Litafi na Tatsuniyoyi na Hausa. In three volumes.

By Frank Edgar, B.L., F.R.G.S., of the Political Service, Northern Nigeria. A Government Examiner in the Hausa Language. Author of a Grammar and Dictionaries of the Gbari Language. Major, 6th Battalion The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Belfast: W. Erskine Mayne, 1911, 1913 8vo. (1). Litafi na-farko. xviii,435pp. (2). Litafi na-biyu. xvi,463pp. (3). Litafi na-uku. xvi,464pp. Major Frank (Francis) Edgar was a scholarly official in the British administration who made a vast collection of Hausa folklore primarily in Sokoto Province under the direction of the Resident, Major John Burdon. "The work consists of a transliteration into the Roman characters of a large number of Hausa and Arabic manuscripts, with revised spellings and rearrangements. The volume contains stories, folk-lore, historical extracts, prose, riddles, etc., etc. Extracts from the 'Risalah of Maliki', containing inter alia the law of inheritance, with illustrations, are also included." [Pertaining to Volume I]. The spine on volume III has been carefully restored and there are damp marks on the rear endpaper, a very good set of the first edition in the publisher's dark-blue cloth. With the ownership inscription of J. C. O. Clarke, a commissioner in Northern Nigeria at that time. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O]