The majesty of colour,: A life of Sir John Bates Thurston (Pacific research monograph) by Deryck Scarr - 1973

Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 370 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Green cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has some agewear (see image). Some light foxing to top edge and very light tanning to pages from age. Dr. Scarr has delved into diaries, private letters, official correspondence and newspapers to reconstruct the colorful life story of Thurston. Volume one only. Record # 33476

Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1973. xxxx, 370pp, 8pp b/w photos, three maps, glossary,index. There is a stain on the lower page edges by the spine foot. Small book shop stamp by the spine foot of the tinted fep. Or decorative green cloth in rubbed dust-jacket. In this 'first part of a 2-volume work, Thurston is at odds with his own emigrant society and its racist views. But as intimate and supporter of the chiefs he is, to the Fijian elite, Na Kena Vai-- the Very Bayonet, or, by free translation, the Pilot Fish'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australian University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. UNCOMMON 1973 Stated First Edition hardcover in dust jacket, published in Canberra by Australian National University Press. UNREAD COPY with unmarked pages and tight binding. Green cloth cover is in excellent condition; gilt-stamped spine titles, clean and bright with sharp corners. Jacket is shelf-rubbed and shows edge wear, including a couple of one-inch edge tears. A sturdy, bright, and useful copy. 370 pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.