Evans-Pritchard, E.E. — Kinship and Marriage Among the Nuer

Oxford, England, Oxford University Press, 1969. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Produced from sheets from the true First Fine frontis photograph in black-and-white and with numerous black-and-white plates, augmented with illustrations in-text. This is the noted British structural -functionalist's second ethnography, dealing with the ways in which "members of Nuer local and political communities are all connected by kinship ties; the rules regulating marriage, courtship, the making of marriage unions by performance of ceremonies and payments of cattle, and the diverse forms of marriage." Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in blue cloth over boards, bright and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Printed heavy card stock dust wrapper, price-clippe and with wear along top and bottom edges, light creasing to rear panel. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xi, 1-183 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Good,