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The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as told by selections of his own journals 1768-1779
by Price, A. Grenfell; Editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0207952213
- ISBN 13
- 9780207952210
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Maps on endpapers, coloured frontispiece tipped in , 10 full-page & 32 text drawings, illustrated dustwrapper. Peach coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with pink and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Skilfully edited by Sir Grenfell Price, these selections from the journals kept by Cook on his three voyages in the Pacific are reissued to mark the 200th anniversary of his discovery of Australia in 1770. Rubbing of the back strip edges and book corners. Some flecking along the front spine gutter region. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels, particularly the rear with some fading of the back strip. Some age toning of the fold over panels and to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XX, 292 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Exploration. ISBN: 0207952213. ISBN/EAN: 9780207952210. Inventory No: 0288415. . 9780207952210
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- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288415
- Title
- The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as told by selections of his own journals 1768-1779
- Author
- Price, A. Grenfell; Editor
- Illustrator
- Geoffrey C. Ingleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0207952213
- ISBN 13
- 9780207952210
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Australia, Pacific, Exploration History; Exploration. Geoffrey C. Ingleton Unbranded ISBN: 0207952213 EAN: 9780207952210 Price, A. Grenfell; Editor The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as told by selections of his own journals 17
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About the Seller
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Dustwrapper
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- Cloth
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Gilt
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