George Stringer Rowe Thomas Williams (60 results)

Condition: New.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. A clean tightyl bound softcover modern reprint of a work originally published in 1858, essentially a facsimile thereof. Light shelf and edge wear and a partial crease to upper front and rear corners of card cover. Clean and unmarked.

Condition: New.

Condition: Like New. In unused condition, may show some slight shelf wear, but otherwise unread. This title was digitally scanned from a rare, out of print edition, and will have some visual artifacts from that process.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. Reprint of 1858 original. Book has minor wear to corners and edges; slight browning to page edges. Otherwise a tight, sound and unmarked copy in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good. Softbound 8vo. Volume one only. Three color illus. folding map, many b/w illus. Williams spent thirteen years in Fiji as a missionary. He provides information of the origin of the natives, their warlike tendencies, industrial products, manners, customs, religion, and language. 266pp. ** Reprint. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Soft cover |. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp.(xii)+xiv+266. 21cm. Colour frontispiece & 2 colour plates. 5 black and white plates. Illustrations in the text. Folding chart. Soft covers. ink name and 'Suva, July 1985' on first title page. A good clean copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint 1982 with new introduction, original edition 1858. Published by Fiji Museum, Suva, Fiji. Trade softcover without DJ as issued. Condition near fine, square and tight book, very slight edgewear, spine not creased, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, spine not sunned, not a reminder. 8vo, XI + 266 pages, illustrated, fold-out map in perfect condition/.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Facsimile ed. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, colour plates (including frontispiece), black & white drawings, foldout map, faint fading spine as common, typewritten introduction, minor edgewear. 266 pp. A classic concise but detailed anthropological study by Reverend Thomas Williams of Fijians, still useful today. The author was a stern Methodist preacher who arrived in Fiji in 1840. The rebellious Fijians proved resistant to conversion, but he eventually appreciated their worldview and decided to record their culture before all was lost. A facsimile of the original edition of 1858. Includes new introduction by Fegus Clunie. (No ISBN in book.).…

Condition: New.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: As New. ~ Like-New Inside and Out! Clean & Crisp Pages. (E-mail for more info./pics).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Hardcover, has slight lean, light bumps to spine ends and corners, light sunning to spine, and some faint soiling to outer edge of text block and first few endpages, otherwise a solid VG copy.

First Edition Thus. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked brown cloth boards, now with some mottled surface wear. Panel edges worn, with endbands rubbed. Joints torn, with boards attached chiefly by cloth joints; front free endpaper and frontispiece loose. Prelims bear some unobtrusive ownership marks. Text block remains clean and strong; folded matter remains crisp. Despite its faults, a complete and very serviceable example. Physical description; complete, 2 volumes in 1 : illustrations (some color), folded map ; 19 cm. Contents; v.1, Fiji and the Fijians / Thomas Williams -- v.2, Missionary labours among the cannibals / James Calvert. Subjects; Fiji. Missions. 1 Kg.…