The Fijians. A Study of the Decay of Custom

London: William Heinemann, 1908. b/w photo plates. xviii, (2), 396 pp. First edition of a book on the island and its inhabitants by a very forward thinking former colonial official who lived with the Fijians for ten years. In his presentation of the history and lives of these people, Thomson calls into question Victorian assumptions about civilization, morality and racial superiority. Bound in original cloth, lightly rubbed. Inscribed by author.