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  • Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia: CONTRIBUTION TO ETHNOBOTANICAL AND FLORISTIC STUDIES IN CAMEROON. by [Ethnobotany] Adjanohoun, E.J.; Aboubakar, N.; Dramane, K. and others, authors.
    [Ethnobotany] Adjanohoun, E.J.; Aboubakar, N.; Dramane, K. and others, authors.
    Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia: CONTRIBUTION TO ETHNOBOTANICAL AND FLORISTIC STUDIES IN CAMEROON.

    Edition: First edition.

    (Porto-Novo (Benin) STRC / OUA, 1996. First edition - Published under the auspices of the Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (STRC) of the Organization of African Unity, this is the first comprehensive survey of the medicinal plants of the area, including many which are indigenous to Cameroon. Each plant is described in alpahabetical order and is illustrated by a line drawing. Also includes listings of the major diseases and their treatments, a glossary, an index of the medicinal plants by disease, an index of the vernacular names of these plants and more. vi, 641 pp. ISBN: 9782453661.

    Condition: Very good in printed grey wrappers.

    Book ID: 56051
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  • ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya. by [Ethnobotany] Good, Charles M.
    [Ethnobotany] Good, Charles M.
    ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Guilford Press, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the survival, adaptation and utilization of traditional medical systems in a rapidly modernizing country and suggests that a collaboration between traditional and Western biomedicine would advance the goals of community health. Photographs, references, index. xxi, 354 pp. ISBN: 0-89862-7796.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53820
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  • LINKS. by Farah, Nuruddin.
    Farah, Nuruddin.
    LINKS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this award-winning Somalian writer, set in the civil-war torn city of Mogadiscio which is now ruled by warlords and their gun-toting militias. Author's note. 336 pp. ISBN: 1573222658.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 51618
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  • A GIRL NAMED DISASTER. by Farmer, Nancy.
    Farmer, Nancy.
    A GIRL NAMED DISASTER.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Orchard Books - Scholastic, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Newbery Honor-award winning book for older children and young adults. SIGNED on the title page. A marvelous book for all ages, the story of a young girl, eleven-year-old Nhamo who flees from her village and family when she is told she must marry a cruel older man with three wives. The two-day trip becomes nearly a year long struggle for survival, as she learns to escape drowning, starvation, the dangers of the forest and crocodile infested waters, and learns to cope with her aloneness, in part by coming close to the world of African spirits and the soft voice of her dead mother. National Book Award Finalist and…

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    New York: Orchard Books - Scholastic, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Newbery Honor-award winning book for older children and young adults. SIGNED on the title page. A marvelous book for all ages, the story of a young girl, eleven-year-old Nhamo who flees from her village and family when she is told she must marry a cruel older man with three wives. The two-day trip becomes nearly a year long struggle for survival, as she learns to escape drowning, starvation, the dangers of the forest and crocodile infested waters, and learns to cope with her aloneness, in part by coming close to the world of African spirits and the soft voice of her dead mother. National Book Award Finalist and 1997 Newbery Honor Book. Includes a glossary, a brief history of Zimbabwe and Mozambique (where the author lived for many years), and an explanation of the belief system of the Shona. This edition includes a new preface by Farmer. Map. 309 pp. Cover art by Bryan Collier. ISBN: 0-439-471443.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 50729
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  • A GIRL NAMED DISASTER. by Farmer, Nancy.
    Farmer, Nancy.
    A GIRL NAMED DISASTER.

    Edition: First UK paperback printing.

    London: Dolphin Paperback (Orion), (1996.). SIGNED - Newbery Honor-award winning book for older children and young adults. SIGNED on the title page. A marvelous book for all ages, the story of a young girl, eleven-year-old Nhamo who flees from her village and family when she is told she must marry a cruel older man with three wives. The two-day trip becomes nearly a year long struggle for survival, as she learns to escape drowning, starvation, the dangers of the forest and crocodile infested waters, and learns to cope with her aloneness, in part by coming close to the world of African spirits and the soft voice of her dead mother. National Book Award Finalist and 1997 Newbery Honor Book.…

