OMAI, FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND
by CLARK, Thomas Blake
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(COLT PRESS). (COLT PRESS) CLARK, Thomas Blake. OMAI, FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLA (San Francisco): The Colt Press, 1940. 4to. Cloth spine, bark paper over boards. (iv), 114, (1) pages. One of 500 copies. A nicely printed account of Omai's visit to England and "of how he was feted Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich, and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds." A New York Times Book Review laid-in.
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- The Bookpress, Ltd. (US)
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- Title
- OMAI, FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND
- Author
- CLARK, Thomas Blake
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- (COLT PRESS)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- FP PP
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