A Voyage to Terra Australia; Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of That Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator, &c, &c.
by Flinders, Matthew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: G. and W. Nicol, 1814 2 vols. Folio. modern burgundy half-leather gilt, marbled boards, blindstamped raised bands, (new endpapers, some toning and marking, contents pages in vol. 1 are brittle with some edge fraying and chipping (no loss to text), else generally clean and neat; lacks atlas volume); pp. [iv (last blank)], x (last blank), x, cciv, 270 (last blank), with frontispiece + 3 plates; [4 (last blank)], 614 (last blank), with frontispiece + 4 plates. Very heavy set (5 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A very good copy in a new binding, collated and complete with all plates.Ex-libris Charles Scobie (ANARE, Macquarie Island, 1948), with his occasional pencil marginalia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024772
- Title
- A Voyage to Terra Australia; Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of That Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator, &c, &c.
- Author
- Flinders, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. and W. Nicol
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814
- Keywords
- Matthew Flinders Voyage Terra Australia Australia Exploration Sea
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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