The Melanesians. Studies in Their Anthropology and Folk-Lore
by Codrington, R.H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg/No Jacket
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1891. First Edition . Cloth. Vg/No Jacket. 8vo. xvi, 419 pgs.&16 pgs.publishers ads at the end.Folding map, frontis and numerous b/w illustrs. in text. Typical light foxing to endpapers. Not ex-library. Lightly scuffed black cloth with fading titles along the spine. (see photo) An excellent copy.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Cournoyer Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2094
- Title
- The Melanesians. Studies in Their Anthropology and Folk-Lore
- Author
- Codrington, R.H
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- New Zealand Maori Anthropology Ethnology Ancient Tribal Pacific Islands Oceania Missionary Work Islands of the Pacific South Seas Captain James Cook Missionary Fiji Samoa Cook Islands Polynesia South Pacific Islands Melanesia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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