A Samoan Dictionary: English and Samoan, and Samoan and English, with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect.

Pratt, George

Published by London Missionary Society's Press, Samoa, 1862

About this Item

vi, 223 pages. Samoan writing in pencil on front endpaper. green cloth binding (probably original). The Rev. George Pratt, a missionary, lived in Samoa from 1839 to 1879 and was the first person to document the Samoan language. This book is the first edition of his dictionary printed in Samoa on the Missionary Society's press. The dictionary also contains four pages of Samoan poetry.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Samoan Dictionary: English and Samoan, and Samoan and English, with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect.
• Publisher: London Missionary Society's Press, Samoa
• Publication Date: 1862
• Language: Samoan
• Binding: Green Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language
  • South Pacific
  • Maori, Polynesian and Pacific Languages