Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1934. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). xiv, 464 pp.; 306 text illustrations, 29 plates (of which one in full colour). Original printed wrappers.

An important, well-illustrated contribution to the ethnography of Micronesia, edited by the German physician and anthropologist Georg Christian Thilenius (1868-1937). "In 1900 he became a professor of anthropology and ethnology at the University of Breslau, and several years later (1904) was appointed director of the Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg (Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg), a position he maintained until his retirement in 1935. As museum director, Thilenius coordinated the 1908-1910 Südsee-Expedition, a scientific expedition to German-administered territories in Micronesia and Melanesia. Over 15,000 objects and artifacts from the South Pacific were brought back to Hamburg, which were documented until 1938" (Wikipedia). This well-illustrated part was written by Anneliese Eilers and deals with the ethnography of the smaller islands off Ponape, in the Carolines, namely Kapingamarangi, Nukuor [Nukuoro], Ngatik [Sapwuahfik or Raven islands], Mokil [Mwoakilloa, formerly Duperrey Island and Wellington Island], and Pingelap. Uncut. Light creasing to lower outer corner of the front wrapper and, diminishing, the next few gatherings; otherwise a very good, clean copy.