THE AFRICAN PAST: Chronicles from Antiquity to Modern Times
First edition of this anthology of African, Arab, European, and Asian historical sources, from Pharaonic inscriptions to twentieth-century accounts.
First edition of this anthology of African, Arab, European, and Asian historical sources, from Pharaonic inscriptions to twentieth-century accounts.
First edition of the first book in the Pall Mall World Affairs Special Series, written by the representative of the British Foreign Service to the Somali Republic after the termination of British rule in 1960.
First paperback printing of this 1958 account of capturing and handing over for execution the leader of the Mau Mau uprising by proud British imperialist and 'Butcher of Bahrain' Ian Henderson, assisted by Conservative MP Goodhart.
Uncommon official publication of the Somali government summing up its achievements during the first three and a half years of independence, with an appendix of addresses by the Prime Minister.
Rare second edition of Moran's fanciful thesis on the lunar zodiacal origins of the phonetic alphabet, published together with Kelley's briefer "American Parallels," on the relationship between the calendar systems of Eurasia, Oceania, and Mesoamerica.
First edition in English of this reflection on the tactics and methods used by General George Grivas in the the liberation of Cyprus and elsewhere – a rare title, particularly in dust jacket.