Essays in Polynesian ethnology
Book Description
                        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This volume, published under the Polynesian Bequest embodies Williamson's manuscripts both published and unpublished.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.
                    
                                    
                        Author
                        Williamson, Robert W.; Piddington, Ralph (ed)
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1939
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Original cloth
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        Cambridge University Press
                    
                    
                    
                    
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