Description: 1960 TOURIST INFORMATION BOOK (history, sports, industry, government, sights..) ON NIGERIA, PLUS SEVERAL PIECES OF EPHEMERA ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS IN NIGERIA AND WITH PRESIDENT WILLIAM V.S. TUBMAN OF NIGERIA. Designed and published by the Federal Ministry of Information on behalf of the Independence Planning Committee and printed in England by Brown Knight and Truscott, Ltd., of London and Tonbridge. The booklet is in EXCELLENT CONDITION, with light to moderate edge and corner wear, mostly on the spine. Staple-bound, 64 glossy pages with MANY B&W PHOTOS and a few color photos. The rest of the items here are interesting and associated in some way to events in Nigeria and to the President of Nigeria, William V.S. Tubman. They are all in VERY GOOD CONDITION. They are: 7-page "Programme of the Ceremony of the Laying of the Foundation Stone" by Alhaji the Right Honourable Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa on Saturday, 26th September, 1964. The "Foundation Stone" was of The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. There are light pencil markings on the 7th page of this stapled booklet. Thick covers, glossy pages. Program for the National Cultural Entertainment in Honour of The Inauguration of President William V.S. Tubman and Vice President William R. Tolbert, Jan 2, 1968. 7 pages, textured paper, photos of the President and Vice President. Reception for Dr. Z. A Ademuwagun on the Occasion of his return from USA after his graduation of Dr. of Education in Boston University, by Ode-Aye Progressive Union, Lagos, July 3, 1965. 4-pages, invitee inked in, program and information. Invitation, The President and Mrs. Tubman Request the Pleasure of Your Company at the 119th Independence Ball, July 26, 1964. Single thick paper invitation, two very small pinhole pricks top right of invitation. Invitation + Program for, Arrangements For The Capping Ceremonies of Adeyinka Oyekan II, The Oba of Lagos. Thick glossy 4-page program of events over 6 different days, not consecutive, between Mar 10, 1965 and Apr 4, 1965. Invitation with inked name of invitee. B62
Price: 40 USD
Location: Burtonsville, Maryland
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Federal Ministry of Information
Publisher: Federal Ministry of Information
Topic: Africa
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Year Printed: 1960
Location: B62