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ELLIS, William. Polynesian Researches during a Residence of nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands. London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829. 2 volumes, 8°. Engraved frontispieces, 2 maps, one folding, 6 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations (plates with mainly marginal spotting and staining, occasional light spotting to text). Contemporary paper boards with late cloth spines (boards a little worn).
With 15 other books of related interest including George Vason's An Authentic Narrative of Four Years' Residence at Tongataboo (London, 1810), The Sandwich Islands' Monthly Magazine (Honolulu, January - June 1856, Vol. I, nos. 1-6 bound in one), James J. Jarvis's Kiana: A Tradition of Hawaii (Boston, 1857, original cloth) and C. M. Newell's Kamehameha. The Conquering King (New York, 1885, original cloth). (17)
With 15 other books of related interest including George Vason's An Authentic Narrative of Four Years' Residence at Tongataboo (London, 1810), The Sandwich Islands' Monthly Magazine (Honolulu, January - June 1856, Vol. I, nos. 1-6 bound in one), James J. Jarvis's Kiana: A Tradition of Hawaii (Boston, 1857, original cloth) and C. M. Newell's Kamehameha. The Conquering King (New York, 1885, original cloth). (17)
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