Chalmers (James) and W.Wyatt Gill. Work and Adventure in New Guinea 1877 to 1885, first edition, 9 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, 2 maps, one folding, advertisement leaf at end, P signature misbound after Q, very occasional spotting, bookplate of Jasper Köcke, original pictorial brown cloth, gilt, an excellent bright copy, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, 8vo, 1885.
⁂ An account of James Chalmers' work as a missionary in New Guinea. He visited many villages, often the first white man to do so, before he was killed and eaten by the natives of Goaribari Island.
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