Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific

Felix Speiser

Published by Mills and Boon, London, 1913

About this Item

The first edition of this illustrated account of Felix Speiser's two year journey through the Western Pacific, particularly to the New Hebrides. A fascinating and in-depth first-hand account of Felix Speiser's two year voyage through the Western Pacific, the majority of which was spent in the New Hebrides. Including descriptions of the history, geography, and topography of the land, and traditions and customs of the people of the New Hebrides.Felix Speiser was a Swiss ethnologist, and Professor of Ethnology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Through his career, he journeyed to the Hopi Islands, New Hebrides, New Guinea, and more.The first edition of this work.Illustrated with forty plates and a double-paged map, collated and complete.Containing a few ink notations to the front pastedown and front free-endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just some light shelf wear and slight darkening to the spine. A small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Containing a few ink notations to the front pastedown and front free-endpaper. Some residue, evidence of an amateur sticker removal, to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. A few spots to the fore-edge and pages, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 832J38

Bibliographic Details

Title: Two Years with the Natives in the Western ...

Publisher: Mills and Boon, London

Publication Date: 1913

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book