MALINOWSKI B. - Sexual life of the wild. 1938. first Polish edition.

MALINOWSKI Bronislaw - Sexual Life of the Wild in Northwest Melanesia. Love, marriage and family life in the Trobriand Islands of British New Guinea. Preceded by a foreword by Havelock Ellis. 97 engravings and drawings in the text. Warsaw 1938, published by J. Przeworski. 8, pp. L, [2], 503, [1], plates 50. ov. gilt.
Missing 2 plates with maps of Trobriand Island and East New Guinea. Boards and block slightly cracked, minor traces of staining inside, a few plates slightly damaged, nevertheless good condition overall. The first Polish edition of B. Malinowski's most famous work, the result of an expedition to New Guinea undertaken in 1914-1918. The edition comes with a preface by the author written especially for this edition. The English first edition ("The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia") was published in 1929. Includes, among others: Man and woman in tribal life, Woman's participation in magic, The love life of youth, Adultery and jealousy, Premarital sexual relations, Divorce and dissolution of marriage by death, Pregnancy and childbirth, Customary forms of sexual freedom, Love life and the psychology of eroticism, Erotic dreams and fantasies, The wild myth of incest.