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    By Rev. John Williams
    London   John Snow
    9.5" by 6" ix, [1], 154pp.
    An early edition of Rev. John Williams' account of his missionary work in the South Sea Islands in Polynesia, where he spent much of the 1830s.
    By Rev. John Williams

    1840 A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands

    London   John Snow
    9.5" by 6" ix, [1], 154pp.
    An early edition of Rev. John Williams' account of his missionary work in the South Sea Islands in Polynesia, where he spent much of the 1830s.
    £195.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 977Q36
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    Description

    Early Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    The twenty-sixth thousand. First published in 1837.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map and twenty-seven vignette engravings. Collated, complete.

    Written by the Rev. John Williams, an English missionary active in the South Pacific in the early nineteenth century.

    Towards the end of his life Williams decided to make a record of his adventures during this period. This fascinating work offers an autobiographical account of Williams's time on islands including Somoa, Vanuatu and Raratonga, alongside details regarding the area's natural history, local inhabitants and traditions of the island, from the perspective of a British missionary.

    This informative travel work provided much insight to the South Sea islands at a time where English understanding of the region was limited.

    Condition

    Bound in half calf with paper-covered boards. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to joints and extremities. Loss to spine label and rubbing to spine. Endpapers renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd mark.

    Very Good

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