Ancient Hawaiian Civilization
by Midkiff, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0804800235
- ISBN 13
- 9780804800235
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. Revised Edition; Eighth Printing. Hardcover. 0804800235 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's name top of front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 333 pages; "Ancient Hawaiian Civilization takes us back to Hawaii's " stone age," when there wasn't an alphabet, numbering system, or other civilized distinctions as we know them. Still rules of living, modes, and customs permitted large numbers of people to live healthfully and happily throughout the islands. The combined areas of specialization by no less than 16 authors have been carefully selected and grouped to make up this volume. Together, the authors comprise a truly formidable forum of Hawaiian thought and learning. Ethnologists, geologists, zoologists, and medical doctors are but a few of the areas of specialization represented in these pages." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20910
- Title
- Ancient Hawaiian Civilization
- Author
- Midkiff, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition; Eighth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0804800235
- ISBN 13
- 9780804800235
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle Company
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, VT
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0804800235, hawaii, polynesia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native studies;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
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