The island builders of the Pacific

How & why the people of Mala construct their artificial islands, the antiquity & doubtful origin of the practice, with a description of the social organization, magic & religion of their inhabitants. London : Seeley, Service & Co., 1930. Octavo, gilt-illustrated yellow cloth (slightly marked and canted), previous owner’s name to endpaper, pp. 317, photographic illustrations, folding map, a very good copy.

Ethnographic study of a group of indigenous Solomon Islanders.