Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTO PLATES -STAYT (Hugh A.)The Bavenda. (London): International Institute of African Languages & Cultures, 1931. First edition. xviii, 392, [4, pub. cat.]. With photo plates throughout, plus fold-out map at rear coloured in outline. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo (22.5cm x 15.5cm).Very Good to Good condition. Pages bright and clean, with just minor handling marks. Small tear to cloth at head of spine. Corners a trifle bumped. Light marking to boards and minimal fading to spine. Feint number to foot of spine. Light paper residue on front endpapers where a label has been removed, but no other signs that this was ex-library (perhaps ex private library). Binder's gauze just starting to show between endpaper and half-title, and again between rear map and facing index page, but binding as a whole quite solid. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A scarce example of this enthographic study of the Bavenda people (or Venda as they are also known), located in the Northern Transvaal region of South Africa. key words:
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Hugh A. Stayt
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Africa
Publisher: International Institute of African Languages & Cultures
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1931
