H marshall hole (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. volume 2 only. ex-library copy with usual markings. cover shows minor wear and rubbing, pages lightly tanned and clean. all maps included.

Zustand: Wie neu. 17 cm x 24 cm. IX, 254 pages. Large fold-out map of region near front. Hardcover [publisher's original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt design and blind tooling to front board. Deckled edges. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some signs of foxing to edges and throughout. Binding strong and firm. Interior unmarked. From the library of Hugh Marshall Hole, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Hole's name also in form of a name-stamp on front endpaper and titlepage. Rare ! But rather scarce in this excellent condition ! Includes, for example, the following: General Description - The Victoria Nyanza in ancient times / Uganda - Hamitic immigration from the north-east - Wahuma: history of the country in modern days - Tattooing -Musical Instruments - Head-dress, Ussoga - Religion and culture / Karagwe - The Kagera Plain and River - Tattooing - Ornament - Weapons - Disposal of the dead / Kisiba - Flora and fauna - Geology - Bands of music - Superstitions - Modes of salutation -Magicians - Burial / Ussindja - Ruhinda - Fetish huts - Spears, knives, bows, arrows, quivers, clubs, shields / Ukerewe - Walking-sticks - Backgammon - Ancestor-worship / Ussukuma - Speke Gulf - Immigration - Dwellings - Musical instruments - Dances - Songs - Magicians - Rainmakers - God - Devil - Fetishes - Marriage -Adultery - Birth - Death / Ushashi and Kindred Tribes of the Massai from Ikoma as far as Ngoroine - Language - Agriculture - Magic / Philological Notes - General - One Hundred and Twenty-Five Sentences in Six Dialects - Vocabularies - A Tales in the Uganda Dialect etc. In the preface Kollmann outlines the aims of the book: "In presenting to the reader a description of the races inhabiting the shores of the Victoria Nyanza, the most extensive fresh-water basin of Central Africa, exhibiting their custom and usages, their mode of life and their ethnographic relations, I have a twofold object in view: to record in detail the results of my observations and the contents of my collections, and to awaken public interest in the most beautiful region of Germany's East African colony, destined in no great time to play an important part in colonial enterprise." (p.vi).…

Hardbound Clothbinding. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. 6th Edtion. 1882 + xlvi (Vol. 1, A-M) ++ 1860 + xlvi (Vol. 2, N-Z) pp. Vol. 1, A-M & Vol. 2, N-Z issues only! Two-Volume-Set! Please inquiry for individual Volumes. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, scarce, true collectible gem! Wonderful copies! Superb study or work or reading or research copies! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket for both copies! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copies and dust jackets with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and very light shelf wear. Over-sized and/or over weight books; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Paul Luna (Design) (illustrator).…