— David Tuggle, on Pacific Landscapes

Second

Edition

Updated

&

Expanded!

Testimonials.

The Complete Guide to Easter Island

Shawn McLaughlin

ISBN 978-1-880636-25-1

an EIF publication

soft cover; 350 pages

2007 - $25 plus shipping [#SM07]

A revised edition of The Complete Guide to Easter Island

has been released by the Easter Island Foundation. Like its

predecessor, which underwent three printings and has sold

more copies than any other EIF publication, this expanded

version brings together the latest scientific and tourist

information in a format designed to appeal to both

researchers and lay readers alike: Sections on history,

legends, conservation, island theories, antiquities, and

culture complement detailed coverage of the village of

Hanga Roa, accommodations, shopping, vehicle rental,

entertainment, island sights, and more. The Guide also

includes a chapter on the Rapanui language, an extensive

glossary, a detailed chronology, a comprehensive

bibliography, and updated island maps. With 70

additional pages, this revised Guide includes new

sections, such as discussions on the role of the sweet

potato in Oceania, dating systems used by scientists,

and listings of Easter Island artefacts found in museums

around the world. Richly illustrated and featuring black &

white and color photographs by the author. Whether you’ve

been on the island, are planning your first trip, or returning

to this most enigmatic place, The Complete Guide is your

indispensable Easter Island resource.

Order your copy from the EIF today!

(Also available from Amazon.com)

Proceeds from

the sale

of this book

benefit the

Easter Island Foundation’s scholarship

program.

Inventing 'Easter Island'

Beverly Haun

ISBN 978-0-8020-9353-0

University of Toronto Press

soft cover; 332 pages

2008 - $25.00 plus shipping [BH08]

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its inhabitants,

is located in the Pacific Ocean, 3600 kilometers west of

South America. It has been a source of fascination for the

world beyond the island since the first visit by Europeans

in 1722 due to its intriguing statues and complex history.

Inventing ‘Easter Island’ examines narrative strategies and

visual conventions in the discursive construction of ‘Easter

Island’ as distinct from the native conception of ‘Rapa Nui’.

It looks at the geographic imaginary that pervaded the

eighteenth century, a period of overwhelming imperial

expansion.

Beverley Haun begins with a discussion of forces that shaped

the European version of island culture and goes on to consider

the representation of that culture in the form of explorer texts

and illustrations, as well as more recent texts and images in

comic books and kitsch from off the island. Throughout,

Inventing ‘Easter Island’ is used as a case study of the

impact of imperialism on the view of a culture from outside.

The study hinges on three key points — an inquiry into the

formation of ‘Easter Island’ as a subject; an examination of

how the constructed space and culture have been shaped,

reshaped, and represented in discursive spaces; and a

discussion of cultural memory and how the constraints of

foreign texts and images have shaped thought and action

about ‘Easter Island’. Richly illustrated and unique in its

findings, Inventing ‘Easter Island’ will appeal to cultural

theorists, anthropologists, educators, and anyone

interested in the history of the South Pacific.

Easter Island 1793 to 1861: Observations

by Early Visitors Before the Slave Raids

Rhys Richards

ISBN 978-1-880636-28-2

an EIF publication

soft cover; 144 pages

2008 - $15 plus shipping [#RR08]

An exhaustive collection of reports, letters, and accounts —

some never before published — from the first ships to visit

Easter Island. A valuable scholarly edition to find a space

on every Rapanuiphile’s bookshelf!

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Prehistoric Rapa Nui. Landscape and

Settlement Archaeology at Hanga Ho´onu
 

Christopher M. Stevenson & Sonia Haoa Cardinali

(with contributions by Joan Wozniak,

Helene Martinsson-Wallin, & Paul Wallin)

ISBN 978-1-880636-26-8

an EIF publication

softcover; 297 pages; includes a fold-out map

2008 - $30 plus shipping [#SH08]

As the authors of this book show, contrary to past perceptions,

the Easter Island landscape was a highly transformed and

managed agricultural terrain that emerged in response to

deforestation by the Polynesians who settled there. This volume

adds a new dimension to scholarly investigations about why the

island’s prehistoric society evolved the way it did.

