My Tahiti
by Frisbie, Robert Dean
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good +
- Seller
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1937. First Edition. Very good/good +. (Published September 1937). 8vo., 277 pages. -- Lightly sunned along the top and bottom edges of the front and rear covers. Dust Jacket has triangular tear at top of front cover near the spine, repaired with brown tape on the back side of the jacket, otherwise. "Frisbie's autobiographical travel stories are of enduring value, offering detailed and humorous descriptions of island life in Polynesia and especially the Cook Islands. He also wrote many news stories for various periodicals like Pacific Islands Monthly. His work is marked by a passionate search for solitude, and his concern for the fate of island locals in the face of Anglo exploitation."-wiki.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9325
- Title
- My Tahiti
- Author
- Frisbie, Robert Dean
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Vintage Books, Nonfiction, Literature, Travel, Tahiti, South Seas, Polynesia, Otaheite, Society Islands, French Polynesia, France
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Lonesome Water Books
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About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
Biblio member since 2003
Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
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