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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. 373pp. Index. Wear and scuffing boards, stamp FEP, FEP clipped, clippings taped to endpages, extensive soiling.. Hb. G-/No Dj.

Cambridge University Press, 2011-06-16. Paperback. New. 6x1x9. New paperback. An unread/unopened copy. May have VERY minor rubbing and scuffing from shelf wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. 8vo, xlii + 373pp, 2 maps, 10 plates, 7 tables. Orig. green cloth, gilt title. Sml. hole in hinge, fore-edge corners rubbed o/w very presentable copy.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 1939. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Cambridge University Press, 1939. 373 pp. 10 plates, 2 maps, 7 tables. Chips and bumps to spine ends and corners. Spine slightly cocked. Former ownership sticker to ffep. Expected age-toning to text block, but text remains cleand and bright. Altogether quite sound. Very Good. (Subject: Anthropology).

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Essays in Polynesian Ethnology.

Paperback / softback. New. After the author of this 1939 volume died, it was completed, and edited, by Ralph Piddington, who drew upon Williamson's research at length in order to speculate whether the formation of a cohesive ethnology of Polynesia could be possible. This fascinating volume draws upon work within the field as well as historical and theoretical study.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 1939. Cloth hardcover, 373 pp., illustrated (including fold-out map), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, light rubbing to the tips of the covers, no dust jacket.

First edition. University Press, Cambridge. 1939. xlii, 373pp. 10 plates, folding map, text map, 7 tables. Original green cloth, gilt to spine. Edges untrimmed. Corners lightly rubbed. Map misfolded, with minor chipping to edge. Bookplate to fep of Lancashire Education Committee. Date due label removed from ffep. Brown pocket with card and original catalogue card to rep. Faint mark to top of upper board. This volume, published under the Polynesian Bequest embodies Williamson's manuscripts both published and unpublished. It covers Warfare in Central Polynesia, Kava in Samoa and Tonga, Kava in other Polynesian Islands, The Arioi, and Sex, Courtship and Infanticide. It includes a 14 page bibliography.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. [xlii] 373pp. Quarto. Publisher's green cloth. Spine title in gilt; crown and foot lightly creased. Small bumps to corners, boards slightly bowed. Folding map at front, otherwise un-illustrated. A bright copy; map clean and crisp. near fine A comprehensive examination of ethnological study in the Polynesian Islands. The author includes Samoa and Tonga in his consideration. (Taylor 84) 1939

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.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. xlii, 373 pp. Bibliography & Abbreviations.10 photographic-plates; 2 maps (including 1 large fold-out); 7 tables. Edited by Ralphy Piddington. Green cloth in pale green printed dustjacket. A near fine copy (3 short tears to upper edge & light foxing to fold-out map; owner name) in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; light fading; foxing & spotting). With an analysis of recent studies i Polynesian History by the Editor. The first part of the book deals with particular topics: Warfare, the Drinking of Kava, the Society known as the Arioi, and customs relating to Sex, Courtship and Infanticide. The second part deals with problems of historical reconstruction in Polynesia; Stability and Change in Polynesian Culture, Theories of Origin, the Relation between Polynesia and Melanesia, and an Appendix on Assam parallels.

Cooper Square Publishers, Inc. New York, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. A fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 373 pages; With an analysis of recent studies in Polynesian history by the Editor R. Piddington. Subjects: Ethnology--Polynesia.