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(007508) Allison, Philip. AFRICAN STONE SCULPTURE. New York; Praeger, 1968.
71pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 8vo. Near fine in dust jacket. $40.00
(002562) Amadi, Elechi. GREAT PONDS. New York; John Day, 1973. 217pp. 1st U.S
ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in worn dust jacket. $25.00
(000956) Attenbourough, David. THE TRIBAL EYE. Norton, 1976. 1st ed. Cloth,
4to. Very Good. $25.00
(000866) Bellotti, Felice. FABULOUS CONGO. London; Andrew Dakers Limited,
circa 1952. 221 pp.pp. 1st English ed. Cloth, Lg 8vo. Very good in dust
jacket, ink notes on p. 63. 60+ b/w photos and well-researched text by Italian
journalist travelling in the Belgian Congo. Rituals, wildlife et al $20.00
(008344) Bihalji-Merin, Oto. GREAT MASKS. New York; Abrams, 1971. 231 pppp.
1st U.S. ed. ed. Cloth, 4to. Near fine in very good dust jacket. 157 gravure
illus., 24 col. Insightful look at the mask as universal instrument of
transformation. Great imagesIllustrated with black and white photogravures and
color plates. $60.00
(005637) (Boltin, Lee) Douglas Newton. THE NELSON A ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION
MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART. New York; Knopf, 1978. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Fine
in dust jacket. Striking color photographs by Lee Boltin $45.00
(008101) Brain, Robert and Adam Pollock. BANGWA FUNERARY SCULPTURE. Toronto;
University of Toronto Press, 1977. 148pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good. 21
col. and 67 b/w pls., 47 figs. Cameroonian dances, objects and rituals from
the Bangwa chieftainates. $0.00
(007697) Bravmann, Rene A.. OPEN FRONTIERS: THE MOBILITY OF ART IN BLACK
AFRICA. Seattle; U. of Washington Press, 1973. 95pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Small 4to.
Very good. Catalogue to the exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery, University of
Washington, 1973. $25.00
(002015) Budge, E. A. Wallis. ST. GEORGE OF LYDDA THE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND.
London; Luzac & Co., 1930. 284pp. 1st ed. Decorated Clth, Large 8vo. Very
good, a little rubbed esp. corners, light foxing. 13 plates, 5 figures,
unusual St. George subjects, texts trans. from Ethiopian, Coptic and Syriac
texts, index $95.00
(005033) Carr, Norman. RETURN TO THE WILD / A STORY OF TWO LIONS. New York; E.
P. Dutton & Company, 1962. 127pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very Good in dust
jacket. Signed, inscribed and dated 1963 with a self-addressed card from the
author $20.00
(000350) Darbois, Dominique. AFRICAN DANCE. Prague; Artia, 1962. 132pp. 1st
ed. Cloth, 4to. Good. Dramatic gravure plates in color and black and white, of
glorious dances of yore. $35.00
(010513) Davis, N.. RUINED CITIES WITHIN NUMIDIAN AND CARTHAGINIAN
TERRITORIES. London; John Murray, 1862. 391pp. Decorated Clth, Large 8vo. Very
good, spine a bit darkened, corners toed in, clean, tight. 13 steel
engravings, fold out map, text a nice mix of anecdotal and scholarly.
Appendices re birds, weather, inscriptions, mss. $150.00
(006314) (Elisofon, Eliot) Fagg, William. THE SCULPTURE OF AFRICA. New York;
Frederick A Praeger, 1958. 1st ed. Cloth, Folio. Very good in dust jacket.
$225.00
(010367) Fagg, William. TRIBES AND FORMS IN AFRICAN ART. London; Tudor, 1965.
Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in chipped dust jacket, owner's impress fr. fly.
170 gravure plates illustrate expert text on identification of stylistic
differences in sculpture for 122 African tribal groups $65.00
(009340) Field, Henry. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON SOUTHWESTERN ASIA. Coral Gables;
University of Miami, 1953. 106pp. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very good, a little
soiled. Covers anthropogeography, zoology, botany $40.00
(007245) France, Government of. ALGERIA A SYNTHESIS OF NATIONS. Paris;
Government of France, 1961. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very good. Aerial photographs
(gravures) of French colonial achievements (schools, factories, housing, etc)
are eerily unpeopled, calm. $15.00
(009208) Frank, Mary and Peter Matthiessen. SHADOWS OF AFRICA. New York;
Abrams, 1992. 120pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Square 4to. Fine in dust jacket. A lyrical
and inspiring collection of words and images that beautifully convey the
nature of animals in the African world $22.00
(005329) Friedmann, Herbert. A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROMGREAT NAMAQUALAND,
SOUTH AFRICA. Washington; Government Printing Office, 1933. Wraps, 8vo.
Ex-Libris: Good, small chips. Slim volume containing photographs $10.00
(008252) Frobenius, Leo. THE CHILDHOOD OF MAN. London; Seeley & Company, 1909.
