Search Results: History:Africa from Leaf and Stone Books

Oxford: The Griffith Institute at the University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. 1st Thus. Hardcover. xi + 41 pp + 60 plates. Frontis plate showing Papyrus 10569 Cols 14-16. Original dark oxblood cloth covers with black are clean, just a hint of wear at spine tips and board corners, back board very slightly bowed out. Interior front and last blank have some foxing, otherwise clean and fresh. First published as an article, this is the first appearance in stand-alone book form. An explanatory introduction , an English translation of the papyrus, a commentary, indexes and then a transcription of the papyrus, an errata slip tipped in. A lovely copy with the small fault of the bowing of the back board, priced accordingly. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

World Council of Churches. Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Paperback. 32 pages + (8) contains photographs, references and maps, red covers with white lettering, some wear to corners and edges, pen mark in top right corner of front cover, some pages heavily underlined but does not affect readability, previous owner's names written on first page ; 32 pages .

London: Macmillan. Fair with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is a hardcover, 7 1/2" by 5", 104 pages, plus several unnumbered preliminaries and 4 pages of facsimile letters before the title page; in fair condition. Cloth covers show rubbing at the corners, spine tip chipping. Interior hinges cracked, the 4 pages of facsimile letters are detached and the last fly is similarly cracking away from the binding at the gutter. There are old "Mercantile Library" stamps on the title page and a few other pages, otherwise, all pages are clean and unmarked. This is an exceedingly rare hardcover on Charles George Gordon, "Gordon Pasha" of the Sudan, printed in 1885, in the same year that Gordon died in Khartoum. It describes Gordon, "the inner man" as well as the outer man, and his exploits in the Sudan and Darfur. It includes 4 pages of a facsimile letter from Gordon, with a sketch outlining his trip up the Nile, as well as… Read More

Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Cloth. 0773461183 . vi + 229 pp. Index, works cited. White cloth covers with red stripe, blue spine. Bit of shelf soil to covers, mostly clean and unmarked, interior has small mark to front end paper, otherwise clean and tight.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Xiii, 409 pp. Frontis portrait plate plus 10 maps and plans, including folding map at end. Small octavo. First Canadian edition. Original mid brown cloth with two red/blue flags crossed on the front cover. Spine darkened, normal shelf soil and dust to the covers. Interior corner of first blank has a short tear, paper a little toned, but otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 409 pages .

London: Jones and Bumford,. Fine with no dust jacket. 1808. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is an extremely scarce set of Golbery’s extensive account of his travels in Africa inThe set is in fair antiquarian condition. It is a married set, with Vol. I slightly smaller than Vol. II, but the title pages and pagination are as they should be. Volume I has a folding plan of the Island of Goree at the frontis as well as a folding chart of the Senegal River. Vol. II has a frontis plate of an elephant, two plates of indigenous Africans (including one indicating that these natives are free men), two plates (duplicate) of a two-humped Dromedary camel (!), one plate showing a boa constrictor attacking a tiger, and one plate with a view of Isle St. Louis in the Senegal. The large map of Africa is not present. All text pages are present, [ii], 362, [vi] 373, [xvi] and 6 plates at the rear. The books are 12mos measuring 7” x 4” and 7.25” x 4,25: Both are bound in what appears… Read More