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THE TAILED HEAD-HUNTERS OF NIGERIA : AN ACCOUNT OF AN OFFICIAL'S SEVEN YEARS' EXPERIENCES IN THE NORTHERN NIGERIAN PAGAN BELT, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS, HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVE TRIBES
by Tremearne A. J. N. (Major)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott Co, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First American edition. Rust orange cloth with titles stamped in gilt and gilt decoration of a canoe on front cover. Thick octavo.Corners bumped, light soiling to cover. 341 pages, index. Binding sound. Frontis photo, 31 pages of photos. Fodout map at rear. Small library rubber stamp on title page and dedication page, four numbers in ink to inside margin of first page of preface. Text bright and clean with some light toning. Pocket scars to rear pastedowns. Elaborate bookplate of Lawrence "Pete" Crane Woods, who served as "trustee and officer of Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, and trustee and chairman of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was a participant in biggame hunting expeditions for the museum's collection"
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83764
- Title
- THE TAILED HEAD-HUNTERS OF NIGERIA : AN ACCOUNT OF AN OFFICIAL'S SEVEN YEARS' EXPERIENCES IN THE NORTHERN NIGERIAN PAGAN BELT, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS, HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVE TRIBES
- Author
- Tremearne A. J. N. (Major)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.P. Lippincott Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Africa
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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