Author: Walter G. Ivens
Title: 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 Organisation, Magic & Religion of Their Inhabitants.
Description: London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A illustrated first edition of this work on the people of Mala by Walter Ivens. A scarce first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth with gilt lettering and island illustration to the front. With a frontispiece, a vignette, 17 monochrome photographs over 14 plates, a map of Northern Malaysia and 2 folding maps. Collated complete. This fascinating and informative work was written by Walter G Ivens. Ivens was a missionary who published several books on the culture and language of Malaita Island. This work looks at the people of Mala and explores their religion and how they construct their Islands. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, the odd mark and light bumping resulting in minor loss to the cloth at the head of the spine. Very light offsetting to the rear end papers. Internally generally firmly bound with plate to page 64 weak. Generally clean and bright pages with light spotting to the front. Frontispiece detached but present. Minor marking to the fore edge with age toning to the top edge. Very Good . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: First edition Geography Illustrated Walter G. Ivens Geography None Stated


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