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Accidental Opportunities : A Journey through Many Doors : An Autobiography.Paperback.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Roseway Publishing, Halifax , 2007, ISBN:9781552662366:

Seller ID: 83665

PACHAI, Bridglal. Accidental Opportunities : A Journey through Many Doors :An Autobiography. Halifax : Roseway Publishing, (2007). First Edition. Pp [1]-197,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated black card covers. “Bridglal (Bridge) Pachai, a life long advocate of social justice, was born in a thatched roof dwelling in Umbulwana, South Africa. His journey has taken him from South Africa to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Along the way he has taught history at universities in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, The Gambia, South Africa and Halifax. He has also served as Director of the Black Cultural Centre in Nova S...
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Anowa

By: AIDOO, Ama Ata

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Longman, 1970,:

Seller ID: 39874

AIDOO, Ama Ata. Anowa. (L): Longman, (1970). Pp 66. 8vo, ill. card covers. Vg. 40.00
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Beyond macro-economic stability : Thoughts on fifty years of independence in the neo-colonial African state

By: YEBOAH, Kwesi ANSONG, Granville, foreword

Price: $15.00

Publisher: 2007,:

Seller ID: 115736

YEBOAH, Kwesi. Beyond macro-economic stability : Thoughts on fifty years ofindependence in the neo-colonial African state. N.pl.: n.pub., n.d. [2007? ]. Pp (7),1-116,(1). 8vo, black comb-bound, illustrated white card covers, lettered in black. With a Foreword by Dr. Granville Ansong, Sobey's School of Business, Halifax, March 2007. Contents : Witless state, hapless privatesector; Fifty years of what?; A relevant page from history; The paradox of neo-colonialism; Customary land tenure and land reform; A theory of nation alization; Okunka Bannerrnan's polemics on chieftaincy; De-linking agricult...
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Blue Afternoon, The. 1st Cdn in dj.

By: BOYD, William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Viking, 1994,:

Seller ID: 8107

BOYD, William. The Blue Afternoon. (Toronto) : Viking, (1994). First Canadian Printing. 8vo, light blue spine, dark blue boards. Fine in fine dj. 15.00
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Bridging the Gap : Citizens' Action for accountability in water and sanitation. Paperback.

By: RYAN, Peter.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: WaterAid, London, 2006,:

Seller ID: 108694

RYAN, Peter. Bridging the Gap : Citizens' Action for accountability in water and sanitation. (London): WaterAid, March 2006. Pp. (2),1-28,(2). Illustrated. Double column. 4to, illustrated stapled white card covers with blue lettering to front cover. A WaterAid report written by Peter Ryan with Belinda Calaguas, Tom Burgess, Abdul-Nishiru Mohammed, Asha Ramesh, Baker Yiga, Hannah Arpke, Mary O'Connell, Rabin Lal Shrestha and Yunia Musaazi. "While 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation and 1.1 billion lack safe water, the goal of universal coverage of water and sanitation remains a dist...
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Bringing Up Children in Ghana. 1st UK in dj

By: KAYE, Barrington

Price: $27.50

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1962,:

Seller ID: 45943

KAYE, Barrington. Bringing Up Children in Ghana : An Impressionistic Survey. L: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1962). First UK Edition. Pp. 244. Illustrated. 8vo, olive green cloth. Childrearing from birth to maturity, with a look at the many customs observed in the West African nation of Ghana. Front and rear panels rubbed, else vg, in spine chipped, price-clipped dj. 27.50
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Building Diplomacy : The Architecture of American Embassies. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: LUI, Elizabeth Gill KAITA, Keya

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Four Stops Press, Los Angeles, California, 2004, ISBN:0801443261:

Seller ID: 115133

LUI, Elizabeth Gill. Building Diplomacy : The Architecture of American Embassies. Keya Kaita, Cultural Montages. Essay by Jane C. Loeffler; Kevin Spence, project coordinator. Los Angeles, California : "Distributed by Cornell University Press in association with Four Stops Press", (2004). First Edition. Pp (14),15-267,(5). Folio, grey cloth, with silver lettering to front and spine. With map end-papers. "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book." Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Elizabeth GillLui (b. 1955). Keya Kaita (b. 1976). Embassy architecture and design ...
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Canadian Army Journal. Vol. 15, No. 3, Summer 1961

By: DePROSE, J.G. (ed.).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Queen's Printer, Ottawa , 1961,:

Seller ID: 90181

DePROSE, J.G. (ed.). Canadian Army Journal. Vol. XV, No. 3, Summer 1961. (Ottawa : Queen's Printer, 1961). Pp [1]-120. Illustrated. Double Column. 8vo, illustrated black trimmed stapled wrappers. Contents : Aids to the CivilPower: Army in Flood Emergency; Anti-Tank Weapons and Their Influence in B attle; The Armed Forces in Ghana Today; Canadian Officers to Train Ghanaians; The Soviet Programme: Training with Chemical Weapons; Flashback No. 35: Dental Services, 1918; Army Tests New Rocket Belt; and much more. Rubbed, else very good. 15.00
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Canal Systems of Canada. An article in Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol. LXI, No. 5, November, 1960

