4to; original olive-green cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper cover; pp. (xiv) + 122 + (ii); portrait plates; map. Extremities a little rubbed and fore-corners turned; some foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition.
(Schapera E636; Strange Collection 1140; Doke Collection, p. 91) "Primarily a reference book for interpreters, but also gives a list of Zulu regiments and a short account of their kinship system." - Schapera. "I grew up in Zululand, and have spent almost twenty years in the Government Native Affairs Department in Natal and Zululand. Besides my ordinary work in the Civil Service, which calls for a daily use of Zulu and necessitates my travelling about the Province, I have been called upon to interpret for such distinguished persons as H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught, Viscount Buxton, Viscount Gladstone, Sir Matthew Nathan, General Botha, General Smuts, and others, and if my experience should have enabled me to select for inclusion in the small space available for these References only such information as may be of real general assistance to fellow-interpreters or others, it is gladly placed at their disposal." - From the Introductory Note
- Jacket Condition: Not applicable
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 4to.
