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  • THE BRIDGE AND THE ABYSS: The Troubled Friendship of Maxim Gorky and V. I. Lenin. by Wolfe, Bertram David.
    Wolfe, Bertram David.
    THE BRIDGE AND THE ABYSS: The Troubled Friendship of Maxim Gorky and V. I. Lenin.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Praeger, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - Published for the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, California. Illustrated with a section including 20 plates. Selected bibliography, index. x, 180 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in a good dust jacket (a tight copy, but missing front endpaper; dj is price-clipped with light edgewear)

    Book ID: 74707
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  • IFRIKIYA: True Stories of Africa and Africans. by Wolfe, Louis.
    Wolfe, Louis.
    IFRIKIYA: True Stories of Africa and Africans.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1964.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Stories of nine men who were important in the exploration and history of Africa, from the slave Cinque who led a shipboard uprising, to Howard Carter, the archeologist who discovered the tomb of Tuthankhamen and empire builder Cecil Rhodes. Illustrated by Steele Savage. Written for older children. Index. 155 pp.

    Condition: Good in good dust jacket (missing front endpaper, large chip to bottom edge of dj.)

    Book ID: 42490
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  • A DAY AT THE BEACH: Recollections by Wolff, Geoffrey
    Wolff, Geoffrey
    A DAY AT THE BEACH: Recollections

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second volume of his memoirs, an account of his coming of age, and of his family - the title piece is a hilarious account of a misbegotten a Caribbean holiday in which he was struck down by a heart attack and the book concludes with a long piece 'Waterway' about a perilous trip at sea. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-679-403337.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 46462
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  • THE WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER RHODESIAN STUDIES (on the cover: Chiromo the Witch Doctor) . by Worthington, Frank.
    Worthington, Frank.
    THE WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER RHODESIAN STUDIES (on the cover: Chiromo the Witch Doctor) .

    Edition: First edition.

    London: The Field Press Ltd., n.d. [1922]. Hardcover first edition - Contains 25 stories - organized in 3 categories: The Mind of the Native, Man and Beast , and White Men and Black - based on his experiences in Africa. Worthington first arrived in Africa as the personal secretary of Thorne Coryndon, the representative of the British South Africa Company, who was sent there to prepare for the British takeover of the Lozi kingdom, and when Coryndon was named Administrator of Northwest Rhodesia, Worthington continued to assist him and went on to become the first Secretary for Native Affairs there. The final legacy of his tenure was a commitment to land segregation and the development of native reserves. 235 pp.

    Condition: Good in red cloth with black lettering (sunning to the spine, edges bumped, wear to the corners of the boards, previous owner's name).

    Book ID: 54595
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  • Yamba, C. Bawa.
    PERMANENT PILGRIMS: The Role of Pilgrimage in the Lives of West African Muslims in Sudan.

    Edition: First printing.

    Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - For the Hausa, the journey to Mecca is a way of life - even though they might linger in a village for years, even generations, they consider their stay there transient, and as just a temporary stop on their pilgirmage. Maps, notes, references, index. xiv, 237 pp. ISBN: 1-56098-6123..

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 30564
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  • THE ZIEGFELDS' GIRL. by Ziegfeld, Patricia.
    Ziegfeld, Patricia.
    THE ZIEGFELDS' GIRL.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Hutchinson, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography by the daughter of Florenz Ziegfeld and Billie Burke - in which she describes her childhood, which included such things a pet baby elephant, as "abnormally happy." Photographs. 209 pp. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon.

    Condition: Very good in brown cloth in a fair only dust jacket (price-clipped, some damage to front cover of dj along side of spine, large chip and creasing to back cover) .

    Book ID: 85925
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