Sacred Forest; Magic and Secret Rites in French Guinea
by GAISSEAU, Pierre Dominique
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First American Edition. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's orange cloth spine over illustrated paper covered boards. Titled in gilt to spine, some fading to the spine cloth, perhaps a little dustyness, a strong, clean copy. 247pp. [32pp.] black and white photographs to centre of volume. Internally clean. Top edge stained black. A rather dramatic pseudo anthropological journey to study the rites of the Toma tribe in the forests of what is now called the Republic of Guinea.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63567
- Title
- Sacred Forest; Magic and Secret Rites in French Guinea
- Author
- GAISSEAU, Pierre Dominique
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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