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Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Light green cloth covers with dark green lettering and illustration on spine and front board. Binding firm, spine and cover sunned, interior clean and unmarked except for name/date inked to front paste down. No DJ. B/W illustrations by W. Alister Macdonald. 277 pp.

Little Brown. Collectible - Acceptable. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. 1st edition. 8vo. xiv,277pp. Illus. Fair book. Ex-library. Later binding. (French Polynesia, Tahiti, description and travel) Inquire if you need further information.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1937. First Edition. Very good/good +. (Published September 1937). 8vo., 277 pages. -- Lightly sunned along the top and bottom edges of the front and rear covers. Dust Jacket has triangular tear at top of front cover near the spine, repaired with brown tape on the back side of the jacket, otherwise. "Frisbie's autobiographical travel stories are of enduring value, offering detailed and humorous descriptions of island life in Polynesia and especially the Cook Islands. He also wrote many news stories for various periodicals like Pacific Islands Monthly. His work is marked by a passionate search for solitude, and his concern for the fate of island locals in the face of Anglo exploitation."-wiki.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1937. Book. Illus. by MacDONALD, W. ALISTER. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. xiv +[i] + 277pp; A very bright copy of this scarce book; Spine slightly sunned but in a very bright unclipped d/w; Date written in ink to top of ff.e.p.; Digital photos available on request; Size: 12mo.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. With facsimile dust-jacket (colour photocopy). Two previous owners' signatures both dated 1937 on front endpapers. Spine and edges of boards faded. A nice copy.; Stated first edition. 277 pages + frontispiece + plates. Light green cloth covers with lettering and illustration in dark green on spine and front board. Dimensions: 8 3/8" by 5 1/2". ; 8vo .

MA: Little Brown and Company, 1937. Hardcover. Collectible Good/Very Good. Hardcover First Edition Book Is Collectible Good / Jacket Is Very Good FREE upgrade to Priority Mail with Insurance Antiquarian, corner and binding wear, inside pages clean but yellowed, no wrinkles, hard cover binding discolored, repaired hinge Not X Library Buyer Satisfaction 100% Guaranteed

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some foxing to dust-jacket and to endpapers. Small <1/2" tears to margins of dust-jacket. Small l<1/2" losses to dust-jacket at corners and ends of spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Stated first edition. 277 pages + frontispiece + plates. Light green cloth boards with lettering and illustration in dark green on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 208 x 139mm. .

Boston: LIttle Brown, 1937. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. W. Alister MacDonald. Lime green cloth with illus of palm trees on the shore. Bumps to lower corners, spine and edges very slightly faded, clean and unmarked, exceptional condition. Scarce jacket shows minor wear to corners and spine ends. The story of Ropati's first five years in Tahiti, beginning in 1920. Additional photos on request.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. W. Alister Macdonald. Warmly INSCRIBED by William S. Hart Sr. to his son. Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered for having "imbued all of his characters with honor and integrity." - Wiki. 8vo. xv, 277 pp. Striking jacket design and twelve full-page illustrations by W. Alister Macdonald. Light foxing to page edges & inside front & rear boards; slight fading to spine & edges else near fine in uncommon very good dustjacket (light wear to extremities; short closed tears to spine ends; light foxing; small residual of yellow label to rear flap corner). A nice association copy...Frisbie and Hart were friends and Frisbie had a bit part in one of Hart's films shortly before he headed for the South Seas. This made Frisbie quite a celebrity with the islanders and most likely gave Hart this copy. Frisbie was an American writer of travel literature about Polynesia during the first half of the… Read More