Author: Alfred St. Johnston
Title: Camping Among Cannibals
Description: London, Macmillan and Co, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Alfred St. Johnston's account of his travels in the South Seas, in both the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. A scarce first edition.Johnston's travel narrative describes his late nineteenth century travels in the South Seas, the Solomon Islands, and New Guinea, with dramatic discussion of indigenous people.With the inscription of T. Greenwood to the front free endpaper head.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.Johnston's work blends adventure, anecdote, and observation, and reflects the Victorian fascination with exotic lands, serving as a record of European exploration and contact with remote Pacific cultures. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small loss of cloth to back strip head. Light cockling to front board. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Camping among Cannibals Alfred St. Johnston South Seas Solomon Islands Alfred St. Johnston t greenwood None


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