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(Andersen, K., Inv # 3912) Andersen, Kaj. AFRICAN TRADITIONAL
ARCHITECTURE: A STUDY OF THE HOUSING AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS OF
RURAL KENYA. Oxford, 1978 (cloth). $50
(Arnoldi, M., Inv # 17696) Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Christine Mullen
Kreamer. CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS: AFRICAN ARTS OF DRESSING THE
HEAD. Fowler Museum (UCLA), 1995 (new paper). $27
(Bellotti, F., Inv # 17372) Bellotti, Felice. FABULOUS CONGO.
Dakers, n.d. (cloth). Translated by Mervyn Savill. $35
(Biebuyck, D., Inv # 6741) Biebuyck, Daniel P., ed. TRADITION
AND CREATIVITY IN TRIBAL ART. University of California, 1969
(cloth). very good without dust jacket. $65
(Bourdier, J-P., Inv # 19055) Bourdier, Jean-Paul and Trinh T.
Minh-ha. DRAWN FROM AFRICAN DWELLINGS. Indiana, 1996 (new cloth).
$54
(Boyer, A., Inv # 23237) Boyer, Alain-Michel, Patrick Gerard,
and Marceau Riviere. ARTS PREMIERS DE COTE D'IVOIRE. Editions
Sepia, 1997 (new paper). 4to, 138 pp., numerous color ills. New.
<a href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23237.jpg">Illustration</a>
$75
(Brain, R., Inv # 15148) Brain, Robert and Adam Pollock. BANGWA
FUNERARY SCULPTURE. University of Toronto, 1971 (cloth). very
good, with dust jacket. $75
(Brett-Smith, S., Inv # 9294) Brett-Smith, Sarah C. THE MAKING
OF BAMANA SCULPTURE: CREATIVITY AND GENDER. Cambridge, 1994 (new
cloth). $86
(Brettell, R., Inv # 4252) Brettell, Richard et al. BLACK ART:
ANCESTRAL LEGACY. Abrams, 1990 (new cloth). Cloth exhibition
catalog at the Dallas Museum of Art. $45
(Cameron, E., Inv # 18557) Cameron, Elisabeth L. ISN'T S/HE A
DOLL? PLAY AND RITUAL IN AFRICAN SCULPTURE. UCLA Fowler Museum of
Cultural History, 1996 (new cloth). $41
(Chappel, T., Inv # 22206) Chappel, T. J. H. DECORATED GOURDS IN
NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA. Ethnographica/The Nigerian Museum, 1977
(cloth). $65
(Cole, H., Inv # 23045) Cole, Herbert M., and Doran H. Ross. THE
ARTS OF GHANA. Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, 1977 (cloth).
4to, xv + 230 pp. very good copy. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23045.jpg">Illustration</a> $125
(Coquet, M., Inv # 19340) Coquet, Michele. ARTS DE COUR EN
AFRIQUE NOIRE. Adam Biro: Paris, 1996 (new cloth). $150
(Cornet, J., Inv # 24254) Cornet, Joseph. A SURVEY OF ZAIRIAN
ART: THE BRONSON COLLECTION. North Carolina Museum of Art:
Raleigh, 1978 (cloth). Large 4to. 380pp. Over 200 full-page
images, many in full-color. exhibition catalog, with invitation
to Los Angeles opening reception. Some staining to dust jacket,
and to back pages. Good, with dust jacket. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/24254.jpg">Illustration</a> $90
(Cory, H., Inv # 15017) Cory, H. WALL-PAINTINGS BY SNAKE
CHARMERS IN TANGANYIKA. Faber, 1953 (cloth). Ex-libris. Good,
with chipped dust jacket. $45
(Cosentino, D., Inv # 16720) Cosentino, Donald J., ed. SACRED
ART OF HAITIAN VODOU. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History,
1995 (new paper). $53
(Dapper, Inv # 4251) Fondation Dapper. OBJETS INTERDITS.
Fondation Dapper, 1989 (new cloth). exhibition catalog 1989-1990
Paris show, 375pp, nice copy in dust jacket. $65
(Delaroziere, M., Inv # 17028) Delaroziere, Marie-Francoise.
