London: 1773-1788. Hardcover. Large quartos. All volumes finely bound in uniform brown leather, with blind-stamped ruling, tooling and lettering on front covers and spines. Raised bands. Volumes with in continuous Roman numerals across all nine spines. Top edges of book blocks in gilt. Blind-stamped dentelles. This collection is most notable..... More

London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1831-1834. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. 12mo. XVI, 414, 438, 407, 471pp. 3/4 crushed morocco over decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Pomare. Engraved half-title page in each volume. Fascinating narrative of the author's journey in Polynesia where he spent a number of..... More

London: John Snow, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 10, [2]pp (publisher's advertisement), VIII, 618pp. Modern black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Rev. John Williams. Captivating biography of the celebrated missionary John Williams, posthumously published in 1843, four years after his murder by native tribesmen on..... More

London: Published for the Author by J. Snow, 1838. Seventh Thousand. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii,[4],590pp. Rebound in three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Maroon title-label and gold decorated spine. Modern endpapers. Color frontispiece. Title-page engraving. Detailed account by English Missionary John Williams (1796-1839) of his experiences in the South Pacific in the..... More

Cambridge: University Press, 1933. Hardcover. Quarto. 2 volumes. xx,[2],399pp. 398pp. Mottled green cloth with gold decorated spine. Deckled bottom page edge. Authoritative work by R. W. Williamson on religious and cosmic beliefs of the inhabitants in Central Polynesia. Illustrated with some fold-out tables and a fold-out map. Some age wear..... More

London: Robert Scott, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 269pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Captivating narrative of the author's journey in the Pacific Islands of Tahiti and the Marquesas profusely illustrated with 64 illustrations, including 2 folding maps and numerous..... More

Paris: Chez Laporte, 1786. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 leaves, 56pp., 1 folding map, 558pp., 2 plates. Original full calf with gilt lettering, tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Decorative endpapers. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative, historiated headpieces. This travelog of Captain Cook's third voyage contains..... More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLIII, 373pp. Uncut. Original green cloth with gold lettering and printer's device on spine. Valuable account, based on all available sources, of warfare, the place of kava, the Arioi society of Tahity, and the sexual life of the natives. This study..... More

Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. x,xviii,281pp. Bound in modern brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Deckled page edges. Modern endpapers. Color frontispiece. Collection of captivating letters to friends at home by S. M. Smythe telling of her experiences in Fiji in 1860..... More

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, 394, [2]pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Mono-Alu Folklore is a model work of its kind. It is arranged to give the reader speedy access to any point which he desires to consult, for the author..... More