Set of 8 books on the Pacific islands - Lot 184

Set of 8 books on the Pacific islands 1 (Tahiti). [MARRAST (Armand)]: Galerie des pritchardistes par le National. Second edition. Paris, Pagnerre, 1846. One volume. 8 by 12.5 cm. 192 pages. Contemporary half basane. Some rubbing. Private library label pasted on 1st page. 2nd edition, published the same year as the original. "Extract from the National of July 12-21, 1846. List, by department, of the deputies who voted in 1845 for the indemnity claimed by England for Consul Pritchard in compensation for the loss of his property, burned in Papeete by French sailors in 1843. For each deputy, a biography has been written that is biased towards their political opinion. Barbier, Dict. des ouvrages anonymes, t. 2, col. 518, attributes this brochure to Armand Marrast, then director of Le National." O'Reilly, Bibliographie de Tahiti 6675. 2 (Hawaii). SAUVIN (Georges): A Polynesian kingdom. Hawaiian Islands. With a special map of the Hawaiian archipelago. Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1893. One volume 11.5 by 18.5 cm. (4)-321 pages + 1 folding map h.t. Paperback, in printed cover. Very good condition. First edition. 3 (New Caledonia). Notice sur la transportation à la Guyane française et à la Nouvelle-Calédonie pour les années 1880-1881. Vice-Admiral Peyron, Senator, Minister of the Navy and Colonies. Mr. Félix Faure, Deputy, Under-Secretary of State. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1884. One volume. 16.5 by 26.5 cm. 511 pages + 2 color folding maps. Modern dark green half-chagrin, spine with 4 bands, cover preserved. Light staining in upper margin of ¾ of pages. Stains on the 1st map (not too serious). First edition. "These notices, published at very irregular intervals [from 1867 to 1910], by the care of the Ministries of the Navy, then of the Colonies, include a Report on the general progress of the service they concern, Statistical Tables on the distribution of convicts, their sanitary condition, the production of penitentiaries, etc..., and above all - and this is what makes them so interesting - a large number of official acts, most of which, ministerial dispatches or orders, local decrees or decisions, are usually only to be found in collections or archives that are difficult to access. (O'Reilly, Biblio. de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 2707). 4 (New Caledonia). ROCHEFORT (Henri de): Return from New Caledonia. From Nouméa to Europe. 200 illustrations containing 700 subjects. Drawings by Denis, Desjours, V. Gilbert, Mathon, D. Vierge, E. Hareux, etc., etc., etc. Paris, Ancienne Librairie Martinon, F. Jeanmaire Successeur, s.d. [1877]. One volume. 18 by 27 cm. 363-(1)-XXIV pages. Contemporary red half-chagrin, spine with 4 bands. Spine browned, small wetness in lower margin (not serious). In-text illustrations, including 3 plates and 29 full-page illustrations (25 ill., 3 maps (1 double-page) and 1 plan). O'Reilly 240: "Henri de Rochefort, 1831-1913, deported during the Commune, arrived in New Caledonia on Dec. 8, 1873 and escaped on March 20, 1874. Account of his return journey. Gives an account of his escape at the end of the volume, pp. 343-363." 5 (Oceania). RAINAUD (Armand): Le continent Austral, hypothèses et découvertes. Paris, Armand Colin, 1893. One volume. 16.5 by 25 cm. (8)-490 pages + 1 f. errata. Paperback, in printed cover, uncut. Some in-text illustrations. First edition. "Remarkable doctoral thesis on the history of the notion of the southern continent and its slow retreat in the face of 19th-century navigators' explorations of the Pacific. A basic book, giving an overview of the history of early studies concerning Oceania." (O'Reilly and Reitman, 124). 6 (New Caledonia). CAROL (Jean, pseudonym of Gabriel LAFAILLE): Le bagne. Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1903. One volume. 11 by 17.5 cm. (2)-300-(3) pages. Modern black half-chagrin with corners, 5-rib spine, cover boards preserved. Very good condition. In-text illustrations, including 1 full-page and 1 double-page. First edition: "A serious report on life in the Caledonian penal colony at its peak. Good photographic illustration for the period." (O'Reilly, Bibliographie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 2768). 7 (New Caledonia.). RIVIÈRE (Henri): Souvenirs from New Caledonia. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1880. One volume. 11 by 17.5 cm. (4)-296 pages. Contemporary half-chagrin, spine with 4 raised bands, decorated. Minor rubbing to spine, some light foxing in text. First edition. "Rivière, 1827-1883, naval officer and literary scholar, arrived in Nouméa on the Vire on July 13, 1876. In 1878, at the time of the insurrection, he took command of operations in the Ourail region after the death of Colonel Gally-Passeboc. Ré