A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays. Preface by H. Cairns
signed first edition [ix], 228 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1944 · Chapell Hill
by Malinowski, Bronislaw
Chapell Hill: The University of North Carolina, 1944. First edition. [ix], 228 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in VG dj. First edition. [ix], 228 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Malinowski's First Student's Copy. Signed by Ashley Montagu. A fine association copy of this definitive theory of functionalism by this Polish anthropologist. Montaguwas Malinowski's first student at the University College of London, and surely bears the latter's imprint (along with an even stronger one, some feel, from his other great teacher, Franz Boas. (Inventory #: 230462)