African Dances Of the Witwatersrand Gold Mines

(Johannesburg: African Music Society, 1952). 4to; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt dancer device to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. (xii) + 156; numerous photographs. Dustwrapper somewhat torn, edgeworn and foxed; light bump to top fore-corner of upper board; some foxing to outermost leaves and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good… Read more about this item

African Music Society, Johannesburg, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Severn, Merlyn. Signed. 156 pages (complete). Signed by Hugh Tracey on the title page (dated: 1952). A comfortable copy. Half-leather. Gilt papertrims. The boards have stamped gilt decoration, borders and titling. The leathered corners are much worn, scuffed. The spine has… Read more about this item

Johannesburg, South Africa: African Music Society. Good+ with no dustjacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy; usual marks. Otherwise very good, clean and sound. No marks or writing except for those of the library. ; Fully illustrated. Photographs by Merlyn Severn. Dances that were performed by men of the mines. Brief descriptions of each type of dance.… Read more about this item

African Music Society, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. heavy, extra postage may be required. the wraps are shelf rubbed and a little chipped. book is clean and much presentable. soundly bound. very good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Johannesburg: African Music Society. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth stamped in gold, near fine with mild wear at spine ends, in very good dust jacket with small chips and short tears. Illustrated with many photographs. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 156 pp .

Johannesburg, S. Africa; (1952): African Music Society. First Edition. Octavo. 156pp. illustrated by photograph showing the many dances of the various Southern and Central African Bantu tribes. Bound in red pictorial gilt cloth, spine lettering gilt, pictorial endpapers. A very nice copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket showing edge wear with a few tiny chips and toning.

1952. SEVERN, Merlyn. TRACEY, Hugh. AFRICAN DANCES OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD MINES. Illustrated by Merlyn Severn. Johannesburg, South Africa: African Music Society, 1952. Small quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed inscription by Tracey on the title page: "Hugh Tracey, January 9th, 1953." With "Autograph Copy" written on the front endpaper and bearing the personal bookplate of… Read more about this item

African Music Society, 1952. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Signed. The title page has been signed by the author, Hugh Tracey, in ink. Bound in 1/4 leather. The boards are quite rubbed and edge worn, with a small tear at the bottom of the spine, but they remain bright and sturdy. Internally, there is a cancelled Oppenheimer family bookplate on… Read more about this item

Johannesburg: African Music Society, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Merlyn Severn Photographs. Bantu dance in the arena at the Witwatersrand Gold Mines. 20 pages of text describing the dances of the various tribes, 120 b/w full page photos, and a list of gramophone records of typical mine dance music. Spine ends and corners… Read more about this item

Johannesburg: African Music Society, 1952. 156pp; frontispiece; illustrations in b/w; d/j worn and faded at spine, bits missing from top end by spine, in clear covering, white title to spine.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Severn, Merlyn. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Johannesburg: African Music Society, 1952. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. good in fair dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; moderate moisture damage to bottom of textblock, heavy edgewear to jacket else a square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket

African Music Society, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Boards are worn and marked.Minor markings.Well bound.Good copy with photographs.Illustrated.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

African Music Society, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are closed tears along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*29/08/2022. [Ak]. Our orders… Read more about this item

African Music Society, Johannesburg, 1952. very good condition in a very good dust jacket.