Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1932-1936. Three parts in three. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). 1238 pp. [xii, 376; xvii, 386; xi, 437]; 248 text figures [10; 176; 62], 44 plates [19; 10; 15] of which one in full colour. Original uniform printed wrappers.

An important 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 volume, published in three parts, was written by Paul Hambruch and Anneliese Eilers, and deals with the island of Ponape, in the Carolines, now known as Pohnpei. Uncut. A very good, clean set. Complete for the subject covered, and rarely found complete.