South Seas from AardBooks

Bora Bora: Kea EditionsS. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1985. reprint. hardcover. 4to . 288pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. P O names. .

NY: Museum of Modern Art/S&S. VG+/VG (see notes). 1946. 1st. hardcover. tall 8vo . 199pp . Couple 1/4" tears, bit of edgewear to DJ. .

Suva, Fiji: Columban Education Office. VG+ wraps. 2002. paperback. paperback. 12mo . 84pp .

Fiji: Colony of Fiji. VG/Good+ (see notes). 1957. 3rd ed.. hardcover. small 4to . 250pp . Couple 1" tears, several 1/4" tears and some edgewear to DJ. Covers up to about 1880. .

Suva, Fiji: Caines Jannif. VG/VG+ (see notes). 1985. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 164pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. 1" split over hinge rear end paper. Light shelfwear to DJ. .

Wellington, NZ: Reed. VG+/Good+ (see notes). 1969. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 112pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. 1/2" by 1" chip, several tears to 1/2", edgewear to DJ. .

GC: Doubleday Doran. Good only EX LIB. (see notes). 1934. later ptg. hardcover. 8vo . 278pp . EX LIB. Front end paper split over hinge but hanging in there. Library pocket, stamps and the like. READING COPY ONLY. .

Austin: U. of Texas. Fine/Near Fine. 1990. 1st U. of TX. hardcover. 8vo . 256pp .

NY: Knopf. VG, no DJ. 1965. 8th ptg. hardcover. 8vo . 417pp . P O name, bit of soiling to covers. .

Australia: Spinfex. VG wraps. 1994. 1st trade pbk. paperback. large 8vo . 282pp . Some curling to edges of wrappers, but no creasing to spine. .

Australia: Pacific Publications. VG+/VG. 1966. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 256pp . Bit of edgewear and rubbing to DJ. .

New Guinea: No pub listed. VG+ brown cloth binding NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. 1965. hardcover. hardcover. large 8vo . 600+ pp . Hard to determine the pedigree of this series. A melange of topics in each number. Interesting time capsule of businesses. The first 8 issues of this periodical, bound in brown cloth. .

NY: Dutton. VG/POOR only (see notes). 1942. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 329pp . DJ split along back/spine corner, much edgewear, some chips and tears. In mylar. .

NY: Scribner. VG+/VG+. 1958. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 254pp . Blank white label over P O name (?) down end paper, tad of rubbing to DJ. Nice for 1958. Ifaluk in the Caroline Islands. .

Phila: Lippincott. VG-/Good only (see notes). 19949. 1st. hardcover. 12mo . 256pp . Covers soiled some, some pencilled notes front end paper. Fair amount of edgewear, which has been scotch-taped along spine. .

NY: Praeger. VG, NO dj. 1970. reprint. hardcover. 8vo . 360pp . Facsimile reprint of the 1831 original, 2 volumes in 1. Slight cant to spine. .

Boston: HMCo. VG, NO dj. 1929. reprint. hardcover. 12mo . 191pp . Spine cocked some. Adventures with a camera, but the only illus. is the frontispiece! .

London: Allen and Unwin. VG+/VG-. 1957. 1st Eng. hardcover. 12mo . 206pp . 3/4" tear bottom spine of DJ, which has some soiling/rubbing to rear panel, bit of foxing at exposed edges. .

Honolulu: U. Press of Hawaii. VG+/VG-. 1989. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 373pp . Signed by the author (I think). INSCRIPTION "To Nancy ...." signed "Rob" title page. Several 1/4" tears to DJ, edgewear. .

GC: Garden City Publishing/Star. VG+/VG-. 1931. reprint. hardcover. 12mo . 350pp . Spine cocked a bit, but book is nice and tight, clean. Bit of edgewear to DJ, spine of DJ quite sunned. .