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Vintage Books. Used - Good. Good condition. (Kikuyu, ehtnology) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Mercury Books, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. Third Impression. 339 pages. Pictorial paperback. Introduction by B. Malinowski. Contains black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to first page. Paper cover has slight edge wear with minor marks and slight creases. Moderate foxing to textblock edges.

Mercury Books, London, 1961. paperback. good condition with some wear as well as damage to the bottom of the spine

London: Secker & Warburg. 1971. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 339 p. : ill; 23 cm. Mercury books, 16.. . "Glossary": p. 319-329. "First published 1938." Includes index. .

New York: Vintage Books. Softcover. Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Light water wrinkle to pages, chip on top edge of half-title, sticker abrasion and creases on wrappers, a good only copy.

London, England: Secker & Warburg, 1968. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxiii, 339pp w glossary and index. Illustrated w indexed maps and photographs. Prev owner name on flyleaf. Illustrated wrap shows light handling, bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Originally published in 1938 and first published in paperback in 1961, this is the fourth impression, September 1968, stated, with an Introduction by B. Malinowski. "A really competent and instructive contribution to African ethnology by a scholar of pure African parentage.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1953. Third Printing. Hardcover, [octavo], green-framed gilt spine titles, brown cloth boards, pictorial dust jacket, 339 pp. Very good book, spine slightly tilted; very good dust jacket, spine soiled, crown title section missing, covers soiled, owner inscribed cover, edge wear with close tears. Former copy of 1960s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, J. Wayne Fredericks. With introduction by B. Malinowski.

Mercury Books, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. With an introduction by B. Malinowski, xxv,339p., glossary, index, illustrations, stiff printed wraps, faded spine, VG.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

std yellowish: Secker & Warburg, 1968. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Condition fair, clean.

Rubbed. Spine bump. Some binding soil. Just Good. 7 photoplates. Kikuyu Ethnology Secker and Warburg London 1956 Reprint. orig.cloth 22x14cm, xxv,339,(7)pp., Several page corners creased. In a heavily rubbed, soiled, torn & chipped dustwrapper. With an introduction by Bronislaw Malinowski.

Secker & Warburg., 1953-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. NOT Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/ Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. Fifth Impression . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. LONDON : 1953. [ First published in 1938.]. Hardback. Frontispiece and 7 other plates, map. Light-brown cloth; gilt lettered spine (onto dark-red panels). In white and green printed dust-jacket (not price-clipped (18s). Neat owner name (not readable) dated 'Juba (South Sudan), 1954 and another W.G. Dowall, 1955; no internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear and dulling to jacket spine. NEAR FINE in VG jacket; now in clear protective sleeve. (xxv), 339 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Glossary: pages 319-329. Index. CONTENTS: Tribal origin and kinship system -- The Gikuyu system of land tenure -- Economic life -- Industries -- System of education -- Initiation of boys and girls -- Sex life among young people -- Marriage system -- The Gikuyu system of government -- Religion and ancestor worship -- The new religion in East Africa -- Magical and medical practices -- Conclusion --… Read More

London: Secker and Warburg,, 1938. First edition, first impression, of this anthropological study of the people of the Kikuyu ethnicity of central Kenya, written by native Kikuyu and future first Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta (c.1897-1978). In the 1930s, Kenyatta attended the London School of Economics, where he was taught social anthropology by Malinowski. Over the course of his studies, he and Malinowski became close friends. Kenyatta's book is based on his essays on Kikuyu society written for Malinowski's class and reflects Kenyatta's desire to use anthropology as a weapon against colonialism. Although the book sold only 517 copies, it was generally well received, except among white Kenyans, whose assumptions that the Kikuyu were primitive savages in need of European civilization it challenged. Murray-Brown later described it as "a propaganda tour de force. No other African had made such an uncompromising stand for tribal integrity." Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles in gilt on green ground… Read More

London: Secker and Warburg. Fair in Poor dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Jomo Kenyatta atop front free endpaper. "One of the first really competent and instructive contributions to African ethnography by a scholar of pure African heritage. Through his upbringing Mr. Kenyatta combines to an unusual extent the knowledge of Western ways and Western modes of thought with a training and outlook essentially African. As a first-hand account of a representative African culture, as an invaluable document in the principles underlying culture-contact and change; last, not least, as a personal statement of the new outlook of a progressive African, this book will rank as a pioneering achievement of outstanding merit." - Introduction. Author was the founding father of Kenya and led the nation from its independence in 1963 until his passing in 1978. pp. xxvi, 339. Index. Glossary. Eight pages of black and white photographic plates. One-page map of… Read More