SWARZENSKI, Hans
London: Faber and Faber, 1954 Roy.4to. 102pp. 557 illustrations on 238 plates, 9 illustrations, biblio., index. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[G]
EDGAR, Frank
By Frank Edgar, B.L., F.R.G.S., of the Political Service, Northern Nigeria. A Government Examiner in the Hausa Language. Author of a Grammar and Dictionaries of the Gbari Language. Major, 6th Battalion The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Belfast: W. Erskine Mayne, 1911, 1913 8vo. (1). Litafi na-farko. xviii,435pp. (2). Litafi na-biyu. xvi,463pp. (3). Litafi na-uku. xvi,464pp. Major Frank (Francis) Edgar was a scholarly official in the British administration who made a vast collection of Hausa folklore primarily in Sokoto Province under the direction of the Resident, Major John Burdon. "The work consists of a transliteration into the Roman characters of a large number of Hausa and Arabic manuscripts, with revised spellings and rearrangements. The volume contains stories, folk-lore, historical extracts, prose, riddles, etc., etc. Extracts from the 'Risalah of Maliki', containing inter alia the law of inheritance, with illustrations, are also included." [Pertaining to Volume I]. The spine on volume III has been carefully restored and there are damp marks on the rear endpaper, a very good set of the first edition in the publisher's dark-blue cloth. With the ownership inscription of J. C. O. Clarke, a commissioner in Northern Nigeria at that time. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O]
BULLOCK MUSEUM,
Catalogue of the Roman Gallery of Antiquities and Works of Art, and the London Museum of Natural History: (unquestionably the most extensive and valuable in Europe) at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly; which will be sold by Auction, positively without the least reserve, by Mr. Bullock, on the premises, on Thursday, the 29th of April, 1819, and continue every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, till the whole is sold. xiv,171,22,4pp. 3 plates, (1 folding). A facsimile reprint with manuscript prices and buyers names. London: Harmer Johnson and John Hewett, 1979 8vo. William Bullock formed his museum collection over a period of thirty years and ran it as a commercial venture at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. It contained a superb natural history collection, an extensive ethnographic section, works of art, and many pieces of Napoleonic interest. Bullock had bought widely at the Leverian sale several years before. However in 1819 he himself auctioned the total contents of his museum in a twenty-six day sale. The catalogue contains copius annotations, the buyers' names, prices realised, and useful notes on the lots. An excellent copy in the publisher's black cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied i
TYLOR, Edward B
By Edwards B. Tylor. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 8vo. xii,344pp. tinted litho frontispiece and 3 hand-coloured plates, text-illustrations, folding map with route marked out in red, appendix, index. The spine professionally rebacked in a matching cloth with the original backstrip, a nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's gilt decorated orange cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]
GIRAUD, Marcel
Travaux et Memoires de Institut d'Ethnologie - XLIV. Paris: Institut d'Ethnologie, 1945 Wrpps, Imp.8vo. lvi,1296pp. + 3pp. erratum, 8 plates, 4 folding maps, biblio. Marcel Giraud, a professor emeritus of the College de France wrote this after studying the Metis and their role in the development of Western Canada. Wrappers and edges rather browned (due to war-time paper quality,) spine carefully restored, a good copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O]
LEVERIAN MUSEUM,
The Sale Catalogue of the Entire Collection, 1806. A Facsimile reprint of the above two rare volumes, the Sale Catalogue with manuscript annotations, prices, and buyers' names. London: Harmer Johnson and John Hewett, 1979 8vo. A Companion to the Museum, (Late Sir Ashton Lever's). London: Printed in the year M.DCC.XC. xii,122pp. frontispiece of a view of the interior of the museum, vignette to title page, and 2 plates. with: Catalogue of the Leverian Museum. The Sale of the Entire Collection (by Messrs. King and Lochee,) will commence on Monday, the 5th of May, 1806, at Twelve o'Clock, in the building now occupied by the Museum. iv,296,17,69,10pp. A 69-page manuscript appendix of an extra five days, manuscript index of the buyers' names. The sale lasted sixty-five days without intermission, excepting Sundays and the King's birthday. The Leverian Museum was formed from Sir Ashton Lever's outstanding collection of antiquities, works of art, natural history specimens and ethnographic items assembled during the second half of the eighteenth century. In 1781 the ethnographic section was substantially enlarged by the addition of a large collection from Captain Cook's third voyage. The Companion to the Museum published in 1790 was a room by room, case by case, guide to the museum. The sale catalogue is annotated with the names of the buyers, the prices and other useful notes and information. An excellent copy in the publisher's black cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied i
