A Tale of Tahiti by Frank Clune

A Tale of Tahiti

by Frank Clune

Angus and Robertson, 1958, [First Edition], illustrated title/frontispiece, illustrated endpapers (maps), black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners gift inscription on dedication page, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, foxing, discolouration and creasing to dustjacket (see photographs)

“The glamorous island of the South Pacific – Fiji, Samoa, and Tahiti – are vividly depicted in Frank Clunes latest travel-story.  Written in this popular author’s inimitable style, this book is packed with interesting historical lore and present-day factual observations on life in the South Sea Island.  Here are the adventurous stories of eh sea-explorers of the Pacific-Spanish, Dutch, French and British – and the epic tale of the mutiny of the Bounty; with new light on the notorious South Sea scallywag, Billy Hayes.  Here, too, is carefully collected information on the famous writers and artists, including Robert Louis Stevenson, Pierre Loti, and Paul Gauguin, who sought an escape from civilization in the coral-girt isles of Polynesia.”