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Published by Benediction Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 178943016XISBN 13: 9781789430165
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Mutual Pub Co, 1987
ISBN 10: 0935180273ISBN 13: 9780935180275
Seller: BookResQ., West Valley City, UT, U.S.A.
Book
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.
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Published by Eland Publishing Ltd, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1780601417ISBN 13: 9781780601410
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Puka-Puka is a triangular coral reef, some seven miles in circumference with three islands. It frames a lagoon so clear that one can see the coral forests some ten fathoms below. It is the most remote, and probably the most beautiful, of all the Cook Islands.Robert Dean Frisbie was born in Ohio (1896) but his health was crippled after fighting in the First World. In 1920, he sailed for the Southern Pacific with a library of books, a desire to live and an ambition to write. In 1924 he travelled out to Puka-Puka and over the next four years he wrote a series of twenty-nine articles for Atlantic Monthly, which were later gathered together to create The Book of Puka-Puka. The Book of Puka-Puka is not about travel, it is about staying still. It is about living as a conspicuous stranger and slowly allowing yourself to become absorbed into the ways of an ancient, indigenous community. Puka-Puka is a triangular coral reef, some seven miles in circumference with three islands. It frames a lagoon so clear that one can see the coral forests some ten fathoms below. It is the most remote, and probably the most beautiful, of all the Cook Islands. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Benediction Books, 2019
ISBN 10: 1789430135ISBN 13: 9781789430134
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Benediction Classics, 2019
ISBN 10: 1789431301ISBN 13: 9781789431308
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Benediction Books, 2019
ISBN 10: 1789430151ISBN 13: 9781789430158
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Ura, 2017
Seller: Distribution Herrmann-Auclair, Trégunc, France
Book First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Neuf. Edition originale. Un jeune américain de 24 ans au c ur débordant de rêves d'aventures débute son périple dans le Pacifique par Tahiti, où il débarque en 1920. Robert Dean Frisbie, affectueusement appelé « Ropati », a la plume talentueuse. Rapidement devenu ami du grand James Normal Hall, il vivra trois ans sur une terre dont il décrira, dix années plus tard, de manière minutieuse, tendre et drôle, la vie quotidienne des habitants. Ropati aime, à l'évidence, la simplicité unique de la vie tahitienne dont il se nourrit avec délectation. Mais il pressent également avec mélancolie que cet Âge d'or tire à sa fin, comme si les portes d'un Eden imaginé, attendu et recherché, se refermaient inéluctablement devant ses yeux. L'auteur s'interroge. Les échanges de la vie insulaire, familiale et communautaire s'effacent devant l'irrésistible montée des valeurs urbaines du négoce et de l argent, incarnées par les commerçants chinois. Robert Dean Frisbie pointe le développement graduel du commerce, annonçant l avènement de la société de consommation. L'Histoire contemporaine donnera raison à Ropati, qui leva le voile, comme d'autres témoins privilégiés de l'Histoire tahitienne, sur les réalités d'un microcosme déjà terriblement fragilisé par les épidémies, soumis à des autorités, missionnaires ou coloniales et au culte du Progrès. Mais dont l'Âme, immortelle, porte encore en elle une magie à nulle autre pareille.
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Condition: Neuf.
Published by URA éditions, 2024
Seller: Gallix, Gif sur Yvette, France
Book
Condition: Neuf.
Published by URA, 2022
Seller: Gallix, Gif sur Yvette, France
Book
Condition: Neuf.
Published by The Century Co, 1929
Seller: Booksavers of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 2nd printing, 1930. Gold and black patterned cover. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels. Binding secure. Covers worn at edges and corners, spine title faded. As pictured. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
Published by The Century Co., 1930
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. This old book is in good condition. This is a hardcover book with 356 pages including many illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page states 1930 Second Printing. The gold patterned covers with black cloth spine show general edgewear. We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Internally clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, with very slight forward lean. Boards are clean light rubbing to corners.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1944
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Corners are modestly bumped with light wear, tape residue at top and bottom of front and back covers, piece of tape affixed at back endpaper. otherwise a clean and presentable copy with a solid binding. Dust jacket is pretty rough, with ragged one inch chips at top and bottom of spine, clipped on four corners, tape marks on flaps, three inch closed tear across front, modest sunfade to spine, modest toning to edges. but front cover is presentable and jacket is now protected in an archival cover. Photos on request.
Published by The Century Company, New York, 1929
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 356 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gold Patterned Cloth Covers, Lettered In Orange, Orange Endpapers. "First Printing, July, 1929" On Copyright Page. Near Fine, No Marks.
Published by Century Co, NY, 1929
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). 1st printing (stated); black c w/brownish-black decorative boards, red titles; lite wear at extemities; maps on end papers; 356 clean, unmarked pages; publisher's flyer laid in Size: 8 Vo.
