Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa : Signed : First Edition – Barbara Tyrrell

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VERY GOOD hardcover, Clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; slight foxing Barbara Tyrrell (1912-2015) was painter and illustrator who documented tribal people of South Africa. Her father and grandfather had both occupied posts as interpreters between England and various African tribes, and her exposure to the Zulu world became her main source of inspiration in art. Tyrrell trained at the former University of Natal in the 1930s, and used her education and deep ties with Zulu tribal members to begin to record the disappearing daily life and ceremonial dress of the South African tribe. Tyrell’s work remains among the most important historical documentation of tribal life in Southern Africa. The book contains both B & amp;W and full color illustration of tribal costumes as well as description of the meaning by tribe of wearing these costumes. An essential volume for every Africana library. Hardcover has white cloth boards covered with full color illustration and with black lettering …
Hardcover, internally “like new” pages 206 fresh crisp and white, dust wrapper “like new” bright and most pleasing. See our OWN photograph for strict quality control. First Edition 1968. NOTE a reprint 1974 can go for as much as $ 600 without a dw and NOT signed. Our price most competitive being 1s Edition, with dw, and SIGNED

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SKU: 1477 Category: Title: Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa : Signed : First Edition
Author: Barbara Tyrrell
Publisher: Books of Africa 1968
Year: 1968
Condition: Mint
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 1477

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VERY GOOD hardcover, Clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; slight foxing Barbara Tyrrell (1912-2015) was painter and illustrator who documented tribal people of South Africa. Her father and grandfather had both occupied posts as interpreters between England and various African tribes, and her exposure to the Zulu world became her main source of inspiration in art. Tyrrell trained at the former University of Natal in the 1930s, and used her education and deep ties with Zulu tribal members to begin to record the disappearing daily life and ceremonial dress of the South African tribe. Tyrell’s work remains among the most important historical documentation of tribal life in Southern Africa. The book contains both B & amp;W and full color illustration of tribal costumes as well as description of the meaning by tribe of wearing these costumes. An essential volume for every Africana library. Hardcover has white cloth boards covered with full color illustration and with black lettering …
Hardcover, internally “like new” pages 206 fresh crisp and white, dust wrapper “like new” bright and most pleasing. See our OWN photograph for strict quality control. First Edition 1968. NOTE a reprint 1974 can go for as much as $ 600 without a dw and NOT signed. Our price most competitive being 1s Edition, with dw, and SIGNED

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Weight 1.5 kg
Dimensions 28.2 × 22.5 × 3 cm

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