Kirby Percival (104 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. boards are rubbed and edge worn. foxing and marks throughout. fair binding and condition.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 2. (exploration, ethnology, travel, south africa) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library, couple of stamp marks - also on the block of the book, bookplate, codes, card holder and a code on the spine. Heavy book extra postage may be required. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. The spine is a little discolored. There are old tape residue marks on the second last page, from the removal of a previous library plate. There is a small chipped piece missing on the top edge of the pages from page 91 to 94. No text has been affected. All pages are accessible, remains neat and complete. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The jacke is shelf rubbed.Previous owner's signature.internally clean and tightly bound.EM. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-Library, with stamp marks - also on the block of the book, codes, card holder and a code on the spine of the jacket and boards. Heavy book extra postage may be required. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. There are old tape residue marks on the boards, they remain in good condition. Internally the pages are neat and complete. Presented in cellophane. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Volume 36 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series. 8vo; original cloth; pp. (xii) + 253, incl. index; some plates; illustrations in text; folding map. Edges, endpapers and outermost leaves quite foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. "There are in the history of South Africa few official expeditions about which less is known than that of Dr. Andrew Smith to the Zulu monarch, Dingane, in 1832. The reason for this probably lies in the fact that the real motive for the expedition, which had very far-reaching results, was as far as possible kept secret, and any official report that may have been made by its leader was either delivered verbally or, if written, was treated as confidential and therefore never made public. No official reference to it is to be found in either our South African Archives or in the Public Record Office in London, and no report of it exists in either institution.".…

Soft Covers. Condition: Good. Pp. 352 - 379. Illustrated with 7 plates at the back. Spine is damaged and split for the most part but is still attached and good nick. Edges towards spine a little sun faded. Else good.

Van Riebeeck Society First Series, Number 34. 8vo; original pale cloth, with black lettering to spine, and publisher's device in black to upper cover; pp. (viii) + 228; few plates; folding map. Endpapers and outermost leaves somewhat foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. "This book owes its inception to the fact that in July, 1944, my friend and colleague Mr. Ernest C. Chubb . happened to show me a manuscript ., the journal of a surivivor from the wreck of the Grosvenor, a sailor named William Hubberly. . The Hubberly journal . presented me with something quite new, a day-to-day account of the vicissitudes of one group of castaways, told with such circumstantial detail, particularly with regard to the topography of the country passed through, that I was convinced that a critical examination of it would make it possible for the route followed by the unfortunate people to be traced completely, and for the first time.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good used copy with good DJ.

Condition: VG/G+. 1st. 12mo. 266pp. Tears to 1/2", some edgewear and mottling of colors to DJ. Fold-out. chart present at end. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The corners are knocked and the spine is sunned. Internally, tanned pages, pen inscriptions and light foxing. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. r*01/04/2026. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. edge wear on the boards. mild foxing and markings. all text and illustrations are clear, intact and presentable. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are edge worn and marked. remain in strong condition. There is foxing around the block of the book and little within the body of the book. All pages are accessible. The binding is secure. R*2026/05/31 GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Name of the previous owner written on the title page. Publication of 209 pages. Small piece of the front flap is missing. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. The pages are complete and the text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, blue cloth lettered gilt to a mildly faded spine, no jacket. A tightly bound copy with a text free of marking, foxing to the endpapers. 73 b&w plates, xix + 285 pp of text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Second Edition. 293pp +73plates in black and white.Quarto, Exlibrary with the usual markings. A very good copy in the original blue cloth binding. Front inner hinge cracked.

2nd ptg. 8vo. 284p + plates. Spine cloth sunned some, lingering tobacco odor (we're working on it). P O name and address. Prev owner was Laurence Marshall, co-founder of Raytheon, and father. of polymath Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Good+ (NOT ex lib, but see notes).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Insect damage. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are closed tears and chips along the edges. The boards are little rubbed and there is a chip at the top of the spine. Internally, there is insect damage on the front end page. Otherwise clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*01/23/2023. [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 228 pages (complete). A reprint of the original 1953 VRS publication. The modest covers are scuffed and worn from handling. They are, however, secure and agreeable. Within, the early pages have some wear, light creasing. In general, the pages are most pleasing. They are clean, clear, certain, more than competent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The jacket is edgeworn and partly torn.Mild tanning.Ex-library copy with pockets and stamps.scarring.few pen marks.well bound.Fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit rubbed, soiled and edgeworn. Internally clean (minor foxing) and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 293 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. A detailed survey of native music in South Africa by Emeritus Professor P. R. Kirby, who studied the instruments under the guidance of native experts while living among the tribesmen. Firstly, a study of primitive music and secondly, a book of anthropological interest as it adds greatly to the knowledge of the customs of native tribes. It is profusely illustrated by photographs of living subjects, as well as of instruments from his own collection.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn. Internally clean and tightly bound. One inscription. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Size: 8vo. 371pp. + plates. Publisher's hardback with printed dust-jacket.

Hardback. Condition: New. A detailed collection of information about the playing and making of the instruments of indigenous peoples' in South Africa. Percival Kirby was a musician and ethnomusicologist and for many years head of the music department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Between 1923 and 1933 he undertook more than nine expeditions as well as many shorter excursions around South Africa. He was hosted by local chiefs and taught to play the instruments he encountered. He managed to purchase many of them, and this collection, now known as the Kirby Collection, is housed at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town. First published as Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa in 1934, the book was the culmination of research trips undertaken by Percival Kirby. It became the standard reference on indigenous South African musical instruments. The bulk of the material is concerned with detailed information on the making and playing of each instrument, and is accompanied by a large number of musical examples. This third edition contains an introduction by Mike Nixon, Head of the Ethnomusicology and African Music at the South African College of Music, and new reproductions of the valuable historic photographs, but leaves Kirby's original text unchanged. …

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Edition. Cover faded. Bottom edge of the text block lightly stained.; Reprint; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good, Price Clipped. Reprint. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with 74 black and white plates. Book.