A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants
by Williams, John (Rev.)
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- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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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 map. 19th century half calf and blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 232 x 154mm. Text printed in double columns. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21437
- Title
- A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants
- Author
- Williams, John (Rev.)
- Format/Binding
- Disbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- John Snow
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- travel
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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