Lot of 27 South Pacific Colored Magic Lantern Slides by J. Alex Brown. Ca. 1910

Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co., Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.Ten Pound Island Book Co.

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New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti, Samoa, and Fiji, illustrating native life, farming, landscape, hunting, fishing, architecture, etc. The Reverend Brown was apparently a maven of the Magic Lantern, giving illustrated lectures on a wide range of topics. Each slide has a descriptive title on typed on the paper border. Some include; "Samoa--Chief's wife. South seas", "Native of Fiji", "Maori wood carver. New Zealand", "Poi dance at Ngapuna. New Zealand. North".Plates measure 4 1/8 x 3 3/8 inches. Housed in custom made wooden box. The lot. . New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti, Samoa, and Fiji, illustrating native life, farming, landscape, hunting, fishing, architecture, e.

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Lot of 27 South Pacific Colored Magic Lantern Slides by J. Alex Brown. Ca. 1910
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Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.

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Established in 1976, we specialize in selling old and rare books, manuscripts, ephemera, and documents pertaining to the sea and its history. We issue e-lists of rare books, manuscripts, ephemera, and documents every 4-6 weeks exclusively to customers on our email mailing list. We also exhibit at book fairs across the country. We perform appraisals for tax and estate purposes. We are eager to purchase old and books, manuscripts, ephemera, and documents of all kinds.

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