American Polynesia. Coral Islands of the Central Pacific

Honolulu, Hawaii: Tongg Publishing Company, 1941. Softcover. First edition (it appears the book was published simultaneously in paperback and hardcover of which this is the only copy of the paperback available as of now); 6 x 8 1/2; pp. 208; speckled gray wraps; a small bump to tail of spine; minor creases to lower corners; backstrip with a bit of age-toning; faint penciled-in signature to first blank page; illustrated with numerous maps and photographs; pages clean; overall very good or better.First appearing as "forty-five weekly installments in the Honolulu Advertiser, September 11, 1939 to July 15, 1940," the chapters of the book comprise a remarkable reference source on American Polynesia including, interestingly enough, several islands which are decidedly not American.