The Vailala Madness and Other Essays by Francis Edgar Williams ISBN 13: 9780702213922

University of Queensland Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Name written on top right of front free endpaper. No other markings. Some chips and general wear to dust jacket, dust jacket is in a protective cover.

St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. First edition, 1976. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 432 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket, owner stamps on the front flyleaf and front pastedown, foxing or age-toning to the outer pages and the page-edges, dust jacket a small sticker-ghost on the front panel of the dust jacket, dust jacket with some soiling and discoloration, wear to the edges of the dust jacket including creasing, tearing, and a bit of loss. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

University of Queensland Press, 1976. Hardcover (15 x 23 cm), 432 pages (with index). ISBN: 0702213926. The book is in Very Good condition. Full-bound red boards with gold lettering along spine. Lightly bumped. Rolled/creased at head & foot of spine. Pages tanning/foxing. Inscription on front endpaper (assumed to be previous owner's name). Tight binding, clean text. The dust jacket is in Good condition. Bumped, chipped, torn, creased and soiled. Dj spine appears faded. "Williams' ethnographic records of the people of the Purari Delta, the Gulf Coast, Lake Kutubu, the Orokaiva and several mountain tribes have become classics, which will undoubtedly be read by scholars both inside and outside Papua New Guinea for generations to come, if only as monuments to a way of life which was already partly extinct by the time Williams died, but of which the positive achievements are a basis for ideological development in the future. On the basis of a wealth of precise facts, Williams admired Papua's… Read more

Univ. of Qld Press, 1976. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. One of a large, sophisticated collection from an Australian anthropologist on New Guinea, Papua and related subject areas. Several hundred volumes from this collection are listed at this site and can be found as a set by searching for the special Keyword pwnewguinea. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 432 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book and dustjacket condition has been well-preserved due to clear, acid-free Mylar book/jacket covers . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Anthropology; Papua New Guinea; ISBN: 0702213926. ISBN/EAN: 9780702213922. Pictures of this… Read more