Island of Passion; Ra'ivavae by Marshall, Donald:

George Allen & Unwin, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. First Published . 301 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

London, England: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scott, James. First Edition (Statement Of First Published). Illustrated. The Book Is Bound In Light Blue Cloth With Stamped Polynesian Symbol On The Front And Black Stamped Lettering On The Spine. The Spine Tips Are No Longer Crisp And The Page Edges Have Tanned. Light Dust Soiling To The Upper Edges. The Jacket Is Age Toned And Has A Few Tiny Chips And Tears. One Half Inch Tear At The Upper Front Edge.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. First Edition. 301 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Hardcover. Very good. George Allen and Unwin, 1962, hardcover in an edgeworn unclipped dust jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear, dampstain on back cover.

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Gary/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: James Scott – Illustrator, Author – Photographer. Map illustrated end pages, showing the greater Pacific region and then the island of Ra'ivavae in particular. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs taken by the author and black-and-white drawings done by James Scott. Pale green coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the front panel and dark blue coloured titles to the backstrip. Blue coloured tint to the top text edge. In this unique book, the author -- anthropologist Donald Marshall -- describes present-day life on Ra'ivavae, and to explain its roots he brings its colourful past vividly to life. This book is a study of a culture that was overwhelmed by the Western world. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges and a little rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Some patchy sunning to… Read More

George Allen & Unwin., London. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in d.j. Cloth 8vo. 16 b/w plates, b/w figures. Endpaper maps. Anthropological discussion based on the author's 1957 expedition which examines how European contact brought about a change in the social and religious composition of the islanders. First published in U.S. as Ra'ivavae: An Expedition to the Most Fascinating and Mysterious Island in Polynesia. 301pp. 1st UK ed. ** > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (1962) 302+2 pp. Original pale blue covers, lightly soiled. Spine and edges a bit sunned. Spine ends bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Approx. 1/4" closed tear from bottom edge of front panel. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Illus. by James Scott (Drawings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962. Cloth/hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 301p. When this book was written, Donald Marshall, an anthropologist, had heard that the erotic practcies on the Island of Ra'ivavae were once well-known but suppressed because of missionary influence. Here he was able to finally get an elderly informant to tell of the regular practice of 'amurepo (cunnilingus) though earlier it was called honehone. Her grandmother had a clitoris as long as the first two joints of her finger. She describes in detail the ways in which the sexual organs were lengthened from early youth. Pa-kika when a woman with an enlarged clitoris mounts another and many other terms that the missionaries had gotten them to suppress. The religion is described in detail as well as the family structure.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1961. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket 301pp., b/w pls., ep maps,