New Lives for Old - Cultural Transformations - Manus 1928-1953
by Mead, Margaret
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1956. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth, gilt titles to the spine. The spine is slightly faded. The DJ is unclipped, protected, excellent condition with a dulled spine. A little shelwear otherwise an excellent copy of this important book.Return to Manus after 25 years to find it threatened by a volcanic eruption; description of the changes that have taken place in the culture and the implications for the future. 548pp., 16 plates. 2 maps, 1 figure, 4 appendices, bibliography, index.
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- Bookseller
- krokodile books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008272
- Title
- New Lives for Old - Cultural Transformations - Manus 1928-1953
- Author
- Mead, Margaret
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Margeret Mead
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