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W.B. Churchward [6 Titles]
Estimate:
$150 - $300
Sold
$170
Timed Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 2: Online Auction (lot 95-432)
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W.B. Churchward [6 Titles]
Blackbirding in the South Pacific: Or the First White Man on the Beach
London: Swan Sonnenschien & Co 1888. [2] p.l., 255p, illustrations. 220mm, original blue pictorial cloth with gilt. Lacking front free endpaper, wear at edges.
2. James Chalmers - Pioneering in New Guinea. London: Religious Tract Society 1887. x, illustrations and fldg map. Blue pictorial cloth binding 230mm, worn. 3. David & Charles Livingstone - Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries... London John Murray 1865, first edition. [?]complete not collated. Worn copy in original binding with gilt illustration. 4. Gill, Rev W.W - Savage Life in Polynesia. Well: Govt Ptr 1880. viii, 232p, 21.5cms, bound in green decorative publishers’ cloth with gilt titles. Foxing and signature on half title, else VG. 5. Williams, Thomas - Fiji and the Fijians. London 1858. Vol.1. The Islands and their Inhabitants. lacking map; Vol.2 James Calvert - Mission History. Both illustrated [some in colour], original bindings, showing wear. 6. John Martin - An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Sea Ocean. London 1817. Volume II only. Light foxing and browning at margins. Original printer’s boards, worn at edges.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
Blackbirding in the South Pacific: Or the First White Man on the Beach
London: Swan Sonnenschien & Co 1888. [2] p.l., 255p, illustrations. 220mm, original blue pictorial cloth with gilt. Lacking front free endpaper, wear at edges.
2. James Chalmers - Pioneering in New Guinea. London: Religious Tract Society 1887. x, illustrations and fldg map. Blue pictorial cloth binding 230mm, worn. 3. David & Charles Livingstone - Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries... London John Murray 1865, first edition. [?]complete not collated. Worn copy in original binding with gilt illustration. 4. Gill, Rev W.W - Savage Life in Polynesia. Well: Govt Ptr 1880. viii, 232p, 21.5cms, bound in green decorative publishers’ cloth with gilt titles. Foxing and signature on half title, else VG. 5. Williams, Thomas - Fiji and the Fijians. London 1858. Vol.1. The Islands and their Inhabitants. lacking map; Vol.2 James Calvert - Mission History. Both illustrated [some in colour], original bindings, showing wear. 6. John Martin - An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Sea Ocean. London 1817. Volume II only. Light foxing and browning at margins. Original printer’s boards, worn at edges.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.