The Tunisian Question (Pamphlets on Arab Affairs--No. 5)
London: The Arab Office, (1947). First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, minor wear. 15 pp. On French policy in Tunisia and Arab reaction. Rare pamphlet.
London: The Arab Office, (1947). First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, minor wear. 15 pp. On French policy in Tunisia and Arab reaction. Rare pamphlet.
Hardcover. 10.75 x 7.5 inches, cloth backed marbled boards, good copy, some wear to spine and corners, 257 pp, typed on rectos only. No idea who did this or when but it looks early to mid 20th century. French to Lingala.
New York: Arab Information Center, 1960. First Printing. Wraps. Wraps, very good. 22 pp. excerpts from statements by both French and impartial sources on internment camps, and the treatment of suspect and prisoners.
Cairo: Egyptian Geographical Society, 1964. Wraps. 8vo, stapled wraps, about 50 pp, with maps at rear. In Arabic. Light wear and soil. Possibly inscribed by author on title page.
Zaria: Gaskiya, (1959). Wraps. Wraps, good with light wear and soil, library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, text clean and unmarked. 111 pp, text in Hausa. A heartbreaking novel about a boy whose parents are farmers and livestock owners who are affected by drought and economic downturns and.....
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. octavo, black cloth boards in dust jacket, review copy with review slip, book is in very good condition, jacket is in very good +, jacket shows mild edgewear, book has mild wear and foxing to the boards, previous owner's stamp with writing.....
Zaria, N. Nigeria: Gaskiya, 1960. Wraps. Wraps, good with light ink stamping and library labels on front cover. 73 pp, text in Hausa, some lines in Arabic. Uncommon. OCLC locates 3 holdings, one in Germany, plus Northwestern and George Mason.
Paris: Les Editions de France, 1939. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1939, inscribed by author to theatrical director and actor Edmond Roze (d. 1943, Auschwitz). Very good in wraps, pages tanning, light wear to wraps, the rear cover having a bit of shelfwear to bottom.
Rome: La Socalite de St. Pierre Claver, Rome, 1948. Wraps. 7 x 4.75 inches, wraps, very good, some tanning. 63 pp, illustrated. Appears to be Catholic prayers and verses in Luganda Bantu. RARE, no copies located by OCLC.
Yaounde, Cameroon: Sopecam, 1985. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, very good. 130 pp. With various articles on African theater.
Cambridge: 1970. Wraps. 11 x 8.5 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil to covers. 92 pp, illustrated. Very lefty anti-imperialist publication.
South Africa: Schweizerverein "Alpina" 1891-1898. Hardcover. Oblong folio (16.5 x 12 inches), half leather and cloth boards, fair condition with wear to binding, cloth tape on spine, photos very good although the mounting pages are a little soiled, sometimes show light chipping to edges and general light soil, wear, darkening;.....
Berlin: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., Ca. 1910. Hardcover. Small quarto, 11.25 x 8.5 inches, pictorial cloth, good or better with some wear and rubbing to binding, particularly along outer joints, contents very good. 480 pp, illustrated, including color double-page plates.
New York: Henry Holt, C. 1941. First printing. Presumed advance review copy, as dust jacket is bound around book, no hard covers, the way advance copies were published back then. Light wear to binding, pages a little curled at bottom, very good overall. 300 pp, ill.
Zaria, N. Nigeria: NORLA Gaskiya, 1958. Wraps. Wraps, good, light curling and wear, pages tanning, library labels on front cover, light ink stamping. 24 pp, illustrated. Folk stories for middle schoolers. Text in Hausa. OCLC locates fewer than 10 copies of any edition.
Grahamstown, South Africa: Rhodes University, 1971. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and some soil to covers. 88 pp.
Alger: Editions Pierre Vrillon, 1946-1948. First Printing. Wraps. Edition Grand Luxe, no. 7 of 500 copies. 2 volumes, small quarto, 10 x 8.5 inches, wraps with glassine overlay, books very good with some light soil, tanning and minor stains to wraps, contents very good, some tanning, pages to the second.....
Zaria, Northern Nigeria: Gaskiya Corp. 1959. Wraps. Later printing, first published in 1944. 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, text clean and free of marks. 47 pp. In Hausa. Reminiscences of a trip to England and back first published in 1944.
Zaria, N. Nigeria: Gaskiya, 1955. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with some wear and tanning, library labels on front cover, light ink stamping. 22 pp, text in Hausa. Alhaji Baba Ahmad was a Mauritanian cow trader who settled in Zaria, lured by the seriousness of its Islamic scholars; he settled.....
Nairobi: Thomas Nelson, 1966. First Printing. Wraps. 7.5 x 5.5 inches, pictorial wraps, good copy with some stains and wear. 24 pp (unpaginated), illustrations in color, text in Swahili. Uncommon both in libraries and in the trade.
Bangui, R. C. A. 1991. Wraps. 11.25 x 8.25 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil to covers. 39 (4) pp. Uncommon.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856. Second edition. Hardcover. Second edition, 1856, rebound in quarter leather and marbled boards, octavo, 546pp., illustrated in b&w lithographs and engravings (missing lithograph no. 10 and fold out map). Book VG- with aforementioned litho and map missing, handsome leather spine and marbled boards showing wear.....
Zaria, Northern Nigeria: NORLA, North Regional Literature Agency, 1958. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, fair with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping. Text has substantial annotations in ink to some of the pages, translating specific words into English. 23 pp, illustrated. Connected stories, designed to instruct people in comportment.....
Williston, Vermont, U.S.A. Ashgate Pub Co, 1998. Hardcover. Volume 1. 365 pp. A near fine, hardback copy. No dust jacket. Minimal edgewear and rubbing of boards. Eraseable pencil notes on title page and chapter headers, otherwise the contents are clean with bright, unmarked text.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Apter to his aunt and uncle! First edition, 1955, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 355pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of general shelfwear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ.....