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Remembering Africa by Robert Vavra Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Remembering Africa by Robert Vavra hardcover book.
Large hardcover book· by photographer Robert
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Late 20th Century African Tribal Books
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Paper
Vanishing Africa by Giansanti, Giann Hardcover Photography Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
books attempts to trace the roots of remotest Africa; the cradle of man, where ancestral bonds with
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21st Century and Contemporary African Tribal Books
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Paper
The Last Africans by Gert Chesi Hardcover Book 1981
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Last Africans Gert Chesi Perlinger Hardcover Book 1981
Published by Perlinger-Verlag, Worgl
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Vintage 1980s African Tribal Books
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Paper
The North African Cookbook
Located in New York, NY
‘This cookbook is a must for a deep dive into North African classic and regional dishes.’ – Warda
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books
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Paper
Africa: the Fashion Continent
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Gain new perspective on the vibrant and innovative world of contemporary African fashion design
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Last African Warriors by Gianni Giansanti
Located in valatie, NY
The Last African Warriors by Gianni Giansanti. Published by White Star Publishers, 2011. Hardcover
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Set of 2 Taschen Great Escape Books From the Estate of Christian Audigier
Located in Waxahachie, TX
clothing lines.
These are from his Los Angeles estate.
TASCHEN Books: Great Escapes Around the World. The
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Early 2000s German Post-Modern Books
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Paper
H 3 in W 12.25 in D 9.75 in
African Ceremonies by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Ceremonies by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher large heavy coffee table book with great
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21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Books
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Paper
Antique Life & Explorations of Dr Livingstone Book, African Travel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Life & Explorations of Dr. Livingstone. An English language African
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Books
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Paper
H 12.21 in W 127.96 in D 2.17 in
Art of Africa Treasures from the Congo Hardcover Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
illustrations + numerous b&w illustrations.
large heavy book, weight: 8 lbs
Art of Africa: Treasures from the
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Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Books
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Paper
Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo Signed Numbered Limited Edition, Specially Bound
Located in valatie, NY
Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo, signed, numbered, limited edition, specially bound #167/250. Holt
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Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
H 9.5 in W 6.5 in D 1.75 in
Christian Art in Africa and Asia - Arno Lehmann - 1st Edition, Concordia, 1969
Located in London, GB
appreciative visual study of Christian artists across Africa, Asia and with several examples from North and
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
H 11.82 in W 8.08 in D 0.99 in
Earth to Sky: Among Africa's Elephants, a Species in Crisis by Michael Nichols
Located in valatie, NY
Earth to Sky: Among Africa's Elephants, A Species in Crisis by Michael Nichols. Published by
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
H 9 in W 12 in D 0.88 in
Lifting the Curtain on Design Hardcover 2010 by Vicente Wolf
By Vicente Wolf
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African country is “a landscape that has been reduced to its essence.” A journey to Papua New Guinea makes
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Books
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Paper
Living Tribes Colin Prior Constable, 2003, Indigenous People Art Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
diversity in the spirit of Mirella Ricciardi's Vanishing Africa. Peoples featured include the Himba, Herero
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20th Century African Tribal Books
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Paper
Call of the Desert The Sahara Hardcover Book by Philippe Bourseiller
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Call of the Desert: The Sahara Hardcover Book.
Philippe Bourseiller
Harry N. Abrams, Nov 1, 2004 - Nature - 424 pages
Photographer Bourseiller embarked on the first truly comprehe...
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Early 2000s African Folk Art Books
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Paper
Sotheby's Summer Travel New Grand Tour, Aspen, Basel & Dukes of Northumberland
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
African sculpture.
NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Paper
H 11.25 in W 9 in D 0.5 in
The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
1-16; New Zealand 17-22; China Trade and Far East Asia 23-51; India 52-74; Africa 75-86; Madeira 86
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Paper
H 10.75 in W 8.25 in D 0.5 in
Adam Fuss Mask by Adam Fuss and Peter Lamborn Wilson, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
hardcover with slipcase exhibition catalog. The photograms are produced by placing african masks directly on
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
H 12.25 in W 9.25 in D 0.5 in
American: An Autobiography, Inscribed by Benjamin O. Davis, First Edition, 1991
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
slipcase.
Benjamin O. Davis (1912-2002) was an acclaimed pilot and officer who became the first African
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1990s American Books
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Paper
H 9.75 in W 6.5 in D 2.25 in
Masken Gesichter Der Menschheit 'Face Masks of Humanity', First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
masks from: Africa, Australia, Polynesia, Ceylon, India, Tibet, Siberia, Alaska, Norway, South America
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20th Century Swiss Books
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Paper
A Wandering Eye Travels with My Phone Book by Miguel Flores-Vianna
By Miguel Flores-Vianna
Located in New York, NY
Argentina was marked by two constants that he believes shaped the life he chose to lead: travel and books
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Sotheby's, Property from the Fowler Museum, NY
Located in valatie, NY
, Los Angeles (UCLA) which explores art and material culture primarily from Africa, Asia and the Pacific
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Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
world culture from ancient Japan and Greece to contemporary America, Europe, and Africa.
NPT Books, a
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2010s American Books
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Paper
HEYLYN. Mikrokosmos A Little Description of the Great World. THIRD EDITION 1627
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Near East, as the land of the Bible, is also extensively described. The African section is focused on
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Antique 1620s British Books
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Leather
H 7.38 in W 5.88 in D 2 in
Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in valatie, NY
Antarctic and South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; African lions, leopards, and elephants; the
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2010s German Books
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Paper
She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider HAGGARD
Located in Middletown, NY
inspired by Haggard's experiences living in South Africa for seven years (1875-1882) working at the highest
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Antique Late 19th Century English Books
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Gold Leaf
Antoni Tapies Lo Sguardo Dell'Artista by Antoni Tapies, 1st Ed Exhibition Cat
Located in valatie, NY
, Jackson Pollock, Louise Bourgeois and Jannis Kounellis. With ancient Cycladic, Indian, Asian and African
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Books
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Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García by Tomas Llorens, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
, Mondrian), where he was inspired by indigenous art from the Americas, Africa, and Oceania, which reinforced
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
H 12.25 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Allan Quatermain by H. Rider HAGGARD in a Handsome binding
Located in Middletown, NY
(1856-1925) was heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers whom he met in colonial Africa
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Antique Late 19th Century English Books
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Gold Leaf
Jess by H. Rider HAGGARD in a Handsome binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Africa, is the fifth work of fiction by Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925), know for his adventure
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Antique Late 19th Century English Books
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Gold Leaf
Lonsdale Library Equestrian Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Brendon & sons Ltd. Volume I.
Books in the Lonsdale Library consist of Flat Racing, Wild Fowling
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Vintage 1930s British Sporting Art Books
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Paper
Vitamin C Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Beijing and in Kyiv, Ukraine; Santiago, Chile; Cape Town, South Africa; and Sydney, Australia.
