Tales From the Malay Quarter (1945) (1st ed)

S$97.00

Tales From the Malay Quarter (1945) (1st ed)

S$97.00

Title: Tales From the Malay Quarter

Author: Izak David Du Plessis, Bernard Lewis and Elize D. Lewis (trans), Nerine Desmond (illus)

Publisher: Maskew Miller, Cape Town, South Africa, 1945. First edition.

Condition: Hardcover, cloth. Discolouration and some spotting on boards and on prelims and early pages, otherwise very good. Inside of front blank has long gift inscription of previous owner. Beautifully illustrated.

Folklore taken from the storytellers of the Cape Malays – the Malays who settled in South Africa and then intermixed with the locals – with stories of homeland. Nicely illustrated.