Among the Natives of the Loyalty Group

London: Macmillan and Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine rubbed with flecking to and fading to cloth. Previous owner's name partly erased from front endpaper. Another previous owner's blind-stamp on front free endpaper and on margin of frontispiece. ; xix, [1], 316 pages. Frontispiece within the pagination. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Colour illustrations on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 224 x 141mm. 49 black and white photographic illustrations, some full page. "A short sail of some eight or ten hours from our home here at Lifu lands us on the sister island of Uvea, where we usually spend a month every year. Our visit to this beautiful lagoon island is generally made during the months of May and June, which in these southern tropics are regarded as winter months." - from the Preface, page vii. Contents: Part I - Introduction - Life, Uvea, Origin of Tribes; Characteristics, Physical and Moral - Appearance, Gratitude, Truthfulness, Honesty, Intelligence; Lifuan Chiefs - Their Position and Power; Social Life - Houses, Furniture; Work - Agriculture, Fishing, House-Building; Navigation - Astronomy; Division of Time and Languages; Amusements - Swimming, Games, Personal Adornments, Dancing, Music; Superstition - Charms, Omens, Totems; Cannibalism and War; Births, Marriages and Death; Part II - Loyalty Island Legends; Lifuan Proverbs; Index. .