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F. J. Daniels (ed.): Selections from Japanese literature (12th to 19th centuries): texts with notes, transcriptions and translations by members of the Japanese seminar, School of Oriental and African Studies. x, 183 pp. London: Lund Humphries, [1959]. 45s.
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Helen Craig McCullough (tr.): The Taiheiki: a chronicle of medieval Japan. (Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies, No. LIX.) xlix, 401 pp., front., 8 plates. New York: Columbia University Press; London, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1959. 60s.
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George Alexander Lensen: The Russian push toward Japan: Russo-Japanese relations, 1697–1875. xv, 553 pp., 12 plates. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1959. (Distributed in G.B. by Oxford University Press. 80s.)
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G. W. J. Drewes and P. Voorhoeve: Adat Atjèh, reproduced in facsimile from a manuscript in the India Office Library, with an introduction and notes. (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Deel xxiv.) 47, 2–176 pp. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1958. Guilders 10.
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G. J. Held: The Papuas [sic] of Waropen. (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Translation Series, 2.) xv, 384 pp., 77 photos., 2 maps. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1957. Guilders 24.
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Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbekt: Hawaiian-English dictionary, xxx, 362 pp., map [on endpapers]. [Honolulu]: University of Hawaii Press, 1957.
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Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren (Belgique). Série in 8°. Sciences de l'Homme. Linguistique, Vol. 3, Tom. II, Vols. 15–19, 21, 23, 24. Tervuren: Commission de Linguistique Africaine, 1957–1959.
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Studia Universitatis ‘Lovanium’, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, [Nos.] 3, 5, 7. Léopoldville: Éditions de l'Université, 1958–1959.
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Hazel Carter (ed. and tr.): Sokorisina musoro, by H. W. Chitepo.: (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Annotated African Texts, v: Shona.) vii, 63 pp. London, Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1958. 12s. 6d.
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James Duffy: Portuguese Africa, xii, 389pp., 8 plates, 2 maps. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1959. 38s.
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B. Bernardi: The mugwe, a failing prophet: a study of a religious and public dignitary of the Meru of Kenya. xvi, 211 pp., front., 4 plates. London, etc.: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1959. 25s.
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Enrico Cerulli: Somalia: scritti vari editi ed inediti, II. Diritto, etnografia; Linguistica; Come viveva una tribù Hamiyya. (A cura dell'Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana della Somalia.) [v], 392 pp., col. front., 36 plates. Roma: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1959.
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Derrick J. Stenning: Savannah nomads: a study of the Wodaage pastoral Fulani of western Bornu Province, Northern Region, Nigeria, XV, 266pp., front., 4 plates, map. London, etc.: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1959. 40s.
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Egon Wellesz (ed.): Ancient and oriental music. (New Oxford History of Music, Vol. I.) xxiii, 530 pp., front., 14 plates. London, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1957. 63s.
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Ugo Bianchi: Il dualismo religioso: saggio storico ed etnologico. Roma: ‘L'Erma’ di Bretschneider, 1958.
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R. C. Zaehnee (ed.): The concise encyclopaedia of living faiths. (New Horizon Books.) 431 pp., including 104 plates. London: Hutchinson, 1959. 50s.
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H. V. Wiseman: The Cabinet in the Commonwealth: post-war developments in Africa, the West Indies and South-East Asia, xvi, 364 pp. London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd., 1958. £2 10s.
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A. N. Agaewala and S. P. Singh (ed.): The economics of underdevelopment: a series of articles and papers. viii, 510 pp. Bombay, London, etc.: Oxford University Press, Indian Branch, 1958. 30s.
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W. Brand: The struggle for a higher standard of living: the problem of the underdeveloped countries, ix, 438pp. Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press; The Hague and Bandung: W. van Hoeve Ltd., 1958. Guilders 17.50.
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Yigael Yadin and others: Hazor I: an account of the first season of excavations, 1955. By Yigael Yadin, Yohanan Aharoni, Ruth Amiran, Trude Dothan, Immanuel Dunayevsky, Jean Perrot. (The James A. de Rothschild Expedition at Hazor.) xxiv, 160 pp., front., 184 plates. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, the Hebrew University, [1958]. (Distributed in G.B., British Commonwealth, and Europe by Oxford University Press. £8 8s.)
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