Amberes [Antwerp]: Andres Perisse, 1755. 12mo (16 cm); [xvi], 318pp. Full bound in contemporary dark brown roan, gilt spine. Edges red speckled. Boards worn at edges and corners with some loss to spine ends. Generally scuffed and scratched with minor staining. Boards lifting at fore edge but binding tight. Pages..... More

New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Distributed by E.P. Dutton, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 227 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$6.95" price present. Green boards with white lettering to spine; blue endpapers. Dust jacket worn and creased along edges with general scuffing. Boards show light shelfwear, mildly nudged..... More

Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi, [1990]. First Edition. Oblong quarto (26x29cm); publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; 16pp. + 58 leaves of color photographs. Moderate wear and curling to dust jacket margins, else a Fine example in Very Good jacket. Promotional bookmark laid in. Warmly inscribed and..... More

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. First Edition. Large octavo (26cm); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xxiii,[3],293pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, boards very slightly bowed, textblock top and fore-edges foxed; About Very Good overall. With wonderful author inscription on title page dated in the..... More

Chicago: Urban Research Press Inc., 1991. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white decorative dust jacket retaining original price; x,[2],219pp.; illus. Light wear and toning to jacket margins, corners very slightly rubbed, textblock a bit musty; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author, "To..... More

Glencoe, IL: The Free Press & The Falcon's Wing Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo (21.8cm); publisher's blue variant dust jacket (also issued in green, with no priority); brick cloth with gilt lettering to spine; gray endpapers; 264pp. Price-clipped jacket rubbed along edges, with shallow chips and tears at corners and..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First Edition, stated, with publisher's A-A code. Octavo (19.7cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; boards in blue and gray buckram with blue lettering to spine; [xiv],176pp. Jacket shows a few tears and chips along edges, with creasing along top flap edges and..... More

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, [2006]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[2],356pp. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins, spine panel a bit sunned with tiny loss at crown, faint soiling to textblock fore-edge, boards rather warped; Good to Very Good..... More

New York and Munich: The Museum for African Art and Prestel Verlag, 1996. First Edition. Tall Quarto (31x24x2.5cm); 267pp, including glossary and bibliography. A pristine invitation card for the Baltimore opening of the Baga show, in its envelope, is laid in. Photographic dustjacket. Volume in off-white cloth with green..... More

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978. First Edition. Large octavo (26.5cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; xii,[2],443pp.; tables and charts throughout, text printed in double columns. Moderate wear and light chipping to jacket margins else Very Good and sound. Warmly and lengthily inscribed and signed by the..... More

Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 1991. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo. 63 pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver and red. Red endpapers. Dust jacket rubbed at verso with a couple very short closed tears to bottom edge of rear panel..... More

New York: Saunders and Otley, 1837. First American Edition. Two volumes; 12mo (19cm); publisher's green cloth, printed paper spine labels; [2],xv,[3],395; [4](ads),[6],ii,420pp. Cloth worn and starting to split along all four joints, corners bumped, paper spine labels toned and chipped with brief loss of text, 20th century ownership signature to..... More

New York: Henry George & Co., 1879 [but 1888]. Later printing of Fourth Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 512pp + 10ads. Boards full bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine and blind ruling to boards. Green floral endsheets. Dark top stain. Boards scuffed and scratched, corners and spine ends..... More