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5 bound volumes. Volume 21: (4), 246, (4) PP with b/w illustrations (1 map of Papua New Guinea and figures), plus 17 b/w plates and 2 folded plans of "Port of Papeete" in 1960 and 1966. Volume 22: (4), ,198 PP, plus 7 b/w plates with 23 photos. Volume 23: (4), 238 PP with b/w illustrations (2 drawings on "Easter Island", 26 engraved figures (bamboos from New Caledonia), plus 5 plates with 8 b/w photos, and 8 plates with 11 colour photos. Volume 24: "Hommage à Bougainville" 238 PP. Volume 26: (4), 365, (6) PP with figures and maps, plus 4 plates with 20 b/w photos, and 1 large folded map "Moorea & District of Afareaitu" at rear of book. 5 volumes bound in 1, with a total of c. 1335 pages. Cloth cover, Seal of the "New Zealand General Assembly Library on front cover, gilt title on label pasted down on spine. Plate of the New Zealand General Assembly Library pasted down on front endpaper. Most of the texts are in French. Fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 27.5 x 19. Volume 21: Gauguin, Journalist in Tahiti in "Les Guêpes", by Bengt Danielsson and Father O'Reilly. The New Harbour of Papeete, by R. Lacroix. Fishing Hooks of Oceania, by Jose Garanger. Volume 22: The Ashton Lever Museum, London, and its Tahitian collections at the end of the 18th Century. French Manuscripts referring to the Tasmanian Aborigines, by N.J.B. Plomley (English text) Volume 23: 'Ana'a, a Polynesian atoll, by K.P. Emory and P. Ottino. One week on Easter Island, by M.-Ch. Laroche. Primitive Art and "Structures", by Jean Guiart. Volume 24: Journal of Bougainville in Tahiti. and manuscripts of witness, by Etienne Taillemite. Vessels "Boudeuse" & "Etoile", by L. Denoix. Volume 26: Teaching of the Tahitian language in the schools of French Polynesia, by Robert I. Levy (English text). The reception of European voyagers on Polynesian Islands, 1568-1797, by W.H. Pearson (English text) .Uprising of 1917 in New Caledonia, by Jean Guiart. Seller Inventory # 75838
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