Inscribed by the Author
[TICHBORNE, Herbert.]
Rambles in Polynesia by ‘Sundowner’ …
London, European Mail Ltd, 1897.
8vo, pp. ix, [3], 207, [1 (blank)], 40 (advertisements); a few small marks to title; very good in original green pictorial cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, upper cover with design in black, dark green endpapers; a little wear to extremities, slight bubbling to upper cover, a few light marks; ink inscription to half-title ‘To E.A. Hart Esq with the author’s compliments & best regards H.T. 21.10.97’, bookplate of John Percival Jefferson.
First edition, with a presentation inscription from the author, and in an attractive pictorial binding.
‘There is an air of happiness about everything in the South Pacific. The palm-trees rustle friendly greetings to the stranger … The islanders themselves are cordial, affectionate and lovable, honest as the sun, and innocent as doves. Those who have spent time in the Pacific Islands grieve at leaving them’ (p. viii).
