Jottings from the Pacific

6mm tear at head of front joint. 3mm loss of cloth at tail of spine. Splits to gutters at hinges. A 25mm tear to top margin of title leaf. Magnetic anti-theft label on rear free endpaper. Bookseller's label on front endpaper, Smith's Bookshop, Wellington. ; 248 pages. 16 black-and-white illustrations, some full page. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustrations on spine and front board. Black illustration of a house and palm trees on rear board. Page dimensions: 197 x 128mm. Interesting illustration of a sun-fish leaping out of the water on page 143. Part I: Days from Home; Part II: Bible Truths Illustrated by Native Preachers; Part III: Zoological and Botanical Notes; Part IV: Miscellanea. "Seven hundred and fifty miles north-west of Samoa is the little coral island of Niutao, resting like a graceful ringlet on the broad bosom of the blue Pacific." - the opening sentence. Illustrations: The Colossal Stone Statues at Easter Island; A Coral Island in the South Pacific; A Coral Reef; Native Worshipping a Post; The Island of Atiu; South Sea Island Scenery (Opoa, Raiatia); A Rarotongan Village; Banyan Tree; Old Sword Fish; Young Sword Fish; The Sun-Fish; Lopaphus coccophagus, or Cocoa-Eating Lopaphus; The Robber-Crab; Screw-Pine; Pagraea berteriana (Fruit); A Solitary Fisher.

Product Info

Publisher: The Religious Tract Society

Year: 1885

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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Country: New Zealand