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Alfred A. Knopf, 1937-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. A light dusting with some edge discoloration. Unclipped dust-jacket is sunned &foxed along spine, & continued foxing onto the rear. Overall still a respectable copy. Fold out in rear. Publishers advertising postcard laid in. 460 pp.
SAVAGE CIVILIZATION by Harrison, Tom - 1937
by Harrison, Tom
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SAVAGE CIVILIZATION
by Harrison, Tom
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1st American edition. Green cloth. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. Folding map. Prior owner name on title page. Endpapers darkened, especially along spine. Front hinge cracked, back hinge weak. Some passages marked in margins. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1937.
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- Edition 1st Edition
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- Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1937
- Pages 463
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords anthropology; culture; native peoples; new hibrides; south sea islands
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Savage civilization [Hardcover] Harrisson, Tom
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Savage Civilization
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truth or consequences, New Mexico, United States
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New York & Boston: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 461pp.incl.index; HB green w/red; some fade on edges; tp.foredge trimmed in blue; discolor @spine's hinges; endpapers&pastedwns.w/some foxining&discolor; clean,tight pgs.w/map in bk. DJ green&brwn.w/white; lg.rub on bk.cover eliminates most advert on bk.; rubbed w/chips&tears along edges. History of the New Hebrides, one group of South Sea islands. illus.
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Savage Civilization
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good in Good dust jacket. 1937. First American Edition. Hardcover. "On the New Hebrides archipelago lives one of the most primitive peoples in the world, still practicing cannibalism. In the summer fo 1933 the author arrived there as part of an Oxford University expedition. Fascinated by what he saw, he remained behind to learn more about the technique of savage living. He penetrated the chaos of savagery and civililzation, lived freely amongh the natives, and went through the first steps of initiation into chieftainship. This book is the result of that fantastic and unique experience. It is a study of Malekula's culture - its economic and domestic life, its sexual customs, diversions, religion, dances and art. At the same time it is a history of the impact of white civilization on black savagery." - dust jacket. "A book of real and permanent value... Sometimes the surge of events and of lurid development passes almost beyond words, but…
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