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books
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Paper
Lateral Thinking: Art Of The 1990s, by Toby Kamps, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
from North, South, and Central America, Cuba, Africa, China and Europe. These include: Matthew Barney
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
Basquiat a Venezia Exhibition Catalog 1999 (vintage Basquiat exhibition catalog)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
African-American artist who rose to success during the 1980s. Basquiat’s paintings are largely responsible
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1990s Post-Modern Books
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Paper
H 11 in W 9.75 in D 0.25 in
The Levantine Vegetarian Recipes from the Middle East
Located in New York, NY
straddling Africa, Asia, and the gateway to Europe, the book embraces the culinary traditions of all corners
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2010s Chinese Books
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Paper
Guadalcanal by Edwin P. Hoyt, First Edition, Signed by 7 USMC VMF Fighter Pilots
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, reporting from locations all over Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Hoyt subsequently worked as an
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Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
H 8.75 in W 6.13 in D 1.5 in
Scenic Cape Town By Mark Skinner, Sean Fraser · 1999
Located in North Hollywood, CA
: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works
A wide-ranging exploration of South Africa's Mother City
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Late 20th Century American Expressionist Books
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Paper
Marlene Dumas Measuring Your Own Grave by Marlene Dumas 1st Ed Exh. Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
expressionistic drawings and paintings of the last three decades, acclaimed South African artist Marlene Dumas has
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
H 12.25 in W 10 in D 1.25 in
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
such high regard that for nearly a century, every Dutch ship sailing to Africa and Asia carried a copy
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Books
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Paper
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H 12.6 in W 8.27 in D 1.58 in
Basquiat Man Made Sotheby's exhibition catalog 2013 (Basquiat Sotheby's S/2)
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
own Caribbean heritage; a convergence of African American, African, and Aztec cultural histories
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
H 10 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
Hemingway and His Universe, French Book by A. E. Hotchner, 1990
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Atlanta, GA
very numerous regarding the films made based on his books, the actors and actresses he met, and who
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1990s French Modern Books
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Paper
Great Escapes Mediterranean Hardcover Book by Taschen
By Angelika Taschen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
: The Mediterranean is surrounded by three continents – Europe, Africa and Asia – and even though the
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Books
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Paper
Tarzan and The Lost Empire First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
book is quite good. Metropolitan Books Publishers [1929], New York, 1929. First edition, first binding
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
Johannes Balbus. Catholicon, 1469, Original Leaf Printed by PETER SCHOEFFER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
interesting translation mentioning Africa from Verso: column 2: 11th item: line 34 - "Heliotrope: A green
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Books
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Paper
H 13.88 in W 11 in D 0.01 in
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
The Son of Tarzan First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
Thus.
Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
Tarzan and The Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs McClurg 1st Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming, First Edition, in Dust Jacket, 1957
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
embossed titles to the spine.
The Diamond Smugglers is one of two non-fiction books written by Ian
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Vintage 1950s American Books
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Paper
100 Interiors Around the World Hardcover, Tashen 2012 Series
Located in North Hollywood, CA
100 Interiors Around the World, large format by Tashen
2 large heavy books, 100 Interiors Around
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20th Century German Expressionist Books
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Paper
Ann Lowe: American Couturier
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
textiles at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. The late Margaret
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, First Edition, Two Volume Set, 1899
By Winston Churchill
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
northeast Africa affected British politics in Britain, fit into the geopolitical rivalry between Britain and
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Antique 1890s British Books
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Leather, Paper
H 9.5 in W 6.75 in D 4.5 in
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. - The Hobbit - 1937 - FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
. Tolkien's creative perspective was born from a childhood spent briefly in South Africa and then rural
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Vintage 1930s British Books
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Fabric
All About Amos 'n' Andy and Their Creators, by Correll & Gosden
Located in valatie, NY
early 1930s, the progarm was being denounced by many in the African American community, particularly by
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Vintage 1930s American Books
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Paper
Tarzan and The Ant Men First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
.
Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
The Return of Tarzan First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
. 1915.
Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
Les Arts Traditionnels au Maroc by Dr. M. Sijelmassi, Hardcover Book in French
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
North African Moroccan rugs and textiles rugs showing 43 color plates.
15 page chapter on textiles
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Arts and Crafts Books
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Paper
H 11 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Jungle Tales of Tarzan First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
Art Museum
Located in New York, NY
, Melbourne; the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and the Courtauld Institute of
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books
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Paper
Moroccan Interiors Tashen Book by Lisa Lovatt-Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
).
Exploring contemporary interiors in the sun-soaked African nation of Morocco, this breathtaking volume takes
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Books
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Paper
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