An American Anthropologist in Melanesia : A. B. Lewis and the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition, 1909-1913 : Field Diaries [with] Appendixes [2 volumes, complete]

Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press [Hawaii], 1998. Appears unread. 2 volumes, complete. Volume I: Field Diaries & Volume II: Appendixes. Fine condition in Near Fine dust jackets (the jacket for Vol. II has a single short closed tear). NO chips. NO creases. A bright, clean, square, tight set. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Edited and annotated by Robert L. Welsch. Both volumes are first printings with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Uniformly bound in the original turquoise cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spines. From the Dust Jacket: "Anthropologist Albert Buell Lewis spent four arduous years travelling through the former colonies of Melanesia as an ethnological researcher for Chicago's Field Museum. The field diaries that he maintained during this period reveal the fascinating story of how Lewis overcame extraordinary difficulties to assemble the remarkable collection of artifacts now preserved in the museum. In AN AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST IN MELANESIA, Robert Welsch has beautifully contextualized the diaries through a descriptive, interwoven commentary, extensive annotation, and a wealth of visual materials. The two volumes offer readers a firsthand account of conditions in Melanesia before the First World War, a rare glimpse into a little-known chapter in the history of anthropology, and an inside look at how the world's great natural history and ethnological museums built their collections… Volume I, the illustrated diaries, offers an integrated mix of background text, photographs, diaries, and notes… Volume II, a companion volume of appendixes includes a summary of materials in the Field Museum's Lewis Collection organized by locality and object type, and a biographical dictionary of 'Who Was Who in Melanesia,' identifying the 275 individuals named in the text and describing their role in Pacific history." Oversize Hardcover (heavy). 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost.. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Fine condition/Near Fine dust jackets. 2 vols: xxi, 633pp. + (vi), 289pp.