[MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS - REFERENCE MATERIALS]. - Lot 227

[MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS - REFERENCE MATERIALS]. Set of 42 volumes: - ALEXANDRE (Pierre). *The Africans: An Introduction to a Long History and Ancient Civilizations, from the Dawn of Humanity to the Beginning of Colonization*. 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 “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. Toward a Sociology of Interpretations of Civilizations. 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 of the first 100 copies on alfa paper (no. 45). — VARIOUS AUTHORS. *The Man of Color*. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1939. — ÉTIEMBLE. *The Myth of Rimbaud: Structure of the Myth*. Paris: NRF, 1952. Press copy, featuring a beautiful 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 Impressions. A Short Practical Guide for Travelers. No place, 1967. — FERRY (Jean). *L’Afrique des impressions*. A Short Practical Guide for Travelers. No place, 1967. Signed copy by the author. — FORT (Paul). *Empire de France*. Foreword by Charles Thibault. Paris: Flammarion, 1953. 1/810 on Alfa paper (no. 770), accompanied by an autograph 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. Autographed copy dedicated by 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 Among 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 Character 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: The Extraordinary Adventures of a Man, a Monkey, and an Elephant. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1878. — LEIRIS (Michel). Contacts Between Civilizations in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Paris: UNESCO, Gallimard, 1955. - LEIRIS (Michel) - DELANGE (Jacqueline). Black Africa: Visual Arts. Paris: Gallimard, 1967. — LEONTIEFF. Equatorial Provinces. The Dedjaz Expedition of Count N. de Léontieff. No place, no date. Paperback. — LEONTIEFF. Equatorial Provinces. The Dedjaz Expedition of Count N. de Leontief. No place, no date. Hardcover. — LIANO (Alexandre). Ethiopia. Empire of the White Negroes. Paris: Éditions Pierre Roger, 1929. — MAUROIS (André). United States 39. Diary of a Trip to America. Paris: Éditions de France, 1939. 1/20 on Alfa paper, not for sale, specially printed for Michelle Maurois and inscribed with an autograph dedication from the author to her. - MICHEL (Charles). Toward Fachoda: Meeting the Marchand Mission Across Ethiopia. Paris: Librairie Plon, n.d. Autographed copy from the author. — The Blacks 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). Toward the Nile Valley. Liège: Éditions Dynamo, 1945. 1 of 40 copies on vellum (no. 24). [SEE THE COMPLETE ENTRY IN THE PDF CATALOG]