MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Miller (Penny)

Description:

Introduction by T.V. Bulpin.

311 pages, numerous full page colour and other colour and black & white illustrations, cellotape mark on the half title page, green cloth gilt, dust jacket slightly worn along the edges, overall a good copy.

'There is no part of the world with a richer mythology than Southern Africa. ... Stone-age Bushmen, copper-age Hottentots, iron-age Karanga, Sotho-Tswana, Nguni, Herero and Ovambo; yellow people, brown, chocolate, burnt umber, black, white; people from Africa, Asia and Europe - Melanesia, Indonesia, Arabia, India, Holland, Germany, France and Britain - all have contributed unique fantasies, dream people and monstrous creatures to the strange assembly of African ghosts.' (Introduction, p. 7).

Details:

  • Publisher: T.V. Bulpin Publications
  • Publisher Place: Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: 1979
  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: Large 4to (320 x 240 mm)
  • Lot No: 359
  • Hammer Price: $32
  • Bids: 2
  • Visits: 26
  • Estimate: $40/50
  • Reserve: $30

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