Williams thomas calvert james (31 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

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

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: 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.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Halbleder. Zustand: Sehr gut. 608 pages volumes 1 + 2 in one book / original rebound in half-leather / good, complete and clean condition Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1022.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. x, 551 pages, plates : illustrations. Publisher's pebbled cloth binding faced but sound, wear to corners and to head and foot of spine, faint dampstain to lower hinge-corner; bookplate removed from front pastedown, front free endpaper excised, previous owner's name stamp to first leaf, text unmarked and very good, folding map excellent, all plates dampstained at lower hinge corner, though surrounding text leaves not affected. 1140 grams.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. British ed. of 1858 in Abbey, Travel, #603. In orig. cloth, fraying at spine ends (.5 cm.), soiled with a dusty appearance on covers and top edge, and to a lesser extent on outer edge. Fading on spine and joints, lettering on spine faded. Outline of a small square (1.5 x 1.5 cm.) visible on spine. (Possibly a label was removed leaving no residue, only a lighter hue). Owner's bookplate on front pastedown, foxing on prelims. (including frontis. color plate) and final leaves. Some foxing on engraved map, and foxing on plates (moderate on 3, splotches on others), occasional stains in text, but most text pages are clean. Copy has been used but is not very worn and is otherwise in good condition. Note: this is a heavy book and will incur additional international shipping charges.…

. 18 cm. 2 tomos: (I) X-[2]-266 pág. y un mapa plegado. (II) 3 h., 435 pág. Ambos tomos profus. ilustr. con grabados en el texto y láminas fuer del mismo. Enc. en tela. Ex libris. * Edición facsímil de la publicada en Londres por Alexander Heylin en 1858. El tomo priemro trata sobre las islas, sus gentes y costubres. El segundo trata sobre los viajes y vivencias en las misiones que fuero a esas tierras. Viajes. Oceanía. Fiji. Facsímiles.…

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.…

First edition of 'one of the outstanding works on Fiji' (Hill). The first volume was written by Thomas Williams, an Australian Wesleyan missionary in Fiji for thirteen years, and contains information on the origin and European discovery of the islands, and the culture, language, economy, and religion of the Fijians. The second volume was written by James Calvert, the father of of the Fiji missions who worked on the islands for seventeen years, and gives a detailed history of the missionary work conducted up to that point. First edition; 2 vols, 8vo (19 x 13 cm); 3 hand-coloured lithographs including first frontis., 9 further b/w lithographed plates including second frontis., 26 in-text wood engravings, folding map, discreet booksellers tickets to endpapers, a little worming to inner margin of vol. ii, a few plates lightly spotted; publisher's blindstamped orange cloth, gilt lettering to spines, touch of rubbing to extremities, spines professionally restored, a very good set; x, [2], 266; [8], 435p, [2]pp. Hill 1885.…

Edited by George Stringer Rowe. London: Alexander Heylin, 1858 In two volumes. Original blind-stamped yellow cloth, Cr.8vo. (1). xi,266pp. frontispiece and 8 plates, (3 coloured), 24 text- illustrations, folding map. (2). viii,435pp. frontispiece and 3 plates, 2 illustrations. Part 1 by Williams is on the Islands and their Inhabitants, with Part 2 on the Mission History by Calvert. The cloth a little rubbed, spines faded, a nice set of the first edition in the publisher's cloth, from the library of Lieut-General Fox Pitt Rivers, with his bookplate. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ].…

Seventh Thousand. Seventh Thousand. Frontispiece, folding map and illustrations. xxviii, [ii], 592pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rev. Williams from Adelaide, Australia spent 13 years in Fiji. Calvert spent 17 yeras as a missionary there. Hill pp. 103-104 (First Edition) Bound in three quarters brown mottled calf and marbled boards Frontispiece, folding map and illustrations. xxviii, [ii], 592pp. 1 vols. 8vo.…