Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eighty Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands: Vol. III
by ELLIS, WILLIAM
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Henry G Bohn 1859. This volume only, small octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards & spine, yellow eps, frontispiece + one other plate, viii + 407pp, VG-- (internal front hinge completely cracked - front board still firmly attached to cloth of spine but binding only attached at rear hinge, rear hinge cracked - attached by lower threads only, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems, light rubbing & soiling to boards, small closed tears to cloth of spine extrems, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, owner's name & date to fep, heavy foxing to plates, light tanning to page edges)
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- Title
- Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eighty Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands: Vol. III
- Author
- ELLIS, WILLIAM
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry G Bohn 1859
- Keywords
- Polynesia Society Sandwich Island anthropology travel exploration William Ellis
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