Vulthari bya vatonga (Matshangana) / The Wisdom of the Tonga-Shangaan People
(Central Mission Press), [1936]. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #141447
ISBN: 281AIB1031280
285, [1] pages. Published with the assistance of a grant made by the Carnegie Corporation through the Research Grant Board, Union of South Africa. A collection of Tonga, Tswa, and Ronga proverbs, riddles, and proverbials names. 892 proverbs, plus names and nicknames and riddles answered with one word. In Tonga (or Tsonga) and English on facing pages. The authors were Swiss missionaries in South Africa. Scarce. First edition (first printing). Early ownership name of the character actor and Hollywood dialect coach Robert Easton, else near fine. Dated on the binding.
Price: $250.00