TAHITIAN JOURNAL
by Biddle, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Several photographs and half-tone illustrations by the author. Following service at the front with the U.S. Army in World War I, Biddle traveled to Tahiti in 1920, settled in a native village, learned the local dialect and painted for two years. His journal documents his development as an artist and furnishes valuable insights into Tahitian culture. Faint erasure to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn; otherwise very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53961
- Title
- TAHITIAN JOURNAL
- Author
- Biddle, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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