Chicago: American Library Association, 1963. First Edition. Octavo. 69 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated stapled paper wraps. Wraps worn along edges with curling to corners of covers and pages throughout. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [12],291pp. A few small chips and closed tears to jacket extremities occasionally touching text without loss of meaning, spine panel rather toned with two small spots of blue paint (?), faint..... More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Signed by Beckwith and Fisher with brief inscription on front free endpaper. Tall quarto. 320 pp. Color photographs throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in silver. Light rubbing and some creasing to edges of dust jacket..... More

New York: Ridge Press Book / Random House, 1967. First American Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 187pp.; chiefly black and white photographic illus. Light edge wear to jacket margins most notably at spine crown, jacket price crudely redacted with pencil, textblock a bit shaken in binding, else..... More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. First Edition. Quarto. 306 pp. Illustrations throughout, many color. Illustrated dust jacket. Light brown boards stamped in dark brown. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with some general creasing and surface scratching. Boards gently worn at extremities and bow slightly in center..... More

Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1955. Deuxieme Edition Revue [second revised edition]. Large, thick quarto; publisher's cream pictorial wrappers printed in brown, teal, and black; [6],554pp.; ten leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos, numerous maps and plans throughout. Wrappers a bit worn and quite toned, substantial dampstaining..... More

Chicago: L. & P. Enterprises, [ca. 1980s]. Third Printing. Octavo. 11 pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. Very light shelfwear to wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Scarce pamphlet from the Pan-Africanist historian, with no copies in retail at time of this writing. Bulk of text gives definitions and meanings..... More

Lusaka, Zambia: Zambia Information Services, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 55 pp. Black and white photographs. Printed paper wraps. Light edgewear to wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More

Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1964. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's white card wrappers printed in red and black; 444pp. Minor shelf wear, wrappers a bit dust-soiled and red spine lettering faded to grey, textblock a shade toned, ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, else Very Good and sound overall... More

Paris: Éditions Paris-Méditerranée, 2003. First Edition. Folio; 214pp. Text in French. Pictorial dustjacketover textured ochre boards with brown stamping on spine. Jacket very lightly rubbed along bottom edge. Boards square with light bumps to corners and spine ends. The third in a series of three volumes by Vidal-Bué surveying..... More

New York: Pantheon Books, 2006. First U.S. Edition [stated First Edition, with full numberline]. Signed by Thiong'o with brief inscription to previous owner at title page. Thick octavo. 768 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige and green boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges. Boards bumped..... More

New York: Atheneum, 1961. Early Printing, without edition statement. Octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, brown topstain; [2],380pp.; illus. Minimal shelf wear, though spine panel quite toned, corners very slightly bumped, topstain faded, else Very Good and sound overall. Presumed first edition, though unusual for Atheneum the printing..... More

London: Cambridge University Press, 1974. First Edition. Octavo. 262 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket worn along edges with a few shallow chips and short closed tears. Boards show light shelfwear and bottom corners slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More