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DUTTON PAPBERBACK, 1963T. paperback. Good. .

Routledge, 1932-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover and edges shows wear. Front page is loose. Pages are clean and intact.

Routledge, 1932-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Front page shows minor wear. Pages shows light tanning.

Great Britain: Butler & Tanner Ltd., 1963. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 318 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth covers, gilt title on spine, some fraying on edges. B/w illustrations throughout. Notes and light pencil underlining throughout. Binding good. Dust jacket has some agewear (see image). This book is both a dramatic record of the Dobuans' daily life and an especially rich source of information on primitive psychology. Record # 33536

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963. Paperback in acceptable condition. From the library of Professor Christopher Pinney, anthropologist and art historian and, Professor of Anthropology and Visual Culture at University College, London. Notable shelf and handling wear, including creasing and wear to cover, edges, and corners, tanning and age-related foxing and discolouration to cover, endpapers, pageblock and spine. Previous owner has made notes on rear endpapers, (no text affected). Within, pages are securely bound, and content is clean and bright. CN. Paperback. Acceptable. Used.

London: George Routledge, 1932. First Edition . Cloth. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. xxviii, 318 pgs. b/w photos & diagrams. A gently used copy. No names, marks or bookplates.

London. George Routledge & Sons. 1932. 24cm, first edition, xxviii,318p., 16 plates and illustrations, diagrams, map, blue cloth, very good. (Tr). Taylor 404. Dr. Reo Franklin Fortune was a social anthropologist who lived for many months with the Dobuans, speaking their language and become a member of a clan. He "presents a first-hand picture of the social dynamics of a Malenesian tribe... He was initiated into both blanc and white magical asts by the chief magician of the village." Dr. Fortune was married to the anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead. He also contributed the number theory named after him to the field of mathematics.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1932. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [xxviii] 318pp. Octavo. Publisher's oatmeal cloth; title in black to front board, spine title in same. Minor chips to crown and foot, corners lightly rubbed. Printed dust jacket, clipped; edges and panels show some restoration, 5cm area of loss to upper edge of front panel, smaller open tear to crown, some soiling to panels. Pictoral frontis; 8 B/W plates from photographs, further figures in text. A tight copy; interior is clean and bright. very good Study of the role of sorcery and black magic in the West Pacific society of Dobu. The author lived amongst the natives for an extended period and was eventually intiated into the magical beliefs of the society. The locals believed he was the returned spirit of a dead man, due to his understanding of their language and customs. Scarce in jacket. 1932

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this illustrated social anthropological work on the Dobu Islanders of the West Pacific, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating and comprehensive social anthropological work on the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. The Dobu Island is part of D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Papua New Guinea, and is occupied by small villages and groups. Written by Reo Franklin Fortune, a New Zealand-born social anthropologist, and including an introduction by Bronislaw Malinowski, Professor of Anthropology at the University of London. Fortune depicts the Dobu Islanders as a paranoid group of people, who engage heavily with Black Magic and alternative spiritual beliefs. He also ascertained they had unusual attitudes towards violence and sex. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with eight full page plates, six in-text illustrations, and a folding map. Collated… Read More

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1932. First edition. 14 black and white photographs, 6 text-figures., and 2-page map. 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in fine green dust jacket. Ashley Montagu's copy with his note on flyleaf. First edition. 14 black and white photographs, 6 text-figures., and 2-page map. 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dr. Fortune was Margaret Mead's husband to whom the book is dedicated. He spent six months studying the islanders living off the east coast of New Guinea.

Taylor & Francis Group , pp. 368 . Hardback. New.