A Compendium of Kafir Laws and Customs, including Genealogical Tables of Kafir Chiefs and Various Tribal Census Returns: compiled by Direction of Colonel Maclean, C.B. chief commissioner in British Kaffraria.
vi plus 168pp. Cloth hardcover rebind.
Rebind. Two torn pages, four yellow crayon marked pages and one page where the page has been worn right through where somebody has tried to remove a crayon mark. Fountain ink inscription to prelim page. Otherwise very good.
\"This volume, the results of the author\'s efforts to form a compilation of facts concerning the native races, is regarded as one of the best in the subject The Geography, government, laws, and customs of the natives are fully described, and the mass of information thus presented is extremely useful to students of the habits of the aborigines of South Africa\" (Mendelssohn).
John Maclean was chief commissioner of the colony from October 1852 to March 1860, and the territory\'s first, and only, lieutenant-governor March 1860 to December 1864.
- Binding Condition: Rebind - Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 217mm x 140mm x 15mm
- Sold By: Booktown Africana
- Contact Person: Chris Shelton
- Country: South Africa
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