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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

N. J. van Warmelo (Government Ethnologist)

A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE BANTU TRIBES OF SOUTH AFRICA (1935)

Published: The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1935

Edition: First Edition

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Publisher's three-quarter leather binding with cloth sides and gilt titles on front panel and spine. Presumably the author's presentation copy.

Union of South Africa, Department of Native Affairs, Ethnological Publications Vol. 5.

123pp + 1p + 23 full page maps + ix (9pp index).

Binding tight. Contents clean. Pages white.

A scarce volume in the series as only 800 copies were printed. Written and compiled by the Government Ethnologist N. J. van Warmelo.

Contains detailed charts and statistics on the distribution of the native populations throughout South Africa, including names of tribes and chiefs and taxpayers etc.

Part I: General Remarks.

Part II: Distribution of the Native Population (Provinces and Districts).

Part III: Classification of the Bantu Tribes of South Africa (Nguni Division, Tonga Division, Sotho Division, Venda Division, Lemma and others)

Part IV: Maps. 

Part V: Index.

  • Binding Condition: Near Fine
  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: 35 x 29 cm
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
  • Contact Person: Armandt Marais
  • Country: South Africa
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