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  • Ward, Barbara. (Lady Jackson).
    THE LOPSIDED WORLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1968.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Cogent and provocative analysis of human potential and international resources, [which] compares the "Atlantic third" to the wealthy and privileged class of last century." A title in the Christian A. Herter Lecture series, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies126 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, missing front endpaper, but overall tight and clean in a very good dustjacket.

    Book ID: 30595
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  • NEW SONG IN A STRANGE LAND. by Warner, Esther (decorations by Jo Dendel.)
    Warner, Esther (decorations by Jo Dendel.)
    NEW SONG IN A STRANGE LAND.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. dj. Hardcover - A young woman from Iowa, a sculptor and wood-carver, accompanies her husband to Liberia during World War II, where he was to manage a rubber plantation. sometimes humorous account of her learning the ways of the tribes people among whom she was living. Illustrated with sketches and decorations by Liberian artist Jo Dendel. 302 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (large chip at base of dj spine, small hole in dj).

    Book ID: 50215
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  • NEW SONG IN A STRANGE LAND. by Warner, Esther (decorations by Jo Dendel.)
    Warner, Esther (decorations by Jo Dendel.)
    NEW SONG IN A STRANGE LAND.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. Hardcover - A young woman from Iowa, a sculptor and wood-carver, accompanies her husband to Liberia during World War II, where he was to manage a rubber plantation. sometimes humorous account of her learning the ways of the tribes people among whom she was living. Illustrated with sketches and decorations by Liberian artist Jo Dendel. 302 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated green boards with a black cloth spine, gold lettering (bookplate on front pastedown), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75029
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  • SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIP BARBERSHOPS & SALONS. by Weller, Simon.
    Weller, Simon.
    SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIP BARBERSHOPS & SALONS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mark Batty Publisher, (2011). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of color photographs of some of the most vibrant South African businesses - barbershops & salons, and their painted signs, advertisements, interiors and decoration - in Johannesburg, the rural townships, Durban and Capetown. Striking and very visually appealing, as well as a close look at a part of South Africa often overlooked. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Slightly oversized format. Promotional card laid in. 128 pp. ISBN: 978-1935613046.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 86207
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  • DEAD MEN DON'T LEAVE TIPS: Adventures X Africa. by Wilson, Brandon.
    Wilson, Brandon.
    DEAD MEN DON'T LEAVE TIPS: Adventures X Africa.

    Edition: Trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

    Paia, HI: Pilgrim's Tales Inc., (2006.). First edition - Adventures of the author and his wife, a young couple who live in Hawaii when not traveling, on a trip from Morocco to the southern tip of Africa, partly as part of a group of "overlanders" (a group trip from hell), and partly on their own, Written with humor but also with a deep respect for both the people and the natural environment of Africa. Photographs. Map. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-9770536-44.

    Condition: Very good - slight spine slant, reading crease to front cover,

    Book ID: 47856
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  • A DOVE AGAINST DEATH. by Wood, Christopher.
    Wood, Christopher.
    A DOVE AGAINST DEATH.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in the Cameroons in Africa during World War I. ISBN: 0-670-280666.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 70516
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  • HACKS. by Wren, Christopher.
    Wren, Christopher.
    HACKS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Satiric novel of adventure, love and cutthroat journalism set in a backwater African country by a respected and experienced foreign correspondent. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-684814137.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 42001
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  • BEYOND THE MANGO TREE. by Zemser, Amy Bronwen.
    Zemser, Amy Bronwen.
    BEYOND THE MANGO TREE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Greenwillow Books, (1998) dj. First edition - The author's first novel, a story for older children, based on her memories of her years spent in Liberia as a child in the 1980s, a book which "reveals the schism between two classes and cultures while evoking the loneliness of a white American girl living abroad. Sarina's mother, who suffers from diabetes and grows weaker and more erratic every day, has tied her to a mango tree in the corner of her family's gated grounds to keep her from straying. Boima, whose 'bones protrude in places where on my own body I must press down on flesh to feel them,' frees Sarina both literally and figuratively. He tells her…

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    New York: Greenwillow Books, (1998) dj. First edition - The author's first novel, a story for older children, based on her memories of her years spent in Liberia as a child in the 1980s, a book which "reveals the schism between two classes and cultures while evoking the loneliness of a white American girl living abroad. Sarina's mother, who suffers from diabetes and grows weaker and more erratic every day, has tied her to a mango tree in the corner of her family's gated grounds to keep her from straying. Boima, whose 'bones protrude in places where on my own body I must press down on flesh to feel them,' frees Sarina both literally and figuratively. He tells her to meet him at the market where he sells his hand-woven baskets, 'I can show you all kind a something-o.' She finds a way to rejoin him, and he introduces her to the world 'beyond the mango tree' through ancient legends and walking journeys. When Boima invites Sarina into his home, she witnesses a level of poverty she has never seen before. Through a series of small awakenings, Sarina begins to see that no mere gate separates her world from Boima's, but rather a gulf.. . Zemser's poetic, wrenching narrative transports readers to a foreign land, but the truths they uncover will surely hit home." (Publishers Weekly). 166 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers in a very near fine dust wrapper.

    Book ID: 88853
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