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Livres anciens et modernes

Gill, William Wyatt

Life in the Southern Isles; or Scenes in the South Pacific and New Guinea

1876

151,34 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1876
Lieu d'édition
London. The Religious Tract Society
Auteur
Gill, William Wyatt
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Pacific & Australia
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

12mo [19 x 14,5 cm]; viii, 360 pp, frontis with tissue guard, plates and numerous illustrations from drwgs, double-page map, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, all edges gilted, internal hinge repaired, bookplates removed from endpaper, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor 397. The author, having travelled for decades in the area, describes conditions, customs, people, society, natural history, etc. The chapter on New Guinea was read before the Royal Geographical Society in 1873.
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