Search Results: Essays In Polynesian Ethnology by Robert W Williamson

Cambridge University Press, 2011-06-16. Paperback. New. 6x1x9. New paperback. An unread/unopened copy. May have VERY minor rubbing and scuffing from shelf wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. 8vo, xlii + 373pp, 2 maps, 10 plates, 7 tables. Orig. green cloth, gilt title. Sml. hole in hinge, fore-edge corners rubbed o/w very presentable copy.

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Paperback / softback. New. After the author of this 1939 volume died, it was completed, and edited, by Ralph Piddington, who drew upon Williamson's research at length in order to speculate whether the formation of a cohesive ethnology of Polynesia could be possible. This fascinating volume draws upon work within the field as well as historical and theoretical study.

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 This volume, published under the Polynesian Bequest embodies Williamson's manuscripts both published and unpublished.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

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. [xlii] 373pp. Quarto. Publisher's green cloth. Spine title in gilt; crown and foot lightly creased. Small bumps to corners, boards slightly bowed. Folding map at front, otherwise un-illustrated. A bright copy; map clean and crisp. near fine A comprehensive examination of ethnological study in the Polynesian Islands. The author includes Samoa and Tonga in his consideration. (Taylor 84) 1939

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. xlii, 373 pp. Bibliography & Abbreviations.10 photographic-plates; 2 maps (including 1 large fold-out); 7 tables. Edited by Ralphy Piddington. Green cloth in pale green printed dustjacket. A near fine copy (3 short tears to upper edge & light foxing to fold-out map; owner name) in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; light fading; foxing & spotting). With an analysis of recent studies i Polynesian History by the Editor. The first part of the book deals with particular topics: Warfare, the Drinking of Kava, the Society known as the Arioi, and customs relating to Sex, Courtship and Infanticide. The second part deals with problems of historical reconstruction in Polynesia; Stability and Change in Polynesian Culture, Theories of Origin, the Relation between Polynesia and Melanesia, and an Appendix on Assam parallels.