(Polynesia and the South Islands) Fourteen works William Ell...

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(Polynesia and the South Islands) Fourteen works William Ellis. 'Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands,' second edition, vol I only, rubbed and faded original cloth, vignette engraving to title page, frontis, fold out map, vg text block, Fisher, Son & Co, London, 1840; Two volume facsimile by Dawsons of Pall Mall, London, 1967; George Robertson. 'The Discovery of Tahiti. A Journal of the Second Voyage of HMS Dolphin Round the World 1766-1768,' Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, No. XCVIII, original embossed blue cloth with gilt decorations, maps, plates, fold out map, vg, 1948; 'Byron's Journal of His Circumnavigation 1764-1766,' The Hakluyt Society, 1962; Albert F. Ellis. 'Ocean Island and Nauru. Their Story,' first edition, original green cloth, plates and frontis, spotting to the edge of the text block, vg, Angus and Robertson Limited, Sydney, 1935; Loring Andrews. 'Isles of Eden. A South Sea Idyll-With Music,' first edition, original cloth sun bleached and chipped, ex libris to front pastedown, graphite scribblings to ffep, frontis and title page loosening from text block, plates throughout, Hutchinson & Co, London, 1933; Sverre Holmsen and Joan Bulman (trans). 'Polynesian Trade Wind,' first English edition, lacks dj, original cloth, b+w photographic plates and frontis, vg, James Barrie, London, 1949; Louis Becke. 'Wild Life in Sothern Seas,' first edition, original cloth heavily stained and rubbed, text block detaching, loss to half title, vg text block, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1897; Rolf Boldrewood. 'A Modern Buccaneer,' Macmillan's Colonial Library, original cloth, chips to ends of back strip, double page map, vg, MacMillan and Co, London, 1894; S. M. Lambert. 'A Doctor in Paradise,' Special Australian edition, original cloth, photographic frontis and plates, spotting to edge of text block, vg, George Jaboor, Melbourne, 1941; 'The Colonial Office List 1951,' original red cloth, advertisements, spotting to edge of text block, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1951; 'Carteret's voyage Round the World 1766-1769,' vol II only, The Hakluyt Society, 1963; J. C. Beaglehole (ed). 'The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery,' unclipped dj, fine, Hakluyt Society, 1974. (14) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.