A Doctor's Letters from Pitcairn, 1937
by Southworth, Rufus
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Np/nd [ca.2008]: [Robert Parkin Johnson]. Limited Edition. Octavo. No. 136 of 500 privately printed copies. [iv] 182 pages, map, photographs, with an introduction by Mayotta Southworth. Written by a physician who spent six months on Pitcairn caring for the medical and some of the psychological needs of the islanders, this book gets "inside" the Pitcairners' lives in a way no other book has done. Certain to become an expensive, rare book because of its limited printing. These letters from Dr. Southworth to his family, gathered into a book are an intimate, revealing picture of life on Pitcairn in a most interesting and sometimes graphic way. Inscribed by Alice Southworth and also Ann S. McFarland Southworth both to a noted collector of the Pitcairn saga. A fine bright copy bound in dark green stiff paper wraps lettered in black, spine lettering black.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031637
- Title
- A Doctor's Letters from Pitcairn, 1937
- Author
- Southworth, Rufus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- [Robert Parkin Johnson]
- Place of Publication
- Np/nd [ca.2008]
- Keywords
- Pitcairn Islands, History; Social Customs of Pitcairn Islanders; 1930's life in Pitcairn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pacific Rim; Travel and Exploration;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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