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John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London. 1864. First Edition. 8vo, 282pp, black and white illustrations, including 4 chromolithographs based on drawings by author, 4 maps by Arrowsmith (2 folding). A good copy rebound with original spine & original gilt stamped pictorial green cloth attached. Rear board very marked. New endpapers, partial foxing throughout. Previous owner's annotations on top of last page & name on title-page. . With an Introduction and Appendix by Colonel W.J. Smythe.

Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. g. 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. On the orders of the British government, her husband William James Smythe, was sent to Fiji as a commissioner to inquire into the circumstances of the cession of the Islands to England which an English consul had obtained from 'King' Thakombau. In 1861 Smythe made his report that it was inexpedient to accept the cession. Later that year he arrived back home in England with his wife. W. J. Smythe contributed to the book by writing the introduction, his magnetical and meteorological observations, accounts of excursions, as well as the appendix. Illustrated with chromolithographs and woodcuts "from Sketches made on the spot" as well as maps by Arrowsmith, some in fold out.… Read More

Oxford & Lond. John Henry & James, Parker.. 1864. Or.cl. xviii, 282pp. Col.plates & b/w plates & illustrations. Very good copy. 1st ed.

Oxford and London: John Henry and James Parker. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Small tears and chips to cloth at ends of spine and at tips of corners of boards. Hinges split and reinforced with red cloth tape. Signs of label removal from front endpaper. Contemporary owner's signature on title page "Geo C. Smythe / [Coole Glehn? (illegible)]". ; x, [2], xviii, [2], 282, [2 (blank)] pages + chromolithograph frontispiece + 3 chromolithograph plates + 6 tinted lithograph plates + 4 maps (1 with hand-coloured route of Col. Smythe; 2 folding) + 2 lithograph plates. 3 in-text engravings. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, gilt sailing vessel illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 223 x 138mm. Pink coated endpapers. "The circumstances which led to my official mission to the Fiji Islands, and an account of the voyage to them by way of Sydney and Auckland, and on return to England by San Francisco and… Read More