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A Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora: performed under the direction of Captain Edwards in the years 1790, 1791 and 1792 : with the discoveries made in the south-seas and the many distresses experienced by the crew from shipwreck ...
by Hamilton, George and Geoffrey Kenihan
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About This Item
Adelaide,(S. Australia, 1990): William Torrens Publishers. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 250 copies of which this is #21. xix, 105 pages. Geoffrey Kenihan is a specialist on the maritime exploration of Australia and the South Pacific. In his introduction, he has traced much on Hamilton that has not been discovered before. Already a scarce volume. A fine copy bound in1/4 tan leather over green cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a fine dust jacket housed within publisher's slipcase.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Title
- A Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora: performed under the direction of Captain Edwards in the years 1790, 1791 and 1792 : with the discoveries made in the south-seas and the many distresses experienced by the crew from shipwreck ...
- Author
- Hamilton, George and Geoffrey Kenihan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- William Torrens Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide,(S. Australia, 1990)
- Keywords
- Bounty (ship); Pandora (frigate)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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