Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Malinowski, Bronislaw - 1972

Benediction Classics, 2014-08-14. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Pictorial boards have minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea is a 1922 ethnography by Bronisław Malinowski, which has had enormous impact on the ethnographic genre. The book is about the Trobriand people who live on the small Kiriwana island chain northeast of the island of New Guinea. It is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobrianders, including The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia (1929) and Coral Gardens and Their Magic

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. Paperback, 22 cm, 527 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cover a bit discolored. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0710000537. .

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UNstated : Unstated, 2008. Facsimile edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean This book is a 2008 facsimile copy of the 1932 second impression of Argonauts of the Western Pacific. The first edition was printed in 1922. I have no information about the printer of the facsimile copy apart from the ISBN numberOriginally published in 1922, this early work on anthropology is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the lives and customs of the Trobriand who live on an island chain in the western Pacific and is a highly regarded study of their tribal culture. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in ethlogy.This fascinating book contains an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea, with five… Read More

London: Routledge and Kegan, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London, Routledge and Kegan, 1964 [sixth impression]/ 1922. Octavo; cloth; extremities slightly bumped (with a little light associated creasing); an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper slightly rubbed, creased, sunned, chipped and torn with slight loss.

London: Routledge, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Routledge, 1932 (second impression)/ 1922. Large octavo, xxxii, 527 pages with 2 illustrations and 5 maps plus 65 plates. Cloth slightly bumped; edges and early leaves a little foxed; a very good copy with the dustwrapper rubbed, sunned and chipped with slight loss. Rare with the dustwrapper.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1950 [third impression]/ 1922. Octavo, xxxiii, 527 pages with illustrations, maps and tables plus numerous pages of plates. Cloth lightly bumped; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly rubbed, sunned, chipped and torn with slight loss. With a foreword by Sir James George Frazer.