Polynesia by Russell Rev (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Number 158 from The Family Library. With folding map and vignette. The vignette titled Scene In Raiatea is partially detached, map in very good condition. A faint damp stain to lower right corner, head of spine with a chip, light rubbing at extremities, pages evenly toned, rear papers lightly foxed, some faint illegible marks on front flyleaf. Chapters on the Georgian and Society Islands; the Marquesas and Australs; the Cooks; Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa; the New Hebrides, Louisiade, Solomons and Ladrones; Hawaii; and New Zealand. PayPal accepted.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second edition 1843. Folding map and a frontispiece vignette. Endpapers foxed. Edges dusty. Publishers imitation watered silk brown cloth, edges rubbed. Spine and edges of the covers darkened. Paper titling label almost completely missing. Some light rubbing and fraying to the top and bottom of spine. Still a good solid copy. Folding Map and a vignette. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. 440 pages + map. Vignette illustration on half-title page. Joints split. Upper half of spine cloth detached. 1/2" tears and chips at head and tail of spine. Hinges split. Folding map has moderate creasing and a 1/2" tear to the blank inner margin. Internally good. Minor foxing. Top page edges dust stained. Reading copy or binding copy.; 16mo.…

RUSSELL, Rev. M. Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand. London, 1853. Folding map. 486pp. Orig. cloth; top of spine slightly worn, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 486 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece, title vignette, and fold-out map of the South Pacific. Burgundy leather with blank and gilt impressing, all edges gilt. Some spots and rubbing to boards, corners worn. Ink inscription for Douglas Brown of Harbor Grace on front pastedown. Front free endpaper missing. Next leaf has ink signature (E. S. Pinsent) and pencil sketches. Some spots and thumbing to first pages. Rear free endpaper has large chip missing from bottom and there are pencil marks and dampstains to rear endpapers. Most of text is clean and neat.…

Small 8vo.486pp. Engraved frontis and extra title-page, folding map. Original cloth, backstrip worn, bright attractive gilt vignette on upper board, 19c. prize inscription, internally excellent. This revised edition has three new chapters. Chapters on the Georgian and Society islands; the Marquesas, Low Archipelago and Austral Islands; the Cook's; Tonga, Fiji and Samoa; New Hebrides, Lousiades, and Ladrones; Hawaii; New Zealand; recent history and present condition of southeastern Polynesia; southwestern Polynesia; and northern Polynesia. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 440 pages. Engraved vignette extra title-page, folding map. 170x105mm. Original publisher's red, ribbed, blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. The text-block is mostly unopened. This copy from the library of Sir John Leslie of Glaslough House (Monaghan), with his engraved armorial bookplate. Slight dusting to covers, otherwise a near fine copy without any damage, library stamps, inscriptions or other markings.…

Hardback. Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand; The Introduction of Christianity; and the Actual Condition of the Inhabitants in regard to civilisation, commerce, and the arts of social life.Contains a foldout map of the region.  Some shelf wear and the spine is splitting. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 8vo. New (second edition) edition. Pp 440. Engraved title page with folding map opposite. Original red decorated cloth, slight mark to cover but a good bright clean copy.

Boards. 2nd Edition. Octavo, original cloth boards brightly decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, folding map, vignette, pp 440 plus publisher's catalogue. Very slight rubbing to edges, previous owner's bookplate, very good condn.

Third edition. [6]- 440pp. With en engraved frontispiece and a large folding map of Polynesia. Contemporary gilt-decorated navy cloth, gilt-tooled and lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, some offsetting to yellow endpapers. The third edition of an account of the colonisation of Polynesia and New Zealand by European settlers by Michael Russell (1781-1848), first Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. Despite the inclusion of a map, and a chapter on the physical aspect of the South Sea islands, the work's focus is less on the geography or culture of the inhabitants and instead primarily consists of the bishop's exaltation of missionary work and his discussions of Christian sovereignty. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (South Seas) Polynesia by Rev. M. Russell. An historical account of the principal islands in the South Sea. First edition in new cloth binding with original title label. Publisher: Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1842. Folding map facing the frontispiece. Binding is in near fine condition, four small spots to rear cover. Contents clean, no writing or marks. 440 pages plus 16 pages of ads. 4 ½ x 6 7/8 inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-064. Price $250. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.…

5th edition. front cover at hinge split, spine wearing good plus. folding Map & Vignette (illustrator).

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, n.d. (circa 1842). Sm. 8vo. Orig. dec. cloth. Gilt. (440pp.). With fold. engrv. map, and frontisp. verso. Uncut. Fine.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, n.d. (circa 1842). Sm. 8vo. Orig. dec. cloth (slightly rubbed & soiled; spine extremities frayed). Gilt. (440pp.). With fold. engrv. map (small tear on one fold), and frontisp. verso. Uncut. Previous owner's name on title-page and bookplate on endpaper.