Little, R.M.

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (208 x 150mm.), 32pp., drop-head title on page 1, appendix on p.[31], original stapled cream printed wrappers together with additional outer blue printed wrappers, both with title and imprint

A good copy
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THIS IS THE ONLY COPY TRACED OF THIS WORK, ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED IN NORTH BORNEO. Parts of this account appeared simultaneously in the British North Borneo Herald (vol.5, no.7, pp.149-159) and, two years later, in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Little, an Assistant Resident of the British North Borneo Company, made this journey to establish peace between the coast and hill Dusuns and to obtain the submission of the district chiefs to the government. His ascent of Kinabalu preceded John Whitehead by a week or two - they had intended to climb the mountain together but Whitehead was delayed.