Rapa Nui, Island of Memory
 

Georgia Lee

ISBN 1-880636-23-9

an EIF publication

softcover; 212 pages

2006 - $25 plus shipping [#GL06]

This book is a celebration of the people of Rapa Nui,

embracing their continuity with the past. Georgia Lee's
memoir of her life on Easter Island in the 1980s

is a rollicking good story, by turns hilarious and poignant.

Oh, to have been there, in those simpler days!

Lee’s fieldwork has taken her to Rapa Nui countless times,

often for extended periods. She is perhaps as uniquely

comfortable deciphering the history of the place as she is

among the people themselves, who have moved from isolation

to being residents of a prized destination for tourists.

          — from the Introduction by Beverley Haun

                                              • • •

I started reading Rapa Nui, Island of Memory ...

and couldn’t put it down. It’s deep, human, real, honest, funny,

sad, informative, entertaining, inspiring — and doubtless the

best overall personal account of the island since 1919. I can

recall many of the anecdotes from early letters in 1989 as well

as our times on Rapa Nui in 1993. I had forgotten others, and

was happy to rediscover them. Some of the anecdotes, like

sourdough bread, are so precious as to approach incredibility,

yet I know they’re all true. That’s the funny thing about Rapa Nui:

Truth itself is just so funny there. The book is a splendid, human,

gutsy testimonial. From now on, when asked what books to read

before coming to Rapa Nui, I’ll say two books before all others:

Routledge’s Mystery of Easter Island and Lee’s Island of Memory.

These two women alone have captured the island’s soul.

          — Steven Roger Fischer, author of Island at the End

          of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island

          (Reaction Books, 2005)
 

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The Reñaca Papers. VI International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific

VI Congreso Internacional sobre Rapa Nui y el Pacifico

Proceedings of the conference held at Reñaca, Viña del Mar, Chile, 21-25 September 2004 and hosted by The Easter Island Foundation and the University of Valparaíso, Chile

Edited by Christopher M. Stevenson, José Miguel Ramírez Aliaga, Francis J. Morin, and Norma Barbacci

ISBN 1-880636-08-5

an EIF publication

softcover; 544 pages

2005 - $35 plus shipping [#CS05]

U.S. shipping is approximately $3 media mail and $8 priority mail; Canada $9 surface and $12 airmail; overseas shipping varies from $12 surface (most countries) to $20-$30 airmail, depending on country. Please contact us for exact shipping charges.
 

This volume contains 54 papers in ten chapters, plus Keynote Address by Atholl Anderson. English papers have Spanish abstracts; Spanish papers have English abstracts. Subjects covered include palaeoenvironments, human settlement patterns, cultural identity, geophysical studies, human eco-dynamics, human biology in Polynesia, Samoan studies, anthropology and history, Pacific arts, language and culture, conservation management, and General Session.

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The Day the Stones Walked

T.A. Barron

Illustrated by William Low

ISBN-10: 0399242635

ISBN-13: 978-0399242632

Philomel Books, division of Penguin

hard cover; 32 pages

2007 - $17 plus shipping [#TB07]

From the author's Web site:

The Day the Stones Walked was inspired by my trip

to Easter Island, one of the world’s most remote —

and most mysterious — places. In this story, I imagine

what might have happened on the day people suddenly

stopped carving moai, the faces. And in my author's note,

I explore what the environmental disaster of Easter Island

might mean for the bigger island we call Earth.

Magical, dramatic paintings by William Low bring this

book to life.

Note: Reading level for ages 9 to12.

All proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the EIF.

