At Home in Fiji. 2 Vols
first edition Hardcover
1881 · Edinburgh and London
by Cumming, C. F. Gordon
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. g. First edition. Octavo. viii, 293 (1), vi, 324 (4)pp. Blue cloth library binding with gilt lettering and ex-library identification number on spine. Frontispiece and 3 monochrome plates. Decorative endpapers and fold-out map of Fiji Group at rear of volume one. Account of a wealthy Scottish of the colony of Fiji: geography and climate, tribes and tribalism, cannibalism, life-cycle, Fijian folklore legend of the rat and cuttle fish, serpent worship, mythology, and witchcraft. Usual ex-library markings. Ex-Libris on inside front cover of both volumes. Blind stamp of Library of Norman Hurst on free endpaper. Binding and interior in overall good+ condition. (Inventory #: 35002)