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    London: Dolphin Paperback (Orion), (1996.). SIGNED - Newbery Honor-award winning book for older children and young adults. SIGNED on the title page. A marvelous book for all ages, the story of a young girl, eleven-year-old Nhamo who flees from her village and family when she is told she must marry a cruel older man with three wives. The two-day trip becomes nearly a year long struggle for survival, as she learns to escape drowning, starvation, the dangers of the forest and crocodile infested waters, and learns to cope with her aloneness, in part by coming close to the world of African spirits and the soft voice of her dead mother. National Book Award Finalist and 1997 Newbery Honor Book. Includes a glossary, a brief history of Zimbabwe and Mozambique (where the author lived for many years), and an explanation of the belief system of the Shona. 287 pp. ISBN: 185881622X.

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    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 47411
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  • BEHIND GOD'S BACK. by Farson, Negley.
    Farson, Negley.
    BEHIND GOD'S BACK.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1941) dj. Hardcover first edition - A coast-to-coast trip across Africa from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanganyika to Duala in the French Cameroons - an account of both the rigors of the trip, but also a picture of an emerging modern Africa - and of a region which the author realized would be important during World War II. Rather uncommon US edition of a book which had already (as noted on the dj) gone thru 9 printings in England. The author was an American but also an Anglophile. 555 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Fair condition only (from a circulating library) with one tape repair to the binding, tape ghosts to the green cloth covers, in a poor dustjacket with extensive tape reinforcements to the interior, edgewear and more.

    Book ID: 87335
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  • BEHIND GOD'S BACK. by Farson, Negley.
    Farson, Negley.
    BEHIND GOD'S BACK.

    Edition: 3rd printing (just one month after the first)

    London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1940. Hardcover - A coast-to-coast trip across Africa from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanganyika to Duala in the French Cameroons - an account of both the rigors of the trip, but also a picture of an emerging modern Africa - and of a region which the author realized would be important during World War II. Photographs. Double page map. 448 pp.

    Condition: Very good overall in black cloth (severe toning to the pages, some rubbing to the lettering on the spine, prev owner's name, but still a tight and sturdy copy)

    Book ID: 58822
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  • ZAMANI GOES TO MARKET. by Feelings, Muriel L.; Illustrated by Tom Feelings.
    Feelings, Muriel L.; Illustrated by Tom Feelings.
    ZAMANI GOES TO MARKET.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Seabury Press, (1970) dj. Hardcover - A charming story which tells of a young East African boy's excitement about his first trip to the market. Illustrated by Tom Feelings with soft umber and old gold pictures. Unpaginated, square format.

    Condition: Ex-library but with only a few markings, overall tight and clean in illustrated boards in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 87025
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  • THE TAKULA TREE. by Fleming, Elizabeth P.
    Fleming, Elizabeth P.
    THE TAKULA TREE.

    Edition: First edition.

    Philadelphia: The Westminister Press, (1964) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A story of danger and adventure set in Africa during a tumultuous time - "What do you do when your whole world suddenly turns against you? This is the problem that faces young Paul Manship, son of missionaries in Africa." Fortunately his friend Daniel has shown him the takula tree and the hut underneath it where he can hide with his mother until someone can lead them through the jungle to safety. Illustrated with drawings by Robert L. Jefferson. The author was herself the child of missionaries, born in Japan. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper - "To my friend ---- with best wishes" 164 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some short edge tears to the dj)

    Book ID: 69043
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  • ANCESTOR STONES. by Forna, Aminatta.
    Forna, Aminatta.
    ANCESTOR STONES.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (2007). A novel which portrays the lives of five Sierra Leonean women. "AbieÑa young woman born and raised in Sierra Leone, who now lives in London with her Portuguese-Scottish husband and their childrenÑreceives a letter from her aunts informing her they're bequeathing her the family coffee plantation. When Abie returns, her aunts offer her another gift: their stories." 317 pp plus a reading guide. ISBN: 978-0802143211.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 69799
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  • THE FOREST OF MYSTERY: The Exploration Series #4 by Foster, James H.
    Foster, James H.
    THE FOREST OF MYSTERY: The Exploration Series #4

