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London: `Hamish Hamilton, 1959 251 pages with Index. Size: 6" X 9"

Fontana Books (Collins), 1968 A very good reading copy. The covers are shelf bumped and scuffed on edges. 416 pages with Index.

Fontana Books (Collins), 1968 A very good reading copy. The covers are shelf bumped and scuffed on edges. 416 pages with Index.

Berkeley, CA, USA: Turtle Island Foundation, 1983 Book protected by a thick plastic sleeve. Slight damage to back cover caused by the removal of a sticker. 265 pages.

Fontana Books (Collins), 1968 "A personal investigation into the animal origins and nature of man". A very good reading copy. The covers are shelf bumped and scuffed on edges. 416 pages with Index.

International: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1975 An excellent, clean and tightly bound book. Previous owner's name is neatly inked on the flyleaf.

United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1974 An excellent, clean and tightly bound book.

South Africa: Via Afrika Limited, 1981 'We have all heard about "witchdoctors" or, to give them their rightful name, amagqirha, and are aware of the mystery and controversy that surround them. Despite scientific accounts, the amagqirha remain beyond the experience of most people. This book gives the story as told to Joan Broster by the amagqirha themselves. It has not been written from any particular point of view, nor from a background of specialized training, but with a clearness of perception born from love and rapport. In their own words, with the author as their interpreter, the amagqirha describe their calling and discuss the religious, magical and medicinal aspects of their profession. Joan Broster is in a unique position to write of these prominent members of the Xhosa nation, for she was born in Transkei and has lived most of her life in close contact with the tribal people. Her natural style of writing, her warmth and her modesty add to the fascination of the subject and ensure… Read More

Hutchinson University Library, 1987 A clean and tightly bound book. The previous owner's name is neatly inked on the flyleaf. Pencil notes and underlining on some pages. 290 pages. Size: 5 " x 8 "

London, England: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1976 Excellent copy. 448 pages, richly ilustrated with photographs. Based on the 13-part television series. Size: Approx 7" Wide - 9¾" Tall

Wiesbaden, Germany: Eberhard Brockhaus, 1953 German text. An excellent, clean and tightly bound book. The previous owner's Ex Libris stamp appears in the book.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962 453 page resource work with b/w photographs, index and fold-out map at the back. Size: Approx 6" Wide - 9" Tall

Cape Town: Maskew Miller Limited, 1959 From the front flap: This book is the outcome of a resolution adopted by the South African Inter - University Committee for African Studies to sponsor and prepare for publication a handbook on South African tribes. Hitherto there has been no single comparative survey sufficiently detailed and catholic in scope and content to form a satisfactory manual of South African ethnography. The contributors include all the foremost authorities in South Africa on Bantu ethnography and linguistics. Most of the book is devoted to an account of the Bantu as they were before affected by the intrusion of western civilization. Chapters are included on racial origins, habitat, grouping and ethnic history, social organization, in dividual development, domestic and communal life, economic activities, government and law, religion and magic, music, tradi tional literature and language. The four final chapters deal with the extension of European control over the Bantu and the… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Maskew Miller Limited, 1962 453 page resource work with b/w photographs, index and fold-out map at the back. Sellotape marks on the inside covers and flyleaves. Some foxing. Book protected by a thick plastic cover.

Johannesburg: South African Broadcasting Corporation, 1958 Excellent copy, apparently unopened.119 pages. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5½" Wide - 8½" Tall

London: Methuen, 1979 Excellent, clean and tightly bound book. 237 pages. Index. Contributions by several different authors. Edited by David A. Oakley and H.C. Plotkin. Size: Approx 5½ " Wide and 8½ " Tall

International: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1964 "In Bunyoro: An African Kingdom (hereafter referred to as Bunyoro) I gave an outline account, based on twenty-two months of fieldwork, of the social and cultural life of the Banyoro or Nyoro, a Bantu people of western Uganda. Here I describe how that study was made. . I hope that what I say may have some bearing on wider problems of research in traditional, centralized societies of comparable type."

International: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1960 "In Bunyoro: An African Kingdom (hereafter referred to as Bunyoro) I gave an outline account, based on twenty-two months of fieldwork, of the social and cultural life of the Banyoro or Nyoro, a Bantu people of western Uganda. Here I describe how that study was made. . I hope that what I say may have some bearing on wider problems of research in traditional, centralized societies of comparable type."

London: Vintage, 1996 322 pages with black and white photographs and index.---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5" Wide and 8½" Tall

London and Sydney: Macdonald General Books, 1979 An excellent, clean and tightly bound book. On the flyleaf is inked the message: This book was stolen from Jo Micklem. This is erroneous. We bought the book from someon else....