Noa Noa : Gaugins Tahiti by Gauguin, Paul - 1985

Salem House Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Salem House Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Salem House Pub, 1985-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 10.4000 7.6000.

Salem House Publishers, 1985. Tight, square and unmarked, NF/NF 160pp.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Salem House Pub, 1985-01-01. Hardcover. Like New/Dust jacket in mylar cover. 10x7x1.

Salem, New Hampshire: Salem House, 1985 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 160 pp, introduction: Noa Noa: Gauguin's Original Manuscript; Three More Stories from Noa Noa; Notes to Gauguin's Manuscript. The Facts and Fictions of Noa Noa: I. The History of Noa Noa; II. The Collaboration with Morice; III. Maori Mythology: Tehamana and Moerenhoug; IV. The Purpose of Noa Noa: The Primitive and the Civilized; V. Noa Noa: 'Fragrant'; Correspondence of Noa Noa; bibliography, list of color and b&w illustrations; index. Translated by Jonathan Griffin: First English Edition, 1985. "Presents Gauguin's original account of his experiences in Tahiti, discusses the mythology, fact, and fiction which makes up the work, and traces the history of Gauguin's manuscript. He was no ordinary traveller and Noa Noa is no ordinary traveller's tale. Gauguin had left Europe in 1891 in search of an innovcent island paradise, only to discover a… Read More

Salem, NH: SAlem House, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Cloth. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 160pp, Gauguin's manuscript edited and introduced by Wadley. Reproduction of Gauguin's illustrations in color and black & white. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. No marks or tears.

London: John Calmann and Cooper Ltd, 1985. Hardcover. VG. Dark blue cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 160 pp.; 103 plates and figures, 40 color and 63 bw. Gauguin's tale of his travels in Tahiti, translated into English here with notes (both his and the editor's) and a chronology of the project.

Salem, NH: Salem House. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1985. 1st. hardcover. Small 4to, 160 pp., Gauguin's original manuscript edited & introduced by Nicholas Wadley, The second half of the book includes the history of Noa Noa and extended commentary related to it (presumably by Wadley but not explicitly attributed) .

Oxford, UK: Phaidon, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gauguin, Paul. 160pp, copiously illustrated in full colour and black and white. In deep blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Small 4to. Cloth just a little bruised at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket very lightly bumped along upper edge and around base of spine. Gauguin's original manuscript, the first annotated English edition. Noa Noa was Gauguin's most ambitious written work, originally planned as a collaboration with the poet Charles Morice; its first publication was a disaster. In this version it is presented with all the abrupt vigour and freshness of the artist's original intent. More than a description of Gauguin's sojourn in Tahiti in the late 19th century, it is a vibrant tapestry in which fact, fiction, myth and dream are interwoven.