Cannibal Island, The Turbulent story of New Caledonia's Cannibal Coasts. By H.E. Lewis Priday. A. H. and A. W. Reed 1944; 8vo. With illustrations and a map.. 151p. Hardback. 1st ed. Clean and bright text. Tight binding. Illustrated d.w, a little edgeworn. First edition.Very rare book. 1944. New Zealand. "The Turbulent story of New Caledonia's Cannibal Coasts." Light orange hardcover with black lettering on spine and front. Dust jacket is quite dramatic, worn slightly on edges. characature of the author on inside flap. Map endpages. A brief history of New Caledonia, includes: stone age, the explorers, sandalwood and sea-slug, Bouarat and the Bishop, the Isle of Pines, the French take possession, code for head-hunters, the founding of Noumea, early settlements, the Mont Dore massacre, the end of grand Chief Kuindo, gold rush, murder on massacre flat, bloodshed in the Loyalties. A very intense story, 151 endpages, with B&W photos to illustrate.
