Kabongo

Wheatley, Eng. : George Ronald, 1955. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 126 pages; Description: 126 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Kabongo, Kikuyu chief. Kikuyu (African people) . Indigenous peoples --Kenya.

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1955. This is the story of a Kikuyu chief. Book is in good condition with wear and soil; jacket is in fair condition with edgewear, foxing, chipping, rubbing, wear, and soil-now in mylar. Stated first edition. 127 pages, 8 x 5.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Skargon, Yvonne.

George Ronald, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. First Edition. 127 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Orange cloth covered boards. Boots Ex-library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with… Read more about this item

A. S. Barnes and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. First Edition. 127 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends.… Read more about this item

A. S. Barnes and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1955. First Edition. 127 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and… Read more about this item

NY: Barnes, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Little book of life of a Kikuyu chief in East Africa from before the English came up to Mau Mau times. Illustrated with 20 woodcuts by Yvonne Skargon . Light spots top page edges, in VG slightly dusty dust jacket.

GEORGE RONALD WHEATLEY - OXFORD, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Engravings by Yvonne Skargon. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, chipped, small creases and edge worn. The pages are slightly 'browned' on the first and last pages. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped… Read more about this item

George Ronald, 1955. ~Dustwrapper slightly faded on spine but unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders with tracking, overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edn. Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good+. 127pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.

With engravings by Yvonne Skargon. Wheatley, Oxford: George Ronald, 1955 8vo. 127pp. illustrations, dw. A good copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books… Read more about this item

A.S. Barnes & Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Yvonne Skargon Wood Engravings. Beautiful wood engravings illustrated this story of a real-life Kibuyu chieftain. A superb copy, unclipped and unmarked. In a Brodart jacket cover.

Barnes, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

George Ronald, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. the jacket is a little worn and shelf rubbed. some offsetting. previous owner's signature. tightly bound and internally clean. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1955. 127 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title on spine. Rubbed. Light foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. DJ has wear to edges. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ wood engravings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. Illus. by Yvonne Skargon. 8vo… Read more about this item

New York: A S Barnes. 1955. First Edition. Nf in Nf dj (ep name stamps & minor foxing, sm edge tears on dj) .