Primitive Money : In its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects. By Paul Einzig. OXFORD : 1966. HARDBACK in JACKET.

Oxford: Pergamon Press Ltd. , 1966. Second Edition Revised . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION. OXFORD : 1966. [ First published 1949, revised and enlarged here.]. Hardback. Grey textured cloth; gilt lettered black panel to spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. End-papers slightly browned. A lovely copy in excellent state. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. SCARCE. (xvii), 557 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Indexes. CONTENTS: Front Cover; Primitive Money: In its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; INTRODUCTORY; CHAPTER 1. The Study of Primitive Money; CHAPTER 2. Is Primitive Money still Terra Incognita?; CHAPTER 3. The Background to Primitive Money; CHAPTER 4. Treatment of the Subject; BOOK I: ETHNOLOGICAL SECTION; PART I: OCEANIA; CHAPTER 1. Mat and Bark Cloth Money in Samoa; CHAPTER 2. Whales' Teeth Currency in Fiji; CHAPTER 3. Other Currencies of the Eastern Pacific; CHAPTER 4. The Stone Money of Yap. CHAPTER 5. The Bead Currency of PelewCHAPTER 6. Other Micronesian Currencies; CHAPTER 7. Pig Exchanges on the New Hebrides; CHAPTER 8. The Feather Money of Santa Cruz; CHAPTER 9. Shell Loans on the Banks Islands; CHAPTER 10. Shell and Teeth Currencies on the Solomon Islands; CHAPTER 11. The Intricate Currency of Rossel Island; CHAPTER 12. Debts in Dogs' Teeth on the Admiralty Islands; CHAPTER 13. Shell and Yam Currencies of the Trobriand Islands; CHAPTER 14. The "Sacred" Money of New Britain; CHAPTER 15. New Guinea's Boar Tusk and Shell Currencies; PART II: ASIA. CHAPTER 16. Rice Standard in the PhilippinesCHAPTER 17. The Drum Currency of Alor; CHAPTER 18. Bronze Guns, Bees' Wax and Buffaloes as Money in Borneo; CHAPTER 19. Other Moneys of the Indonesian Archipelago; CHAPTER 20. "Homeric" Currencies in Cambodia; CHAPTER 21. Gambling Counters as Money in Siam; CHAPTER 22. Tin Ingots and Gold Dust in Malaya; CHAPTER 23. Weighed Silver and Lead Currency in Burma; CHAPTER 24. Tea Brick Currency in Mongolia; CHAPTER 25. Coconut Standard on the Nicobars; CHAPTER 26. Grain Medium of Exchange in India. CHAPTER 27. Reindeer and Cattle Standard in Asiatic RussiaCHAPTER 28. Currencies at the Persian Gulf; PART III: AFRICA; CHAPTER 29. Iron Currency in Sudan; CHAPTER 30. Salt Money of Ethiopia; CHAPTER 31. Livestock Standard in Kenya; CHAPTER 32. Bead Money of Tanzania; CHAPTER 33. Cowries as Currency in Uganda; CHAPTER 34. Other East African Currencies; CHAPTER 35. Calico Currency in Zambia; CHAPTER 36. Cloth, Metals and Slaves as Currency in Equatorial Africa; CHAPTER 37. Cowrie Crises in the Former French Sudan; CHAPTER 38. Cowries, Slaves, Cloth and Gin Money of Nigeria. CHAPTER 39. Gold Dust Currency of GhanaCHAPTER 40. Other Moneys of the Guinea Bay; CHAPTER 41. Debased Brass Rod Currency of the Congo; CHAPTER 42. Shell Money of Angola; CHAPTER 43. Cattle and Bead Money of South-West Africa; CHAPTER 44. Cattle Currency in South Africa; PART IV: AMERICA; CHAPTER 45. Fur Currency in Alaska; CHAPTER 46. Shelly Fur and Blanket Currency of Canada; CHAPTER 47. Wampum and Other Shell Currencies in the United States; CHAPTER 48. Cocoa Bean Currency of Mexico; CHAPTER 49. Maize Money of Guatemala; CHAPTER 50. Cattle Standard in Colombia. CHAPTER 51. Arrows and Guns as Currency in Brazil. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear to jacket (a couple of tiny chips to edges.). **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE: Important work; rare in jacket.