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    By Rev. Walter Lawry
    London   John Mason
    7.5" by 5" [3] 303pp.
    The scarce first edition of a Methodist missionary's travel across Fiji and Tonga, complete with a folding map of the region and six further plates.
    By Rev. Walter Lawry

    1850 Friendly and Feejee Islands A Missionary Visit to Various Stations in the South Seas in the Year MDCCCXLVII

    London   John Mason
    7.5" by 5" [3] 303pp.
    The scarce first edition of a Methodist missionary's travel across Fiji and Tonga, complete with a folding map of the region and six further plates.
    £275.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 978K2
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    Description

    First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Original Source, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

    The first edition of the work. Scarce.

    With a folding map frontispiece and six further plates. Collated complete.

    Edited by Elijah Hoole,.

    This nineteenth century travel work details Methodist Missionary Reverend Walter Lawrys' journey through Tonga and Fiji, describing mission stations, and their establishing of chapels and mission houses, as well as observations of the local people, including their religious and social customs, as well as societal and political structures.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally smart, with slight bumping to the extremities, resulting in slight lifting to the head and tail of the spine. The odd mark to the boards. Front hinge reinforced. Bookseller label to front paste down. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with just the odd spot and handling mark. Tape reinforcements to folding map.

    Very Good

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