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• A Bibliography of Congo Languages (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1908), by Frederick Starr
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• A Comparative Grammar of the South African Bantu Languages: Comprising Those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the Lake Region, Etc. (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1891), by J. Torrend (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Comparative Handbook of Congo Languages (1903), by Walter Henry Stapleton
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• Appendix to the Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, As Spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West Africa (1895), by W. Holman Bentley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, As Spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West Africa (1887), by W. Holman Bentley (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Yao Grammar (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York and Toronto: Macmillan, 1922), by Meredith Sanderson
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• Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE (c2008), by Rhonda M. Gonzales (HTML and PDF files at gutenberg-e.org)

• Ekitabo Ekyokusaba Kwabantu Bona (Book of Common Prayer in Luganda; London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1905), by Church of England
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• The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia (2 volumes; London: Macmillan, 1920), by Edwin William Smith and Andrew Murray Dale
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• Folk-Tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, With Ki-Mbundu Text, Literal English Translation, Introduction, and Notes (Boston and New York: Pub. for the American Folk-Lore Society by Houghton, Mifflin and Co.; et al, 1894), ed. by Héli Chatelain
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• Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, Under the Direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N.; To Which is Added, The Journal of Professor Smith (London: J. Murray, 1818), by James Hingston Tuckey, contrib. by Christen Smith
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• Appendix to the Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, As Spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West Africa (1895), by W. Holman Bentley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language, As Spoken at San Salvador, the Ancient Capital of the Old Kongo Empire, West Africa (1887), by W. Holman Bentley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dictionnaire Vili-Français (in French and Vili; Loango: Impr. de la Mission, 1902), by Christophe Marichelle
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• The Musical Accent: or, Intonation in the Kongo Language (1922), by K. E. Laman, contrib. by Wilhelm Heinitz (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Isizulu: A Grammar of the Zulu Language, Accompanied with a Historical Introduction (Natal: J. C. Buchanan; et al., 1859), by Lewis Grout
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• Izindab'ezinhle Ezashunyayelwa Ku'Bantu : ng'uJesu-Kristo Inkosi Yetu, Kanye Nezinncwadi Ezalotshwa ng'Abapostole Bake (New Testament in Zulu; London: Pub. for Miss H. E. Colenso by J.M. Dent, 1897), trans. by John William Colenso
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• Sechuana Proverbs, With Literal Translations and Their European Equivalents; Diane Tsa Secoana le Maele a Sekgooa a a Dumalanang naco (in English and Tswana; London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1916), by Sol. T. Plaatje
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• Swahili: Basic Course (second edition, 1968; with supplementary audio and other materials), by Earl W. Stevick, J. G. Mlela, and F. A. Njenga (PDF and MP3 files at livelingua.com)

• Chuo Cha Maagano Mapya: Ya Bwana Wetu Jesu Masihi Mwokozi Wetu (New Testament in Mombasa Swahili; London: British and Foreign Bible Society, c1909), trans. by W. E. Taylor and H. K. Binns (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swahili Tales, As Told by Natives of Zanzibar, With an English Translation (in Swahili and English; London: Bell and Daldy, 1870), by Edward Steere (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Biblio Go Basa (Tswa edition of the Bible, mainly translated by Richards; New York: American Bible Society, 1910), trans. by E. H. Richards (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jaunde-Texte von Karl Atangana und Paul Messi, Nebst Experimentalphonetischen Untersuchungen Über die Tonhöhen im Jaunde und Einer Einführung in die Jaundesprache (in German and Ewondo; Hamburg: L. Friederichsen und Co., 1919), by Karl Atangana and Paul Messi, ed. by Martin Heepe
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• Jaunde-Texte von Karl Atangana und Paul Messi, Nebst Experimentalphonetischen Untersuchungen Über die Tonhöhen im Jaunde und Einer Einführung in die Jaundesprache (in German and Ewondo; Hamburg: L. Friederichsen und Co., 1919), by Karl Atangana and Paul Messi, ed. by Martin Heepe
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• Fly Leaves: or, Scraps and Sketches, Literary, Bibliographical and Miscellaneous, Consisting of Notes on Antiquarian and Historical Subjects, Collections Towards Neglected Biography, Memorials of Old London, Choice Specimens of Ancient Poetry, Chiefly From Unpublished Mss., Scraps and Sketches, Curious and Interesting, With Numerous Bibliographical Notices, etc., etc. (London: J. Miller, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old Picture Books, With Other Essays on Bookish Subjects (Londen: Methuen and Co., 1902), by Alfred W. Pollard (page images at CMU)
• The Book Fancier: or, The Romance of Book Collecting (London: S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Book Fancier: or, The Romance of Book Collecting (second edition, revised; London: S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887), by Percy Fitzgerald (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books (10 volumes; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805-1809), by Egerton Brydges (page images at HathiTrust)

• Library and Bibliographic Activities in the Caribbean (8th Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials working paper #10; 1963), by Enid M. Baa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• ABC for Book Collectors (8th edition, 2004), by John Carter and Nicolas Barker (PDF at ilab.org)

• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report (original 1998 report, plus amended version of 2009), by IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (HTML and PDF at ifla.org)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread: Descriptive Bibliography and Alexander Pope (Washington: Library of Congress, 1988), by David L. Vander Meulen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ho Eranistes (full serial archives)
• Studies in Bibliography (partial serial archives)
• Magyar Könyvszemle (in Hungarian) (full serial archives)
• The National Library of Wales Journal (partial serial archives)
• The Library (partial serial archives)
• The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas at Austin (partial serial archives)
• Bulletin of Bibliography (partial serial archives)
• Harvard Library Bulletin (partial serial archives)
• The New Colophon (partial serial archives)
• Papers of the Bibliographical Society, University of Virginia (full serial archives)
• Bulletin of the New York Public Library (full serial archives)
• The Colophon (partial serial archives)
• The Private Library (partial serial archives)
• Bulletin du Bibliophile et du Bibliothécaire (in French) (partial serial archives)
• The Bookman (London, 1891-1934) (partial serial archives)
• Books Abroad (partial serial archives)
• The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (partial serial archives)
• La Bibliofilia (partial serial archives)
• American Notes and Queries (New Haven, 1962-1986) (partial serial archives)
• The Annual Library Index, ed. by William Isaac Fletcher and Helen E. Haines (full serial archives)
• The Annual Literary Index (full serial archives)
• Archives du Bibliophile (in French), ed. by A. Claudin (partial serial archives)
• The Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of America (full serial archives)
• The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas (full serial archives)
• Book Review Digest (partial serial archives)
• The Library Association Record (partial serial archives)
• Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen (in German) (partial serial archives)
• The Book Buyer (partial serial archives)
• Brentano's Book Chat (partial serial archives)
• Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular (full serial archives)
• The Dolphin (American Catholic review, 1901-1905) (full serial archives)

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