[ASIA] THE COCHIN TRIBES AND CASTES (2 Volumes)

Madras: Higginbotham & Co, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An important work by the noted anthropologist of British India, on the tribes inhabiting the west coast of India.~Volume I in the publisher's green half-morocco over green cloth, Volume II in the publisher's green cloth; both volumes as issued by the publisher.~~Volume I has a crack to the bottom corner; Volume II has been rebacked with nearly all of the original spine laid down. The first volume has 43 of 44 captioned photographic plates, lacking a single plate; "A Papuyan and his Wife Going for Field Work"; Volume II has 80 full page captioned photographic plates.~~. Very Good binding.