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(AFRICA—ETHIOPIA.)
Collection of Bible Stories in Ge’ez.
327 parch-
ment leaves; three full-page hand-painted illustrations at the front and two full-page
hand-painted illustration at the rear; capitals and chapter headings in red; numerous deco-
rative head-pieces throughout. 8vo, (17.5 x 12 cm) original polished wood boards;
signatures sewn.
Ethiopia, 19th century
[1,500/2,500]
A fine example of classic Ethiopian Ge’ez Biblical text, with five superb hand-painted illustra-
tions of saints etc. These illustrations may have been added to this volume at a later date, as is
common with many of the Ge’ez books that have appeared on the market in recent years.
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(PAN AFRICANISM.) COBB, CHARLIE, ET AL.
The Pan African, volume
1, #1 October 24, 1969-April 10, 1970, 12 issues.
Tall folio, averaging 6 to 8 mimeo-
graphed pages each issue; all 12 issues stapled together.
Washington, D.C., 1969-1970
[600/800]
A COMPLETE RUN OF THIS RARE REVOLUTIONARY PUBLICATION
,
co-written by a small
group of students and Charlie Cobb, former secretary for SNNC, and proprietor of the Drum
and Spear Bookshop. The Pan African was a serious periodical aimed for the most part at
African Americans, in an attempt at making them aware of the problems faced by their “broth-
ers,” the people of the newly emerging African republics. There is also a great deal of writing
about local domestic issues, with articles about the civil rights struggle, the Panthers, etc. Danky
4710 cites this publication but obviously had not seen a complete run.
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(AFRICA.) DeWALT, A. FOLUMBO I.
Folumbo, Being a Native African’s
Own Life Story. By A Folumbo I. DeWalt, B.S. Howard University, School of
Dentistry.
Frontispiece portrait of the author. 31 pages. 12mo, original printed tan wrap-
pers, stapled.
[Howard University, circa 1923
[300/400]
FIRST EDITION
of this very curious narrative about the author, a dentistry student’s youth in
Liberia. Not the usual religion tainted tale, DeWalt’s narrative deals more with hunting inci-
dents and the dangers of the forest, including a two-headed snake—one at each end (!) While
the title-page lists four other titles by DeWalt, this is the only one listed by OCLC (four
copies located).
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