The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771
Author:
COOK, Lieutenant JAMES
Title:
The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771
Publisher:
Genesis Publications / Rigby Limited 1977
Description:
LIMITED NUMBERED (#273/500) FIRST EDITION THUS, folio, half leather bound green heavy boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate to spine with gilt decoration & rasised bands, gilt rule & ship illus to front board, green speckled page edges, illus eps, 527pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to spine, sl bruising to extrems, v sl foxing & soiling to page edges, minor glue staining to edges of eps, occasional slight foxing sporadically to illus, minor chafing to boards) in slipcase, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to board edges & covers, light tanning & foxing to title plate to front)
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