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‎The vanishing Tribes of Kenya. A Description of the Manners & Customs of the primitive & interesting Tribes dwelling on the vast southern Slopes of Mount Kenya, & their fast disappearing native Methods of Life. With many Illustrations & 2 Maps.‎

‎Philadelphia, Lippincott Compagny, 1925. Orig. full pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 284 pp., illustrations on 16 plates after photographs, 2 maps (1 folding). Light foxing to title-page, otherwise fine and clean.‎

‎The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya. A description of the manners & customs of the primitive & interestng tribes dwelling on the vast Southern slopes of Mount Kenya, & their fast disappearing native methods of live.‎

‎London, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1925, lg. in-8vo, 284 p. + IV (publ. catalogue) + 28 illustrations on plates (of which 1 map) + 1 folding general map of Kenya at the end, mild foxing on titlepage only, small legacy-stamp on first fly, original orange pictorial cloth, spine a bit darkened with a few spots, else a fine copy.‎

‎First edition. A description of the manners and customs of the tribes dwelling on the vast Southern slopes of Mount Kenya including marriage laws, domestic rites, arts & crafts, tattooing and dress, teeth-filing, weapons and warfare, music, dances, magic, religion, folklore, riddles, natural history. ‎