In the Strange South Seas
by Grimshaw, Beatrice
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo, original cloth boards with publisher's emblem on front and titles on spine in gilt. 352p with frontispiece. Undated circa 1907. Presumed first. Tear to top and base of spine. Previous owner's name and address written in pencil on front endpaper. A travelogue around the South Sea islands, Tahiti, Samoa, Mangaia, Polynesia, New Zealand and many others in the late 19th century.
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- Bookseller
- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2323
- Title
- In the Strange South Seas
- Author
- Grimshaw, Beatrice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- social science, australiasia, oceania travel, oceania description, pacific islands, polynesia, tonga
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History, Customs & Traditions; Travel;
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