Peoples and Problems of the Pacific by Brown, J. Macmillan - 1927

New York: J. H. Sears & Co.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. illustrated, circa 1927, both bound in dark blue cloth, gold stamped lettering on spine, a good set.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1927. Spine sunned.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: J. H. Sears & Company, Inc.. Cloth - Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. First published in London in 1927 by T. Fisher Unwin, Sears reprinted it in the U.S. shortly thereafter (i.e. circa 1927). Navy blue cloth covers are a little scuffed and rubbed. Light foxing. Contents are otherwise very clean with paper remaining un-cut and the leaves un-opened.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1927.. Two volumes; Lge. 8vo frontispiece; volume 1 pp. xvi, 328, volume 2 xii, 300; numerous b/w plates; appendix, index; original blue boards with gilt title on spine; spine faded; some marks and bumps to boards and spine, some foxing to endpapers and early and late pages, spot foxing to page edges; bookplate on fixed endpaper of each volumes; both are good copies. Extensive study includes Cannibalism, Burial Rites, Ponape, Samoa, Ruk, South America, carvings and customs.

In two volumes. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1927 Roy.8vo. (1). xii,327pp. 63 plates, 2 maps, index. (2). viii,297pp. 31 plates, index. "This book consists of articles written during the last fifteen years from the groups descibed to various journals,..." Spines slightly browned, small nick to head of spine on volume I, a nice set of the first edition in the publisher's dark blue cloth, from the library of the writer and politician Leo S. Amery, with a signed presentation to him from the author on the end-paper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their… Read More