Journal of Commodore Goodenough
by Goodenough, James Graham
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good + condition
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry S. King, 1876. Second edition. Hardcover. Good + condition. The journal records the period of Goodenough's last command as Senior Officer on the Australian Station, 1873-75. The author's tour took him throughout the South Pacific, visiting Fiji, New South Wales & Tasmania. He unveiled the Cook monument in Sydney in 1876.
8vo, 369pp, 31pp ads dated October 1876, maps in text, 2 folding maps in rear pocket. In the original navy gilt decorative cloth bright with faint mark on back board, inner hinge of endpapers cracked but sturdy, overall a pleasant copy. Ferguson 9978.
8vo, 369pp, 31pp ads dated October 1876, maps in text, 2 folding maps in rear pocket. In the original navy gilt decorative cloth bright with faint mark on back board, inner hinge of endpapers cracked but sturdy, overall a pleasant copy. Ferguson 9978.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6262
- Title
- Journal of Commodore Goodenough
- Author
- Goodenough, James Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good + condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Henry S. King
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Bookseller catalogs
- COOK, JAMES; NEW SOUTH WALES;
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