Dama Ntsoha (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A slim booklet. Simply printed on rather cheap paper. Simply bound with some separation. Paper wrappers in protective sleeve. Some staining from old tape used to affix sleeve. Paper browning, some foxing.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Premiere partie (1951): Les mot derives des apports sanscrits; Deuxieme partie (1953): Les mot derives des apports malais, maoris, arabes, souahilis. Simply printed on rather cheap paper. Paper wrappers in protective sleeves. Paper browning, some foxing, edges spotty.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards show light wear and toning, spine sound, ex-library with partial label remnant on front pastedown (not a full institutional stamp/plate program, just the one label fragment as shown). index has what looks like the remnants of the old softcover binding stuck to the paper, front endpage has a small area of damage/peeling that affects the text. Text pages toned/foxed as typical of the era. Many interior pages uncut, , indicating an unread copy. Please note: uncut pages mean the book cannot be read cover-to-cover without a letter opener or paper knife to separate the folded signatures ? worth disclosing plainly in the listing itself.4. Price:$45?65 with Best Offer enabled. No comparable sold listings exist to anchor against ? this appears to circulate almost exclusively in institutional library holdings rather than the resale market ? so price toward the higher end per your scarce-item-no-comps approach, and let Best Offer find the real ceiling among Africana/Madagascar specialists.5. eBay Category Path:Books & Magazines > Antiquarian & Collectible > Africana(Alternate: Books & Magazines > Nonfiction Books > Anthropology)Other notes:This is a strong AbeBooks/Alibris candidate given the specialist academic/antiquarian audience for Madagascar studies ? likely better matched there than general eBay browse traffic.Worth keeping any loose provenance clues (that torn "USF/NEW." library pocket) ? it may be identifiable as University of South Florida or a related institution's deaccessioned copy, which could be worth a line in the listing for provenance-minded buyers.Given the esoteric religious/philosophical angle (theosophy, Malagasy Buddhism), this könnte also interest your existing niche in esoteric religious imprints ? same buyer instincts as your Theosophical/Anthroposophic material. La Technique de la Conception de la Vie chez les Malgaches Révélée par leurs Proverbes" by Dama-Ntsoha (pen name of Jean-Baptiste Razafintsalama, 1885?1963), a Malagasy writer and philosopher who broke from the Catholic priesthood to pursue Malagasy philology and theosophy. This scarce ethno-philosophical study examines Malagasy conceptions of life, fate, morality, and society as revealed through traditional proverbs, organized by theme (desire, vice, death, karma/destiny, charity, family, reason). Text in French. Hardcover, undated (no printing date given, consistent with limited/institutional printing). Ex-library copy with partial remnant of a library pocket/label on the front pastedown. Many pages remain uncut/unopened ? a genuinely unread copy. A rare piece of Madagascar ethnography and Malagasy intellectual history, scarce outside institutional library holdings.…