The Afro-American Trickster Tale: A Structural Analysis by Edwards, Jay D - 1978

Chicago: Contributor's Guild, 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for light wear to extremities, in jacket showing moderate edge rubbing, and tiny chips at extremities.. Photos and drawings. Jacket between very good and near fine. Scarce..

NOTES ON THE PORO IN LIBERIA and MASKS AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN NORTHEAST LIBERIA.
by George W. Harley
(Hardcover)
Ethnos Publications, 2001

These two seminal studies by Dr. George Way Harley are the basis of our present day knowledge of the Poro men's secret society of West Africa and of masks and masking traditions in Liberia. Harley, a physician, traveled to Liberia from Durham, N.C., in 1926, cutting his way through the bush when there were no roads. He established a clinic at Ganta in Mano country near the Guinea border, and ministered to the needs of the people in the region for over three decades. Because of the trust placed in him by Poro secret society initiates, and through his anthropological training at Harvard, he slowly accumulated an immense knowledge and deep insight into the otherwise impenetrable secrets of the Poro.

Nearly impossible to find in their original, these classic works are presented together in this facsimile reprint. The two papers have been bound together… Read More

Book Description: Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1989.
1st edition, 1st printing with full number line. Book Condition: FINE. Pages are clean and bright, binding tight. Text is bright and unmarked. Not remaindered. SIGNED, DATED and INSCRIBED by Abernathy on the half-title page: "To: Mr. Leon Davis — Keep Strong, Be Well and Pursue Happiness. Thanks for all you have done to advance the cause of freedom. God Bless You — Ralph David Abernathy 11-9-89". Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR/GOOD. DJ shows some wear, wrinkling to edges. .75 inch closed tear to bottom front spine edge, .25 inch closed chip to top back spine edge. But no major damage. Not price clipped. 16 pages of great black and white photos. 638 ppgs. Please feel free to email with any questions. Book will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

The University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Hardcover with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Light bumping on the top edge on the spine of the dust jacket. Very light bumping on the Top and bottom corners (on the inside flap) on the back cover of the dust jacket. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 184pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Revealing and disturbing study of the racist ideas and fantasies of southern whites after the Civil War.

Chicago: Contributor's Guild, 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for light wear to extremities, in jacket showing moderate edge rubbing, and tiny chips at extremities.. Photos and drawings. Jacket between very good and near fine. Scarce..

NOTES ON THE PORO IN LIBERIA and MASKS AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN NORTHEAST LIBERIA.
by George W. Harley
(Hardcover)
Ethnos Publications, 2001

These two seminal studies by Dr. George Way Harley are the basis of our present day knowledge of the Poro men's secret society of West Africa and of masks and masking traditions in Liberia. Harley, a physician, traveled to Liberia from Durham, N.C., in 1926, cutting his way through the bush when there were no roads. He established a clinic at Ganta in Mano country near the Guinea border, and ministered to the needs of the people in the region for over three decades. Because of the trust placed in him by Poro secret society initiates, and through his anthropological training at Harvard, he slowly accumulated an immense knowledge and deep insight into the otherwise impenetrable secrets of the Poro.

Nearly impossible to find in their original, these classic works are presented together in this facsimile reprint. The two papers have been bound together… Read More

Book Description: Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1989.
1st edition, 1st printing with full number line. Book Condition: FINE. Pages are clean and bright, binding tight. Text is bright and unmarked. Not remaindered. SIGNED, DATED and INSCRIBED by Abernathy on the half-title page: "To: Mr. Leon Davis — Keep Strong, Be Well and Pursue Happiness. Thanks for all you have done to advance the cause of freedom. God Bless You — Ralph David Abernathy 11-9-89". Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR/GOOD. DJ shows some wear, wrinkling to edges. .75 inch closed tear to bottom front spine edge, .25 inch closed chip to top back spine edge. But no major damage. Not price clipped. 16 pages of great black and white photos. 638 ppgs. Please feel free to email with any questions. Book will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

The University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Hardcover with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Light bumping on the top edge on the spine of the dust jacket. Very light bumping on the Top and bottom corners (on the inside flap) on the back cover of the dust jacket. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 184pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Revealing and disturbing study of the racist ideas and fantasies of southern whites after the Civil War.