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Pages 114 pp.Sm 4to Patterned paper over boards with linen cloth spine and paper spine label. Limited edition of 500 copies. Portrait. In good condition with damp stain at heel of book showing on end papers and running through last several pages of the text block. In original mylar dust jacket.

The Colt Press, 1941 The true story of his voyage 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. Uncut edges. Portrait frontispiece. Decorative batik binding.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

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..

(COLT PRESS). (COLT PRESS) CLARK, Thomas Blake. OMAI, FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLA (San Francisco): The Colt Press, 1940. 4to. Cloth spine, bark paper over boards. (iv), 114, (1) pages. One of 500 copies. A nicely printed account of Omai's visit to England and "of how he was feted Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich, and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds." A New York Times Book Review laid-in.