Tihoti (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Sl. Edgewear/Shelfwear, Spine Sl. Worn Top And Bottom, Some Spotting To Page Edges. B/W Illus. With Tissues. Bibliography. 260 Pp. Paper Age Toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, and soiling, no dj. Pages are tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. George Calderon (illustrator). 1st. Blue boards with gilt lettering and graphic. FIRST US EDITION. Ex-library with usual stamps and card pocket. The top and base of the spine are frayed with a tear at the top of the spine. The frontis has the tissue intact although the tissue has browned with age. Fifty plus pencil sketches by the author. 260 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. George Calderon from pencil sketches. (illustrator). 260pp. 22cm. Frontispiece portrait. 49 reproductions of pencil sketches by the author. Sketch map. Bibliography. Tahitian/English word list. Hard cover. Light wear at head and foot of spine. Spine lettering faded. Corners bruised. Page edges untrimmed. Rubber stamp of a U.S. private library with the owner's signature. French and Tahitian frequently used in the text. (The author was killed in Gallipoli in 1915. His work on the book was compiled, edited and completed by his widow from his extensive notes and diary).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition. 260 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light wear to spine ends. Spine darkened. Previous owner's name on front paste-down; bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. Few leaves roughly opened. Illust. w/ a frontispiece of Tihoti, and several plates of pencil sketches by the author.

2nd impression, 1921. Gift inscription (Xmas 1921) on front free endpaper; free endpapers browned; light scattered foxing; tissue guards yellowed. Binding tight. Large damp stain on rear board causing wrinkling to upper rear pastedown. Blue cloth worn with stains and marks, some mottling at lower board edges. Spine a little yellowed. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in blue cloth.

1st edition. 8vo. 260pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations. Some illustrations detached. Occasional slight foxing. Original light blue cloth with gilt lettering to slightly browned spine, slightly rubbed to edges. US$15.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8vo, pp. 260; portrait frontispiece, 50 plates after pencil drawings by the author; original blue cloth with gilt title on spine; a very good, sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. In protective plastic cover. Blue cloth boards, gilt titling to front board and to spine, spine dulled, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Extremities rubbed. Lovely bookplate to front pastedown. Offsetting. Black and white tissue guarded frontis. Foxing. Includes a short account of the Pitcairn Islanders. 260pp. Illustrated in black and white. TIGHT AND BRIGHT. NO INSCRIPTIONS. The author came to Papeete in 1906, and his account of Tahitian life is insightful and comprehensive.; 004106; 8vo.

Boards. 2nd impression. Octavo, original cloth boards decorated in gilt, b&w frontis plate, additional b&w plate, pp 260. A visit to Tahiti in 1906. The book was published posthumously; the author was killed at Gallipoli in 1915.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. George Calderon (illustrator). Ed. originale. London, Grant Richards, 1921. 23 x 14,5 cm, in-8°, 260 pp., portrait de l'auteur en frontispice + 49 planches reproduisant des croquis de l'auteur (portraits) + 1 héliogravure hors texte, cartonnage de l'éditeur en pleine toile bleue, titre et petit ornement dorés. Edition originale, second tirage. Trois coupures de presse contrecollées sur les gardes. Bon exemplaire, menus frottis au cartonnage, rousseurs sur la tranche de gouttière et les premiers feuillets. // Frontispiece + 49 plates from sketches by the author + 1 photogravure plate, original publisher's binding, blue cloth, title and small gilt ornament. 1st ed, 2nd printing. Three press articles mounted on end papers. A good copy, binding slightly worn, some foxing to outer edge and to the first leaves.

1st US edition of the July 1921 UK original. 260 PP with a 4 pages glossary "Tahitian/English" and b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 3 inscriptions, 2 musical scores and 3 drawings), plus 50 plates with 49 sketches by the author and his portrait. Fp (with tissue guard): Portrait of Tihoti. Rebacked copy, half bound, marbled boards, gilt device and title on a leather spine with raised bands. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14. In 1906, the author lived in Tahiti. When he returned to England he completed his book on the islands visited, describing the impact upon them by Europeans. He was killed at Gallipoli in 1915 before his book was published.

London 1921. 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly flecked). (260pp.). With portr. and 49 plates plus 1 additional plate which is not called for. Slightly foxed. NOTE: Plates are reproductions of pencil sketches by the author.