Item #099176 THE MELANESIANS. R. H. Codrington.

THE MELANESIANS.

Studies in their Anthropology and Folk-Lore. With illustrations. Pp. xvi+420(last blank)+16(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece, numerous text illustrations, folding map, index; black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in red, a trifle marked, corners slightly bruised; uncut; different bookseller's sticker on each upper endpaper, occasional faint soiling; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1891. First edition. *R. H. Codrington (1830-1922), was an Anglican priest who made the first systematic study of Melanesian society and culture. Described in his obituary in the journal Nature as 'the apostle of Melanesia', his work is still regarded as an ethnographic classic. Item #099176

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