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Pair of Uncommon South Pacific Voyage Accounts, including: PERKINS, Edward T. Na Motu; or, Reef-Rovings in the South Seas. A Narrative of Adventures at the Hawaiian, Georgian and Society Islands… New York: Garrett & Co., 1854. 8vo. Illustrated with engraved title-page and 5 tinted plates. 370, [4, blank] pp. Publisher's full red cloth, boards stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt (binding worn, soiled, joints cracked, text toned, soiled, foxed, occasional ink markings, bookplates of S. P. Doolittle and Leo J. Chamberlain). Fair. FIRST CONDENSED EDITION, PUBLISHED THE SAME YEAR AS THE FIRST, ONE OF THE EARLIEST WESTERN ACCOUNTS OF SURFING ON PP. 196-197. And: RUSSELL, Rev. M. Polynesia; or, an Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand… New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. 12mo. Illustrated with vignette title-page and folding map of the “Island World." 362 pp. Publisher's full purple cloth, boards stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt (recased with newer endleaves, spine sunned, light wear to cloth spine, occasional minor soiling to map and text). Fine. LATER EDITION. This uncommon book is mainly concerned with the introduction of Christianity to the native peoples of the South Pacific.