Denoon, Donald and Roderic Lacey, eds. — Oral Tradition in Melanesia

Waigani, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea , University of Papua New Guinea, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Good-looking, printed, illustrated covers, heavily sunned spine, unfurled tips, else a clean, unmarked, tightly bound volume. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. From the personal library of a noted Papua New Guinea-based researcher, scholar, activist and teacher, John Barker, who has contributed seminal works and activism on a number of fronts for four decades. Contributions from the two editors and from John Wiko, Antony Ruhan, Roderic Lacey, Lyndsay Farrall, Carl Loeliger, Bill Gammage, Paul Mi, Russell J. Blong, Garry Trompf, Sione Latukefu, Nigel Oram and many others. v [2], 2-270 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good