String Figures. A Study of Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands
New York, Scribner's, 1906.
Large octavo, xxiv, 407 pages with 867 illustrations plus 17 plates.
Original gilt- and blind-decorated cloth; minimal loss of colour to a small section of the spine and front cover near the foot of the joint; front inner hinge slightly cracked but firm; bottom corner of the text slightly bumped throughout; an excellent copy.
Some Australian content; there is also a 13-page 'Ethnological Introduction' by Alfred C. Haddon. Provenance: Tom Austen Brown, with his pencilled ownership initials.
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