502 pppp. 1st edition ed. Decorated Clth, 8vo. Good, spine ends frayed,
corners rubbed. 415 illus. of primitive life around the world. Chapters on
adornment, tatooing, skulls, masks, drums etc $100.00
(004258) (Gardiner, Allan) Jesse Page. CAPTAIN ALLEN GARDINER: SAILOR AND
SAINT. London; S. W. Partridge, 160pp. Boards, Small 8vo. Very Good without
dust jacket: light foxing. Late 1800s/Early 1900s account of African
missionary and sea captain Allan Gardiner $30.00
(007288) Goldbatt, David and Nadine Gordimer. LIFETIMES UNDER APARTHEID. New
York; Alfred Knopf, 1986. 115pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Near fine in dust jacket.
$20.00
(008414) Hoag, John D.. WESTERN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE. New York; George
Braziller, 1963. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 8vo. Near fine in dust jacket. 137 b/w
illus., with plans, elevations $20.00
(001685) Kaigh, Frederick. WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC OF AFRICA. London; Richard
Lesley & Co, 1947. 159pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very Good in dj. Forward by
Montague Summers $30.00
(008745) Kjersmeier, Carl. AFRICAN NEGRO SCULPTURES. New York; Wittenborn
Schultz, circa 1940s. 89pp. 1st ed. Cloth Bkd Brds, 4to. Good, corners, spine
ends rubbed, edgewear, sunned, owner's ins.. 40 b/w illus. of pieces in
author's private collection, representing 40 different tribal groups, text in
Eng. and Danish $45.00
(008926) Kuhnel, Ernst. ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE. Ithica; Cornell
University, 1966. 1st English ed. Cloth, 8vo. Fine in dust jacket. 118 photos
of mosques, 21 architectural plans plus excellent text by keeper at Berlin
Staatsmuseum, biblio, index $40.00
(007536) Leuzinger, Elsy. THE ART OF BLACK AFRICA. Barcelona; Ediciones
Poligrafa, SA, 1985. 346pp. 1st English ed. Cloth, Square 8vo. Near fine in
dust jacket. English text, 244 illus., 27 pp in color, chosen for aesthetic
beauty. Chiefly figures and heads, quite exquisite selection. $40.00
(010568) Leuzinger, Elsy. THE ART OF AFRICA THE ART OF THE NEGRO PEOPLES. New
York; Greystone, 1967. 237pp. Revised ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in dust jacket
with a little edgewear. 64 color plates, 144 figures (line drawings, maps) in
text, glossary, map of tribal areas, crystal clear text, lovely illus. $20.00
(011085) Lezine, Alexandre. SOUSSE LES MONUMENTS MUSULMANS. Tunis; Editions
Ceres, Circa 1975. 1st ed. Boards, Oblong 8vo. Very good. Islamic architecture
800 to 1860, many b+w photos, plans, bibliography, glossary, chronology. Nice,
odd selection $30.00
(000190) List, Herbert & Derek Patmore. NIGERIAN IMAGES. Praeger, 1963. 1st ed
ed. Cloth, 4to. Very Good. 92 illustrations in duotone. Intro. by Stephen
Spender. Photos of African sculpture. $95.00
(004984) Livingstone, David. MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH
AFRICA. New York; Harper Bros, 1858. 1st Amer ed. Decorated Clth, Good,1 map
badly torn but complete, other 1 closed tear. Some tears to cloth covers,
spine ends frayed, corners bumped, foxing, nasty stain to front endpapers, 47
nice steel engravings $100.00
(009145) Mandaela, Zindi and Peter Mugubane. BLACK AS I AM. Los Angeles; Guild
of Tutors Press, 1978. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very good. Poems by Mandela's
daughter, photographs by Magubane, foreword by Andrew Young $25.00
(007243) Mercanton, Jacques and Bernard Rouget. MAROC TERRE ET CIEL. Lausanne;
La guilde du livre, 1954. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very good. Luscious gravures of
primitive, romantic Morroco. Text in French. $45.00
(004515) Meyer, Laurie. BLACK AFRICA MASKS SCULPTURE JEWELRY. Paris; Terrail,
1992. 224pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Fine in dust jacket. 170+ color
illustrations. Exceptionally beautiful choices and helpful captions. A good
resuorce for artists. $40.00
(007798) Mount, Marshall Ward. AFRICAN ART THE YEARS SINCE 1920. Bloomington;
Indiana University Press, 1974. 236pp. Cloth, 4to. Very good+ in dust jacket.
2nd printing. $45.00
(010523) (Mugnier, George Francois) Bridaham, Lester Burbank. NEW ORLEANS AND
BAYOU COUNTRY. New York; Weathervane Books, 1972. 127pp. 1/2 Cloth, Oblong
8vo. Fine in dust jacket. Photographs of turn of the century New Orleans
$35.00
(009414) Newman, Thelma R.. CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS ON-SITE
WORKING WITH ART FORMS AND PROCESSES. New York; Crown, 1974. 1st ed. Cloth,
Small 4to. Very good in chipped dust jacket. 460 photos, 23 color plates,
index $25.00
(007942) (Pasha, Emin) Georg Schweitzer. EMIN PASHA HIS LIFE AND WORK. New
York; Archibald Constable, 1898. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good. 2 volume set.
