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Denis Dobson, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 400 g.; (5), 6-174, (2) pages, acknowledgements, bibliography and index. At the beginning of the text is a map, double paged, showing Fiji and its environs. Blue/green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Fading to the top book edges and there is browning and foxing to the top text block edge. Browning to the other text block edges and age toning to the internal text. Staining can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the free front end paper and a half title page. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and green coloured background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and creasing to the dustwrapper edgings. Sunning to the backstrip. Staining to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. There is a small nick to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel. The biography of Margaret Cargill, and her husband, and of their missionary work in the true "cannibal Islands", Fiji in the 19th century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pacific; Religion -- Christianity; History -- Pacific; ISBN: 0234777117. ISBN/EAN: 9780234777114. Inventory No: 0111531. . 9780234777114

400 g.; (5), 6-174, (2) pages, acknowledgements, bibliography and index. At the beginning of the text is a map, double paged, showing Fiji and its environs. Blue/green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Fading to the top book edges and there is browning and foxing to the top text block edge. Browning to the other text block edges and age toning to the internal text. Staining can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the free front end paper and a half title page. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and green coloured background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and creasing to the dustwrapper edgings. Sunning to the backstrip. Staining to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. There is a small nick to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel. The biography of Margaret Cargill, and her husband, and of their missionary work in the true "cannibal Islands", Fiji in the 19th century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pacific; Religion -- Christianity; History -- Pacific; ISBN: 0234777117. ISBN/EAN: 9780234777114. Inventory No: 0111531.