London: The Religious Tract Society, 1886. 192pp, 6 bw engravings. Or decorative brown cloth. Lacks (blank) front free endpaper, front hinge cracking, Sunday School prize label dated 1887 on front pastedown, rear board alittle spotted, spine a little sunned. Hole in p57/58 causing loss of 3 words. Scarce little volume on New Guinea by probably the best known of the Paific missionaries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 12mo.

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Bookseller: Lawrence Jones (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 040112
Title: Adventures in New Guinea.
Author: Chalmers, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1886
Keywords: Papua New Guinea Chalmers Missionary travel Exploration Melanesia Paciic Port Moresby
Bookseller catalogs: Theology,Religion,Myth, Legend, Philosophy; Pacific; TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania; Papua & New Guinea;
Size: 12mo

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