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227 - [MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS – REFERENCE MATERIALS].
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[MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS – REFERENCE MATERIALS]. A set of 42 volumes: - ALEXANDRE (Pierre). The Africans. An introduction to a long history and ancient civilisations, from the dawn of humanity to the beginning of colonisation. Foreword by Léopold Sédar Senghor. Paris: Lidis, 1981. — AUGIÉRAS (François). *The Journey of the Dead*. Montpellier: Fata Morgana, 1979. — AUGIÉRAS (François). *Letters to Paul Placet accompanied by a Letter to a Friend*. *The Secret Pact* by Paul Placet. Périgueux: Fanlac, 2000. 1/50 on cashmere, the only large-format edition (no. 21). — BASTIDE (Roger). African Religions in Brazil. Towards a Sociology of Interpretations of Civilisations. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1960. — BAYART (Jean-François). The State in Cameroon. Paris: Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1979. Autographed copy sent to Laure Adler. - BEDEL (Maurice). Black Tropics. Paris: Hachette, 1950. 1/100 first edition on alfa paper (no. 45). — VARIOUS AUTHORS. The Man of Colour. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1939. — ÉTIEMBLE. *The Myth of Rimbaud: Structure of the Myth*. Paris: NRF, 1952. Press copy, featuring a very fine autographed dedication. — ETIENNE (Servais). The Sources of ‘Bug-Jargal’ with an appendix containing some sources for ‘Han d’Islande’. Brussels: Royal Academy of French Language and Literature, 1923. — FARGUE (Léon-Paul). Memories of Saint-Exupéry. Liège: Éditions Dynamo, 1945. 1/40 copies on laid paper (no. 39). - FERRY (Jean). Africa through the Eyes of a Traveller. A Short Practical Guide for Travellers. No place, 1967. — FERRY (Jean). *Africa through the Eyes of a Traveller*. A short practical guide for travellers. No place, 1967. Autographed dedication by the author. — FORT (Paul). *The French Empire*. Foreword by Charles Thibault. Paris: Flammarion, 1953. 1/810 on Alfa paper (no. 770), accompanied by a signed dedication from the author. — FREYRE (Gilberto); The Portuguese and the Tropics. Translated from the Portuguese by Jean Haupt. Lisbon, 1961. — GENEVOIX (Maurice). White Africa, Black Africa. Paris: Flammarion, 1949. Autographed copy dedicated to Georges Oudart. - GIBBAL (Jean-Marie). Water Drums. Diary and study of a possession cult in western Mali. Preface by Marc Augé. Paris: Le Sycomore, 1982. Signed copy from the author. — GIDE (André). Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Liège: Éditions Dynamo, 1951. 1/40 on vellum (no. 21). — GRIAULE (Marcel). Légende illustrée de la reine de Saba. Paris: Documents, 1930. — GRILLOT (Roland). Céline in Cameroon 1916–1917. Preface by François Gibault. Paris: BLFC, 1984. Limited edition of 120 copies (no. 97). — GROS (Jules). The Travels, Adventures and Captivity of J. Bonnat amongst the Ashanti. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1884. - HENRIOT (Émile). The Beauties of Brazil. Paris: Jules Tallandier, 1947. 1/50 on pure Lana rag paper, the only large-format edition (no. 26). — HOFFMANN (Léon-François). The Romantic Negro: Literary Figure and Collective Obsession. Paris: Payot, 1973. — JOBERT (Timothée). Black Champions, White Racism? Metropolitan France and Black Athletes in a Colonial Context (1901–1944). Grenoble, 2006— LAPOINTE (Armand). The African Deserts. Extraordinary Adventures of a Man, a Monkey and an Elephant. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1878. — LEIRIS (Michel) Contacts between Civilisations in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Paris: UNESCO, Gallimard, 1955. - LEIRIS (Michel) - DELANGE (Jacqueline). Black Africa. Visual Arts. Paris: Gallimard, 1967. — LEONTIEFF. Equatorial Provinces. The Expedition of Dedjaz Count N. de Leontief. No place, no date. Paperback. — LEONTIEFF. Equatorial Provinces. The Expedition of Dedjaz Count N. de Leontief. No place, no date. Hardback. — LIANO (Alexandre). Ethiopia. Empire of the White Negroes. Paris: Éditions Pierre Roger, 1929. — MAUROIS (André). United States 39. Diary of a Journey to America. Paris: Éditions de France, 1939. 1/20 on Alfa paper, not for sale, specially printed for Michelle Maurois and inscribed by the author to her. - MICHEL (Charles). Towards Fachoda to meet the Marchand expedition across Ethiopia. Paris: Librairie Plon, n.d. Autographed by the author. — Black People at the Port of the Moon. Genet and Differences. Bordeaux: Éditions de la différence, 1988. — ROUX (Dominique de). Do Not Cross the Zambezi. n.p.: La Proue, 1973. — SAINT-EXUPÉRY (Antoine de). Letters to a Young Girl. Liège: Éditions Dynamo, 1950. 1/40 copies on white vellum (no. 19). — SAINT-EXUPÉRY (Antoine de). Towards the Valley of the Nile. Liège: Éditions Dynamo, 1945. 1 of 40 copies on vellum (no. 24). - SCHWEITZER (Albert). Tales from the Virgin Forest. Paris: Payot, 1955. Signed by the author. — SEGALEN (Victor). Essay on Exoticism. An Aesthetics of Diversity. Montpellier: Fata Morgana, 1978. Unpublished copy. — TRAUTMANN (René). Popular Literature on the Slave Coast. Tales. Proverbs. Riddles. Paris: Institute of Ethnology, 1927. 2 copies. — VALDI (François). Gabon. Man versus the Forest. Paris: Librairie de la Revue Française, 1931. 1/30 of the first copies on Holland paper (no. 8). — VAUDOYER (Jean-Louis) – HENRIOT (Émile). Inaugural address by Mr Jean-Louis Vaudoyer to the Académie française and reply by Mr Émile Henriot. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1950. 1 of 550 on alfa mousse paper, this copy being 1 of 50 not for sale, featuring an autograph dedication signed by both authors to Maurice Bourdel. — VAUDOYER (Jean-Louis). *Esquisses havanaises*. Frontispiece by Mariano Andréu. Paris: Émile-Paul frères, 1930. 1 of 50 first copies on *japon impérial* paper (no. 33).
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