The Light of Melanesia A Record of Fifty Years' Mission Work in the South Seas
by Montgomery, H. H
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1904. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Spine is faded. paper cracked at front hinge but binding solid. Fold out map has been professionally repaired. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. xii, 269 pages. Written after a personal visitation made by the request of the right Rev. John Selwyn, D.D., late Bishop of Melanesia. The tour commenced in Aukland in 1892.. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Edition Revised. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB310239
- Title
- The Light of Melanesia A Record of Fifty Years' Mission Work in the South Seas
- Author
- Montgomery, H. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 2nd Edition Revised
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- History-Pacific;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...