Bantu Beliefs and Magic

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1922. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth, 11+ sepia-toned photographic illustrations, 312 pages. Scarce and important study. Introduction by Sir James Frazier, famous and highly respected author of The Golden Bough. Light green cloth boards (rubbed; a few light spots; corners bumped), pages with deckle edges… Read more about this item

1922. London, H. F. G. Witherby, 1922. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece with guard, 312 pages. 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher's original green cloth] with gilt lettering and blind stamp on spine. Blind ruling to front board. Deckled fore and tail-edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. This being… Read more about this item

Witherby, 1938-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good 1938 Witherby 2nd edition in good dust jacket. Internals are generally nice with solid binding but front board has significant staining and there are two pages with tears. Dust jacket shows well but does have wear, staining, and small tears.Protected in a clear attractive Mylar cover. Hard to find, especially with dust… Read more about this item

together with some reflections on East Africa after the war. A new impression of the second edition. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1967 8vo. iv,374pp. 12 plates, index, dw. The Cass impression of the second edition of 1938. Dust-wrapper chipped, a very nice copy in the publisher's red cloth. We have… Read more about this item

With an Introduction by Sir James G. Fraser. London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1922 8vo. ii,312pp. frontispiece and 10 plates, glossary, index. The Winterton copy with his bookplate, a very nice copy in the publisher's green cloth of the First Edition. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology,… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New. First published in 1922, the author of this book was for many years a Provincial Commissioner of what was then the Kenya Colony whose main objects were to place on record the results of investigations made among the native tribes in British East Africa, particularly among the Kikuyu and Kamba people, and to endeavour from a… Read more about this item