PERLES D'AFRIQUE. Edisud, 1994 (new cloth). $100
(Duchateau, A., Inv # 3804) Duchateau, Armand. BENIN TRESOR
ROYAL: COLLECTION DU MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE VIENNE. Edition
Dapper: Paris, 1990 (new cloth). $43
(Etienne-Nugue, J., Inv # 3807) Etienne-Nugue, Jocelyne. CRAFTS
AND THE ARTS OF LIVING IN THE CAMEROON. Louisiana State
University Press, 1982 (cloth). West African arts and crafts. $65
(Etiennee-Nugue, J., Inv # 22307) Etienee-Nugue, Jocelyne.
CRAFTS AND THE ARTS OF LIVING IN THE CAMEROON. Louisiana State
University Press, 1982 (cloth). $50
(Fagg, W., Inv # 4150) Elisofon, Eliot and William Fagg. THE
SCULPTURE OF AFRICA. Praeger, 1958 (cloth). Nice copy, dust
jacket with some tears, 405 photographs-an important title. $225
(Fagg, W., Inv # 9820) Fagg, William. TRIBES AND FROMS IN
AFRICAN ART. Tudor, 1965 (cloth). Scarce; very good copy with
dust jacket. $125
(Fagg, W., Inv # 22222) Fagg, William. AFRICAN TRIBAL IMAGES:
THE KATHERINE WHITE RESWICK COLLECTION. The Cleveland Museum of
Art, 1968 (cloth). $95
(Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., Inv # 22869) Falgayrettes-Leveau,
Christiane et al. RECEPTACLES. Musee Dapper, 1997 (new cloth).
Folio, 343 pp. New. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/22869.jpg">Illustration</a> $90
(Feau, E., Inv # 21856) Feau, Etienne. ARTS DU NIGERIA:
COLLECTION DU MUSEE DES ARTS D'AFRIQUE ET D'OCEANIE. Reunion des
Musees Nationaux, 1997 (new paper). exhibition catalog $70
(Fisher, A., Inv # 3682) Fisher, Angela. AFRICA ADORNED. Abrams,
1984 (new cloth). African Jewelry, Dress, Body Decoration and
Hairstyle. New book. $68
(Forman, W., Inv # 3678) Forman, W. and B. and Philip Dark.
BENIN ART. Paul Hamlyn: London, 1960 (cloth). $65
(Fry, J., Inv # 6640) Fry, Jacqueline. VINGT-CINQ SCULPTURES
AFRICAINES/TWENTY FIVE AFRICAN SCULPTURES. National Gallery of
Canada, 1978 (cloth). Bilingual French-English text; very good in
dust jacket. $65
(Garrard, T., Inv # 3499) Garrard, Timothy F. GOLD OF AFRICA.
Prestel, 1989 (new cloth). Jewellery and Ornaments from Ghana,
Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal in the Collection of the
Barbier-Mueller Museum. This is the first detailed study of
Goldwork produced south of the Sahara. $68
(Gebauer, P., Inv # 23046) Gebauer, Paul. ART OF CAMEROON.
Portland Art Museum/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979 (cloth).
Square 4to, xx + 375. very good copy with dust jacket. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23046.jpg">Illustration</a> $65
(Gerster, G., Inv # 18488) Gerster, Georg. CHURCHES IN ROCK:
EARLY CHRISTIAN ART IN ETHIOPIA. Phaidon, 1970 (cloth). $150
(Guillaume, P., Inv # 9809) Guillaume, Paul, and Thomas Munro.
PRIMITIVE NEGRO SCULPTURE, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE COLLECTION
OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION AT MERION, PENNSYLVANIA. Harcourt, Brace
and Company, 1926 (boards). First edition; very good copy. $125
(Hahner-Herzog, I., Inv # 23102) Hahner-Herzog, Iris, et al.
AFRICAN MASKS FROM THE BARBIER-MUELLER COLLECTION, GENEVA.
Prestel, 1998 (new cloth). New book. Folio, 287 pp., 98 color
plates. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23102.jpg">Illustration</a> $59
(Hahner-Herzog, I., Inv # 23356) Hahner-Herzog, Iris et al.
AFRICAN MASKS FROM THE BARBIER-MUELLER COLLECTION, GENEVA.
Prestel, 1998 (new cloth). Large 4to. 288pp. exhibition catalog:
1997/98. New book. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23356.jpg">Illustration</a> $59
(Harter, L., Inv # 7041) Harter, Legs Pierre. LES ROIS
SCULPTEURS: ART ET POUVOIR DANS LE GRASSLAND CAMEROUNAIS.
Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux, 1993 (new paper).
