Search Results: Africa from SmarterRat Books

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1988 Weidenfeld & Nicolson. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has pale orange paper-covered boards with navy blue cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Shallow dent to the fore edge of the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 225 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Oxford University Press, 1989. Softcover. Fine. Fine. 1989 Oxford University Press. Softcover. Black and white illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 211 pages. Retold by Kathleen Arnott. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Longmans, Green & Co., 1929. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1929 Longmans, Green & Co. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Top pages edges are red. Tissued frontispiece. Black and white plates. Fold out map in rear. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Top edge of front cover worn, with some fraying; board visible in a few small spots. Covers lightly soiled, with a several one-inch diameter spots on front cover. Page edges have some light spots and very small stains. Endpapers lightly foxed. Two pages have a light tanned area where a small piece of old newspaper was stored between them. Last two leaves of text have a two-inch tear at the fore edge of the pages. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 348 pages. Translated from Hungarian. "With 200 illustrations". No dust jacket. Carefully… Read More

Black History Museum, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1997 Black History Museum - UMUM-LOH Publishing, Philadelphia. SIGNED by author on title page, with a personal inscription, dated 2-8-99. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Black and white photographs. Color illustrations inside of covers. Main body of book is in English (pages 1-120). This is followed by a French translation of two of the essays and the memorial poem (pages 121-166). The final section is a Wolof translation of the same two essays and the memorial poem (pages 167-226). Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Covers very lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. 232 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bear & Company, 2003. Softcover. Fine. Fine. 2003 Bear & Company. Softcover. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 238 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked.

Macmillan, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good 1977 Macmillan, Johannesburg. Second edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized. 8.2 x 11 inches.. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Small crease at bottom edge of back cover. Spine NOT creased. Spine surface wrinkled. Faint remains of name in pencil, since erased, on half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. 128 pages plus many leaves of color plates. Printed in Hong Kong. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Harper & Row, 1985. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1985 Harper & Row. First Edition. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white illustrations. 106 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear; covers have some tanned areas. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Series: Religious Traditions of the World.

Penguin Books, 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1994 Penguin Books. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 297 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Small chip at tail of spine. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

The Educational Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1900 The Educational Company. NOT ex-library. Oversize oblong hardcover, 12.5 x 9.6 inches, has olive cloth-covered boards. Front cover has two paper pasted-on sepia illustrations with gold borders, as well as gold and black lettering and decorations; back cover also have gold lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Both hinges cracked, some webbing showing, not broken. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have light surface wear; small chip to one photo. Gold portions of lettering faded in some areas. Endpapers quite tanned, name in ink on rear endpaper. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages generally clean and unmarked, except for a occasional light handling smudges. Two pages have a one-inch tear at bottom edge in margin. 306 pages. No dust jacket. Edited by Marshall Everett. Pictures graphically explained by Wymble… Read More

Hippocrene Books, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Near Fine ; No jacket 1995 Hippocrene Books. Small hardcover, 5 x 7.25 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards with navy faux-leather spine and silver spine lettering. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Parallel text in Polish and English. Decorative endpapers. 125 pages. Edited and translated by Miroslaw Lipinski. Book is in excellent condition with only a light shelf wear. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

University Press of America, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1994 University Press of America. First edtion. Hardcover has black leather-grain texture paper-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Small dent in top edge of back cover. Appears to be unread. Small light traces of erased pencil marking (former price) at top corner of front endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bantam Books, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 2005 Bantam Books. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has gray paper-covered boards with black textured paper-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. 350 pages. Color-illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.