Author: ADAMS, RICHARD
Title: The Legend of Tetuna
Description: London, Sidgwick & Jackson. (ISBN: 0-283-99393-6). 1986, 1st UK edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 71pp. 8vo. Originally published in 1982 as a limited edition by Sylvester and Orpahnos, Los Angeles, California, this is the first UK edition. Jacket in loose protective mylar. Full colour plates, as well as black and white illustrations done by Ul de Rico. Polynesian legend, and a narrative poem that tells of Hina, the Polynesian Aphrodite, Maui, the trickster-hero, and Te Tuna, the giant eel and most feared creature of the world. Jacket is loose, protective, mylar sleeve. A fine, fine copy.

Keywords: British - Literature, Legends, Mythology, Poetry, Polynesia 0283993936


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