$60
(Huet, M., Inv # 22308) Huet, Michel. THE DANCE, ART AND RITUAL
OF AFRICA. Pantheon Books, 1978 (cloth). $75
(Kecskesi, M., Inv # 7209) Kecskesi, Maria. KUNST AUS DEM ALTEN
AFRIKA. Pinguin-Verlag, Innsbruck, 1982 (cloth). very good copy.
$45
(Kjersmeier, C., Inv # 6929) Kjersmeier, Carl. AFRICAN NEGRO
SCULPTURES. A. Zwemmer: London, 1947 (cloth). very good in dust
jacket and original glassine wrapper. $85
(Labouret, H., Inv # 22208) Labouret, Henri. LES TRIBUS DU
RAMEAU LOBI. Universite de Paris, Institut d'Ethnologie, 1931
(cloth). "Travaux et memoires de l'institut de'Ethnologie, XV"
very good copy. $150
(Leiris, M., Inv # 20890) Leiris, Michel, and Jacqueline
Delange. AFRICAN ART. Golden Press, 1968 (cloth). very good copy
with dust jacket and slipcase. "The Arts of Mankind" series. $250
(Lips, J., Inv # 14154) Lips, Julius E. THE SAVAGE HITS BACK.
Yale, 1937 (cloth). very good copy. $85
(Luschan, F., Inv # 8556) Luschan, Felix Von. DIE ALTERTUMER VON
BENIN. Georg Reimer: Berlin and Hacker: NY, 1919 (cloth). Three
volumes, 522 pages of text, 889 photographs and drawings-the 1968
reprint complete in one volume plus the two original portfolios
of plates(band II and III) 1919.Reprint volume very good and
portfolios lacking one plate(#40). $750
(Magor, T., Inv # 8187) Magor, Thomasin. AFRICAN WORRIORS: THE
SAMBURU. Abrams, 1994 (new cloth). $54
(Mansfeld, A., Inv # 8912) Mansfeld, Alfred. WESTAFRIKA, URWALD-
UND STEPPENBILDER. Auriga-Verlag, 1924 (boards). Ethonographic
survey, scarce, very good copy. Hinged cracked, spine ends
frayed. $150
(Massa, G., Inv # 16370) Massa, Gabriel. MASQUES ANIMAUX:
D'AFRIQU DE L'OUEST. Sepia, 1995 (new paper). $55
(Massa, G., Inv # 23299) Massa, Gabriel. SCULPTURES ANIMALIERES
D' AFRIQUE NOIRE. Editions Sepia, 1996 (new wrappers). 4to, 159
pp. 148 pieces catalogued. Text in French. New book. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23299.jpg">Illustration</a> $80
(Meauze, P., Inv # 7039) Meauze, Pierre. AFRICAN ART: SCULPTURE.
World, 1968 (cloth). Fine copy, no dust jacket. $175
(Mercier, J., Inv # 21785) Mercier, Jacques. ART THAT HEALS: THE
IMAGE AS MEDICINE IN ETHIOPIA. Museum for African Art / Prestel,
1997 (new cloth). With an essay by Henri Maldiney. $45
(Metraux, A., Inv # 22006) Metraux, Alfred. LE VAUDOU HAITIEN.
Gallimard, 1958 (cloth). $65
(Meurant, G., Inv # 24095) Meurant, Georges. SHOOWA DESIGN.
Thames and Hudson, 1995 (new cloth). 4to, 204 pp., 102 color
plates. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/24095.jpg">Illustration</a> $54
(Meyer, L., Inv # 23445) Meyer, Laure. LES ARTS DES METAUX EN
AFRIQUE NOIRE. Editions Sepia: Sain-Maur, 1997 (new cloth). 4to,
176pp. New book. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23445.jpg">Illustration</a> $95
(Mount, M., Inv # 13538) Mount, Marshall Ward. AFRICAN ART: THE
YEARS SINCE 1920. Indiana University Press, 1973 (cloth). very
good, with dust jacket. $45
(Museum, Inv # 12605) Museum fur Volkerkunde. LUBA HEMBA:
SCULPTURES BY UNKNOWN MASTERS. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt,
1983 (boards). very good. $50
(Newton, D., Inv # 8223) Newton, Douglas. THE NELSON A.
ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION: MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART. Knopf,
1978 (cloth). Fine copy with dust jacket. $65
(Newton, D., Inv # 13629) Newton, Douglas, and Hermione
Waterfield. TRIBAL SCULPTURE: MASTERPIECES FROM AFRICA, SOUTH
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN THE BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM. Vendome
Press, 1995 (new cloth). Folio, 356pp. Splendid photos of the
private collection. New book. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/13629.jpg">Illustration</a> $72
(Neyt, F., Inv # 22388) Neyt, Francois. LUBA AUX SOURCES DU
ZAIRE. Editions Dapper, 1993 (new paper). exhibition catalog;
text in French. $65
(Niangoran-Bouah, G., Inv # 15975) Niangoran-Bouah, G. THE AKAN
WORLD OF GOLD WEIGHTS. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines-MLB,
1987 (cloth). In three volumes. Near fine in dust jacket. $300
(Nooter, M., Inv # 3585) Nooter, Mary. SECRECY: AFRICAN ART THAT
CONCEALS AND REVEALS. Museum for African Art/Prestel, 1993 (new
cloth). Folio, 255 pp. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/3585.jpg">Illustration</a> $68
(Northern T., Inv # 22186) Northern, Tamara. ROYAL ART OF
CAMEROON: THE ART OF THE BAMENDA-TIKAR. Hopkins Center Art
Galleries, Dartmouth, 1973 (paper). $35
(Northern, T., Inv # 3677) Northern, Tamara. EXPRESSIONS OF
CAMEROON ART-THE FRANKLIN COLLECTION. Natural History Museum of
L.A., 1986 (new paper). exhibition catalog. $16
(Ottenberg, S., Inv # 21490) Ottenberg, Simon. NEW TRADITIONS
FROM NIGERIA: SEVEN ARTISTS OF THE NSUKKA GROUPA. Smithsonian
Inst. Press, 1997 (new cloth). $45
(Perrois, L., Inv # 3605) Perrois, Louis and Marta Delage. THE
ART OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA: THE FANG TRIBES. Rizzoli, 1990 (new
cloth). $45
(Philips, T., Inv # 14104) Philips, Tom, ed. AFRICA: THE ART OF
A CONTINENT. Prestel, 1996 (new cloth). Well-illustrated catalog
of the London exhibit. Fine, with dust jacket. $77
(Preston, G., Inv # 3513) Preston, George. SETS, SERIES AND
ENSEMBLES IN AFRICAN ART. Center for African Art/Abrams, 1985
(cloth). Reassembles objects which were intended to be used
together, emphasizing the importance of their function and
meaning as part of a group. Published in conjunction with the
exhibition of 1985. very good copy with dust jacket. $65
(Prussin, L., Inv # 22196) Prussin, Labelle. ARCHITECTURE IN
NORTHERN GHANA: A STUDY OF FORMS AND FUNCTIONS. University of
California Press, 1969 (cloth). $35
(Riley, O., Inv # 22949) Riley, Olive. MASKS AND MAGIC.
Studio-Crowell, 1955 (cloth). 4to, 122 pp, illustrated in black
and white. Good copy in badly torn dust jacket. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/22949.jpg">Illustration</a> $50
(Roberts, M., Inv # 15616) Roberts, Mary Nooter and Allen F.
Roberts. MEMORY: LUBA ART AND THE MAKING OF HISTORY. Prestel,
1996 (new cloth). $68
(Rockefeller, M., Inv # 24015) Gerbrands, Adrian A. THE ASMAT OF
NEW GUINEA, THE MICHAEL C. ROCKEFELLER EXPEDITIONS 1961. New York
Graphic Society, 1967 (cloth). 4to, 349 pp., profusely
illustrated. very good in original (torn) glassine jacket. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/24015.jpg">Illustration</a> $300
(Roussin, M., Inv # 22381) Roussin, Michel et al. DOGON.
Editions Dapper, 1994 (new cloth). Essays by many hands. $90
(Sasser, E., Inv # 12730) Sasser, Elizabeth Skidmore. THE WORLD
OF SPIRITS AND ANCESTORS: IN THE ART OF WESTERN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA. Texas Tech University Press, 1995 (new cloth). $50
(Schmalenbach, W., Inv # 9810) Schmalenbach, Werner. AFRICAN
ART. Thomas Yoseloff, 1960 (cloth). very good copy with dust
jacket. $75
(Schmalenbach, W., Inv # 18558) Schmalenbach, Werner, ed.
