STEERE (Rev. Edward), & WOODWARD (H.W.), Revised by.

Collections for a Handbook of the Shambala Language.

Second revised edition. Small 8vo. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, modern paper labels to spie and upper board. viii, 72pp. Msalabani [Magila, Tanzania], Universities Mission to Central Africa, 1905.

£500.00

First published in 1867 in anticipation of the Universities Mission operating from the capital, Vuga. Permission was denied by Chief Kimweri, though they were able to settle in the Magila district. This guide includes notes on pronunciation, an extensive vocabulary, grammar rules, and sample conversations.

Rare. OCLC locates four copies at SOAS, Oxford, Cape Town, and another in Germany. (For the first edition it lists about 20 holdings.)

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