Coral Gardens and Their Magic; A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobiand Islands

MALINOWSKI, Branislaw;

Published by . New York, American Book Company, [1935], First American edition.

About this Item

8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, xxxv, 500; xxxii, 350 pp, frontis, 116 other photo illus, other illustrations from drwgs, map, folding plans, charts, tables, index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spines faded but lettering clear, clean and fine set. A classic work by the author of the 'Sexual Life of Savages', on the Pacific Trobiand Islands, volume I includes the description of gardening, volume II on the language and magic of gardening, with much on ethnology, customs, rites, gardening methods, etc. Taylor 407. A picture of this book is available on request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Coral Gardens and Their Magic; A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobiand Islands
• Publisher: . New York, American Book Company, [1935], First American edition.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel - Pacific & Australia