Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England
by Clark, Thomas Blake
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: Colt Press, 1940 Edition limited to 500 copies. of the portrait by Reynolds. Cream cloth spine, with paper label to spine, brown decorated boards. 114 pages. The complete title reads: "Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England: The True Story of His Voyage There in 1774 with Captain Cook; of How He Was Feted by Fanny Burney, Approved by Samuel Johnson, Entertained by Mrs Thrale & Lord Sandwich and Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds." Tight binding, with unopened pages. A touch of light shelf wear to boards, with minor fraying to bottom corners, otherwise an excellent copy. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. Collectible. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eliabooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08571
- Title
- Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England
- Author
- Clark, Thomas Blake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Colt Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- HISTORY BIOGRAPHY
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Tight
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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