The Nuer, A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart, third edition copy of this scarce ethnographical work on the Nuer society in Sudan, written by anthropologist E.E. Evans-Pritchard and illustrated throughout. A very smart copy of this work of anthropology and ethnography, exploring the livelihood and political institutions of the Nuer people in Sudan. The third edition of this work.Written by English anthropologist E.E. Evans-Pritchard in the mid twentieth century.Containing a frontispiece, twenty-nine additional illustrated plates, eight maps, and fifteen in-text illustrations and diagrams. Collated and complete.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with some minor minor shelf wear and a bump to the right extremity of the front and rear board. Price-clipped dust wrapper is smart, with some light sunning to the spine and extremities. Some light chipping to the tail of the spine and the extremities of the wrap. Internally, generally firmly bound. Some light spots to the fore-edge, and a small amount of offsetting and spotting to the first few pages, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good