In The Niger Country . . together with . . Benin, The Surrounding Country, Inhabitants, Customs and Trade

Harold Bindloss and James Pinnock

Verlag: Frank Cass & Co, London, 1968

Beschreibung

This is the well-known Frank Cass republished two volumes in one: Harold Bindloss' "In The Niger Country" (first published by William Blackwood in 1898) "together with James Pinnock's "Benin - The Surrounding Country, Inhabitants, Customs, and Trade" ("A Lecture delivered before the Geographical Societies of Liverpool, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, &c", first published in Liverpool in1897). x + 397 pages, illustrated. The Bindloss work of some 340 pages in total comprises 27 chapters, index and two maps, one of which is a pull-out - chapter headings include "The Gold Coast Colony and Dahomey", "The Inland Beaches of the Niger" and "The Slave-Trade and the Ju-Ju System". The Pinnock lecture reprint is augmented by several black and white photographic reproductions, and closes with a photograph of "Officials of the Colony of Lagos" and a text page giving the subjects' names and roles. Published by Cass in their "Cass Library of African Studies" series, marked as "Travels and Narratives No. 48" under Editorial Adviser John Ralph Willis of the Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham. Overall in very good condition: very light marks on cover and a slight crease at midships of spine; minor bumping at spine; previous owner's name and date on front free end paper; staple holes affecting ffep and half-title page; few other marks. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers XJ20

Bibliografische Details

Titel: In The Niger Country . . together with . . ...

Verlag: Frank Cass & Co, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1968

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: New Impression