Smoking and Tobacco Pipes in New Guinea
London, Printed and published for the Royal Society by the Cambridge University Press, 1946 (first edition).
Quarto, 278 pages with 198 illustrations plus 6 pages of plates (from photographs, numbered 199-218) and a folding map.
Tan wrappers printed in black on the spine and front cover; spine slightly chipped at the head and near the foot; in excellent condition.
A comprehensive examination of smoking culture in New Guinea, illustrating the wide regional variation in the design and decoration of pipes across the island. Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940) is best known for leading the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait. He was later appointed keeper of New Guinea collections at the Cambridge Museum, upon which he drew extensively in this posthumously-published monograph. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, No. 586, Vol. 232 ... 6 June 1946.
Item #145166
Price (AUD):
$400.00