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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Three quarter dull red morocco and marbled boards. Slight spine fade. Near fine in very good gray slipcase, spine darkened. Covarrubias, Miguel. 294 pages. 27 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 622 of 1500 copies signed by Covarrubias in red ink. Introduction by Raymond weaver, illustrated with 16 full page lithographs by Covarrubias.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Hyperion, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white board front cover with multicolored illustration and tan cloth spine with white printed paper label. Near fine. 46.5 x 36 cm. Limited edition, copy 460 of 1000. Six page introduction by Saroyan. Iconic study of Harlem life and culture, twenty four original lithographs, most in color. His ability to capture a… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. First edition. Modern black morocco, marbled endpapers, raised bands, red leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Fine. 648 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Two maps, 4 colored lithographic plates; half-title. First edition, second issue, without the suppressed fourth Appendix on female circumcision included in the first issue. In 1849, the East India Company supported an exploration program to present-day… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington DC: The Rappahannock Press, 1993. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Lawrence, Jacob. 169 (3) pages. 28 x 25.5 cm. Essays by experts. Host of color plates. Exhibition Checklist. Selected Bibliography. Index.

London: John Murray, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue cloth. Very good. 444 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Four fold-out color maps. Index. 12 pages of adverts. Contains Burton's "Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition: Memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-oficers"; and, "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa." The two Burton… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Abrams, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good. 263 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs in black and white and color, with a color map of the climatic zones of Africa. Examines African and Oceanic art, focusing on sculpture, masks, and figures. Bibliography.

Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 122 black and white plates each with descriptive text. Bibliography. List of Tribes. The art of tribes in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Upper Volta, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, etc., with the main center being Nigeria. Text in French. Excellent photographs. … Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Richard Phillips, 1806. First English edition. Hardcover. Modern black cloth with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Near fine. 181 pages, 3 pp. Index. Small 4to, 21 1/2 x 13 cm. Folding map and seven aquatint plates, many with two images per plate. Translated from the French. 18th century account of European activity in West Africa.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Wnner-Gren Foundation, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Very good. 666 pages. Illustrated with charts, graphs, maps and photos. Bibliography. Index. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology No. 36.

Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine. 236 pages. One hundred plates, including three in color and a map of Africa. With Foreword by Paul S. Wingert. Surveys the development of sub-Saharan African art from the colonial period to the present. Glossary of Names. Bibliography. Index.

New York: Crowell-Colllier, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth nicked at backstrip extremities. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 134 pages. Photographs by Leo Stashin. Index. Ex-library.

Cape Town: Univ. of Cape Town Libraries, 1969. Second edition. Paperback. A list ofpublished material on the Earlier Stone Age of South Africa, including South Africa, South West Africa, the Protectorates, Southern and Northern Rhodesia."All material prior to 1900 has been omitted. Orig. green wrappers. Fine.

Cape Town: The Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 354 pages. 260 monochrome and twelve color illustrations. Index. A survey of more than 370 historical monuments described and arranged according to provinces and regions. Bookplate.

Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dust wrapper. 314 pages. Eighty-five photographs, plans and drawings.Bibliography. Index. A study of structure, function and meaning in the architecture of the Batammaliba of Togo and Benin.

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1962. First edition. Original Wraps. Publications in History. Vol. 72. Notes. Index. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine.