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Ghana: Tamale Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies. Good. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 0998828521 . "An introductory course in Dagbani. Covers all the basic vocabulary, grammar and interactive texts for arriving at the F.S.I. proficiency level two. Teaches a cyclic method of language-learning that requires total immersion in a local speaking community. Can be followed as… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: L. Reeve & Co.. Fair. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. "In preparing the following pages of a description of the Colony of Natal the author has been mainly influenced by the desire to produce a readable book which may convey in an easy and pleasant form an exact picture of the existing condition and circumstances of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Independent. Good. 1927. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Just What Do We Owe the Foreigner? - Much of what we use, wear and eat comes from abroad; An Open Door to author William J. Locke; Where Wild Birds Sleep; Grab 'Em Young - how to progress in sporting skill; Will Spain Become… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: A.G. Watson, Toronto Willard Tract Depository, Limited. Good. 1891. Reprint. Hardcover. "In writing this book, my aim has been to give a true picture in outline of the Slave-Trade as it exists at the present time on the east coast of Africa. I have selected from the most trustworthy sources what I believe to be… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Cassell. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. "Examines a campaign which was almost as great a fiasco as much of the grim activity on the Western Front of WWI. The Allied conquest of German East Africa proved a desperate and outlandish struggle. The story abounds in disastrous misunderstandings and stupid underestimations… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: United Church of Canada. Fair. 1959. First Edition. Paperback. "Provides authentic and fascinating data concerning the influence of the Christian faith among the Umbundu people. The 'eye witness' quality and conversational style of the narrative are only two of its great attractions. And no one who reads [this book] should fail to see its… Saber más sobre este artículo

Des Moines, Iowa: Look/Cowles, 1939. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Includes fascinating six-page photo-illustrated feature by William P. Hitler, Adolph's nephew "who tells so candidly some things about his uncle that only a relative could know". Other features include: Student Nurses - their work and their uniforms; Stockings - short… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The International News Company, 1927. Book. Illus. by Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Cleaver, Reginald; Prater, Ernest; Potts, Leonard; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; York, W.G.. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt -… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The International News Company, 1925. Book. Illus. by Wood, Stanley L.; Hiley, F.E. Vedder, S.H.; Brock, R.H.; Eyles, D.C.; De Walton, John; Brock, H.M.; Holmes, Fred; Brightwell, L.R.; Nicholson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Crozier, Frank. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features:… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The International News Company, 1923. Book. Illus. by Elcock, Howard; Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Pears, Charles; Holloway, W.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, Francis G.; Soper, G.; De Walton, John; Wigfull, W.E.; Prater, E.; Pears, Charles; Holloway, W.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, Francis G.; Soper, G.. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.… Saber más sobre este artículo

England: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1919. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 344 pages. Index. Aims to "examine in the history of the Independent State of the Congo the defects of the Berlin Act, and to indicate the amendments which must be made in that international compact if it is to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cape Town, South Africa: Unie-Volkspers Beperk, 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, [2], 229 pages. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white plates. "How this farmer's son, who never read a military textbook in his life, outwitted and outfought some of the greatest soldiers of his day - until… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Constable and Co. Limited, 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xl, 403 pages. Six maps, including two which fold out inside back board. New edition of the 1902 first edition. "In the first place [the Battle of Adowa] may rank as a peculiar phenomenon, - for it amounts to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Newnes, Limited, 1898. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Canada Congregational Foreign Mission Society, Publishers, 1916. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 212 pages. Fold-out frontispiece plan of Chisamba 1913, plus 26 pages of black and white plates consisting mainly of wonderful photos plus some maps. Includes chronology of Chisamba. The inspiring history of the ambitious Christian missions operated… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The Wide World, 1957. Book. Illus. by Nicolson, W.C. (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 129-194 pages. Features: Heroes of the Tractor Trails (with cover illustration) - photo-illustrated article on the men who blaze tractor trails across the frozen north to supply mines and the military; Full Ahead to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Newnes Ltd., 1948. Book. Illus. by Nicolson, W.C. (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 18 [ads], 251-312 pages. Features: The Strange Case of Herman Crowell - the life of a senior insurance official turns to mystery and romance; The Stolen Mine-Dump - a Gold Coast mine story; Among the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The Wide World, 1957. Book. Illus. by Nicolson, W.C. (cover);. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 62 pages. Features: First to Sail the Sahara - article (with cover illustration) about the Sheppard family which attempted to windsail across the Sahara Desert - with map and photos; The Bull of Contention… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1866. Book. Illus. by Arrowsmith, John. Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii, 638, 6 (ads) pages. Fold-out map. Occasional black and white illustrations. "It has been my object in this work to give as clear an account as I was able of tracts of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 571 pages. Bibliography, index, and list of cases cited. "This revisionist analysis of the construction of South African legal culture illustrates the larger processes of legal colonisation, while the consideration of the interaction between imported doctrine and legislative models with… Saber más sobre este artículo