Early Visitors to Easter Island 1864-1877

The Reports of Eugene Eyraud, Hippolyte Roussel, Pierre Loti, and Alphonse Pinart

Translated by Ann M. Altman

ISBN 1-880636-05-0

an EIF publication

soft cover; 144 pages

2004 - $15 plus shipping [#AA04]

This unique collection of eyewitness accounts describes Easter Island as it appeared after the mid-1800s. The accounts were originally written in French: the missionaries, Eyraud and Roussel, wrote for their superior of the Order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary in Paris; Pierre Loti arrived on a French warship, La Flore, and his contribution is in the form of a diary. Alphonse Pinart came on another French warship, Seignelay. His is more of an anthropological study. Although Loti and Pinart were on the island a very short time, they still managed to see a great deal, and described the island as it was at that early date.

Previously available only in French.

An appendix compiled by Grant McCall lists all the known ship arrivals to Easter Island from 1722 to 1879, when there is one final mention of Father Roussel’s return to the island. The number of ships that stopped off at Easter Island in those early days is astonishing, considering the isolation of this tiny island in the vast Pacific Ocean.

Archaeological Survey, French Polynesia

Edmundo Edwards

																
ISBN 1880636220

an EIF publication

soft cover; 226 pages
2005 - $25 plus shipping [#EE05]

The lovely high island, Ra‘ivavae, has had a fascinating but sad history. From the arrival of missionaries, who encouraged the islanders to destroy their ancient statues and shrines, to diseases that struck the island in the early 1800s, Ra‘ivavae’s once proud society has become a quiet backwater possession of French Polynesia.

The few previous studies of Ra‘ivavae focused mainly on anthropology, although John F.G. Stokes of the Bishop Museum conducted some excavations in 1921. In 1938, Frank Stimson collected some anthropological data, as did Donald Marshall in 1957. In 1956, two members of the Norwegian Expedition excavated a few sites. But it was not until Edmundo Edwards began his work was there any effort to conduct a survey of the entire island. This important study of settlement patterns, ancient subsistence methods, and cultural history is the first ever for Ra‘ivavae and is of particular importance as modern agricultural projects and development continue to impact the evidence of the past.

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Edited by Thegn N. Ladefoged, Michael W. Graves													

ISBN 1-880636-20-4
an EIF publication

soft cover; 274 pages
2002 - $26 plus shipping [#LG02]

Pacific Landscapes: Archaeological Approaches examines how humans have created culturally significant landscapes by

building architecture and modifying the physical environment, and how that, in turn, molded human behavior. The volume considers the ways in which people prior to European contact created and lived in the landscapes of the Pacific.

This volume is edited by noted Pacific scholars, Thegn Ladefoged and Michael Graves. Papers included are by Atholl Anderson, Shankar Aswani, Ethan E. Cochrane, Janet Davidson, Julie S. Field, Roger C. Green, Michael Graves, Thegn Ladefoged, Foss Leach, Takuya Nagoaka, Blaze O'Connor, Julie M. E. Taomia, Christophe Sand, Peter J. Sheppard, Christopher Stevenson, Stephen K. Wickler,  and Richard Walter.

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Click here to

read a review of Pacific 2000

by Dave Tuggle

Pacific 2000 Proceedings of the Fifth

International Conference on Easter

Island and the Pacific

Edited by 

Christopher M. Stevenson, Georgia Lee, F. J. Morin 

ISBN 1-880636-18-2
an EIF publication

soft cover; 575 pages
2001 - $35 plus shipping [#CS01]

Contains 12 chapters and 55 papers by 74 authors plus a keynote address by Dr Peter Bellwood. Subjects covered in the book include the latest research in the Pacific and range from ancient Polynesian sailing to contemporary social issues, from arts to origins, and from Micronesia to Easter

Island.

Chapter titles are: New Horizons in Pacific Research; Archaeology on Rapa Nui; Hawaiian Archaeology; Western Pacific Research; Samoan Prehistory; French Polynesian Prehistory; Arts of the Pacific I; Arts of the Pacific II; Anthropology on Rapa Nui; Polynesian Languages and Literature; Polynesian Physical Anthropology; and Conservation Problems in the Pacific.

This is a book that everyone who has any interest in Pacific studies will want to have in their library. Specially priced at only $35, you can’t afford to NOT have one! Recommend this to your university library!