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: A. L. Burt, (1935). Hardcover first edition - The fourth book in this adventure series, in which two boys accompany their fathers, noted naturalists and collectors for zoos, to remote and wild places -to Africa in this book. Glossy frontispiece. Bibliography. Lists to self at beginning of book. 254 pp. Brown and white illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Good condition in original orange cloth with black lettering

    Book ID: 63733
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  • THE OLD ORDER AND THE NEW: A Novel of Africa. by Fowler, Wilfred.
    Fowler, Wilfred.
    THE OLD ORDER AND THE NEW: A Novel of Africa.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Macmillan, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which follows two men - an Englishman at the beginning of his career and the African headman who befriended him - from the 1930s to the beginning of independence. Originally published in the UK under the title 'Harama' this was praised as a "remarkably unbiased portrait of an Africa in transition." Elspeth Huxley called this a "clever,spare, bitter and humane book." List of characters. 294 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (name of previous owner on front pastedown, partially hidden by dj flap)

    Book ID: 69343
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  • MONETARY ECONOMICS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. by Ghatak, Subrata.
    Ghatak, Subrata.
    MONETARY ECONOMICS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    London: Macmillan / ELBS (English Language Book Society), (1973). Cover describes this reprint as a low-priced edition - includes charts. References, index. vi, 174 pp.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 82753
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  • THE VOYAGE OF THE DAYSPRING: Being the Journal of the late Sir John Hawley Glover, R.N., G.C.M.G., together with some account of the Expedition up the Niger River in 1857. by [Glover, Sir John Hawley, 1829-1885.] Hastings, A. C. G.
    [Glover, Sir John Hawley, 1829-1885.] Hastings, A. C. G.
    THE VOYAGE OF THE DAYSPRING: Being the Journal of the late Sir John Hawley Glover, R.N., G.C.M.G., together with some account of the Expedition up the Niger River in 1857.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: John Lane The Bodley Head, Ltd, (1926.). Hardcover first edition - Journal kept by Glover, the future Governor of Lagos (Nigeria,) when he was a young Lieutenant with the Baikie Expedition in 1857, interspersed with commentary by Hastings. In her introduction, his wife, Lady Glover, emphasizes the love that her husband had for Africa and Nigeria, which continued long after his 14 years of service there, mostly as governor. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 21 photographs on glossy inserted plates. Index. xii, 230 pp plus two pages of publisher's advertisements.

    Condition: Very good in original blue-green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. (some foxing to outer edges of textblock, minor wear to ends of spine).

    Book ID: 38336
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  • THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT YOU: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children. by Greene, Melissa Fay.
    Greene, Melissa Fay.
    THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT YOU: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bloomsbury, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of Haregewoin Teffera of Ethiopa, whose Addis Ababa home became an unofficial orphanage and day school for the children left bereft by the AIDS crisis. Illustrated with color photographs. ISBN: 1596911166.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 59120
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  • Guillot, Rene
    TOM-TOMS IN KOTOKRO

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of a boy and his father who are forced to flee for their lives to Africa, but still find themselves in danger, illustrated in black & white by A. Douthwaite.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dj. (crayon scribbles on endpapers & a few other pages)

    Book ID: 11784
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  • THE TRANSLATOR: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur. by Hari, Daoud (as told to Dennis Michael Burke and Megan M. McKenna.)
    Hari, Daoud (as told to Dennis Michael Burke and Megan M. McKenna.)
    THE TRANSLATOR: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Hari, a Zagewa tribesman, grew up in the Darfur region of Sudan. After fleeing from his home, his family decimated and dispersed, among thousands of others villagers attacked by Sudanese-government backed militia groups, he used his high school English to eventually become the translator and guide in Darfur for journalists for The New York Times, NBC, and the BBC. He risked his life over and over again to ensure that the story of his people was told. Appendix. xii, 204 pp. ISBN: 9781400067442.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 45189
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  • THREE HUNTERS. by Harrison, William.
    Harrison, William.
    THREE HUNTERS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Random House, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel to be set in Africa, this is the story of a father and his estranged two sons, legendary safari guides, who go on one last dangerous hunt to track and take down a marauding leopard at a remote camp on the northern shores of Lake Turkana. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-394570014.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slightly overopened before the half title page)

    Book ID: 81540
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  • AFRICANA. by Harrison, William.
    Harrison, William.
    AFRICANA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set among the mercenaries who flocked to Africa between 1960 to 1970 to fight in the internal wars of rising dictatorships. 252 pp. .

