The other Barack; the bold and reckless life of President Obama's father
New York: Public Affairs, 2011. xiv, 297p., first printing, dj. More
Cat.No: 162149
New York: Public Affairs, 2011. xiv, 297p., first printing, dj. More
Cat.No: 162149
New York: Criterion Books, 1955. Hardcover. 286p. Hint of fading and wear to boards along edges. Pages age-toned. Previous owner's name near top corner of front free endpaper. Somewhat edgeworn and rubbed dj. European author's first book, set in Kenya at the dawn of the Mau-Mau uprising. The story of..... More
Cat.No: 207136
Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, 1974. 142p, 4.75x7.25, blue wraps, first ed., minor soiling to covers, else very good condition. Kenyan poet's second anthology, became Kenya's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1969. More
Cat.No: 189674
London: Secker and Warburg, 1953. Hardcover. xxv+339p., introduction, preface, conclusion, glossary, index, map, b&w photos, previous owner's name else very good condition in an edge worn and faded price clipped dj. First published in 1938. More
Cat.No: 76471
Nairobi: University of Nairobi, 1979. Paperback. 104p., preface, bio, introduction, footnotes, illustrated with figures, appendixes, postscript, very good first edition trade paperback in blue and white printed wraps. Ghandi Memorial Lectures (3rd Series) 1972 (with a postscript, 1978). More
Cat.No: 207807
Nairobi: Heinemann, 1979. Paperback. xi, 115p., has a few graphs and some math, first edition plain printed glazed wraps, entirely clean and sound, a fine copy. More
Cat.No: 179661
Nairobi: National Council of Churches of Kenya, 1993. x, 60p., preface, introduction, notes, tables, some small stains on the margins of several pages, wraps. More
Cat.No: 124953
Nairobi: Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, Government Printer, 1959. [4p.] including covers, 6.25x10 inches, self-wraps. Given by the Secretary of State in a debate in the House of Commons on 22 April, 1959. An argument in favor of Britain retaing control of the Kenyan government far into the future. More
Cat.No: 90085
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Hardcover. xxi, 297p. First printing. Bit browned pages, previous owner's name near top right corner of front free endpaper else very good in a dust jacket showing slight wear to top edges, fading and yellowing across top front panel and along length of spine..... More
Cat.No: 218373
Nairobi: Heinemann, 1984. Paperback. xx, 572p., very good softcover. More
Cat.No: 178760
[Berkeley]: self-published, 1966. Paperback. 59p. printed recto only, 8.5x11 inches, introduction, bibliography, mimeographed sheets bound in black buckram spring binder. Manuscript for an archaeological paper or book. Author is the daughter of Ed Lofgren, wife of David Phillipson and a respected archaeologist who received her PhD from UC Berkeley in..... More
Cat.No: 109402
Nairobi, Kenya: Spear Books, 2005. 286p., very good in wraps. A local businessman leads a gang of underworld figures in a terrorist plot involving the bombing of a tower and the shooting down of a jet. More
Cat.No: 190847
Nairobi, Kenya: Phoenix, 1994. Pamphlet. 31p., edgeworn wraps else very good condition. Later printing. Children's stories in Swahili. More
Cat.No: 131635
London: The Kenya Committee, [1954?]. Pamphlet. 29p., wraps, rear chipped on the edges, paper browned, some creasing else good condition, 5.5x8.25 inches. More
Cat.No: 276267
Nairobi: Stellascope Publishing Co. Ltd., 1983. Pamphlet. 64p., first edition staplebound 8x5.5 inch photo-decorated wraps are a bit faded and edgeworn, a good copy. More
Cat.No: 179604
Nairobi: Stellascope Publishing Co. Ltd., 1983. Pamphlet. 39p., first edition staplebound 8x5.5 inch photo-decorated wraps are a bit faded and edgeworn, a good copy. More
Cat.No: 179605
New York: Praeger, 1976. Hardcover. xiv, 231p., text is keyboard-set, first edition yellow boards titled black. Casing is mildly worn and toned, wrinkled spine panel, a sound copy entirely clean within. More
Cat.No: 179551
[Nairobi]: Kenya Literature Bureau, undated, 1970s. Paperback. 172p., scattered line maps, 9.5x6.5 inch plain printed green wraps. Mild edgewear and toning, a very good copy. KLB (CPS)-569-3m-11/80. More
Cat.No: 176524
Nairobi: IDS, University of Nairobi, 1992. unpaginated, 5.5x8 inches, introduction, illustrated with tables, very good in original stapled wraps. IDS OP No. 55. More
Cat.No: 93678
Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1978. Paperback. x, 179p., first edition 7.2x4.8 inch coated turquoise wraps, paperstock toned and spine panel yellowed, sound and entirely clean within, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 179654
Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1980. Paperback. 158p., softbound in 7x5 inch glazed wraps, mild external scuffing and edgewear, no marks within or without, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 179588
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. Hardcover. xix+285p., preface, sources, introduction, bibliography, author index, very good first edition in publisher's original blue cloth. The compiler is Assoc. Prof. of African and Afro-American Studies, State University of NY at Albany. African Special Bibliographic Series, Number 7. More
Cat.No: 84517
Kisumu: Lake Publishers & Enterprises, 1984. 175p., lightly-worn first trade paperback edition in rubbed pictorial wraps. Kenyan detective mystery about a kidnapped bride-to-be. The author is known for the Kip series of English readers. More
Cat.No: 165092
Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1968. 153p., foreword, introduction, opening address, half-title lightly stained, small pieces of brown paper stuck under staples else good in creased stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 109018
Nairobi: Stellascope Publishing Co. Ltd., 1983. Pamphlet. 54p., first edition staplebound 8x5.5 inch photo-decorated wraps are a bit faded and edgeworn, a good copy. More
Cat.No: 179602