Condition: very good - brown leatherette boards with spine title gilt, inner hinges reinforced, endpapers unmarked, title page lightly foxed, no inscriptions, bookplate 'Ex Libris - Frescura', contents in fine condition except for age-related toning to the top margin. A very well preserved copy.
Hardcover, first edition, 1484 pp. in 5 parts, namely:
- Articles Analysed (1795-1950) by year and author (p. 33)
- Indices: Nguni, Tsonga, Sotho, Venda, Lemba (p. 813)
- Placenames: South Africa (p. 1297)
- Nguni, Tsonga, Sotho, Venda, Lemba, Khoisan, Hottentot, Bushman, Herero, Ambo, Okavango, Caprivi, Rhodesian Ndebele, Shona, Mocambique, Ronga, Tshwa, Ngoni, Lenge, Chopi, North Ngoni (p. 1409)
- Author Index (p. 1462); Names in Titles (p. 1481)
- Jacket Condition: No jacket
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 4to