Fijians a Study Of the Decay Of Custom

London: William Heinemann, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, William Heinemann, 1908. Octavo, xx, 396 pages plus 16 plates. Cloth slightly sunned, marked and bumped, and a little rubbed at the extremities; boards a little bowed; slight erasure and small remnant of a label on the front free endpaper; inner hinges cracked (and the rear one a… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1908. b/w photo plates. xviii, (2), 396 pp. First edition of a book on the island and its inhabitants by a very forward thinking former colonial official who lived with the Fijians for ten years. In his presentation of the history and lives of these people, Thomson calls into question Victorian assumptions about civilization, morality and… Read more about this item

Heinemann, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bookplate of James Edge Partington (Anthropologist) to front endpaper. . Interesting letter from Thomson to James Edge Partington laid in. Review of the book excised from Folk-lore journal laid in. Another review tipped in to verso of front endpaper. Newspaper articles relevant to Fiji… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.