Gems from the Coral Islands, or Incidents of Contrast Between Savage and Christian Life of the South Sea Islanders

by William Rev Gill

$250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1855? . 8vo. 285 pp. With frontispiece detached but present and 12 plates. Red stamped cloth with gilt title and pictorial on cover and spine, exterior slightly soiled, corners bumped, head of spine frayed. Text is toned, but clean. Item #15213 First American edition. This is one of two parts published, the other being a description of Western Polynesia. A fine history of

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