first edition Hardcover
1843 · London
by Prout, Ebenezer
London: John Snow, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 10, [2]pp (publisher's advertisement), VIII, 618pp. Modern black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Rev. John Williams. Captivating biography of the celebrated missionary John Williams, posthumously published in 1843, four years after his murder by native tribesmen on the island of Eromanga in the New Hebrides. This work is complete with its three duo-tone engravings (including frontispiece). Some light damp-staining and foxing on frontispiece and title-page. Minor and sporadic light damp-staining on upper margin of a few pages (not affecting text). Binding (truncated)