Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779
by WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Selected)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Folio Society 1997. Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black illus to front board & spine, gilt lettering to spine frotn board, top page edges coloured blue, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxiv + 552pp, illus, Nr Fine, in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)
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- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
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- Title
- Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779
- Author
- WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Selected)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Folio Society 1997
- Keywords
- James Cook history Voyages travels Oceania Discovery exploration
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