Many rare items in a variety of languages.
Zaria, N. Nigeria: Gaskiya, 1958. Wraps. 8vo, pictorial wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, text clean and unmarked. 16 pp. In Hausa. Uncommon. Story of this folk figure who has fantastical visions and journeys, seemingly into purgatory, affirming for him the power of Allah.
(Zaria): (1953). Wraps. No publisher information; the scant information on OCLC identifies this as having been published by Gaskiya in Zaria in 1953. 8.5 x 7 inches, wraps, good, light wear and chipping to covers, library labels on front cover, light ink stamping. Text in facing Ajami (an Arabic script).....
Zaria, Northern Nigeria: NORLA, Gaskiya, 1958. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with tanning and discoloration to covers and tanning to pages, library labels on front cover, light ink stamping. 16 pp. Uncommon. Designed for use in primary schools. Story of the mid-16th century African queen from Northern Nigeria. In Hausa.....
Zaria, N. Nigeria: Gaskiya, 1963-1964. Wraps. 2 volumes, wraps, good with library labels on front covers, light ink stamping, pages tanning. About 20 pp. each, some illustrations. Study books for handwriting as well as math problems that use stories and narratives to set up math connundrums and problems. Both are.....
Jos, Nigeria: Publications Department, Sudan Interior Mission (SIMLIT), 1963. Wraps. Stiff wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping. 193 pp, text in Hausa, in two columns. RARE, OCLC cannot locate any copy of this.
(Zaria): Gaskiya, 1954. First Printing. Wraps. 12mo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, text has a few small ink notes. 19 pp. A tribute to the remarkable Walter Miller (1872-1952), a well known doctor who worked with the Hausa in Northern Nigeria, and published many.....
Bo, Sierra Leone: Bunumbu Press, 1950s. Wraps. Wraps, 4 pp, good copy with library marks. In Mende. Very few copies in libraries.
Maseru, Lesotho: Mazenod Institute, 1942. Wraps. 5.75 x 3.5 inches, wraps, good with library marks -- labels on front cover, ink stamps, text itself clean and free of marks. Uncommon and no copies of this edition located by OCLC. Catholic teachings in Sesotho language.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1953. Wraps. Wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, tanning. 16 pp. In Kono. OCLC locates 6 copies, mainly in the US, 1 in London.
Zaria, N. Nigeria: Gaskiya, 1962. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, good with light wear, library labels on front cover, light ink stamping. 32 pp, illustrated. Primer in Hausa.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1946. First Printing. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page. 16 pp. OCLC locates 2 holdings, Yale and Penn State.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1957. Second Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page.16 pp. Advice on how to format formal letters and communications. Text in Mende. OCLC locates 3 copies of other printings of.....
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1950s. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front covers, light ink stamping, pencil notations to title page, otherwise clean and unmarked, 9 pp, in English and Mende. OCLC locates 3 holdings: Boston, Yale, Michigan State.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1950s. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front covers, light ink stamping, pencil notations to title page, otherwise clean and unmarked, 8 pp, in English and Mende. OCLC locates 4 holdings: Boston, Yale, Michigan State, Germany.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1952. Second Edition. Wraps. Revised from 1950 edition. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page, pages tanning. 40 pp. OCLC locates 1 holding of a 1957 edition in Leiden, and that's it.....
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1957. Third Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page, pages tanning. 40 pp. OCLC locates 1 holding of a 1957 edition in Leiden, and that's it. Illustrated throughout. Primary speller.....
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1955. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page. 16 pp., illustrated. OCLC locates NO holdings.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1955. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page, slight wear, quite tanned. 8 pp., illustrated. OCLC locates 4 holdings: Yale, Harvard, Michigan State, Princeton.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1953. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front covers, light ink stamping, pencil notations to title page, otherwise clean and unmarked, 23 pp, a mix of prose and verse in Mende. RARE with OCLC unable to locate any holdings of.....
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1956. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page. 24 pp., illustrated. OCLC locates 5 holdings of other editions of this, none from this year.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1948. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front covers, light ink stamping, pencil notations to title page, otherwise clean and unmarked. 16 pp. In Mende. OCLC locates a single holding, at Yale.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Methodist Church, 1946. Wraps. 5th revised edition. 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front covers, light ink stamping, pencil notations to title page, otherwise clean and unmarked. 16 unnumbered pages. Text in Mende. Uncommon, OCLC cannot find any copies of any edition of this.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1947. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front covers, light ink stamping, pencil notations to title page, otherwise clean and unmarked, 6 pp. OCLC locates a single copy, Yale.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1955. Revised Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page. 16 pp., illustrated. OCLC locates NO holdings.
Bo, Sierra Leone: Protectorate Literature Bureau, 1955. Revised Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo, wraps, good with library labels on front cover, light ink stamping, minor pencil notations to title page. 16 pp., illustrated. OCLC locates NO holdings.