Sacred Forest; Magic and Secret Rites in French Guinea

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First American Edition. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's orange cloth spine over illustrated paper covered boards. Titled in gilt to spine, some fading to the spine cloth, perhaps a little dustyness, a strong, clean copy. 247pp. [32pp.] black and white photographs to centre of volume. Internally clean. Top edge stained black. A rather dramatic pseudo anthropological journey to study the rites of the Toma tribe in the forests of what is now called the Republic of Guinea. (Inventory #: 63567)