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In-8, 202p. Avec une vignette et un frontispice d'Henri Gufaux et 23 illustrations hors texte. En parfaite confition.
1971Large quarto/small folio in multicolored DJ; 152 p, illus. (part col.); 29 cm. Uncommon in the U.S. || Cheese -- Australia.
1983Black quarto; 94 p, b&w illus ; 27 cm. Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Semiannual Periodicals; Cultural Studies.
1985Large white octavo, white plastic-spiral bound; 56 p, b&w illus, map, & portraits ; 25 cm. Lovely tree-field-farmhouse picture to front pastedown & nice tree picture to rear cover. || Kaipara District (N.Z.) -- History.
1992Green multicolored quarto (orange spine); 260 p, b&w illus; 26 cm. Austrailia; History.
1961Grey-cloth octavo in color pictorial DJ with red-orange spine; 432 p., illus; 22 cm. Signed by author. || Antarctica -- History; Australia -- Relations -- Antarctica.
1956Large octavo in maroon cloth and color illus DJ; maps to endpapers; x, 214 p. illus *b/w and some color photoplates throughout) ; 23 cm Signed by Victor Carell. Some worthwhile photos of Aboriginal rituals. || Australian Aborigines; Indigenous people of Australia (rites, ceremonies, dance and customs) ; Ethnology -- Australia. Australia -- Description and travel.
1950Quarto in pale tan illus DJ; 551 p. illus., bib.; 26 cm Maori (New Zealand people) Hekenga. Korero nehe. Atua. Mahi toi. Matauranga tikanga tangata. Matauranga hapori.
1997Yellow octavo (red spine) ; 128 p. : ill. (some b&w.), facsims., maps, plans, ports ; 24 cm Surprisingly uncommon. // New Zealand -- Antiquities -- Archaeology -- History
1996Octavo in a peach color DJ ; 112 p. : illus (some color) Napier (N.Z.) -- Description and travel -- Government
1953I sogni delle isole dei mari del Sud, tradotti in viva realtà, prima di essere contaminati dalla civilizzazione. Prima edizione, esemplare perfetto, molte illustrazioni in nero. Legatura telata editoriale, sopracoperta illustrata, pp. 215, in 8°
In 16ø (cm. 19 x 13); pagg. 90; con numerosissime illustraz. fotograf. anche a coll. e a doppia pagina su tavole f.t. e alcuni disegni n.t.; tela origin. con sovracopertina illustr. a coll. Traccia di timbro. VG. ** Terza edizione. "La commossa rievocazione di un lungo soggiorno nelle isole della Polinesia dove Š stato girato l'omonimo film".
18388° grande (23,4x14,4 cm); (4), 411, (2) pp. 104 tav. e (4), 416 pp. e 100 c. di tav. fuori testo e due cartine più volte ripiegate. Nel 1843 uscì un terzo volume. Esemplare ancora in barbe. Bellissime legature in mezza pelle rossa con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro al dorso e piatti foderati con carta coeva rossa a rilievo. L'opera uscì nella celebre collana di monografie a se stanti dedicata ognuna ad un paese del mondo pubblicata con il titolo "L'universo o storia e descrizione di tutti i popoli". Prima edizione italiana di quest'opera curata dal celebre viaggiatore, politico e geografo francese Domeny de Rienzi che raccoglie la storia, la geografia ma anche gli usi e costumi, le lingue e l'economia dei territori ed isole dell'Oceania, Borneo, Melanesia, Micronesia e Polinesia, Malesia. Bellissime le duecento tavole fuori testo con immagini di luoghi, costumi e personaggi celebri. Esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione, in barbe ed in bella legatura.
1908FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this account of Biblical history--from the Creation to the Resurrection--in Mangareva (or Mangarevan). 415 pp. PRINTED ENTIRELY IN MANGAREVA (the front board has a single phrase in French, "Histoire sainte en langue mangarÈvienne"). Janeau (1859-1944) was a picpucien missionary in French Polynesia. Illustrated with several small and very dramatic wood engravings. Printed on very good wove paper. Small 8vo. Bound in original cloth-backed boards. Decorative endpapers. Boards a bit worn, but still structurally solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only four copies, one at Yale and three in the South Pacific (Oceania and Hawaii).
1908FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this translation of the Lives of the Saints into Mangareva (or Mangarevan). 519 pp. PRINTED ENTIRELY IN MANGAREVA (the title-page has a few words in French, as transcribed above). Janeau (1859-1944) was a picpucien missionary in French Polynesia. Printed on very good wove paper. This volume covers the saints whose days fall through June 30; the second volume was never published. Small 8vo. Bound in original cloth-backed boards. Decorative endpapers. Boards a bit worn, but still structurally solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only two copies, both in the South Pacific (Oceania and Hawaii).
1983Bound in green leather. 9"w x 12 1/4"h. 128 pages. Ribbon bookmark and gilt edges. 46 pages of text with b & w illustrations, followed by full-page color plates faced on opposite page with description of each painting.
1975The story of Thor Heyerdahl's first Pacific adventure long ago, before World War II which included an idyllic month spent with the last Polynesian cannibal. Beats working at a supermarket. Numerous illustrations. Dust jacket has tears around top edges and is a little sun-bleached on parts of front.
197040 page pamphlet illustrated with b&w photos, drawings and prints in dual language: French and English. Light wear to covers, scotch tape repair on back, text/interior is free of marking of any kind, tight, solid binding. Contents include: Teka the game of the gods, The games of Tahiti and polynesia: Wresting heiva moana, boxing heiva motofoot races, javelin throwing vero patia, sling shot ma'a, archery te'a, land hockey, 'apai, foot ball tuira'a poposurfing faaheeraa miti, canoe races, weight lifting, stilts rore, sled hourue holua, quoits, Melanesia: the game is a war and the war is a game, Micronesian anrib or kickball game.
1981197 pages with b&w photo, maps on inside covers, foxing to page ends, previous owner's name on endpaper, clean otherwise, no marking to text/interior. Contents includes About Polynesia, Ancient days, Trade slavery and colonialism, Family and houshold, How people make families, What the Rapanui believe, Earning an Islander living, Islanders off the island, Relations with others...
2002A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 305 pages.
1972Book is in excellent condition with barely discernable wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no notable blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 23 page staple bound book with color covers, b&w drawings and photos providing an intro to the subject. Sections include Wood carving in Polynesia, The evolution of Maori carving, Wood carvers and their tools, The human figure, Spirals, Carved houses, Hei-Tiki.
1956Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers, age-toned paper; very clean copy. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, Very light scuffing, two thumbnail imprints on back cover are only flaw. Binding glue is over 50 years old: this is a collector's item: book should not be expected to hold together under normal use. Avon # T-117, a Red and Gold edition, illustrated, unabridged. Cover by Gauguin. Unexpurgated.
1990Broché. 156 pages. 21x27cm.
19844 volumes reliures de l'éditeur. 229+231+231+230 pages. (Reliure rouge décor floral). Tranches doréees. 22x28cm.
1952in 8° br. sovrac. fig., pp.259, foto dell'A.
