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The Wake of the Southern Cross. Work and Adventures in the South Seas.

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Book Description

By the sometime Bishop of Melanesia the author devotes 5 chapters to his time in the Solomon Islands, others to Norfolk Island, the New Hebrides and the smaller islands. In earlier life he was a promising County Cricketer, making two half centuries against the Australians.
Dealer Notes
# 27433
Author Wilson, Cecil.
Date 1932
Binding Hard cover in dust jacket.
Publisher John Murray, London.
Illustrator Frontispiece. 11 black and white photographic illustrations. Sketch map.
Condition A fine bright clean copy. Just slight tanning to the end papers. The dust jacket chipped along the top edge.
Pages pp.xiv+254 +4pp. ads. 21.5cm.

Price: £40.00

Offered by Peter Moore

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