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Farmer, Sarah S.

Tonga and the Friendly Islands; with a Sketch of their Mission History

1855

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1855
Lieu d'édition
London. Hamilton, Adams, & Co.
Auteur
Farmer, Sarah S.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Pacific & Australia Women Travellers
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

12mo [19 x 13 cm]; vii, 427 pp, 8 plates including frontis, 2 double-page maps (one with damage in blank margin), other illus. original brown cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, with gilt spine title lettering, internal hinges strengthened, lacks rear blank endpaper, old owner's stamp on title erased, good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor 306. Hill 101: "First edition of a significant book on Tongan history, which has chapters on the discovery of the South Seas, Captain Cook's visits to Tonga, the Methodist mission, the civil war in Tonga and the reign of King George." One of the plates is on the different types of coral found there, another plate shows two types of canoes used by the natives.
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