Search Results: the tshi speaking peoples of the gold by ellis alfred burdon

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

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.

Some rubbing. VG. Textual map African Ethnology Benin Press Chicago 1964 Reprint. vii,343 pp. 23x16cm, orig. cloth, A facsimile reprint of the 1887 edition. Contents: Introductory; Religious Beliefs; General Deities; Srahmantin and Sasabonsum; Local Deities; Deities Worshipped by Particular sections of the Community (Company, Market, Town, and Family Tutelary Deities; TheTutelary Deities of Individuals; Deductions; The Priesthood; Psycholatry and Human Sacrifices; On Fetishism; Oaths, Oreals, Omens, Etc.;Family Divisions and Animal Worship; Division of and Mode of Reckoning Time; Religious Ceremonies and Festivals; Ceremonies at Birth, Marriage, and Death; State Ceremonies; System of Government; Laws; Language; Music; traditions and Folk-Lore.

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).

1887. London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. VII, 343 pages. Map near front showing Gold Coast. Hardcover [publisher's original burgundy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to boards. Dark brown surface-paper endpapers and pastedowns. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with minor scuff marks to boards. Very minor staining to spine. Cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpapers near head of spine. Cracking to gutter between rear pastedown and endpaper also but binding still strong. A hint of browning to a nice and clean interior. Includes, for example, the following: Religious Beliefs / General Deities / Srahmantin and Sasabonsum / Local Deities / Deities Worshipped by Particular Sections of the Community (Company, Market, Town, and Family Tutelary Deities) / The Priesthood / Psychology and Human Sacrifices / On Fetishism / Oaths, Ordeals, Omens, Etc / Family Divisions and Animal… Read More