A History of Kipsigis
Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1987. Reprint. 12Mo Softcover. 171p. Forest green wraps are pointed with a crease on top corner. Text is unmarked on warm pages. Spine remains unbroken. Binding is firm.
African history, art, culture, languages etc.
Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1987. Reprint. 12Mo Softcover. 171p. Forest green wraps are pointed with a crease on top corner. Text is unmarked on warm pages. Spine remains unbroken. Binding is firm.
New York: International Publishers, 1973. First U.S. Edition. 8Vo Softcover. 532pp. Text is on bright clean pages. Cover is clean, vibrant, and intact. Binding is square and strong. Spine is not cracked. Text-block and end pages have moderate foxing. Bookstore stamp on first end paper.
Small Maynard & Company, 1924. 8vo Hardcover. 804p. Contents are unmarked with a light patina and some b/w photos. Includes fold out map before chapter one. Binding is tight, front hinge is split but remains securely attached. Green boards with embossed black and white lettering are moderately bug-eaten on spine.....
Ohio University Press, 2014. 1st. 12mo paperback. 164p. New, unread copy. Firmly bound and unmarked with clean covers.
Xlibris, 2009. Signed. 8Vo Softcover. 236pp. Text is clean on umarked, uncreased pages. Spine is unbroken, textblock is square with pointed corners. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page. Slightest overall shelf/timewear, coverwear.
Prometheus Books, 1989. 1st. 8vo Hardcover. 235p. Text is unmarked on white pages. Firmly bound with secure hinges. Black boards are crisply pointed with gilt lettering on spine. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with a few creases on inner flaps. Initials penned on front endpaper.
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 230pp. Text remains clean on white pages. Binding is square and hinges are very tight. Boards are bound in orange paper with darker orange spine titled in gilt. Dust jacket is in very good condition, fully intact and unclipped, it is lightly scuffed.....
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 230pp. Text is bright and unmarked with color photography included. Binding is tight and square; hinges are secure. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with minimal surface wear. Orange boards are clean with pointed corners.
Sterling, 2000. 8Vo Softcover. 230pp. Text is unmarked on white pages with b/w symbol illustrations throughout. Bound in glossy covers with pointed corners and a light upcurl. Binding is tight and hinges are secure. Spine remains uncreased.
Crosby and Letterman, 1799. Abridged. 8Vo, Hardcover. 218pp. Marbled boards, leather spine with raised ribs, golden lettering. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased natural pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with bumped corners. Moderate+ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, chipping and abrasions on boards and spine, blush, foxing, pagewave and spottage.....
The English Universities Press Ltd., 1958. 1st. 12mo Hardcover. 188p. Contents are unmarked on warm pages. Binding is tight, hinges are secure. Blue paper boards are pointed and clean with light foxing along text-block. Jacket is unclipped with minor chipping along the edges and a duct taped tear on front.....
University of California Los Angeles, 1995. 1st Printing. 4To Softcover. 199p. Pages are unmarked with b/w and color photos. Covers are bright with a creased upper corner and line drawn on bottom of text-block. Erased price remnants on front endpage. Binding square, spine is unbroken.
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1973. 12Mo Softcover. Text is untouched on bright pages. Green wraps are worn and lifted with surface wear and bumped corners. Spine is lightly creased. Binding is tight and square.
Cambridge University Press, 2000. Reprint. 8vo Hardcover. 178p. Contents are unmarked on white pages. Powder blue boards are crisply pointed with a small patch of sticker residue on front panel and a small dent on rear corner. Binding is firm, hinges are secure. Faint remnants of erased price on front.....
Smith, Elder & Co., 1873. 1st printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Complete two volume hardcover set in green gilt/black decorated cloth. Spines titled and banded in gilt. Books remain in good/fair condition- Volume I in good condition is complete with all 6 maps and 6 woodcuts attached to binding. This includes.....
Ohio University Press, 2006. 8Vo Softcover. 266pp. Text is unmarked on white pages. Covers are glossy with pointed corners and a slight upcurl on front. Binding is tight and square, spine is unbroken. Bookstore stamp on FOP.
Macmillan South Africa, 1974. 1st. 12Mo Hardcover. 248p. Warmly toned pages are unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges are secure. Bound in maroon paper boards with lightly bumped corners and gold gilt lettering. Small gift inscription present on front endpage. Jacket is unclipped with rubbed edges and surfaces, and a closed.....
James Miller, Publisher, 1882. 12Mo Hardcover. 356p. Contents are unmarked with a light patina. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Blue boards are moderately soiled and wrinkled with some bug eaten patches on spine. Corners are gently bumped. Front endpage has a hole near binding.
The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Reprint. 8vo Softcover. 436p. Contents unmarked on bright pages with a few faintly dog-eared pages. Covers are glossy with bumped corners. Tightly bound with unbroken spine.
Metropolitan Publications, 1921. Signed. 8Vo Hardcover. 79pp. Brown boards, tan spine, title paste-downs on spine and front board, in display box. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Signed by author on 2nd frontleaf. Moderate++ overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, some corner.....
Westview Press, 1983. 1st Printing. 8Vo Softcover. 356p. Text is sparsely notated in pencil; contents are perfectly legible. Blue wraps are glossy with bumped corners and minor edge wear. Tightly bound with an unbroken spine. Bookstore stamp present on front endpage.
Safari Press, 1996. 8Vo Hardcover. 315pp. Text is unmarked on off-white pages with pointed corners. Red boards are pointed and clean with gilt golden lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square. Jacket is in very good condition and remains unclipped, has slightest edgewear.
Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1974. Paperback. 8vo. 134p. Text unmarked to white pages. Small rubbed area in upper corner of title. Binding secure. Wraps lightly worn around edges.
Barnes & Noble, 1988. 8Vo Hardcover. 240pp. Orange boards, white lettering on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Minimal overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, edgeblush throughout, faint foxing on inner back board. Some jackdetwear, jacket edgewear and edge tears.
Readwide Publishers, 1997. 3rd printing. Paperback. 8vo. 256p. Text unmarked to warmly toned pages. Erased price marks upper corner of front page. Binding square and secure. Wraps edge worn and scuffed over surface. Small chip taken from fore edge of rear cover.