Africa from Lorne Bair Rare Books

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. First Edition in English. Five uniform octavo volumes (23cm). In the publisher's deep green grain-patterned cloth, blind-embossed on covers, titled in gilt on spines; printed terra-cotta endpapers; xxxvi, 578, [24]ads.; xi, 676; xi, 635; xiv, 641, [24]ads.; xii, 694pp; text illus; fifteen folding maps; one folding woodcut; 60 inserted leaves of… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. First Edition. Two large quarto volumes in cloth-covered boards and dustjackets, comprising the fourth volume in the series (it was eventually extended to five). Fine in the original, unclipped dustwrappers and publisher's cardboard slipcases. The fourth volume of this magisterial visual survey of African representation in Western art, produced under the auspices… Read more about this item

Trento: Museo Del Risorgimento E Della Lotta Per La Liberta, 1994. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's original pictorial card wraps. 195pp. Some wear and creasing to the edges of the card covers, trifling wear and bumping. A very good, clean copy. Internally clean. Folding maps to rear pocket. A historical examination of an important quarter century in Italy's encroachments… Read more about this item

London: Bellew Publishing, 1990. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 173pp. Clean and bright, a near fine copy in dustjacket. Internally clean. An academically respected analysis of the ill-fated European attempts to hold any useful ground in Somaliland, and the tireless efforts of Mohammed Abdile Hassan to thwart colonialist ambitions.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1898. Second Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's oatmeal coloured heavy buckram, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 305pp. Cloth browned to spine and toned around the edges, with some additional soiling and a couple of ink splashes to the front board. Strong and sturdy with some fraying and bumping at the spine… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1935. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth gilt; dustjacket; [vi],[14]-404,[4]pp; folding map inserted between end of text and index. Tight, clean and unmarked, Near Fine; in the original printed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 16s. at base of front flap); jacket lightly worn, still Very Good or better. An attractive copy. Rigby… Read more about this item

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1894. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm). Tan pictorial twilled cloth titled in gilt on cover and spine; illustrations by Dan Beard; [i-iv],220,[4]pp. Blanck's "A" binding (no priority). Moderately rubbed and worn at extremities, with publisher's imprint nearly invisible at base of spine; spine ends with mild fraying; amateur repairs to front and rear… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First American Edition. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's orange cloth spine over illustrated paper covered boards. Titled in gilt to spine, some fading to the spine cloth, perhaps a little dustyness, a strong, clean copy. 247pp. [32pp.] black and white photographs to centre of volume. Internally clean. Top edge stained black. A rather… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Row, 1974. First American Edition. 8vo. 21cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over black paper covered boards. Dustjacket. Titled in blue and bronze to the spine, a little bumping and edgwear, clean and handsome, in a bright, strong, priceclipped dustjacket with some light marginal wear. A very good copy. 273pp. Internally clean. An examination… Read more about this item

London: H.M. Eastern African Trade and Information Office, 1938. Reissue. Octavo (20.5cm). Yellow pictorial paper wrappers; 112pp; ads throughout; folding map at rear, black and white illustrations throughout. Sound but lightly rubbed with mild external soil and cracking to cover over spine: Very Good. Travel guide to British colonial Uganda for wealthy British tourists and hunters, reissued from the… Read more about this item

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1929. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Light brown cloth stamped in red; 252pp; frontispiece portrait. Lengthy inscription to halftitle: "To my Dear Bunty [?], the pal who has stuck to me through all the trials of entering the field of authorship—this first copy of my first book is lovingly inscribed...Feb. 7, 1929."… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1984. Reprint. 12mo (20cm). Red paper wrappers, titled in black; 222pp. Signed by the author on front flyleaf, dated April 1985. Rubbed, upper front corner creased, two old price stickers to rear wrapper, a few leaves dog-eared, generally toned, but sound and clean: just Very Good. Es'kia Mphahlele (1919-2008) was a distinguished South… Read more about this item

[Cape Town]: Tafelberg, 1979. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Black paper-covered boards in orange dust jacket; cartographic endpapers; [viii],116pp; ad to rear jacket panel. Inscribed by the author on title page, 1981, to J. Wayne Fredericks, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1961-67. Lightly rubbed at extremities, else Fine. Jacket rubbed at edges, small perforation and tear… Read more about this item

Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria), 1993. First Edition. First printing. Small quarto (24cm). Green leatherette stamped in gilt, in grey dust jacket; [xii],152pp; black and white photographs. Inscribed "To Anne, without whose exertions this book would not have been possible!" on front free endpaper. Sturdy and straight, with leather rippling slightly, corners tapped, else Very Good. Jacket rubbed at… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1973. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23.5cm). Beige cloth in cream dust jacket, printed in red and black; [xii],382pp; black and white illustrations. Straight and sound, with minor sunning to board edges: Very Good or better. Inscribed on front flyleaf by author: "Wayne, I am honored to know you. Joel March / 73."… Read more about this item

London: The Women's Press, 1985. Reprint. 12mo (20cm). Pictorial paperback; [xxii],266pp; black and white illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the first page: "To Anne Wyne: Let this chain of friendship remain strong" and dated 1987. Lightly rubbed, else Near Fine. Autobiography of Ellen Kuzwayo (1914-2006), South African women's rights activist and politician. [61999].

Washington DC: James C. Dunn, 1833. First Edition. Slim octavo (20.5cm.); disbound; xxii,[2],40pp. Final four leaves partially detached, else fairly sound; occasional spots of foxing, minor creasing to first and final leaves, generally just Very Good. Report by the Society which founded the colony of Liberia with the intention of encouraging emancipated African-Americans to emigrate as an alternative to… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1963. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22.5cm). Green cloth stamped in red and gilt, in white dust jacket printed in black and yellow; 310pp; publisher's ads to dust jacket rear panel. Signed by author on title page; ownership inscription of J. W. Fredericks on front free endpaper. Sound, lower front corner heavily bumped, spine sunned:… Read more about this item

Tunis: STD - Société Tunisienne de Diffusion, 1981. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo (24cm). Blue paper wrappers; 317,[1]pp. Text in French. Lengthy authorial inscription on front flyleaf to Anne and Wayne Fredericks, dated 1986. A sound volume, spine faded, rear wrapper rippled with a small patch of abrasion, but generally clean. Very Good. Memoir of childhood… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Harper & Row, [1978]. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Tan paper-covered boards, backed in light brown cloth, in black dust jacket; viii,216pp. Slight rubbing at lower edge, minor mark to fore-edge, else Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed, mildly toned along extreme edges, with price label to front panel: Very Good or better. Biko (1946-1977)… Read more about this item