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The cyclopedia of Fiji (illustrated).

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Published under the patronage of His Excellence the Governor of Fiji, the Administrative and Legislature of the Colony and the Wardens and Town Councils of Suva and Levuka. A complete historical and commercial review of Fiji. An epitome of progress. A compendium of statistics and data concerning the group never yet compiled or brought together in a single publication. Descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations. Sydney : The Cyclopedia Company of Fiji, 1907. Quarto, pp. [iv]; 332; (2 – folding plate of early colonists).

Together with : The cyclopedia of Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, and the Cook Islands (illustrated). Published under the patronage of His Excellence Dr. Solf (the Governor of German Samoa), His Majesty King George 11 of Tonga, His Brittanic Majesty’s Consul at Tonga (Hamilton Hunter, Esq. C. M. G.), &c., &c. A complete review of the history and traditions and the commercial development of the islands, with statistics and data never before compiled in a single publication. Descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations. Sydney : McCarron, Stewart & Co., 1907. Quarto, pp. [ii]; 112; [iv]; 66; 20; 6.

Bound in maroon cloth over boards (discoloured, split to head of spine), lettered in gilt The cyclopedia of Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, and the Cook Islands, internally clean, a good copy.

The definitive references for the Pacific Islands in the early twentieth century, originally published under separate imprints, combined by the publisher into a single volume.

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