xiv+692+xvi pages with frontispiece, figures, drawings, maps, illustrations, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine with blind-stamped native mask in original jacket. First Edition.

Ralph Linton was a respected American anthropologist of the mid-20th century, particularly remembered for his texts "The Study of Man" (1936) and "The Tree of Culture" (1955). One of Linton's major contributions to anthropology was defining a distinction between status and role.

Condition: Shelf wear, spine head scared else a very good copy in like jacket.

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Bookseller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BOOKS000723
Title: The Tree of Culture
Author: Ralph Linton (1893-1953)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1955
Pages: xiv+692+xvi pages with frontispiece, figures, drawings, maps, illustrations, bibliography and index
Size: Royal octavo
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Anthropology;

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