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Wrecked Among Cannibals in the Fijis: A Narrative of Shipwreck & Adventure in the South Seas
by Endicott, William and Lawrence Waters Jenkins (notes)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 76 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. 1/4 black cloth over blue boards. Gilt title stamped on spine. Some sunning to top fore edge. Signs of wear to head and tail of spine, corners, and extremities. Most notably, there is 3 cm tear in the cloth on the back top corner, exposing the boards. Corners bumped. Previous owner's name and small book plates on front pastedown. Pages sunned at edges. Previous owner's notes penciled onto rear pastedown. Endicott was the third commanding officer of the "Glide". When she shipwrecked in 1831, he heard his crew yell in the night "She drags! She drags!". What followed was an extended encounter with the natives of Fiji. This book contains black and white plates of illustrations and photographs of Fijian architecture, teeth, and tools. The author records some of the language that he observed during his time with the natives at the end of the book. Forster 43.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63062
- Title
- Wrecked Among Cannibals in the Fijis: A Narrative of Shipwreck & Adventure in the South Seas
- Author
- Endicott, William and Lawrence Waters Jenkins (notes)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Marine Research Society
- Place of Publication
- Salem, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- shipwreck; history; anthropology; cultural study; natural history; exploration
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Tail
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