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New York: The Viking Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Tan cloth stamped in brown on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Short closed tear to top edge of front free endpaper. Small number label on title page; minor soiling on one page, else interior clean and unmarked, pages crisp. 63 illustrations, including many photographs on plates. Dust jacket chipped; price clipped; spine abrasion; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. xxiv, 233. A narrative of personal observation of the lives and customs of the Djuka (Ndyuka) people of Surinam, based on the expeditions of Dr. Morton Kahn, which he made iin 1927, 1928 and 1930. The Djuka, descendants of escaped West African slaves, had preserved preserved what was described as a replica of 18th century society in West Africa. Includes bibliography and index. The author, Morton Charles Kahn, Sr. (1895-1959), was an explorer, bacteriologist and public health specialist. He served on the faculty of the Cornell University Medical College between…
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Ex-lib. Usual stamps, rear pocket, etc. Signature/date on t.p., No DJ with 65 excellent b&w photos Dutch Guiana Viking Press New York c. 1931 8 1/4 x 6", xxiv + 233, With introduction by Blair Niles and a forward by Clark Wissler (Yale Univ.). Despite the depredations meted out to this copy by, an over-zealous librarian, it is a tight, crisp copy. The images are sharp, the subject fasinating. A perfectly good working copy, meant to be read, but not for the mint collector. As is.
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- Keywords Negroe Bush Negro African American South America African, west anthropology art, primative Wissler, Clark Niles, Blair
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New York: The Viking Press, 1931. First Edition. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). VG/G, Cloth. 233pp. Text. Folding map. Photographs. Plate. Bibliography. Index. Bound in tan cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket (minor chipping on botton edge, and 1/2" chip on spine crown).
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New York: Viking, 1931 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Endpaper maps, folding map (with a split along the fold), and numerous plates with photographic reproductions of the Djuka. Very good in chipped d.j.
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