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight sunning to spine of dj)

    Book ID: 81542
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  • THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands. by Hartley, Aidan.
    Hartley, Aidan.
    THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hartley, a journalist who worked in Africa in the 1990s describes his childhood as the son of a British colonial officer, a legacy that stretched back over 150 years - four generations of one family. As a journalist he witnessed genocidal activities in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Congo; the death of his friends, and heard stories of terrible attrocities. Burnt out by a decade of horrors he retreated to his family's home in Kenya where he found the Zanzibar chest his father had left him and inside the diaries of his father's best friend who had died in mysterious circmstances more than 50 years earlier- and…

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    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Hartley, a journalist who worked in Africa in the 1990s describes his childhood as the son of a British colonial officer, a legacy that stretched back over 150 years - four generations of one family. As a journalist he witnessed genocidal activities in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Congo; the death of his friends, and heard stories of terrible attrocities. Burnt out by a decade of horrors he retreated to his family's home in Kenya where he found the Zanzibar chest his father had left him and inside the diaries of his father's best friend who had died in mysterious circmstances more than 50 years earlier- and so he set out on a journey to Southern Arabia to unlock Davey's story and that of his family. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Jim Harrison who called this a stunning piece of writing. Photographs. 415 pp. ISBN: 978-0871138712.

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    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (small spot delaminated on front cover of dj from sticker removal).

    Book ID: 88385
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  • TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT: A Fictional Memoir. by Hemingway, Ernest.
    Hemingway, Ernest.
    TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT: A Fictional Memoir.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner's, 1999. First edition - Described as the last unpublished manuscript of Hemingway, this was written in 1953 after returning from safari in Kenya. Edited and with an introduction by his son, Patrick Hemingway, who accompanied him on that safari. Cast of characters, Swahili glossary, 315 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 41545
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  • CHILDREN OF THE COUNTRY: Coast to Coast across Africa. by Hone, Joseph.
    Hone, Joseph.
    CHILDREN OF THE COUNTRY: Coast to Coast across Africa.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hamish Hamilton, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of a three-month coast-to-coast journey across Africa - by tugboat, car, single track train, small plane and on foot - from Boma at the mouth of the Congo to the island of Lamu on the east coast. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-241117429.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (significant tanning to the pages, else fine)

    Book ID: 75895
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  • THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA: Memories of an African Childhood. by Huxley, Elspeth.
    Huxley, Elspeth.
    THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA: Memories of an African Childhood.

    Edition: Paperback.

    London: Penguin, (1974). Classic story of growing up on a coffee plantation in Kenya in the early years of the 20th century. Illustrated. 281 pp. ISBN: 0-140018151.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 79715
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  • THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA: Memories of an African Childhood. by Huxley, Elspeth.
    Huxley, Elspeth.
    THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA: Memories of an African Childhood.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Morrow, (1961, c 1959.) dj. Hardcover - Classic story of growing up on a coffee plantation in Kenya in the early years of the 20th century. Illustrated. 264 pp. Book club brochure laid in stating that this was the selection for September 1961.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52874
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  • STAPLE FOOD ECONOMIES OF WESTERN TROPICAL AFRICA. by Johnston, Bruce F.
    Johnston, Bruce F.
    STAPLE FOOD ECONOMIES OF WESTERN TROPICAL AFRICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - A publication of the Food Research Institute, growing out of concern about whether or not food production in Africa will keep pace with the growing population - focuses on the foods which have been most important in Africa: millet and sorghums, maize, rice, yams, plaintains, etc. Notes, appendix, name and subject indexes. Map endpapers. 305 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, minor edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 36997
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  • THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: A Journey at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century. by Kaplan, Robert D.
    Kaplan, Robert D.
    THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: A Journey at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the tradition of Freya Stark and Rebecca West, this is an account of the author's travels "from the countries of West Africa and the fundamentalist enclaves of Egypt and Iran to the culturally explosive lands of Central Asia, India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia with hardly more than a notebook and a backpack. The result is an intimate portrait of the devastated parts of the world whose cultural disasters - like those in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Chechnya - will dominate our attention and remake the world of tomorrow." Events in the 20 years since this book was first published only underscore the importance of understanding these regions and the…

