Lot 19
B. Blackwood, Both sides of Buka Passage. Oxford 1935.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
19
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Beatrice Blackwood
Blackwood, Beatrice: Both sides of Buka passage an ethnographic study of social, sexual, and economic questions in the north-western Solomon Islands. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1935. 22,1 x 13,8 cm. Contains 80 plates, some printed on both sides, 1 folded map, 1 folded family tree and illustrations in the text. XXXIII pp., 624 pp. Red Original linen with gold-stamped title on the spine.
(The corners are slightly scuffed.)
The British anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood was director of the Rivers Pitt Museum. As women were not permitted to graduate from Oxford until 1920, she sat her bachelor’s and master’s examinations on the same day as soon as this became possible.
(The corners are slightly scuffed.)
The British anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood was director of the Rivers Pitt Museum. As women were not permitted to graduate from Oxford until 1920, she sat her bachelor’s and master’s examinations on the same day as soon as this became possible.