Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Straits. Volume I: General Ethnography
Cambridge, At the University Press, 1935 (first edition).
Quarto, xvi, 422 pages with 10 maps and 52 illustrations plus 11 pages of plates (from photographs).
Grey buckram lettered in gilt on the spine; buckram lightly spotted (possibly a minor issue with the binding material itself); edges lightly foxed or marked; minimal signs of age and handling; an excellent copy.
The reports of this important expedition (1898-1899) were published in six volumes between 1901 and 1935, this being the last to appear. It includes studies of the material culture, social organisation, religious beliefs, languages, and folk tales of the peoples of the Torres Strait Islands and southern New Guinea.
Item #145162
Price (AUD):
$650.00