Musee de l'Homme, Paris, first edition, 1967. Limited edition of 1,000 copies in all. Cloth, gilt cover-title, gilt device on rear board, 8vo,. xv, 1046 pp. 10,501 entries. An astonishingly detailed work (in French) providing bibliographic details and often extensive commentary on over 10,000 books or contributions to books and some periodicals. Covers all aspects of Tahiti and French Polynesia, but particularly of interest to many collectors for its extensive chapter on voyages (pages 12 -226). Other chapters cover Bibliography and Reference Works, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Geography, Ethnology, History, Economics, Medicine, Literature and the Arts. Quite essential for serious collectors and students of the area, and an increasingly difficult book to find. Top edge of textblock smokestained, otherwise Very Good in a somewhat darkened and stained dustwrapper.

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Bookseller: Wykeham Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIBLIO-00146
Title: Bibliographie de Tahiti et de la Polynesie Francaise
Author: O'Reilly, P. : Reitman, E
Format/Binding: Cloth, gilt cover-title, gilt device on rear board, 8vo,
Book Condition: Used - Top edge of textblock smokestained, otherwise Very Good in a somewhat darkened and stained dustwrapper
Edition: Limited edition of 1,000 copies in all
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Musee de l'Homme, Paris, first edition, 1967
Date Published: 1967
Pages: xv, 1046 pp
Keywords: tahiti tahitians french polynesia polynesie francaise oceania voyages travel exploration south seas pacific islands captain cook missionaries mission presses geology botany zoology geography ethnology history economics, medicine literature arts Publicatio
Bookseller catalogs: Places & Travel (Bibliographies);

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We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.

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Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...