By: Van ALLEN, W.H. Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol. 61, No. 5 GRIMSHAW, John STUCHEN, Philip

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Ottawa, 1960,:

Seller ID: 88627

Van ALLEN, W.H. "Canal Systems of Canada." An article in Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol. LXI, No. 5, November, 1960, pp 152-169. Ottawa : Royal Canadian Geographical Society, 1960. Pp [i]-[iv],[151]-189,v-xi,(2) includingcovers. Illustrated. Maps. Double Column. 4to, illustrated purple-trimmed stapled wrappers. Also includes John Grimshaw's “Edgeley – A Pioneer Village Reconstructed” (pp 170-173); Philip Stuchen's “Ghana – Colony to Republic” (pp 176-189). Cover photo of Ste-Adèle-en-haut in the Province of Quebec.Rubbed, else very good. For the issue 25.00
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Changing Face of Drink : Substance, Imagery, and Behaviour. First Edition

By: BLOCKER, Jack S., Jr. and Cheryl Krasnick WARSH (eds.) WARSH, Cheryl Krasnick (ed.) POPE, Peter

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Social History, Inc., Publications, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, 1997, ISBN:096830320x: 1997

Seller ID: 64075

ISBN: 096830320X

BLOCKER, Jack S., Jr. and Cheryl Krasnick WARSH, (eds.). The Changing Face of Drink : Substance, Imagery, and Behaviour; edited by Jack S. Blocker Jr. and Cheryl Krasnick Warsh. Ottawa : Les Publications Histoire Sociale / Social History Inc., University of Ottawa, (1997). First Edition. Pp. [6],(1)-399,[1]. With a few tables & Illustrations in the text. 8vo (152 x 228 mm), art-illustrated blue card covers, with white lettering to covers & spine. Of Newfoundland interest: Peter Pope's "Fish Into Wine: The Historical Anthropology of Demand for Alcohol in Seventeenth-Century ...
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Changing Sky : Travels of a Novelist.

By: LEWIS, Norman

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London , 1959,:

Seller ID: 88507

LEWIS, Norman. The Changing Sky : Travels of a Novelist. London : Jonathan Cape, (1959). First Edition. Pp [1]-254,(2),+ 16 pp plates. 8vo, green cloth, light blue lettering to front board and spine, top edge dyed red, coloue-illustrated endpapers. Contents : Foreword; A Few High-Lifes in Ghana; 'Tubman Bids Us Toil'; A Letter from Belize; A Quiet Evening in Huehuetenango;Guatemala – The Mystery of the Murdered Dictator; The True Man; A Letter f rom Cuba; The Dominican Republic; Caribbean Africa; The Road from Hoa-Bunh;Festival in Laos; An Individualist; Golden Goa; The Mois; Rangoon Express...
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Disease in African History : An Introductory Survey and Case Studies. FirstEdition in dustjacket

By: HARTWIG, Gerald W., and K, David PATTERSON AZEVEDO, Mario Joaquim BROWN, James W. DELANCEY, Mark W.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: DuJce University Center for Commonwealth and Comparative Studies, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C. , 1978, ISBN:0822304104:

Seller ID: 110341

HARTWIG, Gerald W., and K, David PATTERSON, (eds). Disease in African History : An Introductory Survey and Case Studies.. Mario Joaquim Azevedo; JamesW. Brown; Mark W. DeLancey; CharJes M. Good; Gerald W. Hartwig; K. David P atterson. Durham, N.C.: Number 44 in a series published for the Duke University Center for Commonwealth and Comparative Studies, Duke University Press, 1978. First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xiv,(2),[3]-258. Index. Map. 8vo, blackcloth, gilt lettering to spine. "Students of the African past have paid sc ant attention to problems of disease and medicine, despite the extensiv...
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Folk, Fish and Fun. First Edition in dustjacket. Signed

By: BALFOUR, Harold. WULFF, Lee

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Terence Dalton Limited, Lavenham, Suffolk , 1978, ISBN:0900963859:

Seller ID: 79973

BALFOUR, Harold. Flk, Fish and Fun. Foreword by Chapman Pincher. Lavenham, Suffolk : Terence Dalton Limited, 1978. First Edition. Pp [i]-xiv,1-106,+ 25 pp. Photos. 8vo, white cloth, gilt lettering to spine. “Harold Balfour, Lord Balfour of Inchrye, [...] is also an authority of all aspects of river fishing. [...] In this book he introduces the Rivers Tweed, Spey and Dee, amongst others in Scotland; the Restigouche in Canada; the Serpentine in Newfoundland and others in Norway and Iceland and tells of his biggest catch ever in the estuary of the Volta River in the Gold Coast (now Ghana).” -...
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Foreign Trade of China. in dj

By: HSIAO, Gene T.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, 1977, ISBN:0520032578: 1977

