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422 pp., frontispiece, first edition, hardcover, no jacket, 45 plates, 1 Philippine map.

First English limited edition. RARE.

“The writer feels that no English book does justice to the natives of the Philippines, and this conviction has impelled him to publish his own more favourable estimate of them.” He resided in Luzon for 14 years.

Account of the people of the Philippines, their history, appearance, dress, arms, religion, manners and customs, and the localities they inhabit, their agriculture, industries and pursuits, with suggestions as to how they can be utilised, commercially and politically. With many unpublished photographs of natives, their arms, ornaments, sepulchres and idols.