The Native Tribes of Central Australia

London: Macmillan and Co., 1938.
Second Printing.

22cm x 14cm. xxiv, 671 pages, 3 folding tables, 2 folding maps, 4 folding colour plates, black and white illustrations and 1 map in the text. Original maroon cloth, gilt lettering, no jacket.

Spencer and Gillen’s expeditions between 1875 and 1912 marked the beginning of modern anthropological fieldwork in Australia. They amassed an enormous collection of notebooks, films, audio recordings, illustrations, and photographs which are well represented throughout. The second printing with new preface by James George Frazer.

Some insect damage to cloth. The interior very clean. Good Condition.

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