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    New York: Random House, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the tradition of Freya Stark and Rebecca West, this is an account of the author's travels "from the countries of West Africa and the fundamentalist enclaves of Egypt and Iran to the culturally explosive lands of Central Asia, India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia with hardly more than a notebook and a backpack. The result is an intimate portrait of the devastated parts of the world whose cultural disasters - like those in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Chechnya - will dominate our attention and remake the world of tomorrow." Events in the 20 years since this book was first published only underscore the importance of understanding these regions and the hopes and fears of those who live in them. Maps, bibliography, index. xiv, 476 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679431489.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 67147
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  • EARLY KINGDOMS IN MADAGASCAR 1500-1700. by Kent, Raymond K.
    Kent, Raymond K.
    EARLY KINGDOMS IN MADAGASCAR 1500-1700.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on detailed research into the precolonial history of Madagascar in an attempt to provide a more balanced answer to the questions of how the early kingdoms formed, their growth, and why did they change. He discovered that African influences -versus those from Asia - were more significant than previously thought. Illustrated with black and white photographs and 12 maps. xvi, 336 pp. ISBN: 0-030841712.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (sunning to spine and upper edge of dj.)

    Book ID: 47215
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  • SKELETONS ON THE ZAHARA: A True Story of Survival. by King, Dean.
    King, Dean.
    SKELETONS ON THE ZAHARA: A True Story of Survival.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2004). First edition - After surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Africa in 1815, Captain James Riley and his crew were captured by desert nomads and sold into slavery, and eventually dragged on an incredible journey through the heart of the Saharan desert. Illustrated with maps at the head of each chapter and small photographs. Includes an appendix on the publication of Riley's original account, a glossary of Arabic terms, notes and index. Maps. xi, 336 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 70275
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  • THE IZANGOMA DIVINERS: Department of Native Affairs, Ethnological Publications, Vol. IX by Kohler, M., M.D., edited and translated in collaboration with the author by N. J. van Warmelo
    Kohler, M., M.D., edited and translated in collaboration with the author by N. J. van Warmelo
    THE IZANGOMA DIVINERS: Department of Native Affairs, Ethnological Publications, Vol. IX

    Edition: First edition.

    Pretoria, Union of South Africa: By the Government Printer, 1941. First edition - A slim volume considered the most authoritative work on the Zulu Izangoma diviners and healers. The introduction notes that the statements contained in this publication were obtained by Kohler when he was practicing as a mission doctor in Natal. They were mostly dictated to a native amanuensis by patients and informants. The second section is on Iqondo, which is the use of magic spells. Each section in English is followed by a transcription of the original statements, in the regional Zulu dialect. Illustrated with photographs and with many drawings done by a young native man, Gerard Bhengu. 98 pp.

    Condition: Very good in dark blue oilcloth wrappers with black lettering (stamp of previous owner on title page). Uncommon.

    Book ID: 80800
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  • MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT AND RELIGION: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural. by Lehmann, Arthur C. and James E. Myers, editors.
    Lehmann, Arthur C. and James E. Myers, editors.
    MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT AND RELIGION: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural.

    Edition: Fourth Edition, a trade paperback.

    Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, (1996.). A comprehensive anthology containing essays by many anthropologists include Claude Levi-Strauss, Peter Furst, Francis Huxley, Bronislaw Malinowski, Carl Sagan, Lawrence Wright and others. This edition includes nine new articles. Among the sections are those on shamans, on the religious use of drugs, and on ethnomedicine. Map, an extensive bibliography, glossary and index. Slightly oversized square format. 474 pp. ISBN: 1559346884.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 56296
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