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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Hives (Frank)

JU-JU AND JUSTICE IN NIGERIA

Published: The Bodley Head, London, 1930

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $250/80

Bidding opens: 16 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 23 Jan 16:30 GMT

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London, The Bodley Head. 1930. 1st Edition. 254 pages. Near fine red cloth covers in a near fine and rare dust jacket. Wrapper has minor loss to top head of spine. Internally fine with 18 black and white ills. Scarce.

The author, a District Commissioner, on the upper reaches of Cross River in Nigeria, gives a dramatic account of his experiences in a vast district of savage customs, the Ju-Ju, fetish priests who kept the natives in abject slavery and terror.

  • Jacket Condition: Near Fine
  • Binding Condition: Near fine
  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: 8vo


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