The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya: A Description of the Manners & Customs of the Primitive & Interesting Tribes Dwelling on the Vast Southern Slopes of Mount Kenya, & Their Fast Disappearing Native Methods of Life

Orde Browne, Major G. St J.

Verlag: J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1925

Beschreibung

Patronizing but well-meaning effort to record the folkways of small tribes, particularly the Mwimbe, Chuka, Emberre, Embu, & Chuka, living southeast of Mount Kenya, who were then rapidly being absorbed by larger tribes in the throes of European colonization. Hardcover, full yellow-orange cloth, gilt titling & decoration. General Light wear to book, corners lightly bumped & frayed, head of spine chipped & frayed, minor staining to covers, hint of spine fade; no jacket; endsheets tanned, light foxing & tanning to pages; penciled name & bookseller's label (Lauriat, Boston) on free endsheet. Text clean; 284 pages; index, 27 b/w photos & two maps (one folding), as called for. Size: Octavo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers r1017

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya: A Description...

Verlag: J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: Hard Cover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First American Edition.