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NY: George H. Doran, 1912. 1st US. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, original green cloth with mounted illustration on cover as issued, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover. 500 pages, colored frontis of Ekoi Girl in Fatting House costume, numerous illustrations from photos, folding drawing of wall decoration, folding map colored in outline in rear in excellent condition. The author traveled extensively in the Oban District of Southern Nigeria and part of the Cameroons to study the Ekoi people as well as the natural history of the area in 1907. Included are chapters on religion, Egbo, Jujus, position of women, birth customs, divination, witchcraft, funeral ceremonies, war, government, folk-lore, etc, with detailed appendices on taboos, clubs, anthropometrics, orthography, grammar, vocabularies, botany, zoology, mineralogy, meteorology, geography. Book is ex-lib with only envelope and stickers to front fly leaf. Spine shows edgewear, fraying to top and bottom. Rubbing to pastedown on cover.… Read More

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New York: George H. Doran, 1912. Hardcover; thick 8vo; 480 pages. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Green cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Moderate to heavy edgewear. Illustration on paper pasted to the front. Frayed head/tail of spine. Bumped corners. Deckled edges. Coloured frontis. The pages are yellowed at the edges, but still bright and clean. The pages smell of smoke. With numerous plates and illustrations. Fold out map at back, slightly ripped. G/--. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: George H. Doran, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine first edition. Publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped to cover and spine. Black & white illustrated plate affixed to front cover. Binding square and tight. Some foxing but pages otherwise unmarked. Minor wear to spine Talbot worked for the Nigerian Political Service. This book contains his observations on local customs, religion, art, supernatural beliefs etc made during his travels in the region.

New York, London, George H. Doran; William Heinemann, 1912, First edition. . original green cloth with mounted illustration on cover as issued, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, lower corner bumped, with only slight rubbing, but a clean, bright fine copy. . 8vo [23 x 16.5 cm]; xiv, 500 pp, colored frontis of Ekoi Girl in Fatting House costume, numerous illustrations from photos, folding drwg of wall decoration, folding map colored in outline (short tear at fold), tables, index. . The author travelled extensively in the Oban District of Southern Nigeria and part of the Cameroons to study the Ekoi people as well as the natural history of the area. Included are chapters on religion, Egbo, Jujus, position of women, birth customs, divination, witchcraft, funeral ceremonies, war, government, folk-lore, etc, with detailed appendices on taboos, clubs, anthropometrics, orthography, grammar, vocabularies, botany, zoology, mineralogy, meteorology, geography. Work 109. 'He was one of the… Read More

New York : George H. Doran, 1912. Octavo, bright gilt-lettered cloth with pictorial onlay (very slightly flecked at edges), colour frontispiece, numerous photographic plates, folding map. A detailed study of the people of the Oban District of Nigeria

London, William Heinemann, 1912, First edition. . original green cloth with mounted illustration on cover as issued, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, spine edges a bit rubbed, front internal hinge cracking but firm, slight foxing on few margins but a clean, near fine copy. . 8vo [23 x 16.5 cm]; xiv, 500 pp, colored frontis of Ekoi Girl in Fatting House costume, numerous illustrations from photos, folding drawing of wall decoration, folding map colored in outline (short tear at fold), tables, index. . The author travelled extensively in the Oban District of Southern Nigeria and part of the Cameroons to study the Ekoi people as well as the natural history of the area. Included are chapters on religion, Egbo, Jujus, position of women, birth customs, divination, witchcraft, funeral ceremonies, war, government, folk-lore, etc, with detailed appendices on taboos, clubs, anthropometrics, orthography, grammar, vocabularies, botany, zoology, mineralogy, meteorology, geography. Work 109.… Read More