Oldman Collection Polynesian Artifacts (15 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.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ships Out Tomorrow!

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.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1953. Paperback. Second edition. Tall octavo. 86 pp. 136 plates. Some shelf wear and moderate creasing & scuffing to wraps. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good.

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.

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. 86pp.incl.index+136plates; SC grayblue w/blk.; some rub w/wear on edges&corners; spine sunned; PONtitle; clean,tight pgs. Illustrated & described artifacts in 136 b/w photos of Tahiti, Austral and Cook Groups; Tonga and Fiji; Easter Island; & Marquesas.

second edition 86pp+135 b/w plates VG (in original bluish/grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled w.mod wear to the extrems.,1cm splits to head of hinges,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,3cm tear to one plate but without any loss) scarce important work.

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).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Printed card covers. First edition. Small sticker taped to spine head; PO name to rear endpage. Minimal thumbing to pages; heel lightly bumped; contents unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Second Edition. Textured stiff wraps. Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 15. Corner lightly bumped, lightly creasing the corner of the contents. Paper starting to peel at spine head. Sound and square. Text unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Susan Bulmer's copy, super octavo, grey light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 86pp + 136 b&w plates, VG+ (fading & damp stains to spine, fading to covers, foxing to page edges).

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