first edition
[1961] · New York
by GAUGUIN, Paul; Jonathan Griffin, trans
New York: Reynal & Company, [1961]. First American Edition. Quarto (31.5cm x 24cm). Rust cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in black and red on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; 36pp + 49 plates; illus. Very Good copy, shelf wear to bottom edges; slightly bumped corners. Good dustwrapper; shelf wear to extremities; tears to cover and spine panels. First American translation of Paul Gauguin's original manuscript and drawings and paintings accounting his first visit to Tahiti. Translated by Jonathan Griffin. Postscript by Jean Loize. 49 color reproductions. (Inventory #: 43241)