Tahiti Tattoos
Cologne: Taschen, 1998. With full-page b/w photos throughout. 126 pages. Folio, white boards, d.w. Cologne: Taschen, (1998). A near fine copy with slight shelfwear; in a near fine dust wrapper, minor edgewear. More
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Voyage Autour du Monde, Par la Fregate du Roi la Boudeuse et la Flute L'Etoile, en 1766. 1767, 1768 & 1769
Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. Complete with 20 folding maps and 3 plates. [8], 417, [3]pp. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with red leather spine label, spine rubbed with light wear on spine ends, edges of corners worn and bumped, maps and text slightly wavy throughout, light browning to margins of half-title page, last 3 leaves with some light dampstaining to some margins. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. First Edition Internally a clean, bright and tight copy. Narrative..... More
Through Polynesia and Papua
London: Francis Griffiths, 1911. Numerous photographic illustrations. 197 pages + 10 pages of advertisements, foxing on endpapers, tall 8vo, red cloth, pictorially gilt cover. London: Francis Griffiths, 1911. First Edition. A bright clean copy. Very good (+). More
Oceanie les Iles des Pins, Loyalty et Tahiti
Paris: Henri Plon, 1871. Illustrated with 4 engraved plates. [4], 388 pages with text in French. Thick 12mo, bound in older 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards. Paris: Henri Plon, 1871. First edition. Lacking the folding map, otherwise a very good(+) copy, solid and attractive. More
L'Ancien Culte Mahorie.
Paris: La Palme, 1951. 54pp facsimile of the original manuscript, printed in color; 39pp of text by Huyghe in French. Tall slim 8vo, color pictorial boards, printed by Mourlot, printed mylar wrapper. Very small bookseller's plate on front attached endpaper. Paris: La Palme, 1951. A near fine copy of this uncommon book. Signature of Art historian Meyer Schapiro on front attached endpaper. More
Plan de L'ile de Paque; Plan de la Baie de Cook; April 1786 by the Boussole and Astrolabe.
Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 21 1/4" x 28" This chart depicts Easter Island, with a close-up of Cook's Bay. Relief is depicted by hachure, and elevation is shown from several vantage points. Points and peaks of the elevation views correspond to labels on the map. The Bay shows depths, and various structures are labeled. The map appeared as Plate 10 in "Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse." It is in very..... More
Tahiti: The island Paradise
Chicago: Conkey, 1906. Illustrated with 50 half-tones. 254pp. Short thick 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth (one corner lightly bumped, otherwise a just a bit of edgewear). Chicago: W.B. Conkey, (1906). A very good copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. More
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Woodcuts by Lynd Ward. 8vo, green cloth (quite dust soiled). N.Y.: Literary Guild, 1930. A very good(-) copy. More
Los Gringos: or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia.
New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. xvi, 453pp. 12mo, original green cloth, cloth lightly soiled, light foxing throughout. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First Edition. Author was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican War. "The author went to California in 1846, making a considerable stay at Monterey, San Francisco, and San Jose." Eberstadt 114:189. Howes W-593. He also writes extensively on his adventures in Mexico during the war. After the war, he writes of his..... More
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