French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume 1. The Eighteenth Century by Dunmore, John - 1965

Oxford University Press, 1965. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, April 29 (sale item)* volume one, 364 pp., Hardcover, ex library, else text and binding clean and tight, lacks dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, dust jacket, 8vo.; Tear dust jacket repaired.

London: Oxford University Press, 1969. Ex- library with most of the associated hallmarks. Black cloth on boards with copper coloured titles; mild soiling and ex-cellotape residue. Edges: moderate foxings. Ffep: head fore-corner price-cut. Clean contents. Illustrated with maps. Binding is VG. 428p Dj: moderate soiling. Spine: head & foot with thin wear and chips. Head of front & rear flaps spines with thin wear and chips.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Ex-Library.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. Hardback small octavo, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), new endpapers, tape marks jacket including front cover (front flap price-clipped), some edgewear, rubber library stamp front flyleaf (letters & digits jacket spine), some pencil annotation. 428 pp. French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume II: The Nineteenth Century, by John Dunmore (Clarendon Press, 1969). A definitive account of French exploration of the Pacific, never before completely told, from about 1800 to the 1840s. Partly based on extensive research in archives. Includes Freycinet, Duperrey, Bougainville, Dumont d’Urville, Laplace, Vaillant, and Dupetit-Thourars. (Volume 2 of a 2-volume set. Has 12 maps. First printing: No ISBN in book.).

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. Hardback small octavo, very good condition (in very good facsimile non-standard dustjacket), mnimal cancelled ex-library (two rubber stamps), maps, plates, new endpapers, some edgewear. 356 pp. French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume I: The Eighteenth Century, by John Dunmore (Clarendon Press, 1965). A definitive account by John Dunmore of French exploration of the Pacific, never before completely told, from about 1700 to 1800. Partly based on extensive research in archives. Includes Bougainville, De Surville, Marion de Fresne, Kerguelen, La Perouse (and the search for him), and Marchand. (Volume 1 of a 2-volume set. Has 13 maps and 2 plates. This copy has a facsimile jacket of different design than the standard jacket. This is the first printing, Clarendon Press, 1965: No ISBN in book.).

Oxford University Press 1965. Two-volume set, octavo, blue buckram boards (vol.1), grey buckram boards (vol.2), gilt lettering to spine, viii + 356pp, 428pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy tanning to vol 1 d/w, much lighter to vol.2)

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. small tear to dj which is a little grubby . light foxing to end papers

Oxford University Press 1965-69. 2 VOL SET, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- vi + 356pp, vol 2- 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/surface loss to spine & edges, vol 2 price clipped)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, 1969, (cm. 14 x 21,5) legatura editoriale con sovraccoperta. Ottimo stato. EDIZIONE ORIGINALE. VIII, 356 pp. con ill. n.t.; (8) 428 pp. con ill. n.t. , Questo studio pionieristico ha esaminato e correlato i viaggi degli esploratori francesi nel Pacifico: la loro pianificazione iniziale, i problemi incontrati, le loro scoperte e il loro contributo alla navigazione, alla geografia, all'antropologia e alla scienza. Confrontando attentamente fonti pubblicate e inedite in inglese e francese, Dunmore ha evidenziato una serie di discrepanze e ha contribuito molto alla nostra comprensione di questo importante capitolo della storia della navigazione.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Some newspaper clippings related to the author tipped in at the front of volume 1. Small amount of foxing to the prelims and closed page edges of volume 1 only. Volume 2 nice and clean save for light foxing to the closed page edges. Both dust jackets have some light edge wear and short closed tears. Will be in protective sleeves before dispatch. 356 & 482pp