A Narrative Of Missionary Enterprises In the South Sea Islands

1837 1ed Missionary Narrative Williams TAHITI Pacific Islands MAP Polynesia John Williams was a 19th-century English missionary to Polynesia who, in addition to his missionary journeys, is best-remembered for his narrative of those expeditions. First published in 1837,'A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises' describes Williams' 20 years of ministry in the South Pacific on the islands of Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Society… Read more about this item

London: J. Snow. Good with no dust jacket. 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. X, 589, ad. Folding map. Color frontis, engraved vignette on title, all plates and engravings present as called, some plates still have the tissue guard. 1st edition, second thousand. With a very interest Canadian/English provenance: the first free endpaper has a gift inscripted "Presented by… Read more about this item

London: Published for the author by J. Snow, 1837. 1st edition. Hardcover. Published for the author by J. Snow 1837. First Edition. Hill 1874. Illustrated with 25 engravings on wood by G. Baxter,and a colored frontispiece and a folding map . Binding in quarter leather over marbled board, with gilded title on the spine. Pages clean and without markings.… Read more about this item

For the Author by John Snow, 1837. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Baxter, G. heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 5th thousand. 590 Pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and study. Internally, the front hinge is cracked. minor foxing, a previous owners inscription. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*18/08/2022.… Read more about this item

London: For the author by J. Snow, 1837. First Edition. With a coloured frontispiece printed in oils by George Baxter, vignette titlepage, 24 wood-engravings, and folding map. 8vo, bound in modern dark green silk cloth, the spine with a morocco label lettered and trimmed in gilt. A well preserved and clean copy, occasional… Read more about this item

London: Published for the author by G. Snow, 1837. First edition. Color frontispiece of Chief of Rarotanga, folding map and numerous plates and textual engravings by G. Baxter. xviii, [ii], 589, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters polished mottled modern calf and. First edition. Color frontispiece of Chief of Rarotanga, folding map and numerous plates and… Read more about this item

London: John Snow. Poor with no dust jacket. 1840. Disbound. Lacking preliminary leaves and folding map. Disbound. Text block separated from boards. Joints rubbed. Boards rubbed with abrasions to cloth. ; "Twenty-Eighth Thousand". (i-ii), 154 pages + engraved portrait frontispiece. 27 small in-text wood-engraved vignette illustrations. Lacking all preliminary leaves, i.e. (iii)-ix, [1]. Lacking the folding… Read more about this item

London: Published for the Author by J. Snow, 1838. Seventh Thousand. Hardcover. g. Octavo. xviii,[4],590pp. Rebound in three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Maroon title-label and gold decorated spine. Modern endpapers. Color frontispiece. Title-page engraving. Detailed account by English Missionary John Williams (1796-1839) of his experiences in the South Pacific in the early 19th century. Illustrated with wood- engravings… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. A fascinating chronicle of shipwreck, plagues, cannibalism and narrow escapes from enraged natives and natural disaster, this 1837 book provides an insight into nineteenth-century attitudes towards indigenous peoples and their traditions.

London: John Snow, 1839., 1839. 8vo. pp. xviii, [2], 506. wood-engraved title vignette. wood-engraved frontis. printed in oil colours by George Baxter, folding map, 5 wood-engraved plates, & numerous text illus. contemporary blind-stamped calf, all edges gilt (extremities worn, front joint split & holding by cords, some foxing to frontis. & outer leaves). "Fourteenth Thousand". Williams was sent by the… Read more about this item

London. Published by John Snow. 1842. 8vo., ix,[1],154p., engraved frontis portrait, numerous engraved text illustrations. Printed in double-columns, 1 folding map, creases expertly guarded, rebound in quarter brown paper over light green boards, a fine copy thus internally tight and clean (ho11.1). ~ vide O'Reilly and Reitman 7568 . This work, based on the author's stay of several years… Read more about this item

London: Published for the Author by J. Snow, 1837. Second Thousand. Hardcover. Good to very good condition. Large Octavo. xviii (ii), 589pp., 6 plates, incl. frontispiece, 1 folding map. Rebound in three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on light brown labels, gilt tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Modern endpapers. Color frontispiece. Title page vignette.… Read more about this item

New York, 1837. 525pp. plus folding map. Titlepage vignette. Illus. Original cloth. Cloth soiled, some foxing, several signatures starting, else good. The first American edition. "A non- conformist missionary, Williams was sent by the London Missionary Society to the Society Islands in 1816. He traveled about the islands, converting the native populace to Christianity...He made his headquarters at Raiatea,… Read more about this item

London, John Snow, 1838.Contemporary half calf (top of spine restored). With engraving on titlepage, fine coloured portrait of Te Po (Baxter print), folding map and 25 wood-engravings by G. Baxter. XVIII,(2),506 pp.First edition published in 1837. - The nice frontispiece depicting a tattooed chief of Raotonga is printed in oil colours by George Baxter. Rev. Williams was the ablest… Read more about this item

London: Published for the Author, by J. Snow, 1837. Undetermined. very good. First Edition xviii, 590, [1] pp. Octavo. Original blindstamped brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Edges untrimmed. Former owner's signature on front pastedown. Colour portrait of the author as a frontispiece. Twenty-five black-and-white engravings on wood. One double paged map. Textblock is… Read more about this item

London: J. Snow. 1837. Large octavo, pp xx, 590, ii, vignette title-page, folding map, colour frontis (tattooed chief of Rarotonga), seven b&w plates, numerous b&w wood-engravings in text by Baxter, scattered foxing, blind-stamped cloth boards with later leather spine titled in gilt, book-plate of Western Australian anthropologist D'Arcy Ryan, good condition. First printing. John William (1796-1839) was a… Read more about this item

London: John Snow, 1838 . Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". G Baxter. An early edition of missionary John Williams' illustrated account of his efforts in the South Sea Islands. With a hand coloured frontispiece of the Chief of Rarotonga. The tenth thousand of English missionary John Williams' account of his explorations in the South Sea Islands. First… Read more about this item

London: J. Snow for the author, 1837. 1st edition / 4th thousand. Very Good. octavo. in worn leather boards xviii + 590pp., colour (portrait) frontis., wood engravings in text, folding map, With 6 plates in text plus nice colour frontispiece. There is an account of an address by the author in nice copperplate script on three preliminary… Read more about this item

London: J. Snow, 1838. Sixth Thousand . Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo Large (over 7¾" - 9¾"). N/a. 1 (ad.) xx, 590pp. 1838. Sixth Thousand. 8vo. large sized. A good only copy of an important work on travel in and around the south sea islands in the earlier part of the nineteenth century. Bound in original publisher's blue-green… Read more about this item

D. Appleton & Co., 1837. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library with the usual labeling. Original textblock professionally rebound in plain brown boards. Spine repaired with clear tape. Some foxing here and there throughout, overall clean. Binding sturdy.