The penultimate (?) of the important 11 volume series of ethnological photographic plates of Southern African tribes published between 1928 and 1954. This volume on the Nguni and the Swazi contains 32 fine plates being CXXI - CLII, printed on heavy stock. Text by Hilda Beemer. In the original printed beige stiff wraps.
The lower third of the front wrapper has some damp stains (see image) but the covers are otherwise in good condition. Internally the book is fine, unmarked and without foxing. The plates are all fine with their original tissue guards also fine.
Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin was an Irish-born South African photographer who undertook several photographic and collecting expeditions in South Africa and adjacent territories between 1919 and 1939, in the course of which he documented people and rural life throughout the subcontinent. His Bantu Tribes series has been considered an achievement likened to the groundbreaking work of Edward Curtis in America.
- Binding Condition: About Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 4to.
- Sold By: Ronald Levine - Modern First Editions
- Contact Person: Ronald Levine
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 011643 8437
- Preferred Payment Methods: EFT for South African customers and International Bank Tranfer for customers abroad. I am unable to accept payment by credit card.
- Trade Associations: SABDA
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