Dudley Kidd — The Essential Kafir

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this serious travel work on the Kafir, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred photographic plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A serious travel work on South African life, with reference to magic, witchdoctors, customs, domestic matters, folklore, and much more. Written by Dudley Kidd, a British ethnologist. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .