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Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine. 236 pages. One hundred plates, including three in color and a map of Africa. With Foreword by Paul S. Wingert. Surveys the development of sub-Saharan African art from the colonial period to the present. Glossary of Names. Bibliography. Index.

New York: Wnner-Gren Foundation, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Very good. 666 pages. Illustrated with charts, graphs, maps and photos. Bibliography. Index. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology No. 36.

New York: Abrams, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good. 263 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs in black and white and color, with a color map of the climatic zones of Africa. Examines African and Oceanic art, focusing on sculpture, masks, and figures. Bibliography.

Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dust wrapper. 314 pages. Eighty-five photographs, plans and drawings.Bibliography. Index. A study of structure, function and meaning in the architecture of the Batammaliba of Togo and Benin.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper.. Bearden, Romare. 334 pages. 28.5 x 24 cm. 310 illustrations with 224 in color printed on glossy stock. Chronological List of works, Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Cape Town: Univ. of Cape Town Libraries, 1969. Second edition. Paperback. A list ofpublished material on the Earlier Stone Age of South Africa, including South Africa, South West Africa, the Protectorates, Southern and Northern Rhodesia."All material prior to 1900 has been omitted. Orig. green wrappers. Fine.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. First edition. Modern black morocco, marbled endpapers, raised bands, red leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Fine. 648 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Two maps, 4 colored lithographic plates; half-title. First edition, second issue, without the suppressed fourth Appendix on female circumcision included in the first issue. In 1849, the East India Company supported an exploration program to present-day Somalia. By 1854, the program was largely abandoned, but was revived by Burton to become his first African expedition. That year, he set out from Aden disguised as an Arab merchant to cross the desert to Harar, a closed city never opened to foreigners. Speke accompanied him on the journey, and their differing accounts of the true source of the Nile River ignited a controversy between them. Appendicies include Speke's diary of his African journey, Hearne's meterological observations, and a description of Cornwallis's 1841 attempt to enter Harrar.… Read More

New York: Hyperion, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white board front cover with multicolored illustration and tan cloth spine with white printed paper label. Near fine. 46.5 x 36 cm. Limited edition, copy 460 of 1000. Six page introduction by Saroyan. Iconic study of Harlem life and culture, twenty four original lithographs, most in color. His ability to capture a perfect likeness using a minimum number of lines, a hallmark of his style and success. Al Hirschfeld's iconic depiction of 1930s Harlem. Considered by many to be his finest work, the colorful street style and smoky jazz clubs of the Harlem Renaissance are famously captured in illustrations such as "Scufflin' In", "Lindy Hop", "Reefer Man" and "Stompin' at the Savoy." Permanent collections of Hirschfeld's work can be found at a variety of institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the New York Public Library in New York, Harvard University in Cambridge, and the Harry Ransom Center Austin,… Read More

Cape Town: The Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 354 pages. 260 monochrome and twelve color illustrations. Index. A survey of more than 370 historical monuments described and arranged according to provinces and regions. Bookplate.

Washington DC: The Rappahannock Press, 1993. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Lawrence, Jacob. 169 (3) pages. 28 x 25.5 cm. Essays by experts. Host of color plates. Exhibition Checklist. Selected Bibliography. Index.

London: John Murray, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue cloth. Very good. 444 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Four fold-out color maps. Index. 12 pages of adverts. Contains Burton's "Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition: Memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-oficers"; and, "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa." The two Burton contributions are responsible for more than half the text in this report. Covers decorated with fillets in blind, backstrip lettering and decoration in gilt. Bookplate of James William Bryans, Regiment Bombay Army "Persia" XXII. Slight marginal page toning.

New York: Crowell-Colllier, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth nicked at backstrip extremities. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 134 pages. Photographs by Leo Stashin. Index. Ex-library.

Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 122 black and white plates each with descriptive text. Bibliography. List of Tribes. The art of tribes in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Upper Volta, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, etc., with the main center being Nigeria. Text in French. Excellent photographs.

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1962. First edition. Original Wraps. Publications in History. Vol. 72. Notes. Index. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Three quarter dull red morocco and marbled boards. Slight spine fade. Near fine in very good gray slipcase, spine darkened. Covarrubias, Miguel. 294 pages. 27 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 622 of 1500 copies signed by Covarrubias in red ink. Introduction by Raymond weaver, illustrated with 16 full page lithographs by Covarrubias. Printed by the Harbor Press. Interior contents crisp and fresh.

London: Richard Phillips, 1806. First English edition. Hardcover. Modern black cloth with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Near fine. 181 pages, 3 pp. Index. Small 4to, 21 1/2 x 13 cm. Folding map and seven aquatint plates, many with two images per plate. Translated from the French. 18th century account of European activity in West Africa. The English captured Isle St. Louis and Senegal in 1758; the French regaining possession twenty years later. BRUNET Vol. III, p. 903. Intermittent light text foxing, a few plates closely cropped with loss to one of a caption, plates bright and clean.