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Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980. xv, 219pp, index, notes, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Slight creasing to flap otherwie near new. The 1927 killing of William Bell, a colonial government representative on Malaita in the Solomon Islands sparked a destruction more wanton and complete than could have been foreseen. The subsequent random killing of the Kwaio, raping of their women, destruction of their shrines and desecration of their sacred objects resulted in a severe dislocation in the Kwaio way of life from which they never recovered.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
Lightning Meets the West Wind The Malaita Massacre by Keesing, Roger M; Corris, Peter - 1980
by Keesing, Roger M; Corris, Peter
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Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Tells the story of the massacre of the Kwaio people of Malaita in the Solomon Islands, following the murder of colonial government representative William Bell in October 1927; b&w photo illustrations, endpaper maps; Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, o.w. Very Good.
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Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 8vo. xi,219pp.,29 plates, 3 maps. Cloth, d.j. front endpaper rubbed; previous owner's name, otherwise near Fine/Fine.
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London: Oxford University Press, 1980. Clean black cloth on boards with silver titles. Edges: light foxings. Eps: map of The Solomon Islands Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 219p Dj: clean jacket. Light dusting of rubbing and few onlyt scratches.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.
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Oxford: Oxford Univ Press, 1980. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 150mm x 230mm. Jacket has moderate general wear and some smal tears at ends of spine. Foxing to top edge of page-block. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 219pp.
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