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    By Rev. A. L. Kitching
    London   T. Fisher Unwin
    9.5" by 6.5" xxiv [1], 2-295pp
    The first edition of Arthur Leonard Kitching's publication of his observations drawn from a decade spent amongst the tribes of the Ugandan Protectorate.
    By Rev. A. L. Kitching

    1912 On the Backwaters of the Nile: Studies of Some Child Races of Central Africa

    London   T. Fisher Unwin
    9.5" by 6.5" xxiv [1], 2-295pp
    The first edition of Arthur Leonard Kitching's publication of his observations drawn from a decade spent amongst the tribes of the Ugandan Protectorate.
    £195.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 832F11
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    First Edition, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    An Anglican missionary, Kitching shares his experiences, and provides an anthropological account of the different customs and lives of the natives of Africa. With chapters on language, social life, the homestead and agriculture.

    Illustrated with a folding map to the rear, and with fifty-six reproductions of photographs taken by the author, printed on forty-eight plates. Collated, complete.

    With the inscription of Catherine Hitching, 1914, to a front blank.

    A smart copy of this fascinating study.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge starting. Inscription to head of a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting and handling marks to first few leaves, with pages otherwise generally bright.

    Very Good

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