A True Tale Of Love In Tonga [told In 23 Engravings On Wood And 333 Words].
£25.00
Publisher
Publisher: Faber & Faber,
Date
1935
Synopsis
Gibbings, robert (1889-1958) words and wood-engraving. this work recounts the love between toi-ommo chief of felletoa on the island of vava'u and the beautiful lyfotoo, originally recorded in the narrative of 'william mariner', an english seamen who was held prisoner on the lifuka island in the kingdom of tonga from 1806 to 1810.
Item Description
1st Edition. Bound in publisher's quarter green cloth with yellow and black illustrated paper sides, lettered in gilt to the spine. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book 1st printing. With 23 engravings. With foxing to end papers. Content VG. Some discolouration to front and back boards. Wear at bottom of spine. 51 pages ; 21 cm.
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