Ocean and Isle
by GEIL, William Edgar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Melbourne: Pater, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne, Pater, 1902. Octavo, (viii), 309 pages plus 100 full-page engravings. Cloth a little rubbed at the extremities; a very small tear to the head of the spine; inner hinges slightly cracked (but firm); ownership details; a very good copy. An independent account by the American evangelist of the whole missionary field "of Heathendom... in its actual condition, operations, modes of organization, instruction, and efforts, its different peculiarities, its needs, its difficulties..." Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Thursday and Friday Islands, New Guinea, the Phillipines and (naturally) Australia (with plenty on Revivalism).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29186
- Title
- Ocean and Isle
- Author
- GEIL, William Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pater
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1902
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- New
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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- First Edition
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