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From Darkness To Light In Polynesia With Illustrative Clan Songs
by Gill, William Wyatt (Rev)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Religious Tract Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Plastic protective jacket attached with adhesive tape to endpapers and margins of boards. ; 383 pages + advertisements on rear endpapers. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 182mm x 120mm. Owner's inscription on front free endpaper, "To Brydon Speedy with the warm regards of C R H Taylor, 17/7/56." Selected contents: Summary Revenge; With Song; A Dress Of Feathers; The Giant Moke; The Twin Kites 'Song Of The Kites,'; Two Memorable Ovens; With Fragment Of Song; Adventure Of The Survivor Of The Aitu Tribe; A Boy's Vengeance. War-Dirge (Continued). ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8601
- Title
- From Darkness To Light In Polynesia With Illustrative Clan Songs
- Author
- Gill, William Wyatt (Rev)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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