African Worlds. Studies in the Cosmological Ideas and Social Values of African Peoples
by Forde, Daryll. Editor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: International African Institute/Oxford University Press., 1954 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 243 pp. Footnotes, index. Some browning to edges of text block, slightly musty. Jacket is price clipped with some chipping and edgewear, tear to top of front spine fold, age toning to spine and edges. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Jackson
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27652
- Title
- African Worlds. Studies in the Cosmological Ideas and Social Values of African Peoples
- Author
- Forde, Daryll. Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- International African Institute/Oxford University Press.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY BW7-3
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology and Anthropology;
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Ken Jackson
Any book may be returned for any reason. If not as described we will pay shipping both ways.
About the Seller
Ken Jackson
Biblio member since 2005
Calgary, Alberta
About Ken Jackson
We are a family business and have been involved in books since 1971.
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- Chipping
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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