[African Exploration]. Three Studies of Nigeria, including: C. K. Meek. The Northern Tribes of Nigeria. 1925. [a... (Total: 4 Items)
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[African Exploration]. Three Studies of Nigeria, including: C. K. Meek. The Northern Tribes of Nigeria. 1925. [and:] P. Amaury Talbot. Life in Southern Nigeria., 1923. [and:] C. G. Ames. Gazetteer of the Plateau Province (Nigeria). 1934. Bookplates. All very good. From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.More Information:
This lot contains: Three Studies of Nigeria, including: C. K. Meek. The Northern Tribes of Nigeria, An Ethnographical Account of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria Together with a Report on the 1921 Decennial Census. London: Oxford University Press, 1925. Two octavo volumes. xviii, 312; viii, 277 pages. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles. Two fold-out maps in Volume I and one fold-out map in Volume II. Minor shelf wear with mildly rubbed corners. Bookplates. Very good. [and:] P. Amaury Talbot. Life in Southern Nigeria, The Magic, Beliefs and Customs of the Ibibio Tribe. London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. First edition. Octavo. xvi, 356 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations with an Ibibio warrior stamped into the front board. Fold-out map. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate. Very good. [and:] C. G. Ames. Gazetteer of the Plateau Province (Nigeria). Jos, Nigeria: Jos Native Administration, 1934. Octavo. 358 pages. Fold-out map affixed to the rear pastedown. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. Modest shelf wear and edge bumps; hinges cracked. Gift inscription. Bookplate. Very good.
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