OLDMAN, William. Catalog of ethnological specimens. - Lot 294

OLDMAN, William. Catalog of ethnological specimens. No place, W.O. Oldman, 1976. In-8 paperback, green cover printed in white. Approx. 200 pages (unpaginated), numerous B&W photographs in and out of text. Cover rubbed, paper missing, edges browned. Reprinted in a limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies, this one No. 198. This volume comprises 130 catalogs by William Oldman, an important London-based dealer in tribal and ethnic art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is illustrated with numerous photographs of weapons, armor, statues, musical instruments, fishhooks, personal decorations, etc. Handwritten bookplate on title page. A worn copy, but internally clean.