Gerd Koch (1922–2005) Fourteen publications 'The Material Cu...

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Gerd Koch (1922–2005) Fourteen publications 'The Material Culture of Kiribati,' translated by Guy Slatter, first English edition, rebound in half green goat with cloth boards, light spotting to edge of text block, profuse with plates and illustrations throughout, vg, Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1986; With 'Die Materielle Kultur Der Ellice-Inseln' and 'Matrerielle Kultur Der Gilbert-Inseln' both in uniform binding to previous; 'Sudsee-Gestern Und Heute,' signed and inscribed by Koch, cloth backed boards, vg, Albert Limbach Verlag, Braunschweig, 1955; 'Die Musik Der Ellice-Inseln,' first edition, card wraps, TLS from the author on Staatliche Museen/Museum Fur Volkerkunde headed paper slipped in, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Museum Fur Volkerkunde, Berlin, 1964; Marion Melk-Koch. 'Auf der Suche nach der menschlichen Gesellschaft: Richard Thurnwald,' signed by the author, vg, Museum Fur Volkerkunde Berlin, 1989; With two other signed works and six reprints by Gerd Koch. (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.