Roscoe rev john (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1922. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First Edition. 336p octavo, illustrated, foldout map in the rear. A very good copy in gray cloth, spine very sunned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Octavo. 336 pp. Green cloth, with black line decoration, and gilt oval line-drawn portrait on front cover. Some scuffing to cover, notably at ends of spine. Cloth beginning to fray at head of spine, corners of front board. Ink smudge at bottom of front cover, along decoration. Boards a little bowed, with top corners slightly bent. Some foxing to endpaper, with pencil marks at front. Photographic frontispiece bent down boarder, but the image is unmarred. Text and plates otherwise pristine, with minor scuffing on title page.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1911; New York; green cloth covered boards with gold titles; edge worn; small stain on front cover; covers are rubbed; mylar jacket; fold out maps in excellent condition; interior is clean and unmarked; From the library of ABAA bookseller, Tom Nicely; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 547 pages. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition in Central Africa. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-five plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. An account of the journeyings of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition in Central Africa, with reference to the lives and ways of the people visited and the tribes interacted with. Includes chapters on Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala, Ankole, Bunyoro, Lake Kioga, Mount Elgon, Busoga, and more. Written by John Roscoe, an Anglican missionary to East Africa who conducted anthropological data collection of the Africans he encountered on mission. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A small split in the cloth to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

London : Macmillan, 1911. Octavo, gilt-letter cloth (edges lightly rubbed, gilt-stamp of the the New South Wales Library of Parliament to upper board), pp. xx, 525, 81 black and white photographs, two folding maps, parliamentary library stamp to title page, a very good copy. A description of the traditional societies in Uganda prior to European influence.…

An Account of their Native Customs and Beliefs. 1st edition. Medium 8vo. xix,525 with 81 illustrations plus 2 folding plans and a coloured folding map. Original green cloth, gilt decorated. Slightly rubbed. Free endpapers a little browned and spotted. Very good otherwise. Macmillan. London.