : ports. ; 22 cm. In Arabic. Scarce. || Biography of Muhammad V, King of Morocco, 1909-1961. More
al-Nizam al-qanuni al-Jazairi lil-tawjih al-'aqari : dirasah wasfiyah wa-tahliliyah
al-Jazair: Dar Humah lil-Tiba`ah wa-al-Nashr wa-al-Tawzi, 2002. Paperback. Large octavo in pink glossy paper wraps; 315 p., bibliographical references (p. 295-309). ; 23 cm. In Arabic // Real estate law , Algeria. Real property; land tenure; laws and legislations; Algeria. Real property -- Algeria. Land tenure -- Law and legislation..... More
French Somali Coast :; the postal history 1939-45
Perth: Chavril Press, 1993. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Small thin yellow octavo paperback ; 24 p. : illus, maps ; 21 cm. Very Scarce. // Postal service -- Djibouti -- History -- World War II -- Africa. More
La Musique africaine; reunion de Yaounde (Cameroun) [sur les traditions musicales de l'Afrique subsaharienne], 23-27 février 1970
Paris: Richard-Masse, 1972. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Tan quarto ; 152 p, music, 26 cm. In French // Music -- Africa -- Congresses -- France. More
The Bushmen
Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1979. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Folio in multicolored DJ (black spine); 63 p, 128 color illus plates; 31 cm. Africa; Cultural studies. More
The music of Africa :; an introduction
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970. First edition, fourth printing. Hardcover. Octavo in brown DJ; viii, 87 p, b&w illus & music; 22 cm. This book is a wonderful to African music talking about melody, rhythm and form, musical instruments, & music in traditional & modern African life. Includes a bibliography..... More