Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £20 |
WILLIAMS, Thomas (1815-91). Fiji and the Fijians … Edited by George Stringer Rowe. London: Alexander Heylin, 1858. 2 volumes, 8vo (185 x 120mm). Half title in vol. II, folding engraved map, 12 plates, 3 of which coloured, one-page of publisher’s advertisements at the end of vol. II (plates generally spotted, some light spotting and staining to text). Original peach cloth decorated in blind (spines discoloured, inner hinges weak or broken, stained). Provenance: Henry Hannen (armorial label); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 603; Hill p. 1885. (2)