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Meudon: Alain et Françoise Chaffin, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 348 (1)pp. Signed by author on fly leaf. Original pictorial dustjacket over beige cloth with brown lettering on cover and spine. Ribbon marker. Based on Professor Leroi-Gourhan's "Ethno-Morphological" method this is the first of a series of monographs on specific... More
Berlin / New York: Dietrich Reimer / Hacker Art Books, 1925 / 1969. First edition / Reprint. Hardcover. Vol. I: Folio, 199pp. Vol. II: Folio. v, 292pp. Vol. III: Folio Oblong. Unpaginated, 823 photographs and drawings on 84 plates. Vol. I original illustrated beige cloth with black and red lettering... More
Salem, MA: Peabody Museum, 1939. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. VII, [1], 38, [2]pp (text), XX plates. Original printed wrappers. Frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. This work is the third of a series describing the Peabody Museum's Polynesian collections. It is a catalogue with detailed descriptions, and in some cases... More
Paris: APAM, 1951. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 138, [6]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. A presentation of 212 works of primitive art from Oceanic locations such as Polynesia, Micronesia, Madagascar, and Australia. A fabulous publication with contributions by several authors. Moderate age-wear on wrappers with tiny closed tears on spine and slight... More
Paris: Albert Morancé, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [2], 13, [5]pp (text), 50 loose plates, as issued. Original half blue cloth over photo-illustrated paper covered boards portfolio. String tie. Decorative title page in blue and black lettering. Remarkable study on the primitive art of Oceania, superbly illustrated with... More
Hardcover. Quarto. 349pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over beige illustrated cloth on cover with brown lettering on spine. Endpapers illustrated with color maps. Signed by author on title page. Heyerdahl's investigation of Easter Island produced archeological evidence of when Polynesia was first populated, disclosing existence of portable sculptures in stone, associated... More
Berlin: Museum für Völkerkunde, 1966-1968. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 40, 20, 40pp. introductory text. 11 color plates, 1293 b/w photographs with unpaginated, numbered descriptive list of objects presented. Original photo-illustrated wraps with white lettering on spine. Standard work on the most significant artistic region Oceania's, the Sepik river region. First... More
London: British Museum Publications, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 94pp. [16] plates. Original illustrated orange dustjacket over black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Catalog presents the material from the Julius L. Brenchley collection in typological groups with an introductory essay for each group with information about the cultural role... More
Paris: Musées Nationaux, 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. 573 (5)pp. Original color-photographic dustjacket over beige boards with blue lettering on cover and spine. Profusely illustrated exhibition catalog with color and b/w photographs, maps, diagrams, and drawings throughout. This exhibition, originated by the Musée national des Arts d'Afrique, Paris, traveled to eight... More
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1971. Reprint / Ex-Library. Hardcover. Octavo. 724pp LVI plates inserted. Rebound orange cloth with black lettering on spine and original wrappers bound in. Originally published as Bulletin 75 in 1930 by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. This extensive treatise of the Samoan culture is profusely... More
Los Angeles: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University; UCLA Fowler Museum, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 291, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over cloth. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name held at The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, this volume examines... More
Budapest: Hungarian Academy of Science, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto Oblong. 227 (1)pp., [5] leaves. Original photo-illustrated dust jacket over illustrated beige cloth with red lettering on spine. Comprehensive study of art in North-East New Guinea including geographical setting, discovery and colonization, material, social, and religious culture. Summarization of what... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1976. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 48pp (text), [38]pp (photographic plates). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Color frontispiece. Remarkable auction catalogue of African art from the late James T. Hooper's collection. This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous color and b/w photographic plates. Minor shelf wear... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1979. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 63, [5]pp (text), [56]pp (photographic plates). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Remarkable auction catalogue of four Marquesas Islands clubs and art from New Britain, New Guinea, New Ireland, Fiji and the Cook Islands from the late James T. Hooper's collection. This... More
London: Christie's, 1979. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 63 (3)pp. (text), [56] (photographic plates. Original pictorial wrappers. Print on inside covers. Color frontispiece. Remarkable auction catalog of Melanesian & Polynesian art from the James Hooper Collection. The auction was held on June 19, 1979, and the catalog includes list of realized... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1980. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 52, [6]pp (text), [46]pp (photographic plates). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Folding color frontispiece. Remarkable auction catalogue of Art and Ethnography from the Islands of the Solomons, Australs, Marquesas, Samoa, Tonga, Micronesia and elsewhere in the Pacific area from the late... More
London: Chriestie's, 1980. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 52, [6]pp. (text), [46]pp (photographic plates). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Folding color frontispiece. Remarkable auction catalogue of Art and Ethnography from the Islands of the Solomons, Australs, Marquesas, Samoa, Tonga, Micronesia and elsewhere in the Pacific area from the late James T. Hooper collection... More
Bruxelles: Editions du Cercle d'Art, 1945. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/1500. Quarto. 65, [7]pp (text), [32] leaves (photographic plates). Original illustrated wrappers. Remarkable monograph on Negro sculpture in Belgian Congo, profusely illustrated with 32 b/w photographic reproductions of African tribal sculptures on wood and ivory. Each photographic plate faces a.... More
Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1992. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 163pp. Original color illustrated dust jacket over gray cloth with gilt illustration on cover and gilt lettering on spine. A richly illustrated volume on gold weights of the Akan people in the African regions known as Ghana, Togo, and Ivory Coast today... More
Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 637, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over tan cloth with red lettering on spine and color illustration mounted on front cover. Book housed in its original publisher's slipcase. Pictorial endpapers. Remarkable survey on Oceanic art exquisitely illustrated with 955 b/w and color... More
Cape Town: Amazulu, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 301 (3)pp. Original photo-illustrated dust jacket over brown paper-covered boards with yellow lettering on cover an spine. Decorative end papers. Quadruple photographic frontispieces in color, and double page sepia toned photographic title page. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of artwork in color, magnificent... More
New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 445 (9)pp. Original color illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpaper maps. Frontispiece painting. "... groundbreaking examination of the art and legends of some of the most colorful characters in South... More
London: Phaidon Press, 1957. Hardcover. Large 4to. 285 pp. Gilt-stamped rust-colored cloth. 270 illustrations in color and b&w. Beautiful reproductions, many full-page and some fold-outs. Fine condition. More
Paris: Groupe Comelli, 2001. Only edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 393, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth with blind-stamped lettering on front cover. Splendid Auction Catalogue in French and English showcasing the extensive and spectacular African tribal art collection of Hubert Goldet, considered one of the most important in the world... More
London: Christie's, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 48pp (text), [38]pp (photographic plates). Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Print on inside covers. Color frontispiece. Remarkable auction catalogue of African art from the late James T. Hooper's collection. The auction was held on July 14, 1976. It includes lists of realized prices as well... More