Москва (Moscow): "Правды" ("Pravda"), 1934. Издание Редакции (Revised edition). Hardcover. Quarto (10 x 7"). [8], 471, [5]pp (Vol. 1); [8], 471, [1]pp (Vol. 2); [8], 406, [2]pp (Vol. 3). Original full tan cloth, with mounted illustrated plastic on front covers and silver lettering to spines and front boards. The third..... More

London: Printed for J. Debrett, Picadilly, 1800. First English language edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, lacking quarto atlas. Octavo. lxii, [1], 464pp. vii, [1], 423pp. Contemporary gold-ruled three-quarter calf over marbled boards with gold decorated spine. Ribbon markers. Captivating account by French naturalist, Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardiere. Illustrated with 9..... 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

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 451pp. Uncut. Original green cloth with gold-stamped illustration on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Fascinating work in which the author describes the manners and customs of the people of New Britain..... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, [2], 551pp. Half leather over cloth with gold lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers and paper edges. Color frontispiece. The information contained in this volume is the result of the patient and intelligent research of the Rev. Thomas Williams..... More