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Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First English. 4to. A good copy. Small quarto. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering and illustration on front cover. Spine sunned, and with some dark staining to top of spine and front cover. spine slightly rolled. Internally good, with minor browning to eps. Page edges unevenly cut. Heavy book, may incur additional postage charge. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, pp254 with fold out map, in excellent condition, and 372 b/w illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publisher maroon cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and blindstamped titles and illustration to front board in good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine, some rubbing and old marks to boards and old library number in ink to spine. Inside, a faint aroma of smoke, a little yellowing to pages and 2 unobtrusive library stamps, one to pp3 in the introduction and one to pp217 in the index. A nice copy illustrated with native objects from Paul Kollmann's own private collections while a Senior Lieutenant of the Imperial Troops for German East Africa.…

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).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A very scarce and informative work on arithmancy, previously owned by the noted mathematician David Singmaster. A new edition, originally published in 1870, with this edition modified and brought up to date by the authors.In the publisher's original cloth.Previously owned by the noted mathematician, David Singmaster, with his signature to the front. Singmaster was the emeritus professor of mathematics at the London South Bank University, and is known for providing the first mathematical analysis of the Rubik's Cube.An informative work on arithmancy by A. Sonnenschein and H. A. Nesbitt, covering multiplication, division, vulgar fractions, approximate calculations, and much more. The work includes problems and answers with informative explanations. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with minimal bumping and wear to the extremities. Endpapers age toned, with David Singmaster signature to the front free endpaper, and rear hinge starting and age toning to endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

FIRST EDITION 8vo. red cloth hardback, gilt. 254pp, indexed, illustrated throughout with b/w drawings and plates, plus one folding map. Minor foxing, some rubbing and fading to covers. A Good Sound Copy. (SHELF 9) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…