L' enfant dans la pensée traditionnelle de l'Afrique Noire
Paris: Le Livre Africain, 1968. 197p., 5.5x7.5 inches, text in French, original wraps rebound in wine cloth and gilt. More
Cat.No: 109526
Paris: Le Livre Africain, 1968. 197p., 5.5x7.5 inches, text in French, original wraps rebound in wine cloth and gilt. More
Cat.No: 109526
1960. 8p., 7.25x10.25 inches, text in French, small sketch-map, very good in self-wraps. An extract from Tropics. More
Cat.No: 88876
London: George G. Harrap, 1968. 55p., 4.75x7.25 inches, preface in English, stories in French, mots et expressions, vocabulaire, illustrated with drawings, ex-library with pocket in origianl stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 108814
Paris: Boivin & Cie, Éditeurs, 1946. xix+332p., 5.5x7.5 inches, preface, introduction, errata, illustrated with numerous photographs of Big Game hunting in Chad, text in French, very good in trade edition in original pictorial wraps, uncut pages. Disturbing pix of dead hippos (cover), rhinos, giraffes, buffalo, gazelle and Big Bird; leaning..... More
Cat.No: 107381
Abidjan: Institute par Africain pour le Développement Économique et Social (INADES), 1974. Paperback. 151p., 5.5x7.5 inches, bibliography, photos., map, text in French, spine slightly sunned, very good reprint in wraps. More
Cat.No: 111593
Bruxelles: Editions de l'Institut de Sociologie Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1968. 262p., 8.75x11 inches, avant-propos, introduction, bibliographies, illustrated with figures, charts and tables, large folding paper map and 14 maps on translucent sheets in pocket at rear, text in French, joint over the endpocket has a hairline crack from the..... More
Cat.No: 109454
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geunthner, 1965. 106p.+66 b&w plates, foreword, bibliography, b&w photos, text in French, very good revised and expanded edition in original pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 111558
Paris: Èmile Larose, Libraire-Èditeur, 1920. Pamphlet. 67p., 6.5x10 inch sewn wraps, footnotes, conclusions, annexes, illustrated with 4 b&w plates and several tables, text in French, front cover detached, edgeworn and stained, pages evenly browned. On the West African drought. More
Cat.No: 111076
Evanston: International Academic Union, 1981. viii+74p., 8.5x11 inches, foreword, facsimiles of Arabic texts, bibliography, text in French and English, very good in original wraps. Bulletin of Information No. 6. More
Cat.No: 89961
Kinshasa: Office National de la Recherche et du Developpement (O.N.R.D.), 1970. 47p., 5.5x8.25 inches, preface, footnotes, text in French, ex-library in original wraps. More
Cat.No: 90020
Paris: Université de Paris Institut d'Ethnologie, 1971. 271p., 8.25x10.5 inches, avant-propos, notice phonetique, introduction, apostilles, conclusion, bibliographie, lexique, tables, maps, photos, figures, a large folding map at the rear, text in French (but of course!) very good in original red wraps. Mémoires de l'Institut de l'Ethnologie VIII. More
Cat.No: 109475
[Paris]: Mad Max Milo Éditions, 2003. Paperback. 182p., text in French, very good first edition in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 144289
Aix-En-Provence: Universite de Provence Institut d'Histoire des Pays d'Outre Mer, 1986. 357p., 8.25x11.5 inches, introduction, chapter notes, annexes, text in French, very good in original pictorial wraps. Études et Documents No. 20. More
Cat.No: 109474
San Fracisco: Mercury House, 1993. Hardcover. xii+254p., translators note, very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. A novel of French colonialism in Africa written by a political exile from the Ivory Coast. Find elements of magical realism. More
Cat.No: 94328
Paris: Challamel Ainé, Libraire-Éditeur, 1886. Pamphlet. 65p., 7x11 inch plain printed wraps, introduction, tables, text in French, ex library with minimal accession marks but very badly worn, with a shaky chipped spine, some foxing, corner missing from lower cover. Concluding this monograph, author Lanchier lists items to take along, multiple..... More
Cat.No: 116293
London: the journal, 1987. Paperback. Pp.143-278 (i.e., about 130 pages), softbound in 9x6 inch orange printed wraps, covers mildly rubbed and edgeworn, with the word 'Library' scrawled across front. Essays in English and French, not mutually translated. Illustrated with a few diagrammatic drawings of iron smelters and a line map..... More
Cat.No: 295048
Paris: Editions de l'Union Francaise, 1951. Pamphlet. 62p + [4]p. of plates., stapled wraps, 6 x 9.25 inches, fold-out map at rear, wraps worn and foxed, staples rusted, spine chipped, beginning to come loose from wraps, a reading copy only. Text in French. Report of a survey of Fort-Lamy, which..... More
Cat.No: 250540
Bruxelles: M. Hayez/Georges Van Campenhout, 1941. 183p., avant-propos, indexes, footnotes, illustrated with maps, tables, figures and 19 plates, text in French, unopened pages, worn original wraps. Scientific study of the coffe trees and industry in the Congo. Institut Royal Colonial Beige Tome XI, fasc. 3. More
Cat.No: 115772
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Hardcover. xi, 314p., many b&w photoillustrations on glazed inserted stock (good camerawork), frontis tissue-guarded, first American edition in thick 7.5x5 inch textured cloth boards spine- and cover-titled black. Lacks the jacket, and a line of penciling has been erased across front free endpaper (illegible). A...... More
Cat.No: 316357
Washington: Black Orpheus Press, 1972. Hardcover. 149p., reprint edition, very good hardcover in slightly worn dj. Novel of French Equitorial Africa by the Martinique-born author, translated by Barbara Beck and Alexandre Mboukou. More
Cat.No: 144924
Quebec: Editions Cosmos, 1973. Paperback. 219p., 3 plates, preface, foreword, introduction, footnotes, appendix, bibliography, index, text in French, very good in wraps. Bio of the artist's travels in Africa. More
Cat.No: 113521
New York: Atheneum, 1969. Hardcover. viii, 300p., very good first edition in cloth boards and price clipped,faintly edgeworn dust jacket. Senghor, the former Senegalese President, cofounded the Negritude movement in Paris in the 1930s. The movement tried to establish a Black identity in the face of western colonialism, imbuing it..... More
Cat.No: 43218
Paris: Présence Africaine, 1962. Paperback. 137p., introduction, conclusion, bibliography, text in French, a few red ink bracketed paragraphs in margins lightly-worn trade paper wraps. Tribune des Jeunes 2. More
Cat.No: 157071
Paris: Barilliere et Fils, 1860. Hardcover. 128 p., tables, boards. Bound in pebbled leather, gilt stamped title; all edges gilt. Large paper copy with extra wide margins. Possibly bound for presentation. First edition (reprinted later the same year) of this study on the (positive) influence of the Algerian climate on..... More
Cat.No: 297409