Fiji and the Fijians [First Edition, presentation copy from author]

London: Alexander Heylin, 1858. . 1st ed., octavo, pp. (viii), 435, (i), coloured fronts. and b/w plates & ills., fold. map, front hinge split, light foxing, some water-staining to lower pages not affecting text, book-plate 'Canongate Christian Institute - Young Women's Association', presentation inscription by the author but unfortunately last half of signature missing (top 1cm of page) "James ... Presented by the Author, 1859" upper title page, or. cl., spine professionally restored, worn at extremities.

First edition with a presentation inscription by the author, James Calvert, a Wesleyan Methodist missionary who with his wife conducted their ministry in Fiji between 1838 and 1855. Item #97861

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