Te Moana Nui:
Exploring Lost Isles
of the South Pacific

Georgia Lee

ISBN 1-880636-19-0
an EIF publication

soft cover; 163 pages

black & white photos, drawings, maps
2001 - $25.00 plus shipping [#GL01]

Based on 20 years of research and personal visits to the islands described here, archaeologist Georgia Lee, PhD, traces the "discoveries" of European explorers, whalers, missionaries, and archaeologists as well as the modern-day inhabitants of remote and isolated islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Travel with us from Tahiti to Ra'ivavae, to Rapa Iti and Morotiri, to Mangareva and Pitcairn Island, to Easter Island, and finally to the Juan Fernandez Islands. The stories originating in these perilous waters are incredible; join us for an unforgettable journey through time and across  the "great blue ocean".

Second printing by popular demand . . .

Hawaiian Hula and
Body Ornamentation
1778 - 1858

Caroline Katherine Klarr

ISBN 1-880636-07-7
an EIF publication; second printing 

soft cover; 60 pages

illustrated with rare prints and drawings,

13 black & white plates

1999 - $19.00 plus shipping [#CK00]

Easter Island: 
The Ceremonial Center of Orongo

Alan Drake 
illustrations by Georgia Lee

ISBN 1-880636-00-X
an EIF publication

soft cover; 110 pages

maps, black & white photos, line drawings
1992 - $14.00 plus shipping [#AD92]

from the Introduction...

Orongo is a key archaeological site on Easter Island and regularly on every visitor's itinerary. Despite this, little factual information is available for the tourist; material is scattered through various technical reports and books and many of these are out of print. Because of its association with the famous birdman cult of the islands, Orongo has a special significance for the understanding of the clouded history of this isolated island.

from the Afterword...

The ancient seafarers who first settled this small island brought their traditional way of life with them and in their isolation elaborated upon various elements of their original culture. They also brought with them the seed of their own destruction. Forests were cut for wood and the land was cleared for agriculture. The resulting erosion removed the island's soil cover. Productivity declined as the population rose. There was no longer enough wood to build traditional canoes; islanders could not sail to a more fruitful island.

The Rapanui were trapped in a declining environment they themselves created. Contact with the Western world brought not salvation but more death resulting from the slave raids and disease. The analogy to our present world is frighteningly clear: Easter Island is a microcosm of our own fragile island in space. We can learn from their example... if we will.

Spirit of Place:
Petroglyphs of Hawai'i

Georgia Lee

Edward Stasack

Awarded a Choice Award in 1999 for 

"Outstanding Academic Book"

ISBN 1-880636-14-X

an EIF publication
soft cover; 212 pages

black & white photos, line drawings

1999 - $25.00 plus shipping [#GL99]

from the cover... 

The petroglyphs of Hawai'i are much more than captivating designs. To the ancient Polynesians they had meaning and significance, including a spiritual component. Hawaiian petroglyphs deserve to be protected and preserved as non-renewable assets, gifts left behind by the ancient Hawaiians who carved their prayers and offerings into the hard lava of these Pacific Islands. 

The illuminating data in this book provides the basis for a new prospective on the Hawaiian rock art. It is based upon years of field research, scientific documentation projects, literature searches, and "talk story" with native Hawaiians. The authors describe in detail five major sites on the Big Island of Hawai'i plus the islands of Lanai and Kaho'olawe. Offering insightful, inter-island comparisons, they place the rock art of Hawai'i is into the larger realm of Polynesia. 

Lavishly illustrated with precise drawings, photographs, and statistical analyses, this book will appeal to the novice as well as to the scientist.

The Easter Island Bulletins
of William Mulloy

Reprinted and Bound in a Single Volume, 
Together with Two Other Papers 

Introduction by Patrick C. McCoy

ISBN 1-880636-04-2

a joint publication of 
the World Monuments Fund 
and the Easter Island Foundation

soft cover; 170 pages

1997 - $25.00 plus shipping [#WM97]

Published in the 60s and 70s as a series of separate volumes by the World Monuments Fund, these important works have been out of print for many years. This new collection contains the four original bulletins with all plates and illustrations, plus two other important papers. 

