European Vision and the South Pacific by Bernard Smith - 1985-11

Yale Univ Pr, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x1x11. ***Please Read*** Light wear to DJ - No marks on text - My shelf location k-31-d*

Yale Univ Pr. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Pr, 1985. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1985, Second Edition. Hardcover, 4to. Illustrated. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Clean contents; sound binding. Spine of the DJ is sunned; light edgewear.

Yale Univ Pr, 1985-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. 370 pages. Navy cloth hardcover with gold spine titling, very good with minor edgewear. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good with mild scuffing and edgewear, sunning to spine. Prior owner's name written to first page. Interior else clean and bright, free of markings.

Yale Univ Pr, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. No markings or inscriptions. Text clean and bright. Binding tight and square. Some rubbing to top edge of dust jacket.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 370 pages: illustrations (some color); 30 cm. Contents: Introduction: the European and the Pacific -- Cook's first voyage -- Cook's second voyage -- Cook's third voyage -- European reactions to the Pacific, 1788-1802 -- Settlement at Port Jackson, 1788-1800 -- Exploration in the South Seas and typical landscape, 1800-20 -- British reactions to Australian nature, 1800-21 -- Colonial intepretations of the Australian landscape, 1821-35 -- Art, science, and taste in Australia, 1835-50 -- The ignoble and the Romantic savage, 1820-50 -- The triumph of science, 1820-50. Summary: ""Discusses the European interpretation of the Pacific in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It considers the work of artists attached to… Read More

Yale Univ Pr, 1985-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!