Search Results: the tshi speaking peoples of gold by ellis a b

Chicago, IL : Benin Press, 1964. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 343 pages : map ; 24 cm. Notes: Originally published in London, 1887 ed. Subjects: Ethnology Ghana; Akan language; Ethnologie Gh na; Twi language; Fetishism; Ghana; Ghana Social life and customs.

Chicago, IL : Benin Press, 1964. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 343 pages : map ; 24 cm. Notes: Originally published in London, 1887 ed. Subjects: Ethnology Ghana; Akan language; Ethnologie Gh na; Twi language; Fetishism; Ghana; Ghana Social life and customs.

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First edition. Chapman and Hall. London. 1887. 8vo. vii, 343pp. 16pp publisher's catalogue dated 1893. Frontispiece map. Musical notation p328-330. Original cloth, gilt, blind stamped decoration to covers. Floral endpapers. Hinges a little tender. Some light spotting to prelims and catalogue. Light edge wear and fraying to head of spine. Signature dated 1909 to half title.

Alfred Burdon Ellis (1852 – 1894) British Army officer and ethnographer.

Chapman & Hall, 1887. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, red cloth lettered gilt to spine. Some mottle fading to the upper board and at the foot of the lower board. Hinges starting but the stitching remains intact and the text is clean and unmarked. Map, vii + 343pp.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; floral endpapers; vii,[1]-343pp; map frontispiece. Endpapers darkened, but joints sound; slight external rubbing and a few tiny chips to marginal extremities of text; text quite fresh and still a solid, attractive copy, easily VG. Contemporary, embossed private library stamp to rear endpaper (W.H. Smith & Son / Library / 186 Strand). Anthropological study of the Twi people of the Gold Coast (now Guinea), based on Ellis's observations as a British army officer during and after the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874).

Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc. By A. B. Ellis, Major, 1st West India Regiment. London: Chapman and Hall, 1887 8vo. vii,343pp. map, musical examples. Although stationed in Sierra Leone, Ellis had soldiered in the Gold Coast, and his intimate knowledge of the country was helped by the fact that he lived with a woman from there. "...malicious, entertaining books..." - C. Fyfe in 'A History of Sierra Leone', refering to Ellis's anecdotal works. This copy with new endpapers, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's maroon cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a… Read More