Alfred C. Haddon — The Study of Man

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated anthropological study from Alfred Cort Haddon. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates and forty in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed anthropological study of man, with chapters on skull measurements and form, hair and eye colour, the nose, and other ethnographical features. As well as commentary on games and play, including different types of toys, singing games, courting games, and more. Includes practical suggestions for conducting ethnographical investigations in the British Isles. Written by Alfred Cort Haddon, an influential British anthropologist and ethnologist. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Worming holes to the front and read boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Light to moderate worming throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .