Author: BROWN, MACMILLAN J.
Title: The Riddle Of The Pacific.
Description: Second Impression; large 8vo 26 cm x 17 cm; frontispiece; pp. xii, 312, numerous additional full page plates; appendix, index; original blue boards with gilt title on spine, some marks and bumps to boards and spine, foxing to first and last few pages, flecking to page edges, insect damage to cloth, a good copy. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1925. Extensive illustrations including canoe paddles, statues and hats drawn by Hodge Cook's artist, Pyramids of Malden obsidian spearheads, Easter Island canoe, early writing forms from the Pacific, burial platforms, Papua, clothing and feather work. Appendix gives comparison between Maori and Easter Island languages,

Keywords: South Pacific region history Polynesia Micronesia Easter Island Marquesans Maori Papua New Zealand Peru South