Hardcover with brown cloth boards and gilt titles and decoration to spine. By E (Emma) Hadfield. Published by Macmillan & Co, first edition, 1920. The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago of six inhabited islands that form part of New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. The people are of mixed Melanesian and Polynesian ancestry. This book considers their customs and way of life from the perspective of a white expatriate resident in the early 20th century. Hardback, no dust jacket. Previous owner’s label on front pastedown. Corner of front endpaper is clipped, black mark on bottom page ends, and endpapers show some spotting, but the inner pages are clean and bright.