Bulletin 1
Preliminary Report of Archaeological Field Work, February-July 1968 

Bulletin 2
Preliminary Report of the Restoration of Ahu Vai Uri 

Bulletin 3
Preliminary Report of the Restoration of Ahu Huri a Urenga and Two Unnamed Ahu at Hanga Kio'e 

Bulletin 4
Preliminary Report of the Restoration of The Ceremonial Center of Orongo, Part 1 

Contemplate the Navel of the World 

Preliminary Culture-Historical Research Model for Easter Island

Easter Island in the Pacific Context
South Seas Symposium - Proceedings

of the Fourth International Conference

on Easter Island and East Polynesia

Edited by

Christopher M. Stevenson

Georgia Lee

F.J. Morin

ISBN 1-880636-13-1

an EIF publication

soft cover; 412 pages

black & white photographs

1998 - $37 plus shipping [#CS98]

A few copies of the Albuquerque conference papers, held at the University of New Mexico in 1997, are still available. This volume contains 64 papers by 90 authors. The chapter titles are: East Polynesian Languages and Literatures; Past, Present and Future: Polynesian Art in Context; Environmental Issues in Rapa Nui and East Polynesia; The Human Osteology of Rapa Nui; Archaeological Studies on Rapa Nui and in East Polynesia; Hawaiian Archaeology in the 1990s; Lithic Resources and Uses of Stone in Oceania; Body Ornamentation in the Pacific; Contemporary and Historical Aspects of Polynesian Culture. The volume is a nice companion to the Pacific 2000 Conference book!

Read a full review of this collection here.

Rapa Nui Journal 
The Journal of the
Easter Island Foundation

ISSN 1040-1385

an EIF publication
published bi-annually (in May and October)

available to EIF members only
$40 per year U.S., $50 per year foreign

$30 per year U.S. students, $40 per year foreign students

[#RN85]

The premier source for Easter Island. It contains scientific articles by leading experts in Polynesian studies, book reviews, feature articles, and the latest news from the island. Keep in touch with your favorite island in the center of the world!

STAY CURRENT... BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

SAMPLE THE JOURNAL'S TABLE OF CONTENTS

Also available...

The Rapa Nui Journal

15-year Index (1985-2001)

Compiled by

Marilyn G. Stearns

48 pages

$10 plus shipping [#MS01]

This index lists all articles and reviews by volume, author, and title.

Ingrained Images:
Wood Carvings
from Easter Island 

Joan Seaver Kurze

ISBN 1-880636-12-3

an EIF publication

soft cover; 82 pages

105 color plates, black & white photographs,

line drawings; handsomely illustrated

1997 - $25.00 plus shipping [#JS97]

an excerpt... 

Wood carvings collected in early times often were human figures both male and female but the majority were male. Also, there were many images of various human-animal figures known today as anthropomorphic zoomorphs. Birds and lizards appear most frequently in these human / animal combinations. Some carvings incorporate fish imagery and other sea forms such as octopus and eel.

Another group consists of ceremonial objects that were hung about the neck or perhaps carried during ceremonies; next come paddles, clubs, and various status signifiers such as the ao. And finally, the unique rongorongo tablets. To our knowledge, all of these images served a purpose in ancient times.

The last group of carvings to be described are the modern church santos and finally the "tourist" art that is specially created for sale to tourists.

Te Tumu o Rapa Nui

Catherine Orliac & Véronique Willemin

ISBN 1-880-636-02-6

an EIF publication

spiral bound; 40 pages

2005 - $12 plus shipping [OW05]

This charming children's book follows two little Rapanui girls,

Hierangi and Vaiahani, who have many adventures while

searching for a toromiro tree on Easter Island. The text is in

Rapanui, English, Spanish, and French.

Speak Rapanui! ¡Habla Rapanui!

