Early Tonga As the Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810 Unknown - 1988

University of Arizona Press, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good plus / Very good plus. Jacket in mylar protector. Heads of book and jacket spines and top front corner are slightly pushed in / wrinkled; otherwise like new..

Tucson AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 339 pages, b&w illustrations. A study of the people and customs of Tonga, based on the ethnographic observations of European visitors before the period of intensive Christian missionary activity. Clean copy. Record # 378295

Arizona: University of Arizona Press. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0816510261 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. .

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; (xv, 339 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index. Contents; Tongans & their dwellings -- Social organisation & government -- Kava : drink for all occasions -- Religion -- Daily life -- From birth to death -- Recreation -- Quest for food -- Trade & transportation -- War & peace. Subjects; Ethnology Tonga. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. Ethnology. Manners and customs. Ethnology Tonga. Ethnology. Manners and customs. 17th century. 18th century. 19th century. Tonga Social life and customs. Tonga History. Tonga Ethnology. Tonga Social life and customs. Tonga. Polynesia Tonga Cultural processes history.