MALINOWSKI Bronislaw - Argonauts of the Western Pacific. London 1922 [1st ed.]

MALINOWSKI Bronislaw - Argonauts of the Western Pacific. An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagos of Melanesian New Guinea [translated from "Argonauts of the Western Pacific..."]. London : George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. / New York : E. P. Dutton & Co. 1922.
1st ed. S. XXXI, (1), 527, (8), maps, f. plates LXV on 31 cards. H.: 25.5 cm.
Publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Original wrapper preserved.
Condition: tears, minor losses of the wrapper. Wrapper glued in one place. Delicate browning of the cloth on the margins of the binding. Peel paper with characteristic yellowing. Other than that, a nice, clean piece.

Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) - an outstanding Polish anthropologist and sociologist. His works on ethnography and anthropology had a significant impact on the development of these scientific fields. He spent most of his life in the US and UK.

"Argonauts of the Western Pacific" - One of the most important works of B. Malinowski. Published in 1922, it had a huge impact on the development of anthropological science. The book tells the story of the Trobriand people, who live in the small island chain of Kiriwana northeast of New Guinea. It is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobriand people, which includes Sexual Life of the Savages in Northwest Melanesia (1929) and Coral Gardens and Their Magic (1935). [via wikipedia.co.uk]