Few collections of African ethnography will be without this 80-year-old multi-disciplinary study, edited by I Schapera for the South African Inter-University Committee for African Studies and with 12 academic contributors writing on:
- Racial Origins
- Habitat
- Grouping and Ethnic History
- Social Organization
- Individual Development
- Domestic and Communal Life
- Work and Wealth
- Political Institutions
- Law and Justice
- Magic and Medicine
- Religious Beliefs and Practices
- Musical Practices
- Traditional Literature
- Language
For anyone still on the lookout, this sixth impression copy of 1959 is an attractive - identical with the first impression but in much better condition than most early copies
No jacket as published, red-maroon cloth-boards with gilt-lettering to the spine, plain endpapers, xii/451 pp of contents pages and other prelims, text illustrated with a folding distribution map and numerous b/w photographs, and an index of tribal names
- Without light rubbing to the lower half of the upper board and a lightly discoloured front endpaper with ink signature (see images), this copy would have been rated fine overall
- Complete, otherwise undamaged and undiscoloured and with the map and plates undamaged and in position
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good +
- Size: 240 x 155 x 35; 0.9 kg
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
