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.
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.
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SKU: tales-malay-quarter
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