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(Kiribati and Tuvalu) Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony 'Proceedings of the Third Colony Conference help at Makin, Gilbert Islands from 15th to 20th August, 1960,' printed thin card wraps, typescript, spotting to end leaves, vg, 1960; 'Report of Elisefou Land Commission of Inquiry. December 1979, thin card wraps, staple bound, vg, 1979; 'Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Civil list,' two copies, 1970 and 1981; J. W. Davidson. 'The Decolonization of Oceania,' printed thin card wraps, staple bound, pp.27, Institute of International Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand, 1971; 'Pacific Islands,' four volumes, uniform blue cloth with some sun staining, plates and maps, Naval Intelligence Division, 1945; With six other works including 'Pacific Islands Pilot, 1969; (15) 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.
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