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Essays in Polynesian Ethnology
by Williamson, Robert W.; Ralph Piddington (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XLIII, 373pp. Uncut. Original green cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Valuable account, based on all available sources, of warfare, the place of kava, the Arioi society of Tahity, and the sexual life of the natives. This study is profusely illustrated with 10 b/w photographic plates, 2 maps and 7 charts. Some age-wear on binding with lower corners rubbed and slight chipping on head and tail of spine. Hinges starting. The pages containing the Bibliography and Abbreviations (I) have been neatly cut out and are missing (pp. XXVII-XLI). First map missing. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27652
- Title
- Essays in Polynesian Ethnology
- Author
- Williamson, Robert W.; Ralph Piddington (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Ethnology, Sexual life in Tahiti, Customs, ceremonies in the Pacific islands, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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