The Sea-Gypsies of Malaya (1922) (1st ed)

S$265.00

The Sea-Gypsies of Malaya (1922) (1st ed)

S$265.00

Title: The Sea-Gypsies of Malaya

Author: Walter Grainge White, R R Marett (foreword)

Publisher: J B Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1922. First edition. Scarce.

Condition: Hardcover, cloth, in very good condition. Ends of spine with wear, otherwise great. Occasional interior foxing.

An account of the nomadic Mawken people of the Mergui Archipelago with a description of their ways of living, customs, habits, boats, occupations etc. The Mergui Archipelago is an archipelago in far southern Myanmar and is part of the Tanintharyi Region.