(South Pacific Islands) Fourty one works Arthur Grimble. 'Mi...

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(South Pacific Islands) Fourty one works Arthur Grimble. 'Migrations, Myth and Magic from The Gilbert Islands. Early Writings of....arranged and illustrated by Rosemary Grimble,' first edition, slipped in card with inscription an signature from Rosemary Grimble, original cloth, unclipped dj, illustrated, some very light spotting, vg, Routledge & Keegan Paul, Lond, 1972; 'A Pattern of Islands,' thirteenth edition, clipped dj, vg, Jogn Murray, 1969; 'Return to the Islands,' fifth impression, clipped dj, vg, John Murray, 1970; Klaus-Friedrich Koch (ed) and H. E. Maude (introduction). 'Logs in the Current of the Sea. Neli Lifuka's Story o Kioa and the Vaitupu Colonists,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1978; Simati Faaniu, Vinaka Ielemia et al. 'Tuvalu. A History,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Institute of Pacific Studies, Ministry of Social Services, Tuvalu, 1983; 'The Epic of Tarawa,' original cloth, tears and loss to clipped dj, bright pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout, Odhams Press Limited, London, n.d; 'Stewarts Handbook of the Pacific Islands,' rebound in modern cloth with original printed wraps, lacks map, pp.556, small amount of sporadic spotting, bibliography of island works vg, McCarron, Stewart & Co, Sydney, 1922; Sister Alaima Talu, Mikaere Baraniko, Keina Bate et al. 'Kiribati. Aspects of History,' first edition, unclipped dj, colour plates, vg, Prepared for the Occasion of the Independence of Kiribati, 1979; With three other copies, two limp backs and one in Gilbertese; 'Among those Present. The Official Story of the Pacific Islands at War,' rebound in modern cloth, original paper wraps bound in, b+w photographic illustrations, vg, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1946; Robert Sherrod. 'Tarawa. The Story of a Battle,' reprint, original cloth, facsimile letter printed to front pastedown with a sample of Tarawa sand pasted on, plates, vg, The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, Texas, 1973; Frederick O'Brien. 'Mystic Isles of the South Seas,' first edition, original cloth, b+w photographic plates, vg, Garden City Publishing Company in, New York, 1921; Thomas Gilbert. 'Voyage from New South Wales to Canton, In the Year 1788. with Views of the Islands Discovered,' facsimile, fold out plates to rear, N. Isreal, Amsterdam, Da Capo Press, New York, 1968; R. W, Robson (ed). 'Pacific Islands Year-Book 1935-6,' printed card wraps, fold out map, advertisements, vg, Pacific Publications, Sydney, 1935; Norman Laing. 'The Settlement of the Hua. A History of The Huia and adjacent parts of the Manukau Harbour,' first edition, one of 2,000 copies, card warps, ink inscription to title page, sepia illustrations throughout, vg, Lincoln Printing Company, Aukland, 1985; With twenty five other works. (41) 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.