Ana Betty Haoa Rapahango & William Liller

ISBN 1-880-636-03-4

an EIF publication; second printing

soft cover; 133 pages

2003 - $12 plus shipping [BH03]

A guide to the Rapanui language in  English, Spanish, and Rapanui. Contains common words and a brief grammar.

Easter Island - Rapa Nui:

Scientific Pathways to Secrets of the Past

Andreas Mieth & Hans-Rudolf Bork

Translated by Detlef Busche

ISBN 3-9809823-0-0

Department of Ecotechnology & Ecosystem Development, Ecology Center, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

soft cover; 111 pages

2004 - $20 plus shipping [MB04]

The secrets of Easter Island are not confined to the moai. Prehistoric land and ocean resource utilization, dramatic changes in the landscape, and, finally, the end of a once sustained and peaceful culture pose many interesting questions. The authors provide evidence that Easter Island was once covered with a subtropical palm forest, but that these palms were extinguished roughly 500 years ago after they were cut down and the terrain was burned (in keeping with traditional farming techniques). Destruction of the palm trees lead to the erosion of fertile land, the loss of a sustained gardening culture, and the devastation of settlements and shrines. The unique, thousand-year-old megalithic culture underwent a radical and dramatic change. This richly-illustrated book is aimed at experts and anyone interested in the ecology and culture of Rapa Nui.

Rapanui: Tradición & Sobrevivencia

en Isla de Pascua

(Rapanui: Tradition and Survival on Easter Island)

Grant McCall

an EIF publicatioin

ISBN 1-880636-15-8

soft cover, 274 pages

1999 - $16 plus shipping [#GM99]

McCall offers a history of the development and conditions of the Rapanui and their island which is fundamentally optimistic, focusing on the Islanders’ resilience and adaptability to external forces. He explores the family and its structure, spiritual beliefs, material life, emigration, attitudes toward outsiders, and living conditions.

This is the Spanish translation version by Ana Betty Haoa, Louise Noel, & Elena Carro.

The Eye of Easter Island

Susan Pfeil

Illustrations by Kathleen Del Prince and Laurel Ainley

ISBN 1-59094-062-8

Professor Kiwi Explorer of the Seven Seas

soft cover; 40 pages

2005 - $6.95 plus shipping [SP05]

Part of the Professor Kiwi Color with Knowledge Series, The Eye of Easter Island is a charming coloring book featuring text and illustrations covering the history of the island, legends and folklore, facts about the moai, and more. The book includes illustrations that one often doesn’t find even on the most extensive Easter Island Web sites. A glossary of terms and a "journey notes" section round out the book.

Easter Island

Jennifer Vanderbes

ISBN 0-385-33673-X

Dial Press

hard cover; 310 pages; brand new with dust jacket

2003 - $10.00 plus shipping [JV03]

In this extraordinary fiction debut — rich with love and betrayal, history, and intellectual passion — two remarkable narratives converge on Easter Island, one of the most remote places in the world.

RARE, USED, OUT OF PRINT,

AND ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS...

All items are subject to prior sale.

Michael Kenna

hard cover; 12"x13"

ISBN 1-59005-012-6

2001 - $300 plus shipping

[#MK01]

Stunning sepia-toned photographs from silver gelatin prints in 45 plates reveal Easter Island in all its visual splendor.

This is a signed and numbered (#0383) copy!

Journal of New World Archaeology

Vol. 7, No. 1 (1986)

$5 plus shipping [#JNWA]

This "Easter Island issue" contains five interesting articles about Easter Island by Sergio Rapu, Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Christopher Stevenson, Claudio Cristino, Georgia lee, and Joan Seaver. The volume also includes a select glossary of Rapanui terminology.

Adventures in Easter Island

Juan Grau

soft cover

ISBN 956-7277-05-2

1994 - $25 plus shipping

[#JG94E] - English language version

Juvenile fiction with an ecological theme.

Aventuras en Isla de Pascua

(Adventures in Easter Island)

Juan Grau

soft cover

ISBN 956-7277-02-2

1994 - $25 plus shipping

[#JG94S] - Spanish language version

Juvenile fiction with an ecological theme.

