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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. frontis, photos, index, 219p. 22cm. No jacket. Reprint of the 1920 edition of this book about the people inhabiting the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago of Papua.
Published by The Polynesian Society, New Plymouth, 1927
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pp. 1-98, (2) , + index and contents pages to volume 35: (2) , 355-373, (3) . Original pink card wrappers. "March 1927" written on spine in pen. Spine faded. 1/4" chip at tail of spine. Contents: "A Tikopian Vocabulary" edited by Herbert W. Williams; "Kava Ceremonial in Tonga" by E. E. V. Collocott; "Language, Mythology and Songs of Bwaidoga, enough Island, S. E. Papua" by D. Jennes and Rev. A. Ballantyne; "Notes on Maori Artifacts" by Gilbert Archey; Reviews; Publications Received; Notes and Queries; Proceedings; Annual Meeting; Annual Report; Balance Sheet; Members; List of Exchanges; Notice to Members. ; 8vo.
Published by Polynesian Society, New Plymouth, 1926
Seller: Tinakori Books, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Wrappers. Condition: Good. First Edition. pages 267-354, b/w plates, maps. Contents: A Tikopian vocabulary. Compiled mainly from materials collected by the Rev. W. J. Durrad, of the Melanesian Mission, p 267-289 Language, mythology and songs of Bwaidoga, Goodenough Island, S.E. Papua, by D. Jenness, p 290-314 White magic of the Maori. Some explanation of the Atahu or Iri Rite, and the use of love charms, p 315-328 Supposed pit-dwellings in Queen Charlotte Sound, by W. J. Elvy, p 329-332 Honorific terms, sacerdotal expressions, personifications, etc., met with in Maori narrative, p 333-334 Word list. Containing words and expressions not included in published dictionaries of the Maori tongue, p 335-336 Obituary, p 337 Reviews, p 338-347 Publications received, p 348-350 Notes and queries, p 351-352 Notice to members: 'The Maori', by Elsdon Best, p 353 Maori literature, p 354.
1920/1970. New Guinea, South Pacific. Johnson Reprint of Oxford University edition. Very good grey cloth with extensive pencil underlining and notations (by George Stocking) 219p.
Published by New Plymouth (NZ) Thomas Avery., 1928
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Or.cl. 270pp. Frontispiece map & another folding map. Name erased from ffe else a Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. An important study of the Bwaidogan language. Contains a vocabulary, grammar, folklore texts with translations, songs and incantations.