Aboriginal woman sacred and profane

Introduction by Professor A. P. Elkin. London : George Routledge, 1939. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket (edges rubbed, price-clipped, tape repair verso), collector’s blind stamp to front free endpaper, pp. 294, illustrated. A very good to fine copy.

An important study on the spiritual and cultural role of women in Aboriginal societies. Scarce in the original dustjacket.