Michelsen (Oscar) Cannibals won for Christ
£75
London, Morgan and Scott, [1893].
First edition. 8vo. Original purple pictorial cloth lettered in gilt.
A Story of Missionary Perils and Triumphs in Tongoa, New Hebrides.
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Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, some foxing; cloth with minor rubbing to edges but overall very good.
Frontispiece portrait.
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