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Published by Cooper Square Publishers, New York, 1975
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. VG+ in orange cloth boards with gold lettering on spine; no dust jacket. A study & analysis of the ethnology of the religion, social organization & customs of Central Polynesia, with an analysis of recent studies in Polynesian history. Illustrated with B&W plates & fold-out map of the region. Anthropology, Polynesia.
Published by Cambridge at the University Press
Seller: Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand
hardback. Barthel Collection stamp on front endpaper, spine faded.
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1939
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g. First edition. 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.