In Unknown New Guinea - W.J.V. Saville (Intro Malinowski) - First Edition 1926

In Unknown New Guinea – W.J.V. Saville (Intro Malinowski) – First Edition 1926

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Longer title explains ... In Unknown New Guinea - A Record of Twenty-Five Years of Personal Observation & Experience Amongst the Interesting People of an Almost Unknown Part of the Vast Island & a Description of Their Manners & Customs, Occupations in Peace & Method of Warfare, Their Secret Rites & Public Ceremonies.

Published by Seeley, London in 1926 a first edition.

Thick octavo, 316 pages and sixty very good illustrations mainly from period photographs, folding map near rear. Original red cloth covered binding with the striking gilt design to the front. Very good if not better condition.

A superb work based the authors lengthy experiences on and around Mailu Island. To have the introduction written by the great anthropologist of the era Bronislaw Malinowski is testament to its quality and importance.

Rare early New Guinea Anthropology

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In Unknown New Guinea – W.J.V. Saville (Intro Malinowski) – First Edition 1926

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