Published by The Century Co., New York, 1930
Seller: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blaine, Mahlon (illustrator). 2nd. General wear with rubbing to the edges of the hard paper-covered decorative art deco boards as well, a small section of which, about 1 1/2" x 1", is missing on the upper righthand side of the front cover. Otherwise a nice copy. Of sound structure with clean interior.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City NY, 1944
Seller: Montecito Rare Books, Goleta, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good+; a few stains to cloth; mild rubbing/bumping to extremities; a bit of foxing to 2 pages; owner bookplate to verso of first free page; a few pages toward the back have been dog-eared/straightened; else Very Good. Hinges sound, pages clean and bright, except as noted above. Possible later printing. No dust jacket. Book.
Published by Little Brown and Company, 1937
Seller: Penn and Ink Used and Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library, library rebind, G+, no dj - this ex-library copy has been trimmed quite a bit in the rebind process.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Light green cloth covers with dark green lettering and illustration on spine and front board. Binding firm, spine and cover sunned, interior clean and unmarked except for name/date inked to front paste down. No DJ. B/W illustrations by W. Alister Macdonald. 277 pp.
Condition: Fair. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. 1st edition. 8vo. xiv,277pp. Illus. Fair book. Ex-library. Later binding. (French Polynesia, Tahiti, description and travel) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Little, Brown, Boston, 1937
Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, Ireland
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. MacDONALD, W. ALISTER (illustrator). First Edition. xiv +[i] + 277pp; A very bright copy of this scarce book; Spine slightly sunned but in a very bright unclipped d/w; Date written in ink to top of ff.e.p.; Digital photos available on request; Size: 12mo. Book.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1949
Seller: Grandma Betty's Books, West Salem, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. No writing. Pages are tanned but clean. Ends of spine and corners lightly bumped. DJ is worn on edges and has a two inch rip at top of spine. Stated first edition.
Published by New York: Farrar & Rinehart., 1939
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Tan cloth. 8vo. 363pp. No dust jacket. Illustrated by the author. A novel by the American travel writer set on Danger Island in the South Pacific. Robert Dean Frisbie left for Tahiti in 1920 at the age of 24 due to poor health. He lived there for four years and set up a news syndicate to send his stories back to the States. He later moved to the Cook Islands and raised a family. A good copy with some soiling and wear to the cloth and some browning to the spine edges. There is some staining to the inside covers near the gutter but the text itself is very good with some minor soiling. Scarce.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1937
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Macdonald. W. Alistair (illustrator). First Edition. With facsimile dust-jacket (colour photocopy). Two previous owners' signatures both dated 1937 on front endpapers. Spine and edges of boards faded. A nice copy.; Stated first edition. 277 pages + frontispiece + plates. Light green cloth covers with lettering and illustration in dark green on spine and front board. Dimensions: 8 3/8" by 5 1/2". ; 8vo.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. B000OKDDMS Good in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Stated First Edition; Dust jacket is yellowed from age with a chip to the base of the spine, and small chips to the corners and the top back edge, and has been price-clipped, but is present (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the covers; Clean textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); Tan, illustrated dust jacket with title in black lettering; 1944, Doubleday, Doran Publishing; 234 pages; "The Island of Desire, the Story of a South Sea Trader," by Robert Dean Frisbie.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., Garden City, NY, 1945
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Green Gilt-Embossed Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (in mylar). Vera Bock Jacket Art (illustrator). First Edition. Linecut end sheets by the author; Stated First Edition; Textblock clean and tight. Bumped head and foot of spine and board corners; Spine-sunned dust jacket, chipped head of spine and top edge, front fold-in edge-creased; Several creased edge tears, opened and closed, small corner chips, lightly character-soiled rear panel; Jacket mylar sleeved. 246p. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1937
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Macdonald. W. Alistair (illustrator). First Edition. No signatures. Some foxing to dust-jacket and to endpapers. Small <1/2" tears to margins of dust-jacket. Small l<1/2" losses to dust-jacket at corners and ends of spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Stated first edition. 277 pages + frontispiece + plates. Light green cloth boards with lettering and illustration in dark green on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 208 x 139mm.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1949
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. A well read copy with bumps and minor wear to corners and spine ends, shelfwear/soiling to bottom edges, orig owner's name at top of flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Jacket quite worn at edges and corners, tears to rear flap fold, chipping to spine ends. A scarce title, especially in jacket. If you're reading this, you know about Ropati and I need say no more. Photos on request. Not ex-library.
Published by Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA, 1937
Seller: Cat House Books LLC, Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. W. Alister Macdonald (illustrator). First Edition. Stated first edition, published September, 1937. Published by Little, Brown and Company in association with the Atlantic Monthly Company. Light green decorative covers (island and palm trees) with blue-black lettering. The spine and edges have lightened with time. The DJ is in good condition, having only minor wear and wrinkling along the top edge. Small owner's signature on fep. This copy has no major flaws, the hinges are sound, the contents are clean and with some tanning as usual. The author went to Tahiti in 1920 and this book tells of his first five years on the island. A very desirable and collectible book.