Les Rites des L'Initiation au Basutoland

By: Laydevant, F.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Mazenrod, Basutoland, The Social Centre: 1951

Seller ID: 23267

Condition: Very good

Reprint. Folio (32.5 cm), pp. 29. Brown and white paper wrappers. Double-sided typewritten pages, in French. Former owner's name inside cover. Light edge wear and sunning. One of two monographs written by the Catholic missionary. View more info

Les Rites des L'Initiation au Basutoland

By: Laydevant, F.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Mazenrod, Basutoland, The Social Centre: 1951

Seller ID: 23266

Condition: Very good

Reprint. Folio (32.5 cm), pp. 29. Brown and white paper wrappers. Double-sided typewritten pages, in French. Former owner's name on front cover. Sunning around edges. One of two monographs written by the Catholic missionary. View more info

Sagen, Marchen und Gebrauche aus Unterwalden [Sayings, Fairytales, and Customers from Unterwalden] 2 Vols.

By: Niderberger, Franz

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Sarnen, Switzerland, Huber, Stans: 1909-1910

Seller ID: 21549

Condition: Good

Octavo (20.5 cm), pp. 172, vi (Eriter Teil); 173, vii (Zweiter Teil). Beige and gray paper wrappers with titling. Some sunning and foxing, former owner's names on both title pages. Originally published in three parts, of which these are the first two, relating the legends of the region. Volume one is missing cover material at head and tail of spine, volume two has a few small closed tears. Missing is the third volume on religious manners and customs.Uncertain edition: title pages dated 1908 and 1909 respectively, with wrappers dated at 1909 and 1910.Niderberger was an Unterwalden native, f... View more info

Homelands: A Geography of Culture Place across America

By: Nostrand, Richard and Lawrence Estaville

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 19935

ISBN: 0801867002

Condition: Fine

Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 318. Green cloth, gilt titling, pictorial jacket. Includes maps, figures, tables, and index. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info

The Runaway Economy: The Rhetoric is Growth, The Issue is Freedom

By: Schneider, Kenneth R.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, iUniverse, Inc.: 2004

Seller ID: 10849

ISBN: 0595318932

Condition: Very good

Octavo (23cm), pp. 631. Cover has light wear along edges. Formerly belonged to author Terry Tempest Williams, and she made a few notations in the foreword. View more info

Customs and Superstitions in Basutoland

By: Sechefo, Justinus

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Mazenod, Basutoland, The Catholic Centre: undated

Seller ID: 23265

Condition: Very good

Folio (32.5 cm), pp. 30. Single-sided typewritten pages in blue, pictorial wrappers. Wrappers are sunned and stained, with edge wear, closed tears, and faint evidence of moisture exposure in back. Sechefo was a prolific author and early Basotho historian who focused on preserving his people's cultural history (Historical Dictionary of Lesotho, p. 471). View more info