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Your search:Books»A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands: With Remarks Upon the Natural History, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants(19 available copies)
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00628 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Description: NY: D. Appleton & Co., 1837; First American Edition; [title leaf], xxii, [2], 525 pp., illustrated including a small folding map; original cloth, wear to extremities, bookplate, ownership marking, fair *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* read more
Binding: Full leather
Publisher: J. Snow, London
Date Published: 1840
Description: "A portrait of the author and engravings on wood" Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Volume is in very good condition, normal signs of age, binding remains tight but signs of wear on outer spine. viii, 154 p. (double col. ), [2] p. illus., plates. 20 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Illus. t. -p. read more
Binding: Full leather
Publisher: J. Snow, London
Date Published: 1840
Description: "A portrait of the author and engravings on wood" Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Volume is in very good condition, normal signs of age, binding remains tight but signs of wear on outer spine. viii, 154 p. (double col. ), [2] p. illus., plates. 20 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Illus. t. -p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London. J. Snow for the Author
Date Published: 1837
Description: 1st Ed. (2nd thousand). XVIII, 590 PP with vignette on title page and 23 b/w illustrations (2 on full page), plus 5 b/w plates with 8 illustrations. Engravings on wood, by G. Baxter. Rebacked copy, cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Lacks frontispiece, and folded map. Newspaper clipping pasted down on verso of title page. Ageing of paper. Very good. 22.4 x 15.. Early achievements of the LMS in the Polynesian islands. read more
Description: xviii, 506, 4 (catalogue) pp., decorated leather somewhat worn and scuffed but still a tightly bound copy, a.e.g. but now dull, illustrated including a small folding map; *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* read more
Edition: First Edition, Second Thousand.
Binding: Marbled Boards, Leather
Publisher: J. Snow, London
Date Published: 1837
Description: Baxter, G. (engravings) Fine. 8vo. xx, 590pp; colour frontispiece; engraved folding map; title page vignette; 25 bw text ills & portraits. Contemporary 1/2 calf with marbled boards, title in gilt to spine; 5 raised bands. Prev owners name on blank preliminary page; slight foxing to frontis and title page, map spotted (no tears), 4 small ticks (check marks), OK and 3 numbers (all in ink) on list of illustrations. Rev. John Williams (1796-1839) was the ablest missionary to the Polynesian people, ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780548323618ISBN:0548323615
Description: New. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published For The Author, By J. Snow, London
Date Published: 1837
Description: Good; Llacks spine, boards detached, first gathering detached. Else sound and clean. 8vo; Publisher's cloth, xvii, [2], 589p., color frontispiece printed in oil colours by George Baxter, illustrated with engravings by Baxter, 3 panel folding map **Lewis, Baxter print #79: Te pe a Chief of Rarotonga. With the bookplate and stamp of the South Sea Library of Alvin and Ethel Seale. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: J. Snow, London
Date Published: 1837
Description: Chromo frontis & wood engrav. Very Good condition, professionally restored binding. Fascinating account of travels in the South Seas. Williams was eventually killed by Cannibals. read more
Binding: Full-Leather
Publisher: John Snow, London
Date Published: 1838
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Full gilt tooled brown leather hardcovers with gilt title label to spine. Some cipping to label. Some light rubbing to extremities. Plain endpapers. Previous owner's name to flyleaf. Some slight staining/foxing to endpapers and text block, near front and rear. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Internally very good. Illustrated with numerous textual illustrations and plates, as well as foding map (fine and neat) and hand-coloured frontispiece--all ... read more
Edition: Fourteenth Thousand
Binding: Rebound Leather Half Binding
Publisher: John Snow, London
Date Published: 1840
Description: Very Good. xviii, 506p., 25 plates missing frontis and fold map. ill., title page in facsilmilie. port.; 24 cm. Beautifully rebound in leather, gilt ruled raised bands, Half brown leather binding with grey boards, green and red spine labels, new endpapers. Photo available on request. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. Snow, for the Author, London
Date Published: 1837
Description: Octavo. Early printing (4th thousand), same year as the first, and the first printing to contain the Baxter portrait of the author. Original brown cloth decorated in blind, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, original grey endpapers. pp (xx), 590 + colour frontispiece portrait of Williams + folding map + 6 b&w plates; illustrated title page and 18 illustrations in the text (all plates present). Professionally rebacked, with original only lightly sunned spine laid down, inner cloth inner hinges; ... read more
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