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Malinowski, Branislaw

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

1935

118.44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1935
Place of printing
New York. American Book Company
Author
Malinowski, Branislaw
Edition
First American edition.
Keyword
Travel - Pacific & Australia Agriculture
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

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 picture of this book is available upon request by email. 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.