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  • THE DARLING. by Banks, Russell .
    Banks, Russell .
    THE DARLING.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in the US and Liberia during the years 1975-1991 - the story, told in the first person, of a woman, a member of the Weather Underground, who fled to Liberia and became involved in both the politics of that country and in the struggle to save endangered chimpanzees. SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 52064
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  • THE DARLING. by Banks, Russell .
    Banks, Russell .
    THE DARLING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the US and Liberia during the years 1975-1991 - the story, told in the first person, of a woman, a member of the Weather Underground, who fled to Liberia and became involved in both the politics of that country and in the struggle to save endangered chimpanzees. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0197358.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 65747
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  • THE DARLING. by Banks, Russell .
    Banks, Russell .
    THE DARLING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the US and Liberia during the years 1975-1991 - the story, told in the first person, of a woman, a member of the Weather Underground, who fled to Liberia and became involved in both the politics of that country and in the struggle to save endangered chimpanzees. SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0197358.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 80521
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  • SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE IN AFRICA by Brittan, Harriette G.
    Brittan, Harriette G.
    SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE IN AFRICA

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Negro Universities Press, (1969.) dj. Hardcover - Facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1860. Includes reproductions of original engraved illustrations. Missionary account of living in Liberia, primarily - includes brief mentions of the slave trade, witchcraft, etc. 353 pp.

    Condition: Fine in dark brown cloth, no dj as issued.

    Book ID: 34939
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  • WITH BOOKS ON HER HEAD. by Chandler, Edna Walker (illustrated by Charles Keeping).
    Chandler, Edna Walker (illustrated by Charles Keeping).
    WITH BOOKS ON HER HEAD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Meredith Press, (1967.). Hardcover first edition - Story for older children set in a small village in Northern Liberia: a young girl does not want to be the #5 wife of the chief but wants to school like her brother. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. Chandler is probably best known for the Cowboy Sam series. 154 pp.

    Condition: Very good (stamp of school district on title page, address label on endpaper, but overall very tight and clean), lacking the dj.

    Book ID: 47588
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  • THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African Childhood. by Cooper, Helene.
    Cooper, Helene.
    THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African Childhood.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008) dj. Hardcover - The author grew to early adolescence in the priviledged strata of Liberian society, but after the 1980 bloody coup, she and her family fled to America. More than twenty years later she returned to try and find the foster sister left behind, and to find the home of her childhood. Map, photographs, family tree. 354 pp. ISBN: 9780743266246.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 58712
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  • NATIVE STRANGER: A Black American's Journey into the Heart of Africa. by Harris, Eddy L.
    Harris, Eddy L.
    NATIVE STRANGER: A Black American's Journey into the Heart of Africa.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992.). First edition - A rather unexpected account of the author's year long journey in search of himself in Africa, the land of his ancestors. 230 pp.

    Condition: Fine in yellow printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 80228
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  • AND STILL PEACE DID NOT COME: A Memoir of Reconciliation. by Kamara-Umunna, Agnes Fallah and Emily Holland
    Kamara-Umunna, Agnes Fallah and Emily Holland
    AND STILL PEACE DID NOT COME: A Memoir of Reconciliation.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2011). Hardcover first edition - As a child Agnes Kamara-Umunna and her family fled Liberia in advance of the army of child soldiers led by Charles Turner. After years of exile, with the fighting seemingly over, she returned to Liberia, a country devastated by years of civil war with families torn apart and villages destroyed. She accepted a job at UN-run radio station and, as a 43-year-old single mother of four, she headed out to the ghettos of Monrovia and befriended these former child soldiers. One by one, as they spoke on her program, 'Straight from the Heart,' it seemed like reconciliation and forgiveness might be possible. This book is not only Agnes's memoir: it is…

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    New York: Hyperion, (2011). Hardcover first edition - As a child Agnes Kamara-Umunna and her family fled Liberia in advance of the army of child soldiers led by Charles Turner. After years of exile, with the fighting seemingly over, she returned to Liberia, a country devastated by years of civil war with families torn apart and villages destroyed. She accepted a job at UN-run radio station and, as a 43-year-old single mother of four, she headed out to the ghettos of Monrovia and befriended these former child soldiers. One by one, as they spoke on her program, 'Straight from the Heart,' it seemed like reconciliation and forgiveness might be possible. This book is not only Agnes's memoir: it is also a testimony to a nation's descent into the horrors of civil war and its subsequent rise out of the ashes. x, 302 pp. ISBN: 978-1401323578.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 83331
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  • EBONY DUST. by moore, bai t. (Bai Tamia Johnson Moore 1916-1988)
    moore, bai t. (Bai Tamia Johnson Moore 1916-1988)
    EBONY DUST.

    Edition: First or early printing.

    [Monrovia, Liberia]: By the author? [1962]. SIGNED first edition - The first poetry collection by this noted Liberian author. Introduction by Rosina Robinson who comments that "Bai is one of the few African writers who is exploiting the great reservoir of native African folklore to create a new poetic form. . [He] has succeeded in capturing the rhythm and beat of Gola songs and translated them into poetry." Divided in to 3 sections - African Scenes, American Scenes (where Moore was educated and traveled extensively) and Various Scenes, which arose from his other travels. A unique copy INSCRIBED by Moore on the title page and dated at Monrovia in 1970. Footnotes, illustrated with drawings. Reprinted many times, this is…

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    [Monrovia, Liberia]: By the author? [1962]. SIGNED first edition - The first poetry collection by this noted Liberian author. Introduction by Rosina Robinson who comments that "Bai is one of the few African writers who is exploiting the great reservoir of native African folklore to create a new poetic form. . [He] has succeeded in capturing the rhythm and beat of Gola songs and translated them into poetry." Divided in to 3 sections - African Scenes, American Scenes (where Moore was educated and traveled extensively) and Various Scenes, which arose from his other travels. A unique copy INSCRIBED by Moore on the title page and dated at Monrovia in 1970. Footnotes, illustrated with drawings. Reprinted many times, this is quite scarce in any edition - but especially so in a first or very early printing like this copy, with no date or other publication information. 111 pp.

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    Condition: Very good overall in illustrated, stapled black wrappers (stain inside front cover and affecting the title page and several other pages - thru the table of contents)

    Book ID: 86426
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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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  • 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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