The conquest of cannibal Tanna : a brief record of Christian persistency in the New Hebrides Islands
1934, First Edition. London : Hodder and Stoughton. Very good cloth copy in a good dust-wrapper,somewhat dust-dulled and damp-stained, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Bookplate mounted to front free endpaper. Preliminary, final leaves and edges faintly foxed, with the interior otherwise tight, bright and clean. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #468203
Physical description; 200 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 19 cm. Notes; Date conjectural. Contents; Discovery & 1st attack - Samoans volunteer - Story of John G. Paton - Patient continuance - Attacks from west & east - Doctor v. witch doctor - Conquest - Appendix: the John G. Paton Mission. Subjects; Missions. Vanuatu. Tanna. Church history. 20th century. Illustrated.
Price: €25.00