A BOUNTY BOY - Being some Adventures of a Christian Barbarian on an unpremeditated Trip Round the World
by BULLEN Frank T
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1908 dec cloth handling soiled, spine titling fading, faint "B" in white ink to spine, light edge rubbing, small stamps and code to paste down and fep and half title, age browing or foxing, first Colonial edition, 361pp + 18pp adverts for 1908, call number at head of chapter one and to rear paste down, one vintage library stamp noted at head of an internal page, G+ aged copy, historical fiction based on the Bounty Mutiny and the subsequent life of the mutineers in the South Pacific, whaling etc. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005453
- Title
- A BOUNTY BOY - Being some Adventures of a Christian Barbarian on an unpremeditated Trip Round the World
- Author
- BULLEN Frank T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Bounty mutiny, Norfolk Island, Sperm whaling, New Caledonia convict settlement, whaling, Pacific, Eliza Adams, New Zealand, Hawaii, voyages sailing exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL & EXPLORATION;
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- Half Title
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- First Edition
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- G+
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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