Among the Primitive Bakongo: A Record of Thirty Years' Close Intercourse with the Bakongo and Other Tribes of Equatorial Africa, with a Description of their Habits, Customs, & Religious Beliefs
by John H. Weeks
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Seeley, Service & Co, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The scarce first edition of John H. Weeks's study of the Kongo people, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this scarce work, which describes the lives and culture of Bakongo, also known as the Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group that lived along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa.The author - missionary and explorer John H. Weeks - describes the customs, religion, and laws of the Kongo people, amongst whom he lived from 1882 to 1912.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and thirty-one further plates on which forty photographs are printed. Collated, complete.With two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.A smart copy of this cultural study. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, discolouration to back strip with handling marks to tail of front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting and light handling marks throughout. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 832F12
- Title
- Among the Primitive Bakongo: A Record of Thirty Years' Close Intercourse with the Bakongo and Other Tribes of Equatorial Africa, with a Description of their Habits, Customs, & Religious Beliefs
- Author
- John H. Weeks
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- kongo bakongo anthropology bakongo
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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