Arts & Artifacts of Melanesia

Norman Hurst

Hurst Gallery

soft cover; 79 pages

1992 - $25 plus shipping [#NH92]

The book contains major ritual sculpture, household objects, and personal ornaments of both aesthetic and cultural interest. The catalog also reflects the range of experience of Melanesian art objects outside their native lands and several pieces are included from historic European, American, and Pacific collections.

(Easter Island and its Mysteries)

Stéphen-Charles Chauvet

hard cover; 411 pages

chipped/torn dust jacket; fair condition; in Spanish

1946 - $75 plus shipping [#SC46]

"Te Pito te Henua or Easter Island" - Report of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30, 1889

William J. Thomson

soft cover; ex-library; re-bound with black tape; poor condition

1891 - $100 plus shipping [#WT91]

Island of Death; a New Key to Easter

Island's Culture Through an Ethno-

Psychological Study

Werner Wolff

hard cover;  fair condition with chipped dust jacket

1948 - $100 plus shipping [#WW72]

Island of Death; a New Key to Easter Island's Culture Through an Ethno-Psychological Study

Werner Wolff

hard cover; fine condition; re-print (1973)

1948 - $100 plus shipping [#WW73]

Polynesian Researches

2 Volumes

William Ellis

hard cover cover; fine condition

Vol. 1 - 536 pages; Vol. 2 - 576 pages

1967 - $50.00 plus shipping [#PR67]

Ethnology of Polynesia and Micronesia
(Field Museum of Natural History Guide Part 6)

R. Linton

soft cover with 24 plates; 191 pages; pages; cover slightly tattered and stained but inside good
1926 - $75 plus shipping [#RL26]

The Archaeology of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
 

R. Suggs
 

soft cover with 13 plates; 205 pages; good condition
1961 - $75 plus shipping [#RS61]

L'ile de Paques et ses Mysteres

(Easter Island and its Mysteries)

Stéphen-Charles Chauvet

fair condition; in French

1935 - $500 plus shipping [SC35]

Aku-Aku

Thor Heyerdahl

soft cover; poor condition

367 pages

1960 - $5 plus shipping [#TH60]

Note: Cover may not depict edition offered for sale.

Easter Island, Land of Mysteries

Peggy Mann

hard cover; good condition; torn dust jacket; 224 p.

1976 - $10 plus shipping [#PM76]

The Log of the El Dorado, Captain Benson's Own Story

N.P. Benson

fair condition

1914 - $100 plus shipping [#NB14]

Report of the U.S. National Museum under The Direction of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1897

poor condition; cover torn; 1021 pp.

1898 - $50 plus shipping [#SI98]

The Islands of Titicaca and Koati

Adolf Bandelier

hard cover; good condition (some writing in book); Kraus re-print of 1910 edition; 358 pp.

1969 - $75 plus shipping [#AB69]

Arts of the South Seas

Linton and Wingert

hard cover; ex-library; fair condition; b/w & color illustrations; 199 pp.

1946 - $13 plus shipping [#LW46]

The Moai Murders

Lynn Hamilton

hard cover; good condition; dust jacket; musty; 261 pp.

2005 - $10 plus shipping [#LH05]

Rapa Nui The Easter Island Legend on Film

Reynolds and Price

soft cover; good condition; b/w & color illustrations; musty; 160 pp.

1994 - $15 plus shipping [#RP94]

Voyage vers L'Ile Mysterieuse de la Polynésie l'île de Pâques.