AFRICAN ART FROM THE BARBIER-MUELLER COLLECTION. Prestel, 1988
(new cloth). $63
(Schwartz, N., Inv # 22858) Schwartz, Nancy Beth A. MAMBILLA -
ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE. Milwaukee Public Museum, 1972 (cloth).
Oblong 8vo, 49 pp. 1st printing, one of 1500 copies. Fine, no
dust jacket. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/22858.jpg">Illustration</a> $45
(Segy, L., Inv # 3756) Segy, Ladislas. AFRICAN SCULPTURE SPEAKS.
A.A. Wyn: NY, 1952 (cloth). First edition nice copy in dust
jacket, Segy opened his gallery in 1950 but had collected for
many years prior in Europe-his first piece was bought in 1926-the
original spelling of his name is Szecsi. $85
(Sweeney, J., Inv # 4359) Sweeney, James Johnson. AFRICAN NEGRO
ART. Museum of Modern Art, 1935 (cloth). Scarce early catalog.
very good; lacks dust jacket. $75
(Sydow, E., Inv # 20777) Sydow, Eckart von. KUNST DER
NATURVOLKER. Cassirer, 1932 (paper). $60
(Szalay, M., Inv # 23760) Szalay, Miklos. AFRICAN ART FROM THE
HAN CORAY COLLECTION, 1916-1928. Prestel, 1998 (new cloth). 4to.
160pp. Over 200 images. With essays by many hands (including
Daniel Spoerri). exhibition catalog. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/23760.jpg">Illustration</a> $63
(Thompson, R., Inv # 5124) Thompson, Robert Farris. FACE OF THE
GODS. Prestel, 1993 (new cloth). $77
(Thompson, R., Inv # 16882) Thompson, Robert Farris. AFRICAN ART
IN MOTION: ICON AND ACT. University of California, 1979 (paper).
Exhibition catalogue $50
(Trebbin, C., Inv # 3903) Trebbin, Cornelius. 5000 JAHRE GOLD
AND KERAMIK AUS AFRIKA. Heinrich Barth Verlag: Koln, 1989 (new
paper). exhibition catalog Landesmuseum Volk und Wirtschaft in
Dusseldorf, 164pp with 95 illustrations-41 in color, extensive
bibliographies for gold in africa (1513 items) and ceramics (128
items). $35
(Trowell, M., Inv # 15145) Trowell, Margaret. CLASSICAL AFRICAN
SCULPTURE. Praeger, 1954 (cloth). very good, with frayed dust
jacket. $45
(Trowell, M., Inv # 15240) Trowell, Margaret. CLASSICAL AFRICAN
SCULPTURE. Faber and Faber, 1964 (cloth). very good, no dust
jacket. $50
(Vogel, S., Inv # 22185) Vogel, Susan Mullin, and Philip L.
Ravenhill. WORKING PAPERS IN THE TRADITION ARTS 5 and 6: SPECIAL
ISSUE ON BAULE AESTHETICS. ISHI, 1980 (wrappers). Issue of the
periodical containing 2 essays: Beauty in the Eyes of the Baule,
by Vogel, and Baule Statuary Art by Ravenhill. very good copy.
$40
(Wassing, R., Inv # 4260) Wassing, Rene. AFRICAN ART: ITS
BACKGROUND AND TRADITIONS. Abrams, 1968 (cloth). Original edition
printed in Switzerland, good copy with no dust jacket. $175
(Whitechapel, Inv # 14110) Whitechapel Gallery. SEVEN STORIES
ABOUT MODERN ART IN AFRICA. Flammarion/Whitechapel, 1995 (new
cloth). $41
(Wildung, D., Inv # 19861) Wildung, Dietrich, ed. SUDAN: ANCIENT
KINGDOMS OF THE NILE. Flammarion, 1997 (new cloth). $77
(Willet, F., Inv # 16196) Willett, Frank. IFE IN THE HISTORY OF
WEST AFRICAN SCULPTURE. McGraw-Hill, 1967 (cloth). very good copy
with dust jacket. $45
(Williams, E., Inv # 22703) Williams, Denis. ICON AND IMAGE: A
STUDY OF SACRRED AND SECULAR FORMS OF AFRICAN CLASSICAL ART. New
York University Press, 1974 (cloth). Small 4to, xiv + 331 pp.
very good copy with dust jacket. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/22703.jpg">Illustration</a> $45
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