Kiribatian and Tuvaluan Nineteen scarce works Donald Gilbert...

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Kiribatian and Tuvaluan Nineteen scarce works Donald Gilbert Kennedy. 'Te Ngangana A Te Tuvalu. Handbook on the Language of the Ellice Islands,' printed on glossy paper, hole punched and string bound with card boards, vg, [printed by Websdale, Shoosmith, Sydney 1946], this could well be a later facsimile but appearance and paper suggest it is of its time, an interesting copy; E. Katauraoki Irouni Beinam. 'Te boki N anene Ma B'Ana Ae Aia boki Kristian Ni Karaoiroa Te Atua. [Gilbertese Hymn and Tune Book....],' original wraps, 313 songs with music score and Gilbertese/Kiribati language lirics, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, printed by Simmons Limited, Sydney, for The Pacific Christian Literature Society on behalf of The London Missionary Society, Gilbert Islands, 1963; 'Hymns and Praises. Church of Tuvalu,' printed card wraps with Ekalesia Tuvalu device printed to front wrap, staple bound with rust, 80 songs with score and lyrics, printed recto to rear wrap states This hymn collections is to be used only in the Church of Tuvalu English Speaking Services........Many of these hymns have been translated into Tuvaluan..., unknown imprint and date although undoubtedly printed on Tuvalu; G. H. Eastman (ed). 'An English Gilbertese Vocabulary of the most commonly used words,' thin card wraps, light spotting and toning throughout, vg, The London Mission Press, Rongorongo, Beru, Gilbert Islands, 1948, reprinted Photo-offset by Stanmore Missionary Press; Hiram Bingham. 'A Gilbertese-English Dictionary,' reprint , one of fifteen hundred copies, original red cloth with heavy staining, spotting to prelims and edge of text block, good, Reprinted with the consent of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Boston, Massachusetts, 1953; Niko Beisner (compiler). 'Tuvaluan Lexicon,' card wraos, pp.780, sporting to edge of text block, United States Peace Corps, Funafuti, 1981; 'Ttou Tauloto Te Ggana Tuuvalu. A Course in the Tuvaluan Language,' in the same series as the last with same covers and imprint etc; 'The Structure of Gilbertese,' yellow canvas wraps, errata, fold out appendix, vg, rare, printed at Rongorongo Press, Beru, Gilbert Islands, 1951; 'A Vocabulary of English Gilbertese Ellice. Common Usage,' thin cloth wraps sun-bleached, rust to staple bind, pp.62, printed by the G.I.P.C. Printery at Antebuke, Tarawa, 1968; With bibles, two other Dictionaries and four others. (19) Tuvalu National Archives major project | Endangered Archives Programme 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.