A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea islands; with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, tradition, and usages of the inhabitants .Twenty-first thousand

Williams, John, Rev

Published by John Snow, London, 1840

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8vo, pp. ix, [1], 154; text in double column; frontispiece portrait, folding map of Polynesia, plus a number of wood engravings in the text; bound with: Koempfer, Engelbert, An account of Japan.abridged and arranged from the translation of J. G. Schuechzer, pp. xvi, 105; text in double column, wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette title page; bound with: Bligh, William, Lieut., Narrative of the mutiny on the Bounty, on a voyage to the South Seas.to which are added some additional particulars, and a relation of the subsequent fate of the mutineers, and of the settlement in Pitcairn's Island, n.p., n.d., pp. 72; text in double column; bound with: The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins a Cornish man: relating particularly his shipwreck near the South Pole.By R. S., a passenger in the Hector, n.p., n.d., pp. vii, [1], 116; text in double column, wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette title page; together, 4 titles in 1 octavo volume, bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled paper peeling a bit on the lower cover, spine a bit discolored, but in all a good, sound volume.

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• Title: A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea islands; with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, tradition, and usages of the inhabitants .Twenty-first thousand
• Publisher: John Snow, London
• Publication Date: 1840
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