Polynesian Researches during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands

by Tahiti, William Ellis

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First edition

First Edition. Eight engraved plates, two maps one folding and other woodcut illustrations in text. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, brown calf spine and tips, boards abraded and spines worn, some internal staining, but a tight, crisp copy. O'Reilly & Reitman, Bibliographie de Tahiti 7556; Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, p. 96 citing edition of 1830 ; Day, Books About Hawaii 24; Hawaiian National Bibliography 719. Item #14664

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