Author: O'BRIAN, FREDERICK
Title: Rare Frederick O'brian / Mystic Isles of the South Seas First Edition 1921
Description: Garden City, 1921. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Rare 1st edition with a poor dust jacket. Book cover shows moisture damage and front hinge weak. Dust has rubs and staining with chips to edges and a hole in the middle of the jacket. Dust has been covered with mylar protective cover to preserve existing condition. Contents of book is clean except for former owner's name written on endpaper. Text is clean with no marks and almost like new. The book is a good choice for someone who has been looking for a copy to read or as a beginning copy as a collector. From First Chapter:" This is a simple record of my days and nights, my thoughts and dreams, in the mystic isles of the South Seas, written without authority of science or exactitude of knowledge. These are merely the vivid impressions of my life in Tahiti and Moorea, the merriest, most fascinating world of all the cosmos; of the songs I sang, the dances I danced, the men and women, white and tawny, with whom I was joyous or melancholy; the adventures at sea or on the reef, upon the sapphire lagoon, and on the silver beaches of the most beautiful of tropics." We provide free tracking and ship daily or next business day!; Black and White Photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 534 pages. Good in Poor dust jacket .
Keywords: Tahiti Moorea Adventure Rare Non-Fiction
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Title: Rare Frederick O'brian / Mystic Isles of the South Seas First Edition 1921
Description: Garden City, 1921. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Rare 1st edition with a poor dust jacket. Book cover shows moisture damage and front hinge weak. Dust has rubs and staining with chips to edges and a hole in the middle of the jacket. Dust has been covered with mylar protective cover to preserve existing condition. Contents of book is clean except for former owner's name written on endpaper. Text is clean with no marks and almost like new. The book is a good choice for someone who has been looking for a copy to read or as a beginning copy as a collector. From First Chapter:" This is a simple record of my days and nights, my thoughts and dreams, in the mystic isles of the South Seas, written without authority of science or exactitude of knowledge. These are merely the vivid impressions of my life in Tahiti and Moorea, the merriest, most fascinating world of all the cosmos; of the songs I sang, the dances I danced, the men and women, white and tawny, with whom I was joyous or melancholy; the adventures at sea or on the reef, upon the sapphire lagoon, and on the silver beaches of the most beautiful of tropics." We provide free tracking and ship daily or next business day!; Black and White Photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 534 pages. Good in Poor dust jacket .
Keywords: Tahiti Moorea Adventure Rare Non-Fiction
Price: US$ 19.97 Seller: A Book Legacy
- Book number: 63326
- Book number: 63326
See more books from our catalog: Countries: : South Seas