Roscoe Rev John (13 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket as issued. Modest shelfwear to boards, clean pages and sound binding.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG+. Excellent condition with minimal wear. No writing or markings of any kind.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 547 Pages Plus 2 Fold-Out Maps (Both Present And Intact). Jacket (Now In Clear Protective Sleeve) Has A Few Small Edge Tears/Chips. Book Itself Has Little Sign Of Mechanical Wear, Just Some Foxing To Page-Block Edges And Preliminary Pages. Neat Inscription To Inside Front Cover.

Condition: Fair. 1922. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 336p octavo, illustrated, foldout map in the rear. A very good copy in gray cloth, spine very sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 56 plates and fold-out map. In plain blue cloth. No medallion portrait on front board. Fading to cloth on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Octavo. 336 pp. Green cloth, with black line decoration, and gilt oval line-drawn portrait on front cover. Some scuffing to cover, notably at ends of spine. Cloth beginning to fray at head of spine, corners of front board. Ink smudge at bottom of front cover, along decoration. Boards a little bowed, with top corners slightly bent. Some foxing to endpaper, with pencil marks at front. Photographic frontispiece bent down boarder, but the image is unmarred. Text and plates otherwise pristine, with minor scuffing on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's original red cloth, gilt lettered. Presentable, clean and tight copy, some erasable underlining. With the scarce dust wrapper, not clipped, spine faded. Xv + 205 pages, fldg. map, plates, index. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Anthropology; africa; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24085.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1911; New York; green cloth covered boards with gold titles; edge worn; small stain on front cover; covers are rubbed; mylar jacket; fold out maps in excellent condition; interior is clean and unmarked; From the library of ABAA bookseller, Tom Nicely; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 547 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition in Central Africa. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-five plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. An account of the journeyings of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition in Central Africa, with reference to the lives and ways of the people visited and the tribes interacted with. Includes chapters on Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala, Ankole, Bunyoro, Lake Kioga, Mount Elgon, Busoga, and more. Written by John Roscoe, an Anglican missionary to East Africa who conducted anthropological data collection of the Africans he encountered on mission. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A small split in the cloth to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

First edition. Illustrated with 62 plates, a folding map of Uganda, and a plan of the Royal Enclosure. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt with a gilt publisher's device on the spine, bordered in blind on the upper cover. xvi, 370. A fine copy, clean, fresh and tight. FINELY PRESERVED FIRST EDITION. After spending 25 years as a missionary in Africa, Rev. Roscoe was asked to lead an ethnographic expedition back into the heart of the continent. Under the auspices of the Royal Society and financed by Sir Peter Mackie, Roscoe returned to Central Africa and became the first to write about the customs and lore of the Bakitara tribe, making a vivid record of the culture before a demise caused by Western settlement and influence. Greater awareness of native cultures enabled the European powers ruling Africa to more thoroughly understand the peoples under their control and help institute more effective governments. In this volume, Roscoe examines solely the culture of the Bakitara tribe (which he referred to as the Banyoro) because he considered them "the most important of the tribes examined." Included are a comprehensive selection of photographs documenting tribal customs. An interesting and enlightening work.

London : Macmillan, 1911. Octavo, gilt-letter cloth (edges lightly rubbed, gilt-stamp of the the New South Wales Library of Parliament to upper board), pp. xx, 525, 81 black and white photographs, two folding maps, parliamentary library stamp to title page, a very good copy. A description of the traditional societies in Uganda prior to European influence.

An Account of their Native Customs and Beliefs. 1st edition. Medium 8vo. xix,525 with 81 illustrations plus 2 folding plans and a coloured folding map. Original green cloth, gilt decorated. Slightly rubbed. Free endpapers a little browned and spotted. Very good otherwise. Macmillan. London.