Griffith Quick (4 results)

Condition: Good. 1958. No edition remarks. 99 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Contains ex-libris plate. Welsh text. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1937. First Edition. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Staining to front board.

Condition: Good. 1937. First Edition. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow and green illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is clear. Minor wear marks to boards.

By Rev. Griffith Quick, M.Sc. Cambridge: Published for the Colonial Studies Committee, University of Cambridge by The University Typewriting Office Ltd., nd. [circa 1947] Wrpps, 4to. i,62pp. printed rectos only. Griffith Quick (1900 - 1980) was a missionary who wrote this study of the Chibemba language of north-eastern Zambia. With numerous manuscript corrections and additions and several pages of inserted notes. Not listed in COPAC nor OCLC. A good copy of the first edition in stiff grey amateur wrappers. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[O].