Tales from the South Seas.
by Gittins, Anne (editor)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Suva: Government Press, 1952. Paperback small octavo, paper cover, very good condition, black & white drawings, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 88 pp. A collection of 36 South Pacific legends, from various sources, collected and adapted for school children by Anne Gittins. Includes folk tales, many with animal themes, from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Rotuma, Cook Islands, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands and Ellice Islands.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13368
- Title
- Tales from the South Seas.
- Author
- Gittins, Anne (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Government Press
- Place of Publication
- Suva
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- young adults, folklore, mythology, legends, pacific, collectible, collectable
- Bookseller catalogs
- FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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