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This volume, published under the Polynesian Bequest embodies Williamson's manuscripts both published and unpublished.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.

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Bookseller: Paul Haynes Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: Biblio531
Title: Essays in Polynesian ethnology
Author: Williamson, Robert W.; Piddington, Ralph (ed)
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 1939
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Polynesia, Kava, Samoa, Tonga, Arioi, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Paumoto, Society Islands,
Bookseller catalogs: Travel and Exploration; History; Military History; The Middle East, India and Asia; Australasia;
Size: 8vo

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