Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eugenics Publishing Co
Date Published: 1929
Description: Acceptable. Well used. Still readable but not for the collector. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eugenics Publishing Company
Date Published: 1929
Description: Good. Blue binding, faded gold lettering. Ex-library copy. Tanned pages. Tears on head and heel of spine. Scuffing on cover. Usual ibrary marks. May have some shelf wear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Date Published: 1966
Description: GOOD. Good Paperback, a few pages with pencil lines in margins, fade to wraps, text is still square and tight, former owner's name on title page. read more
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Horace Liveright, New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage and Family Life among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea, " two volumes, t.e.g., preface by Havelock Ellis, b/w illustrations, index, 603 pp. (total). Former owner's name on ffe; binding scuffed; gilt lettering on spine rubbed to black; gilt top edge dull; front hinges cracked (both volumes). Set weighs 4 lbs. Additional postage required for priority or foreign shipment. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very Good. 505 pp. 8vo. Complete title: "The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia: An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage, and Family Life Among the Natives of the Trobrian Islands, British New Guinea". Shelfwear and light soiling to covers and text block, spine creased, bumping to spine ends. UK price sticker to front cover. Spine lightly rolled. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World., New York.
Description: Good. Minor bumps, soil to cover, o/w good. Softbound 8vo. Undated reprint of the 1929 edition. 92 b/w photos, four maps and figures. Classic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. 603pp. Index. Preface by Havelock Ellis. read more
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Book This is a gently read copy where the pages are very tight to spine, not loose, inside pages are clean & the text is unmarked. Very good tight copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Halcyon House
Date Published: 1929-01-01
Description: Very Good. Very good hardcover, no dust jacket, former owner's bookplate on inside front cover, slight fade to spine, little rubbing to edges of boards. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harvest Book---HB-48
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780898753790ISBN:0898753791
Description: Poor. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 603 pages. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. PBT: Orange/grey. Photo of book is NOT correct. This copy has the male/female emblem is basically white with black lettering on front. and spine. 1.25 inch spine creases on front of cover/chips. Condition of cover is poor but the contents and photos are solid and tight. Some of the 91 photographs are disturbing and graphic. There are also 4 ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Black Cloth
Publisher: Horace Liveright, New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; no dj; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Deckle page edges. Wonderfully well-preserved! Upper portion of the outer page edges are gilt. 603 unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages of text and 29 wonderful pages of black and white illustrations ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eugenics Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: Photographs. G. Edges worn and pages browning. 603. Aside from its dreadful title and horrific publisher, probably a groundbreaking work. read more
Edition: Limited Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Horace Liveright, New York, NY
Date Published: 1929
Description: 92 Photos, 4 Figures. Good+ No Dust Jacket 597pgs(Index) Limited to 2200 copies for sale only to members of medical profession. Bottom front cover fore-edge worn on Volume 1, cloth. Mottled at Vol. 1 fore-edge areas & on Vol. 2 spine, o.w. clean & tight. No ink names, bookplates, etc. Texts are bright & in Near Fine condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781417904778ISBN:1417904771
Description: 1929. An ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. From the Preface: The sexual life of savages has long awaited its natural historian. Owing to sex taboos, that weigh... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eugenics Publishing Company, NY
Date Published: 1929
Description: Illustrated by 91 Plates. Very Good with no dustjacket. Pages a bit browned. Spine is darkened. Bookplate inside front cover.; "An ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. "; 8vo; 603 pages. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Horace Liveright, New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: 8vo, vg+/-, Black buckram. the lettering on spine is worn. deckled fore-edge and gold painted top-edge. Book-plate. Content includes b&w photos. "It is an ethnographic account of courtship, marrage and family life among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. " Anthropology. 7-11-392. read more
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