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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 412 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations; map of islands detached but present and laid in at rear. Blue cloth decorated in gilt. Ex-library with usual markings. Boards show light edgewear; call number label to spine. Binding is sound. Institutional plate to front pastedown; signature of Professor of Music Waldo S. Pratt to front free endpaper; institutional stamps; pages otherwise unmarked. Overall Very Good.
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The Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands
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The Caroline Islands
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First Edition, First Printing. With 43 illustrations and five maps and plans, with a large folding map laid in, complete. Near fine in original dark blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and design. Ex-lib, with usual library markings and previous ownership signature on front free endpaper.An account of the authors experiences and investigations in the Caroline Islands dealing with the natives, as well as the flora and fauna. Christian was Robert Louis Stevenson's neighbor in Samoa between 1890 and 1893 who was cultivating Australian hardwoods for the nascent forestry industry of that island. He later sold his land to Stevenson and moved further into Eastern Polynesia in search of pristine island worlds. After returning to Sydney he met Louis Becke 'who told me of an ancient island Venice shrouded in jungle, an enchanted region of archaeology far away in the sea of small islands'. From this romantic beginning Christian moved to the Carolines and produced the present detailed description of island… Leer más
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