2 volume set compiled from journals, letters, scientific notes and official
documents. Explorer of the African continent $95.00
(007972) Perrois, Louis and Marta Sierra Delage. ART OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA THE
FANG TRIBES. New York; Rizzoli, 1990. 177pp. 1st English ed. Cloth, 4to. Near
fine in dust jacket. 103 illus., 31 color. The history, ethnography and art of
Spanish colonial equatorial Africa. Maps, bibliography. $35.00
(005303) Price, Sally and Richard. AFRO-AMERICAN ARTS OF THE SURINAME RAIN
FOREST. Berkeley; University of California, 1980. 237pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to.
Near fine in dust jacket. $45.00
(005386) Price. Christine. MADE ON WEST AFRICA. New York; E.P. Dutton & Co.
Inc., 1975. 150pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good in dust jacket.
Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. $25.00
(011040) Rodman, Selden. RENAISSANCE IN HAITI POPULAR PAINTERS IN THE BLACK
REPUBLIC. New York; Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1948. 134pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large
8vo. Very good, sunned. 34 plates + many in-text illus., 9 in color, good
essay, many photos and biographical information on the artists, glossary
$125.00
(010043) (Roosevelt, Theodore) Unger, Frederick William. ROOSEVELT'S AFRICAN
TRIP. W.E. Scull, 1909. Decorated Clth, Large 8vo. Very good. "Lavishly
illustrated from photographs just taken in Africa and numerous beautiful
engravings and maps" $50.00
(009419) Schadler, Kurt-Ferdinand. AFRICAN ART IN PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONS.
Munich; Munchner Buchgewerbehaus, 1973. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Near fine in
dust jacket. Text in English, French and German. Very well illustrated in
color and black and white $150.00
(007349) Schmaenbach, Werner. AFRICAN ART. New York; MacMillan Company, 1954.
175pp. 1st English ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good+. Icludes 131 black and
white illustrations and 16 color. $50.00
(007517) Strand, Paul. GHANA: AN AFRICAN PORTRAIT. New York; Aperature, 1976.
159pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Near fine in dust jacket. $65.00
(010569) Trowell, Margaret and Hans Neverman. AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART. New
York; Abrams, 19667. 263pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Square 8vo. Very good in dust
jacket. 287 plates, 154 in color, maps, biblio, index $45.00
(008472) Truscott, S. J. THE WITWATERSRAND GOLDFIELDS BANKET & MINING
PRACTICE. London; Macmillan, 1898. 495pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Imperial 8vo. Good,
front hinge starting, spine frayed with 2" split. Early South African mining.
Illustrated with drawings, foldout maps and charts. Some photos $175.00
(007941) Vincent, Frank. ACTUAL AFRICA: OR THE COMING CONTINENT. New York; D.
Appleton, 1895. 541pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good, hinges over opened. Over
100 photographs and a map $75.00
(007978) Wellby, Captain Montagu Sinclair. TWIXT SIRDAR AND MENELIK AN ACCOUNT
OF A YEAR'S EXPEDITION FROM ZEILA TO CAIRO THROUGH UNKNOWN ABYSSINIA. New
York; Harper & Brothers, 1901. 409pp. 1st ed. Decorated Clth, 8vo. Very good,
very light wear. Illus. with photos, line drawings, maps, diagrams, glossary.
Published posthumously, author killed in 1900 in South Africa. $200.00
(009484) Wenig, Steffen et al. AFRICA IN ANTIQUITY THE ARTS OF ANCIENT NUBIA
AND THE SUDAN. Brooklyn Museum, 1978. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Near fine in
dust jackets. 2 volumes $75.00
(006904) Wingert, Paul S.. AFRICAN ART SERIES N, SECTION 1. Cambridge; The
University Prints, 1970. 1st ed. Wraps, Oblong 12mo. Very Good. Spiral
binding, first & last page a little loose. Reproductions of African art and
sculptures in black and white photography.Separate booklet in rear listing
each art work and location of art work. $15.00
(011095) Wright, Caleb et al. LECTURES ON INDIA ALSO DESCRIPTIONS OF
REMARKABLE CUSTOMS AND PERSONAGES IN OTHER PAGAN AND MOHAMMEDAN COUNTRIES.
Boston; Self-published, 1848. Decorated Clth, 8vo. Good+, dampstain top edge
title p, nice copperpl. owners'name. Rubbed all round, considerably foxed. 40+
lovely full page wood engravings + many in-text in bright red/gilt clth.
Lectureson the condition of women in India. pagan superstitions (includes
notes on Snake Worship, view of Batticotta, Ceylon, a temple in Siam, Chapter
on Thugs, another on Shasters, Pagan Festivals (Durga, Kali), Ashantees (Gold
Coast) - ie Caleb's memoirs of "40,000 miles of travel". $150.00