Sorcerers of Dobu. The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. With an Introduction by B. Malinowski
by Fortune, R.F
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Green cloth. Fine in fine green dust jacket. Ashley Montagu's copy with his note on flyleaf
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1932. First edition. 14 black and white photographs, 6 text-figures., and 2-page map. 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in fine green dust jacket. Ashley Montagu's copy with his note on flyleaf. First edition. 14 black and white photographs, 6 text-figures., and 2-page map. 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dr. Fortune was Margaret Mead's husband to whom the book is dedicated. He spent six months studying the islanders living off the east coast of New Guinea.
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- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 57710
- Title
- Sorcerers of Dobu. The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. With an Introduction by B. Malinowski
- Author
- Fortune, R.F
- Format/Binding
- 14 black and white photographs, 6 text-figures., and 2-page map. 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Green cloth. Fine in fine green dust jacket. Ashley Montagu's copy with his note on flyleaf
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Anthropology / Sociology | Pacific
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