VAN DEN BROEK D'OBRENAN, Charles - Lot 160

VAN DEN BROEK D'OBRENAN, Charles The journey of "La Korrigiane". Marquesas Islands - Tahiti - New Zealand - Fiji Islands - New Caledonia - New Hebrides... Preface by Paul Valéry. Paris, Payot, 1939. In-8 (230 x 140 mm) of 260 pp, 2 ff.n.ch. of bookseller's catalog, 1 full page map, 18 plates out of text with 39 illustrations. Paperback, printed cover (publisher's binding), modern burgundy cloth folder and slipcase. O'Reilly, 1652. First edition in bookstores, published in the series of the Geographical Library. The text was first published in 1934 and 1935 in the journal La Géographie. "The author (1909-1956), after having participated in the voyage, became the historian of the Korrigane's cruise around the world. Coming from the Galapagos, the Korrigane arrived in the Marquesas Islands where she stayed from August 20 to September 8. We are in Tahiti on September 14, then on October 31, by Moorea, and Bora-Bora, we reach New Zealand" (O'Reilly). A very good copy as issued, not trimmed.