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RETURN TO THE ISLANDS

RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
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Title: RETURN TO THE ISLANDS
Author(s): GRIMBLE, Arthur
Illustrated By: GRIMBLE, Rosemary
Category: Biographies
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Softcover with Dust Jacket
Published: 1957
Published By: John Murray
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: 214
Size (mm): 150 w x 220 h x 20 d

Condition

Excellent with wear/repairs to dust jacket and faint marks on end papers, otherwise near new, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

In 1921 Arthur Grimble, leaving his wife and children, returned to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands of the Pacific, and to the charming local people and duties as commissioner with the colonial service. It would be 7 years before he would see his children again. Return to the Islands tells the story of his life there. In England this book has been described as " a little masterpiece"; ".a remarkable record".

Illustrated throughout with numerous monochrome line drawings.

Remarks

Scarce
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