Margherita Maiani

soft cover; mint condition; b/w & color photos

232 pages (8.5"×11" fine, glossy stock)

1996 - $50 plus shipping [#MM96]

1889 - $100.00 plus shipping [#WT89]

Journal of Austronesian Studies

Volume 1, Part 1

soft cover

155 pages

1953 - $30.00 plus shipping [#AS53]

The Separate Rose

Pablo Neruda

soft cover; poetry inspired by a visit to Easter Island

by the Nobel laureate

65 pages

1985 - $5.00 plus shipping [#PN85]

The Eighth Land

Thomas Barthel

hard cover with dust jacket; like new

378 pages

1978 - $80 plus shipping [#TB78]

A Missionary Voyage to the South Pacific, 1796-1798

James Wilson

hard cover; good condition with fair dust jacket;

spine is a bit worn

420 pages + fold-out maps

no date - $35.00 plus shipping [#JWnd]

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An Astrological Zodiac in the Script of Easter Island

Andis Kaulins

soft cover; fair condition

47 pages

1981 - $25.00 plus shipping [#AK81]

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Artistic Heritage in a Changing Pacific

Philip J.C. Dark and Roger G. Rose (eds.)

hard cover; fine condition with dust jacket

261 pages

1993 - $29.00 plus shipping [#DR93]

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The Language of Easter Island. Its Development and Eastern Polynesian Relationships

R. Langdon & D. Tyron

soft cover; good condition

82 pages

1983 - $40 plus shipping [#RL83]

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Île de Pâques

Henri Lavachery

hard cover; b/w photos & illustrations

299 pages

1935 - $40.00 plus shipping [#HL35]

How to Survive in the Chilean Jungle 2

An English Lexicon of Chilean Slang

& Spanish Sayings

John Brennan & Alvaro Taboada

soft cover; b/w drawings

193 pages

2003 - $25 plus shipping [#BT03]

Archaeology, Ecology and Culture

Jo Anne Van Tilburg

hard cover with dust jacket; fine condition

191 pages

1994 - $100 - plus shipping [VT94]

Mysteries of the Ancient World

Robert L. Breeden (ed.)

"Easter Island: Brooding Sentinels of Stone"

by Ron Fisher

hard cover; fine in slightly chipped dust jacket

223 pages

1979 - $12 plus shipping [#NG79]

Easter Island. Unearthing Ancient Worlds

European sailors first happened upon Easter island — a tiny island in the South Pacific Ocean — on Easter Sunday, 1722. yet archaeological explorers didn’t arrive until 1886. A U.S. crew led by William J. Thomson investigated Easter Island’s stone heads, called moai, and uncovered many mysteries: Who built them and when? What was their purpose? How did Easter islanders raise the massive stones? Later researchers found some answers. In 1914 British archaeologists Scoresby and Katherine Routledge discovered clues to how past islanders had carved the statues. In 1955 a team led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl unearthed new ideas about the role the stone heads once played in the island’s religion, as well as how people had placed the statues on the island’s shores. Work and study on Easter Island have continued, but questions about the island’s past and the massive moai remain. Why did islanders top making moai? Will researchers ever know how people raised the huge heads? These mysteries are still unsolved.

Where Fate Beckons:

The Life of Jean-François de la Pérouse

Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island

Steven Roger Fischer

London: Reaktion Books

soft cover; 304 pages; 15 illustrations

ISBN-13: 978-1-861892829

in fine condition

2005 - $15 plus shipping & handling [SF05]

The Island of Lanai, A Survey of Native Culture

Kenneth Emory

Bishop Museum Press Reprint Bulletin 12

soft cover; 129 pages; 24 pages with b&w plates, 2 maps in envelope

in fine condition

1969 - $100 plus shipping & handling [KE69]

Patterns That Connect: Social Symbolism in Ancient and Tribal Art

Carl Schuster & Edmund Snow Carpenter

New York: Harry N. Abrams

hard cover; 317 pages; richly illustrated with mostly b&w line drawings

ISBN 978-0-810963269

in fine condition with dust jacket (new, sealed in shrink wrap);

1996 - $100 plus shipping & handling [CS96]

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We have slightly damaged or used copies of many of our publications, available at a discount. For example:

Hawaiian Hula $12

Spirit of Place $15

Early Visitors to Easter Island 1864-1877 $9

Pacific Landscapes $15

Island of Memory $15

Pacific 2000 $25

The Reñaca Papers $25

Rapanui: Tradición & Sobrevivencia

en Isla de Pascua $10

Easter Island 1793 to 1861 $9

Speak Rapanui! ¡Habla Rapanui! $8

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