Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Volume II. Physiology and Psychology. Parts I & II. (In the original wrappers)

Cambridge, UK : at the University Press, 1901-03. Two volumes, large quarto (280 x 210 mm), in uniform cloth-backed printed green wrappers as originally issued (Part I in superb condition, the upper wrapper of Part II with a lengthy tear and chipped corner, both Parts slightly sunned at edges and with the original printed price labels); Part I. pp. vi, [2], 140, with several line-drawn and half-tone photographic illustrations and maps; Part II. pp. [6], 141-223, with numerous tables and graphs; the contents of both Parts are in excellent condition.

Very rare in the original wrappers.

The chapters in Physiology and Psychology, Part I (1901) are authored by W. H. R. Rivers and C. G. Seligman), and in Part II (1903) by Charles Myers and W. McDougall.

The Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits were issued in six volumes that record the findings of the expeditions led by Alfred Cort Haddon to the Torres Strait and Papuan Gulf. Together, they constitute a landmark work in the history of anthropological writing.