LETTERS AND SKETCHES FROM THE NEW HEBRIDES.
by PATON, Maggie Whitecross (Margaret Whitecross) -1905 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1894. First edition. An extraordinary sequence of letters home to Scotland from Aniwa in the New Hebrides, dating from 1865 to 1889. Maggie Whitecross Paton was the second wife of the well-known missionary John G. Paton and the letters provide another slant on his own well-known autobiography. Post 8vo (21cm). (xiv),382,[ii]pp. Frontispiece. Twenty-three photo illustrations, many full-page. Coloured map. Original cloth gilt; slightly bruised and marked; a few minor spots; just a little strained, but a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19775
- Title
- LETTERS AND SKETCHES FROM THE NEW HEBRIDES.
- Author
- PATON, Maggie Whitecross (Margaret Whitecross) -1905 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1894.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel, New Hebrides
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