Rutland; Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1973. First Tuttle edition. Hardcover. g. Large quarto. 191, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth with blue lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Half-title inscribed and signed by the author to Norman Hurst. Color frontispiece. In 323 fascinating illustrations, including 43 in full-color, this work depicts the romantic races and places of Polynesia. Polynesian art expresses the racial-religious character of these oceanic peoples - men who courageously sailed unknown seas with their families, plants, animals, and tools to find and settle new and enchanting islands. Some age-wear on dust-jacket with sunning, rubbing and sporadic creasing along edges. DJ in overall fair, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.

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Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 35000
Title: Art and Life in Polynesia [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]
Author: Barrow, T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - g
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Tuttle edition
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company
Place of Publication: Rutland; Tokyo
Date Published: 1973

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