Collection Polynesian Artifacts by Oldman (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 41 text pages, 98 b/w plates. Old name on front cover, slight foxing on some pages, otherwise very good. Description of the biggest ever private collection of Maori artefacts.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 86 pages, 136 b/w plates. Spine a little darkened. Covers slightly soiled. Rare first edition of this unique documentation of the greatest private collection of Polynesian artefacts ever.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1p) 86p (136 plates) Green card covers (slight rubbing, marks) With illustrations, the Tahiti, Austral and Cook Groups artifacts from the Oldman collection, Memoir 15 of the Polynesian Society.

Second edition. This is the second section of the catalogue of the famous Oldman collection, highly prized for its ethnographical content. Neatly dedicated at the top of the title page "To George Neilson, with Compliments from Ken Webster ~ May '56." Including Polynesian artifacts from Tahiti, Austral and Cook Groups, the preface notes "Since the first edition of this memoir, the New Zealand Government has purchased this entire collection which has been divided among the principal museums of the country." and "It was shortly after this that the distinguished collector himself died. This volume and its companion no less than the collection itself form such a memorial as he would have wished." An essential reference for any collector of ethnographic art of the region, based on the greatest Polynesian ethnographic collection of all time. Roy. 8vo, 86pp and 136 b&w photo plates. From the Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 15. Handsomely rebound in cream cloth w/ tan leather spine, gilt title, vgc. Very rare.

New Edition of Polynesian Society Memoir 15, 2004. 23 x 15 cm, 76 pp. et 138 planches. broché, bel exemplaire. Livres.

First edition, scarce, imperial octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to front cover, handwritten title to spine, 41pp + 97pp of b&w plates. Scruffy tatty copy but contents sound.VG- (heavy foxing to covers, handwritten title to spine, archival tape repairs to spine extrems, owner's name in black ink to front cover, staining & creasing to covers, some foxing & tanning to page edges, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, three owners' names/stamps in ink to fep,owner's name in ink to rear ep, some creasing to page corners, light foxing).

Wellington, 1953. 86 pp. 136 b./w. plts. Softcover. - Some (but minimal) shelfwear; overall a attractive copy. (Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, vol. 15).