Seller ID: 27484

ISBN: 0520032578

HSIAO, Gene T. The Foreign Trade of China : Policy, Law, and Practice . Berkeley : University of California Press, (1977). First Edition. Pp (12),xiii-xxi,(1),1-291,(5). With tables and charts in the text. 8vo, red cloth, black lettering to spine. Contents: Foreword by Jerome Alan Cohen; 1. Introduction; 2. Foreign trade policy objectives: Trade and economic development - Trade and diplomatic relations; 3. The Case of Japan : The Nagasaki flag incident - The Yoshida letter - The Air and Maritime Transport Agreements; 4. The Ministry of fore...
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Gold Coast Handbook, 1937

By: Gold Coast

Price: $80.00

Publisher: West Africa Publicity Ltd, London, 1937,:

Seller ID: 53874

[Gold Coast]. The Gold Coast Handbook, 1937. Produced in England by the Authority of the Publishers The Gold Coast Government. London : Printed for West Africa Publicity Ltd., London and Accra, by Ebenezer Baylis and Son, Limited, (1937). Pp (4),v-xiv,[1]-442,i-li(ads), + 33 leaves of plates (some folding), and 1 folding map in pouch at rear. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt to front board and spine. An examination of the British imperial holdings in the Gold Coast area of West Africa, now Ghana, situated around the Gulf of Guinea. Includes appendices dealing with the varies trade duties and tariffs ...
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Gold Coast Past and Present : A Short Description of the Country and Its People.

By: MacDONALD, George.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York and Bombay, 1898,:

Seller ID: 96326

MacDONALD, George. The Gold Coast Past and Present : A Short Description ofthe Country and Its People. With Illustrations. London, New York and Bomba y : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. Pp [i]-ix,(3),1-352, frontis + 8 plates+ 23 text illustrations/maps. 8vo, maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : Chapter I : The Gulf of Guinea - Divisions - Early Expeditions to the Coast - French and Portuguese Claims—Early English Trading Companies—The Gold Coast in Bosnian's Time - The Gold Coast of To-day - General View of the Colony. Hapter II : The Early Inhabitants of the Gold Coast - The...
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Health in Tropical Africa During the Colonial Period : Based on the proceedings of a symposium held at New College, Oxford, 21-23 March, 1977. in dustjacket

By: SABBBEN-CLARE, E.E., D..J. BRADLEY, and K. KRKWOOD (eds.)

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1980, ISBN:0198581653:

Seller ID: 110219

SABBBEN-CLARE, E.E., D..J. BRADLEY, and K. KRKWOOD, (eds.). Health in Tropical Africa During the Colonial Period : Based on the proceedings of a symposium held at New College, Oxford, 21-23 March, 1977. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1980. Pp (6),[v]-ix,,(3),[3]-276. Illustrated. Map. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "This book records the views of some of thosewho took a leading part in the developments of health services in Africa d uring the latter part of the colonial period. These views are often necessarily subjective, but it is hoped that the book will provide a quarry fo...
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History of Officer Social Origins, Selection, Education and Training Since the Eighteenth Century : An Introductory Bibliography. 17th Military History Symposium.

By: CONVERSE, Elliott V., III, Dr. WHITE, Elwood L. United States Air Force Academy Library Special Bibliography Series 90.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: United States Air Force Academy Library, 1996,:

Seller ID: 115215

CONVERSE, Elliott V., III, Dr. and Elwood L. WHITE. The History of Officer Social Origins, Selection, Education and Training Since the Eighteenth Century : An Introductory Bibliography. [N.pl.] : United States Air Force Academy Library, September 1996. Pp. (6),[1]-129,(1). 8vo, side-stapled decorated white card covers, no spine, black lettering to front. United States Air Force Academy Library Special Bibliography Series, number 90. Includes entries under the following geographical headings: General/Comparative, Africa (General), Argentina, Australia, Austria-Hungary (Austria and Hungary), Bel...
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Human Values in Water Education : Creating a New Water-use Ethic in AfricanCities. Paperback.

By: TIBAIJUKA, Anna Kajumulo. DZIKUS, Andre. KANU, Victor. GWADERI, Amin.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: UN-Habitat, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Nairobi, 2006,:

Seller ID: 108709

TIBAIJUKA, Anna Kajumulo, director. Human Values in Water Education : Creating a New Water-use Ethic in African Cities. (Nairobi): UN-HABITAT, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, (Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch), [n.d. - 2003?]. Pp. (2),iii-v,(1),1-112,(2). Illustrated. Double column. 4to, illustrated pink and white card covers with brown and black lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine. Contents: 1. Andre Dzikus's "Value-based Water Education: Project Overview"; 2. "Mainstreaming Value-based Water Education (VBWE) in National Education: Tools and T...
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Imported Ghanaian. Paperback.

By: SUMPRIM, Alba Kunadu.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The author, Accra, 2006, ISBN:9988029306:

Seller ID: 108692

SUMPRIM, Alba Kunadu. The Imported Ghanaian. (Accra: The author, 2006). Pp.(14),xv-xxiii,(1),[1]-264. Illustrated with reproductions of comic strips. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers with black lettering to front cover and spine. "With her rose tinted glasses firmly in place, the Imported Ghanaian deluded herself, believing that she could simply walk into Kotoka International Airport with a grin like the winning ticket in the national lottery, and the band would strike up whilst the jubilant nation screamed, 'Akwaaba-o,akwaaba, our sister has returned back to us.' She return...
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