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Lorimer Fison. Tales from Old Fiji. Alexander Moring, Limited, London, 1907.
Price: US$35.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Slight damage to spine.Usual library stickers
Seller: siop lyfrau'r hen bost, Blaenau Ffestiniog, United Kingdom
Fison, Lorimer. Tales From Old Fiji. Alexander Moring Ltd, London, 1907.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xlv, 175 (1) pp, perface, introduction, How the Livuka Men Came Up to Windland by Inoke (Enoch) Wangka-Qele, How the Tongans Came to Fiji by Ratu Taliatupou (Lord of Naiau), How the Fijians Learned to Build Canoes by the Lord Naiau, The Story of the Sun-Child by the Lord Naiau, How the Samoans First Got Pigs by the Lord Naiau, Why the Kings of Lakemba Are Called Lords of Naiau by the Lord Naiau, How the Fijian Ate the Sacred Cat by the Lord Naiau, The Story of Longa-Poa by the Lord Naiau, How the Mosquitos Came to Oneata by the Lord of Oneata, The Story of Matandua by Roko Sokotukevei ("Lord Whither-is -he-Sailing"), What the Tongans Say About Napoleon as told by a Tongan, The Beginning of Death as told by Ma' Afu (a Chief of Tonga), appendix, index, corrigenda with b&w illustrations throughout. New Impression, January 1907. Mylar Protected. Inked name on ffep with owner's book plate on front pastedown, and lightly sunned free endpapers. Minor edgewear and lightly bumped top front fore-edge corner, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering and stamped illustration on front board, and gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Fison, Lorimer. Tales from Old Fiji. Alexander Moring Ltd, London, 1907.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. A very good copy in the original boards lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Small gift inscription on half-title. Pp.xlv,175 + one page corrigenda and one page addendum. 20 illustrations. Fijian tales and legends.
Seller: Blacket Books, PBFA, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
FISON, LORIMER.. Tales From Old Fiji.. London, Alexander Moring Ltd, 1907., 1907.
Price: US$44.84 + shipping
Description: New Impression; 8vo; pp.xlvi, 176; frontispiece, map, 19 pages of b/w plates, original green boards with gilt blind stamp title on spine and front board also gilt blind stamp illustration on front board; index, corrigenda; foxing to early and last pages; foxing to page edges; a good copy. Includes cannibalism, burials, cats, strangely Napoleon, the beginnings of death, Tonga, illustrations include chiefs grave mound and burial of a chief, pig feast in Samoa, Fijian club dance, and widow strangling in Fiji. and the great Temple at Bau.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A few pages in middle section loosening bot binding still very firm, some scuffing to head and tail of spine o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Includes b/w photo illustrations of islanders, folded map. Top edge gilt. m852
Seller: Gwyn Tudur Davies, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom