1935 Jock of the Islands

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

First edition of Jock of the Islands by John Cromar in the original publisher's cloth binding. 

A scarce edition with only nine copies in libraries. 

Cromar was a Scottish-Australian seaman and author. This work retells his experiences in Melanesia in the late nineteenth century. It was one of a few first hand accounts of Melanesia at the time. 

Illustrated with sixteen monochrome plates of photographs. Collated, complete.