TRADESCANT, John
London: Printed by John Grismond, and are to be sold by Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, M.DC.LVI. London: John Hewett, facsimile reprint of the 1656 edition, 1980 Foolscap 8vo. xxii,183pp. 4 engravings including title. The museum formed by John Tradescant, the gardener of Charles I, and his son, John Tradescant the Younger, was considered one of the sights of London in the mid seventeenth century. Such collections which were known as "Cabinets of Rarities" with their mixture of natural history and "artificial" or man-made curiosities, reflected the intellectual concerns of their age. John Tradescant had been to Muscovy and Algeria to collect specimans, while his son had travelled to Virginia several times. Much of the work was drafted by Elias Ashmole who also paid for its publication. He later acquired the museum and it formed the bulk of what was to become the Ashmolean Museum, which opened in 1683 as Britain's first public museum. A very nice copy in the publisher's black cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]
WARREN, Dennis M
By Dennis M. Warren. Accra: Pointer, 1973 Wrpps, 8vo. 75pp. 7 plates, 3 maps, biblio. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's blue wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[K]
PLASS, Margaret Webster
The Goldweights of the Ashanti. London: Lund Humphries, 1967 Cr.4to. 26pp. 166 illustrations on 96 plates, 2 maps, biblio., dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
WENDORF, Fred
Papers assembled and edited by Fred Wendorf. Dallas: Fort Burgwin Research Center and Southern Methodist University Press, 1968 4to. In two volumes with a portfolio of plates. (1). xi,531pp. numerous illustrations and maps. (2). v,533-1084pp. numerous illustrations and maps, biblio., index. (3). 38 plates and tables (mostly folding.) Some slight foxing to the fore-edges, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's brown cloth from Professor David Phillipson's library with his bookplate. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]
RATTON, Charles and William Kohler
Photos - William Kohler, Text - Charles Ratton. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1975 Wrpps, Square 8vo. 68pp. 41 colour and 4 black and white plates, biblio. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
POSNANSKY, Mirrick
An Inaugural Lecture delivered on 12th February, 1969 at the University of Ghana, Legon. By Mirrick [sic] Posnansky. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 1969 Wrpps, 8vo. 24pp. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
LEAKEY, L. S. B
Museu do Dundo, Subs¡dios para a Historia, Arqueologia e Etnografia dos povos da Lunda. Publicacoes Culturais Nø 4. Lisboa: Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 1949 Wrpps, Roy.4to. 82pp. 30 plates, 7 figures, map. With the bookplate of Professor David Phillipson, A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
POSNANSKY, Merrick
London: Reprint from Journal of African Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, Spring, 1975 Wrpps, 8vo. 25-38pp. map. With a presentation inscription from the author. A very nice signed copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
VAN DER LINDEN, Fritz
Paris: Augustin Challamel, 1909 Contemporary cloth backed boards, Roy.8vo. 389pp. 10 plates, text illustrations, map. Covers slightly rubbed and marked, no lettering on spine, a good copy in a dark green quarter cloth with marbled boards. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
MILLS, Elizabeth
No place (probably Abidjan): Elizabeth Mills, August, 1991 Wrpps, 8vo. iv,27pp. Produced on A4 sheets by a duplicating machine from the author's typescript. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
NIANGORAN-BOUAH, G
Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1984, 1985, 1987 Med.4to. In three volumes. (1). Les Poids non figuratifs / Abstract Design Weights. 315pp. numerous colour and black-and-white plates and illustrations, biblio., dw. (2). Les Poids figuratifs / The Figurative Weights. 319pp. numerous colour and black-and-white plates and illustrations, biblio., dw. (3). Les Poids dans la Societe / The Weights and Society. 327pp. numerous colour and black-and-white plates and illustrations, biblio., dw. Professor Georges Niangoran-Bouah (?1928-2002) was an anthropologist from the Cote d'Ivoire. This work started as a These de doctorat d'Etat in 1972, under the direction of Eric de Dampierre. With French and English text. The full set of the first edition of this magnificent work on the Akan weights. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
MCLEOD, M. C
Published for the Trustees of the British Museum. London: British Museum Exhibition Catalogue, 1981 Cr.4to. 192pp. 13 colour plates, 100 illustrations, map, biblio., index, dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]
JAROCKI, Barbara
Essay Barbara Jarocki. Chicago: The May Weber Museum of Cultural Arts, In cooperation with L. Kahan Gallery, New York City, April-July, 1988 Wrpps, 4to. 48pp. 61 plates and illustrations, biblio. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[B]
