Bateson, Gregory — Naven

Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1973. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Moderately rubbed and lightly worn card-stock wraps, previous owner's penned inscription inside front and rear flaps, a couple of penned tick-marks in margins up front, dissipating. A classic ethnography of the Iatmul people of New Guinea as revealed through a study of the 'Naven" ceremonial. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 312 pp. and followed by 28 black-and-white plates.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good